Puppy Bowl 2024 winner recap: Team Ruff adorably upsets Team Fluff
11.02.2024 - 21:57
/ nypost.com
ruff match!The winner of the 2024 Puppy Bowl was officially decided on Sunday, when Team Ruff managed to overtake Team Fluff hours before the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Fransisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. In a very close game, Team Ruff eked out a narrow victory over Team Fluff, with 72 points to 69.
This year’s win marks Ruff’s fourth victory over Fluff. As previously reported by The Post, the teams consist of 131 dogs from nearly 73 different shelters across the country — six of the furry friends, for the first time, have special needs.
This year’s Puppy Bowl, which marks the contest’s 20th anniversary, also featured a chow chow/American Staffordshire terrier from the US Virgin Islands, a first in the competition’s history. “Puppies are taking over the show’s production by operating the cameras and lighting, directing from the control room, stage managing on the studio floor and even coaching Team Ruff and Team Fluff,” Warner Brothers said in a statement.
The studio added that the purpose behind the chaotic skirmish — aside from giving viewers the chance to watch puppies frolic for 3 hours — is to get each and every single one of the participants adopted. Puppy Bowl XX was presided over by referee Dan Schachner, who has overseen the struggle for the Lombarky trophy for the last 13 years.
According to the Brooklyn resident, the most challenging part of his job is finding new ways to call interference. “The most challenging part of the job is coming up with different ways to say the same thing,” Schachner, 49, told The Post.“You know how the Eskimos have 50 different words for snow? We have a million different ways to say ‘piss interference,’ ‘fertilizing the field.’ So, coming up with new and interesting calls
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