The stampede happened as fans panicked when the lights went out just minutes after the game ended.

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Where were you when the lights went out?

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Many were attending a magic show and some thought, when the lights first went out, that the sudden darkness was part of the performance.

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On Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens were leading the San Francisco 49ers 28-6 when most of the lights in the 73, 000-seat building went out with 13:22 left in the third quarter.

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EST, but ratings soared later in the evening when about half the lights at the stadium holding 71, 024 spectators went out in the third quarter of the Super Bowl for 34 minutes.

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