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| alt = The 2010-2015 Super Bowl Trophy, A silver football. 
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| founded = [[Super Bowl I|{{start date and age|1967|1|15|p=yes}}]]
| trophy = [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]]
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The '''Super Bowl''' is the annual [[History of the NFL championship|league championship]] game of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) of the United States. It has served as the final game of every NFL season since [[1966 NFL season|1966]], replacing the [[History of the National Football League championship|NFL Championship Game]] and also served as the final game of every [[American Football League]] season from 1966 to 1970 prior to the [[AFL–NFL merger]] replacing the [[AFL championship game]]. Since 2022, the game has been played on the second Sunday in February. Prior Super Bowls were played on Sundays in early to mid-January from 1967 to 1978, late January from 1979 to 2003,{{efn|Except 2002's [[Super Bowl XXXVI]], which was moved to the first Sunday of February following the [[September 11 attacks]].}}{{efn|From 1990 to 2001, and 2003, the game was held on the last Sunday in January.}} and the first Sunday of February from 2004 to 2021. Winning teams are awarded the [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]], named after the [[Vince Lombardi|coach who won the first two Super Bowls]]. Because the NFL restricts the use of its "Super Bowl" trademark, it is frequently referred to as the "big game" or other generic terms by non-sponsoring corporations. The day the game is held is commonly referred to as "[[Super Bowl Sunday]]" or "Super Sunday".

The game was created as part of a 1966 [[AFL–NFL merger|merger agreement]] between the NFL and the competing [[American Football League]] (AFL) to have their best teams compete for a championship. It was originally called the '''AFL–NFL World Championship Game''' until the "Super Bowl" moniker was adopted in 1969's [[Super Bowl III]]. The first four Super Bowls from 1967 to 1970 were played before the merger, with the NFL and AFL each winning two. After the merger in 1970, the 10 AFL teams and three NFL teams formed the [[American Football Conference]] (AFC) and the remaining 13 NFL teams formed the [[National Football Conference]] (NFC). Treating the pre-merger NFL and AFL as equivalent to the post-merger NFC and AFC, the NFC leads the AFC in total Super Bowl victories 29–27 or 31–29.

Among the NFL's current 32 teams, 20 (11 NFC, 9 AFC) have won a Super Bowl and 17 (8 AFC, 9 NFC) hold multiple titles. The AFC's [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[New England Patriots]] have the most Super Bowl titles at six each. The Patriots also have the most Super Bowl appearances at 12, and the most Super Bowl losses at six. The [[Baltimore Ravens]] of the AFC and the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] of the NFC are the only franchises to be undefeated in multiple Super Bowls, having each won two. Among the 12 teams who have not won a Super Bowl, the NFC's [[Detroit Lions]] and the AFC's [[Jacksonville Jaguars]], [[Houston Texans]], and [[Cleveland Browns]] are the only four to have not appeared in the game.

The Super Bowl is among the top-ten world's most-watched sporting events and frequently commands the largest audience among all American broadcasts during the year. Its viewership is bested by the [[UEFA Champions League]] final, [[FIFA World Cup]], [[Tour de France]], [[Cricket World Cup]], [[FIFA Women's World Cup]], [[Summer Olympic Games]], and the [[Winter Olympic games]] as the most watched sporting event worldwide,<ref name="ChampionsLeague" /> and the seven most-watched broadcasts in American television history are Super Bowls.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Koba |first=Mark |date=January 28, 2014 |title=Super Bowl TV ratings: Fast facts at a glance |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/01/28/super-bowl-tv-ratings-fast-facts-at-a-glance.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819062709/https://www.cnbc.com/2014/01/28/super-bowl-tv-ratings-fast-facts-at-a-glance.html |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |website=CNBC}}</ref> Its halftime shows feature top artists, the most recent of which being [[Bad Bunny]]. Headlining a Super Bowl is considered one of the highest honors in music.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-07 |title=Snacks and Sacks: Concession Costs at NFL Games Revealed |url=https://nj.bet/news/nfl-stadium-concession-quality-and-prices/#nfl-stadium-concession-favorites |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=NJ BET }}</ref><ref name=":2" /> [[Super Bowl commercials|Commercial airtime during the Super Bowl broadcast]] is the most expensive of the year because of the high viewership, leading to companies regularly developing their most unique advertisements for the broadcast and commercial viewership becoming an integral part of the event. The Super Bowl is also the second-largest event for American food consumption, behind [[Thanksgiving dinner]].<ref name="USDA">{{cite news|last=Karlsons|first=Donna|title=First Down Food Safety Tips for your Super Bowl Party|url=https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/blog/first-down-food-safety-tips-your-super-bowl-party|publisher=[[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]|date=January 30, 2014|access-date=December 19, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018010641/https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2014/01/30/first-down-food-safety-tips-your-super-bowl-party|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Super Bowl rings on display.jpg|thumb|Each winning team's [[Super Bowl ring]]s, as of the [[2010 NFL season|2010 season]], on display in lead up to [[Super Bowl XLV]]]]

