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Mansfield's Mike Redding's Super Bowl Record Better Than Reading's
Mansfield and Reading have met only one in the postseason before Saturday's game at Bentley University, but they both have long playoff history.
Both the Mansfield High and Reading High football teams are no strangers to the postseason.
Their only meeting in the postseason was in 2010 Super Bowl where Mansfield rallied for a 29-26 win in the Division 2 Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium. The two teams will be meeting for a second time Saturday at Bentley University at 2 p.m.
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The following are their playoff records since the Super Bowls were started in 1972. Mansfield vacated their playoff win over Bishop Feehan and their loss to Walpole in the Super Bowl in 2008 after the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association ruled that the Hornets used an ineligible player. Their playoff record doesn't include 2008 appearance, giving them a 10-3 postseason record.
Mansfield's Super Bowl record 6-1:
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1989-Lincoln-Sudbury 18, Mansfield 6
1992-Mansfield 20, Winthrop 12
1994-Mansfield 27, Bishop Feehan 14
1996-Mansfield 26, Swampscott 6
2003-Mansfield 26, Swampscott 14
2004-Mansfield 24, Walpole 14
2010-Mansfield 29, Reading 26
Mansfield's playoff record: 4-2
2001-Norwood 9, Mansfield 7
2003-Mansfield 45, Quincy 12
2004-Mansfield 28, Plymouth North 22
2007-Bishop Feehan 23, Mansfield 21
2010-Mansfield 28, Walpole
2012-Mansfield 23, Duxbury 19
In Super Bowl games, Reading has 4-4 record with their last appearance in 2010. The Rockets have been in the playoffs for the last three years, winning the 2009 Super Bowl over Natick, 26-0, and losing in the 2011 playoffs to Tewksbury, 21-6. Overall, in the postseason, including playoffs, Reading is 7-5.
Reading's Super Bowl record (4-4)
1974-Natick 26, Reading 14
1992-Meuthen 26, Reading 19
1995-Reading 33, Acton-Boxboro 23
1996-Reading 20, Acton-Boxboro 0
1998-Reading 37, Braintree 6
2008-Walpole 20, Reading 12
2009-Reading 29-Natick 0
2010-Mansfield 29, Reading 26
Reading's playoff Record 3-1
2009-Reading 20, Dracut 6
2010-Reading 15, Dracut 14
2011-Tewksbury 21, Reading 6
2012-Reading 42, Tewksbury 6
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