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Clete Blakeman will get another coin flip at Super Bowl 50

Published Jan. 27, 2016 5:21 p.m. ET

Sid Saraf

You never forget your first.

NFL referee Clete Blakeman was the man who flipped the coin at the start of overtime during an NFC divisional round playoff game between the Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers a week and a half ago. If you remember, that coin flip was famous because it didn't flip.

In an already unreal game, @packers vs. @AZCardinals, madness ensued in OT w/ the coin-flip. Watch tonight, 9p ET/PT https://t.co/cmuZ6VUbS8
— Inside the NFL (@insidetheNFL) January 20, 2016

The situation got resolved, and on Wednesday, the NFL officially announced that Blakeman will be the head referee for Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7. It's the first time he has received the biggest assignment in the game.

Jeff Rice, the umpire from Blakeman's crew, also got a Super Bowl assignment, his third.

The other officials will be head linesman Wayne Mackie, line judge Rusty Baynes, field judge Boris Cheek, side judge Scott Edwards and back judge Keith Ferguson.

Cheek and Ferguson also have worked one Super Bowl each. Mackie, Baynes and Edwards have not officiated a Super Bowl.

Charles Stewart will be the replay official, assisted by Jimmy Oldham.