==Origin==
[[File:SuperBowl I - Los Angeles Coliseum.jpg|thumb|[[Super Bowl I|The first Super Bowl]] at [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]]]
Since the turn of the 20th century, [[college football]] teams from across the United States have scheduled "[[bowl game]]s" against each other. The original "bowl game" was the [[Rose Bowl Game]] in [[Pasadena, California]], which was first played in 1902 as the "Tournament East–West football game" as part of the [[Pasadena Tournament of Roses]]. In 1923, the Tournament East-West football game moved to the new [[Rose Bowl Stadium]]; the stadium got its name from the fact that the game played there was part of the Tournament of Roses and that it was shaped like a bowl, much like the [[Yale Bowl]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. The Tournament of Roses football game thus eventually came to be known as the Rose Bowl Game. Exploiting the Rose Bowl Game's popularity, post-season college football contests were created for Miami (the [[Orange Bowl]]), New Orleans (the [[Sugar Bowl]]), and [[El Paso]] (the [[Sun Bowl]]) in 1935, and for [[Dallas]] (the [[Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton Bowl]]) in 1937. By the time the first Super Bowl was played, the term "bowl" for any major American football game was well established.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is the Super Bowl? Read together with your kids through the history, facts, and figures related to one of the world's biggest sporting events! |url=https://www.twinkl.com.ph/teaching-wiki/super-bowl#:~:text=Eventually,%20the%20term%20'bowl',Ball%20toy%20at%20the%20time. |access-date=January 31, 2024 |website=twinkl.com}}</ref>
[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 15 - Willie Davis (cropped).jpg|thumb|The Packers defeated the Chiefs in the [[Super Bowl I|first Super Bowl]].]]

For four decades after its 1920 inception, the NFL successfully fended off several rival leagues. In 1960, it encountered its most serious competitor when the [[American Football League]] (AFL) was formed. The AFL vied with the NFL for players and fans. After the [[1960 American Football League season|AFL's inaugural season]], AFL commissioner [[Joe Foss]] sent an invitation to the NFL on January 14, 1961, to schedule a "World Playoff" game between the two leagues' champions, beginning with the upcoming 1961 season.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=American Football League Official Guide 1964 |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |publisher=The [[Sporting News]] |page=41 |date=1964 }}</ref> The first World Playoff game, if actually played, would have matched up the AFL champion [[1961 Houston Oilers season|Houston Oilers]] against the NFL champion [[1961 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1966 - Chiefs vs. Packers - Super Bowl I - "The First AFL-NFL Championship Game" |url=https://www.nfl.com/100/originals/100-greatest/games-53 |access-date=June 13, 2024 |website=[[NFL.com]]}}</ref>

In the mid-1960s, [[Lamar Hunt]], owner of the AFL's [[Kansas City Chiefs]], first used the term "Super Bowl"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2012/01/super-bowl-why-do-we-call-it-that-why-roman-numerals/ |title='Super Bowl' – Why Do We Call It That? Why Roman Numerals? |author=Tinley, Josh |date=January 31, 2012 |work=Midwest Sports Fans |access-date=January 28, 2012 |archive-date=February 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203055918/http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2012/01/super-bowl-why-do-we-call-it-that-why-roman-numerals/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> to refer to the AFL–NFL championship game in the merger meetings. Hunt later said the name was likely in his head because his children had been playing with a [[Super Ball]] toy;<ref name="cabpirsb">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OspaAAAAIBAJ&pg=7015%2C4718358 |via=Google News |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=Corny and a bit presumptuous, but it's still the 'Super Bowl' |date=January 7, 1970 |page=1C |access-date=December 30, 2020 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512060328/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OspaAAAAIBAJ&pg=7015,4718358 |url-status=live }}</ref> a vintage example of the ball is on display at the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in [[Canton, Ohio|Canton]], Ohio. In a July 25, 1966, letter to NFL commissioner [[Pete Rozelle]], Hunt wrote, "I have kiddingly called it the 'Super Bowl,' which obviously can be improved upon."

The leagues' owners chose the name "AFL–NFL Championship Game",<ref name="wtnspl">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MtgfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3999%2C1286543 |via=Google News |newspaper=Fort Scott Tribune |location=Kansas |agency=Associated Press |title=What to name the Super Bowl? Rozelle asks newsmen to help |date=May 26, 1967 |page=8 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511211906/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MtgfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3999,1286543 |url-status=live }}</ref> but in July 1966 the ''Kansas City Star'' quoted Hunt in discussing "the Super Bowl—that's my term for the championship game between the two leagues",<ref name="ap19660718">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4052280// |via=Newspapers.com | title='Super Bowl' Site May Be Rose Bowl | work=The Evening Standard | date=July 18, 1966 | agency=Associated Press | access-date=January 16, 2016 | page=14 | archive-date=November 12, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112063922/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4052280/the-evening-standard/ | url-status=live }}</ref> and the media immediately began using the term.<ref name="ap19660730">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4052256// |via=Newspapers.com | title=Merge Gives Incentive to AFL Champs – Collier | work=Pottstown Mercury | date=July 30, 1966 | agency=Associated Press | access-date=January 16, 2016 | page=12 | archive-date=August 4, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804002450/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4052256/the-mercury/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Green Bay safety [[Tom Brown (safety)|Tom Brown]] used the name leading up to the first championship game: "I would guess you can't get any bigger in professional football than to play in the first Super Bowl game".<ref>{{cite news|title=Baseball 1st Love of Packers' Tom Brown|date=January 7, 1967|newspaper=Wausau Daily Record-Herald|page=10|agency=AP|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wausau-daily-herald/171543814/|access-date=May 2, 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In May 1967, The league stated that "not many people like it. It's a bad play on words. Everything became super this and super that". Rozelle was asking for suggestions, and early contenders included "Merger Bowl", "Summit Bowl", and "The Game".<ref name=susgatend>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mOBOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hAEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7132%2C3259997 |work=Toledo Blade |location=Ohio |agency=Associated Press |title=Super saga at end! |date=May 26, 1967 |page=33}}</ref> The Associated Press reported that "Super Bowl" "grew and grew and grew—until it reached the point that there was Super Week, Super Sunday, Super Teams, Super Players, ad infinitum".{{r|wtnspl}} "Super Bowl" became official beginning with the third annual game.<ref>{{cite book |last = MacCambridge |first = Michael |title = America's Game |url = https://archive.org/details/americasgameepic0000macc |url-access = registration |location = New York |publisher = Random House |year = 2004 |page = [https://archive.org/details/americasgameepic0000macc/page/237 237]}}</ref>

[[Roman numerals]] are used to identify each Super Bowl, rather than the year in which it is held, since the fifth edition, in January 1971.<ref name="isgtspbl">{{cite news|last=Rosenthal|first=Gregg|title=NFL won't use Roman numerals for Super Bowl 50|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-won-t-use-roman-numerals-for-super-bowl-50-0ap2000000355943|publisher=National Football League|date=June 4, 2014|access-date=February 2, 2018|archive-date=December 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201194151/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000355943/article/nfl-wont-use-roman-numerals-for-super-bowl-50|url-status=live}}</ref> The sole exception to this naming convention tradition occurred with [[Super Bowl 50]], played on February 7, 2016, following the {{nfly|2015}} season. The following year, the [[nomenclature]] returned to Roman numerals for [[Super Bowl LI]].
[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 37 - Joe Namath (cropped).jpg|thumb|The [[1968 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] were the first AFL team to win a Super Bowl ([[Super Bowl III|III]]), upsetting the [[1968 Baltimore Colts season|Baltimore Colts]]]]

After the NFL's [[1967 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] won the first two Super Bowls, some team owners feared for the future of the merger. At the time, many doubted the competitiveness of AFL teams compared with their NFL counterparts, though that perception changed when the AFL's [[1968 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] defeated the heavily favored NFL contender [[1968 Baltimore Colts season|Baltimore Colts]] in [[Super Bowl III]] in Miami. One year later, the AFL's [[1969 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]] defeated the NFL's [[1969 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]] 23–7 in [[Super Bowl IV]] in New Orleans, which was the final AFL–NFL World Championship Game played before the merger. Beginning with the 1970 season, the NFL realigned into two conferences; the former AFL teams plus three NFL teams (the [[1970 Baltimore Colts season|Baltimore Colts]], [[1970 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]], and [[1970 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]) would constitute the [[American Football Conference]] (AFC), while the remaining NFL clubs would form the [[National Football Conference]] (NFC). The champions of the two conferences would play each other in the Super Bowl.

The winning team receives the [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]], named after the former [[Vince Lombardi|coach]] of the Green Bay Packers, who won the first two Super Bowl games as well as five [[NFL championships]] preceding the merger ([[1961 NFL Championship Game|1961]], [[1962 NFL Championship Game|1962]], [[1965 NFL Championship Game|1965]], [[1966 NFL Championship Game|1966]], [[1967 NFL Championship Game|1967]]). Following Lombardi's death in September 1970, the trophy was named after him. The first trophy awarded under the new name was presented to the Baltimore Colts following their win in [[Super Bowl V]] in Miami.

==Game history==
{{for|a full list of Super Bowl games and champions|List of Super Bowl champions}}

The Super Bowl was held in January from its inception in [[1966 NFL season|1967]] until [[2000 NFL season|2001]]. In [[2001 NFL season|2002]], a week of regular season games was postponed and rescheduled following the [[September 11 attacks]]; as a result, [[Super Bowl XXXVI]] became the first edition of the game played in February. [[Super Bowl XXXVII]] was held in January, but all subsequent games were held on the first Sunday in February until the schedule expansion of the [[2021 NFL season|2021 season]] moved the game to the second Sunday.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilner|first=Barry|date=March 30, 2021|title=NFL moves to 17-game regular season, 2022 Super Bowl pushed back a week|url=https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/nation-world/nfl-moves-to-17-game-regular-schedule/507-7b5c6e42-e013-402d-9e39-e1eb2822c2b8|url-status=live|access-date=January 17, 2022|website=[[WGRZ]]|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214031749/https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/nation-world/nfl-moves-to-17-game-regular-schedule/507-7b5c6e42-e013-402d-9e39-e1eb2822c2b8}}</ref>

The current [[NFL regular season#Scheduling formula|NFL schedule]] begins on the weekend immediately after [[Labor Day]] (the first Monday in September). That weekend is the first of an 18-week [[NFL regular season|regular season]], followed by three weeks of [[NFL playoffs|playoff games]] and one week for the [[Pro Bowl]]. The Super Bowl is contested the week after the Pro Bowl. This schedule has been in effect since an 18th week and 17th regular season game were added to the NFL schedule for the 2021 season, with [[Super Bowl LVI]] on February 13, 2022, the first to be played under this format.

The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[New England Patriots]] are tied with a record six Super Bowl wins. The [[Dallas Cowboys]] and [[San Francisco 49ers]] have five victories each, while the Packers, Chiefs and [[New York Giants]] have four. Fourteen other NFL franchises have won at least one Super Bowl.

The Patriots own the record for most Super Bowl appearances with twelve.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Game Notes: Patriots Advance to 12th Super Bowl |url=https://www.patriots.com/news/game-notes-patriots-advance-to-12th-super-bowl |access-date=January 26, 2026 |website=[[New England Patriots]] }}</ref> The Cowboys, Steelers, Broncos and the 49ers are tied for second with eight appearances apiece, reaching that milestone in this respective order. [[Bill Belichick]] [[Super Bowl ring#Most Super Bowl rings|owns the record]] for the most Super Bowl wins (eight) and appearances (twelve: nine times as head coach, once as assistant head coach, and twice as defensive coordinator) by an individual. [[Tom Brady]] has the most Super Bowl starts (ten) and wins as a player (seven), while [[Charles Haley]] has the second-most wins among players with five.

Eight teams have appeared in Super Bowl games without a win. The [[Minnesota Vikings]] were the first team to appear four times without a win, while the [[Buffalo Bills]] played in a record four consecutive Super Bowls, losing all four matches. The Patriots have the most Super Bowl losses at six.

The [[Cleveland Browns]], [[Detroit Lions]], [[Houston Texans]], and [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] are the four teams to have never appeared in a Super Bowl, although the Browns and Lions both won NFL championships before the Super Bowl era. The Jaguars, who began play in 1995, and the Texans, who began play in 2002, are among the youngest franchises in the league.

===1960s: Early history and Packers dominance===
The Packers won the first two AFL–NFL World Championship Games, later renamed Super Bowls, defeating the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] and [[Oakland Raiders]] following the {{nfly|1966}} and {{nfly|1967}} seasons, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl I - Kansas City Chiefs vs. Green Bay Packers - January 15th, 1967 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196701150gnb.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl II - Green Bay Packers vs. Oakland Raiders - January 14th, 1968 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196801140gnb.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> The Packers were led by quarterback [[Bart Starr]], who was named the [[Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player (MVP)]] for both games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Winners |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/super-bowl-mvp-award.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> These two championships, coupled with the Packers' NFL championships in {{nfly|1961}}, {{nfly|1962}}, and {{nfly|1965}}, amount to the most successful stretch in NFL History; five championships in seven years, and the second [[threepeat]] in NFL history (1965, 1966, and 1967). The Packers are the only team to threepeat, as they also accomplished the feat in the pre-playoff era (1929, 1930 and 1931). The first playoff game in the NFL was in [[1932 NFL Playoff Game|1932]].

In Super Bowl III, the AFL's [[New York Jets]] defeated the 19.5-point favorite Baltimore Colts of the NFL, 16–7.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl III - New York Jets vs. Baltimore Colts - January 12th, 1969 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196901120clt.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> The Jets were led by quarterback [[Joe Namath]], who had said that he guaranteed a Jets win before the game, and former Colts head coach [[Weeb Ewbank]], and their victory demonstrated that the AFL was competitive with the NFL.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In epic Super Bowl upset, Jets make good on Namath guarantee |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/super-bowl-upsets-joe-namath-1969 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=HISTORY |date=December 9, 2021 }}</ref> This was reinforced the following year when the Chiefs defeated the NFL's Vikings 23–7 in [[Super Bowl IV]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl IV - Minnesota Vikings vs. Kansas City Chiefs - January 11th, 1970 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197001110kan.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref>

===1970s: Dominant franchises===
After the [[AFL–NFL merger]] was completed in 1970, three franchises—the Cowboys, [[Miami Dolphins]], and Steelers—would go on to dominate the 1970s, winning a combined eight Super Bowls between them in the decade, with the Steelers winning four of the eight.

The Baltimore Colts, now a member of the AFC, would start the decade by defeating the Cowboys in Super Bowl V, a game which is the only Super Bowl to date in which a player from the losing team won the Super Bowl MVP (Cowboys' linebacker [[Chuck Howley]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl V - Dallas Cowboys vs. Baltimore Colts - January 17th, 1971 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197101170clt.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dixon |first=Schuyler |date=August 1, 2023 |title=Chuck Howley of the Cowboys is the only Super Bowl MVP from a losing team. Now he's a Hall of Famer |url=https://apnews.com/article/pro-football-hall-of-fame-chuck-howley-cowboys-dbd4c212ce8851487435b63cb497d0ce |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=AP News }}</ref> Beginning with this Super Bowl, all Super Bowls have served as the NFL's championship game.
[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 46 - Terry Bradshaw (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|The Steelers defeated the Rams in Super Bowl XIV to win an unprecedented four championships in six years.]]

The Cowboys, coming back from a loss the previous season, won [[Super Bowl VI]] over the Dolphins.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl VI - Dallas Cowboys vs. Miami Dolphins - January 16th, 1972 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197201160dal.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> However, this would be the Dolphins' final loss for over a year, as [[1972 Miami Dolphins season|the next year]], the Dolphins would go 14–0 in the regular season and eventually win all their playoff games, capped off with a 14–7 victory in [[Super Bowl VII]], becoming the first and only team in the Super Bowl era to finish an entire perfect regular and postseason undefeated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl VII - Miami Dolphins vs. Washington Redskins - January 14th, 1973 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197301140mia.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nobles |first=Charlie |date=February 3, 2008 |title=1972 Dolphins: Undefeated on Field, Undeterred Off It |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/sports/football/03dolphins.html |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=The New York Times }}</ref> The Dolphins would repeat as league champions by winning [[Super Bowl VIII]] a year later with a 24–7 win over the Minnesota Vikings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl VIII - Minnesota Vikings vs. Miami Dolphins - January 13th, 1974 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197401130mia.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref>

In the mid to late 1970s, the Steelers became the first NFL dynasty of the post-merger era by winning four Super Bowls ([[Super Bowl IX|IX]], [[Super Bowl X|X]], [[Super Bowl XIII|XIII]], and [[Super Bowl XIV|XIV]]) in six years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl IX - Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Minnesota Vikings - January 12th, 1975 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197501120min.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl X - Dallas Cowboys vs. Pittsburgh Steelers - January 18th, 1976 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197601180dal.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XIII - Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys - January 21st, 1979 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197901210dal.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XIV - Los Angeles Rams vs. Pittsburgh Steelers - January 20th, 1980 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198001200pit.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> They were led by head coach [[Chuck Noll]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chuck Noll Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/NollCh0.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> the play of offensive stars [[Terry Bradshaw]], [[Franco Harris]], [[Lynn Swann]], [[John Stallworth]], and [[Mike Webster]], and their dominant "[[Steel Curtain]]" defense, led by [["Mean" Joe Greene]], [[L. C. Greenwood]], [[Ernie Holmes]], [[Mel Blount]], [[Jack Ham]], and [[Jack Lambert (American football)|Jack Lambert]]. Many of the team's key players were selected in the [[1974 NFL draft|1974 draft]], in which Pittsburgh selected four future Hall of Famers, the most for any team in any sport in a single draft.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2018 |title=Drafting Hall of Fame duos |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/blogs/2018/03/blogs-stories-from-the-pro-football-hall-of-fame-archives-drafting-hall-of-fame-duos/ |access-date=June 13, 2024 |website=Pro Football Hall of Fame}}</ref> A fifth player, [[Donnie Shell]], was signed by Pittsburgh after going unselected in the 1974 NFL draft; he too was later enshrined in the Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Battista |first=Judy |date=January 15, 2020 |title=Pro Football Hall of Fame Centennial Class thick with NFL history |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/pro-football-hall-of-fame-centennial-class-thick-with-nfl-histo-0ap3000001096808 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115160415/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001096808/article/pro-football-hall-of-fame-centennial-class-thick-with-nfl-history |archive-date=January 15, 2020 |access-date=January 15, 2020 |website=NFL.com}}</ref> The Steelers were the first team to win three and then four Super Bowls and appeared in six [[AFC Championship Game]]s during the decade, making the playoffs in eight straight seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pittsburgh Steelers Playoff History |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/playoffs.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> Pittsburgh still remains the only team to win back-to-back Super Bowls twice and four Super Bowls in a six-year period.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chaprales |first=Matt |date=February 19, 2009 |title=Defining "Dynasty": Who Makes The Cut? |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/126754-defining-dynasty-who-makes-the-cut |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=Bleacher Report }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Elliot |date=April 3, 2014 |title=Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers among top NFL dynasties |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/dallas-cowboys-green-bay-packers-among-top-nfl-dynasties-0ap2000000339226 |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=NFL.com }}</ref>

The Steelers' 1970s dynasty was interrupted only by the Raiders' first Super Bowl win in [[Super Bowl XI]] and the Cowboys' second Super Bowl win in [[Super Bowl XII]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XI - Oakland Raiders vs. Minnesota Vikings - January 9th, 1977 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197701090min.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XII - Dallas Cowboys vs. Denver Broncos - January 15th, 1978 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197801150dal.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> Conversely, the Vikings, with their [[Purple People Eaters]] defense, were the only other team to appear in multiple Super Bowls (IV, VIII, IX and XI) during the decade but failed to win each one.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minnesota Vikings Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/min/index.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref>

===1980s and 1990s: The NFC's winning streak===
In the 1980s and 1990s, the tables turned for the AFC, as the NFC dominated the Super Bowls of the new decade and most of those in the 1990s. The NFC won 16 of the 20 Super Bowls during these two decades, including 13 straight from [[Super Bowl XIX]] to [[Super Bowl XXXI]].
[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 28 - Roger Craig (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|The 49ers against the Dolphins in Super Bowl XIX]]

The most successful team of the 1980s was the 49ers, which featured the [[West Coast offense]] of Hall of Fame head coach [[Bill Walsh (American football coach)|Bill Walsh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill Walsh Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/WalsBi0.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> This offense was led by three-time Super Bowl MVP and Hall of Fame quarterback [[Joe Montana]], Super Bowl MVP and Hall of Fame wide receiver [[Jerry Rice]], Hall of Fame running back [[Roger Craig (American football)|Roger Craig]], and Hall of Fame defensive safety/cornerback [[Ronnie Lott]]. Under their leadership, the 49ers won four Super Bowls in the decade ([[Super Bowl XVI|XVI]], [[Super Bowl XIX|XIX]], [[Super Bowl XXIII|XXIII]], and [[Super Bowl XXIV|XXIV]]) and made nine playoff appearances between 1981 and 1990, including eight division championships, becoming the second dynasty of the post-merger NFL.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XVI - San Francisco 49ers vs. Cincinnati Bengals - January 24th, 1982 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198201240cin.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XIX - Miami Dolphins vs. San Francisco 49ers - January 20th, 1985 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198501200mia.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXIII - Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Francisco 49ers - January 22nd, 1989 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198901220cin.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=San Francisco 49ers Playoff History |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sfo/playoffs.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> The [[1984 San Francisco 49ers]] were the first team to achieve an 18–1 record, doing so under Walsh. The [[1989 San Francisco 49ers]], under first-year head coach [[George Seifert]], posted the most lop-sided victory in Super Bowl history, defeating the Denver Broncos by a score of 55–10 in [[Super Bowl XXIV]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXIV - San Francisco 49ers vs. Denver Broncos - January 28th, 1990 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199001280den.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref>

The 1980s also produced the [[1985 Chicago Bears]], who posted an 18–1 record under head coach [[Mike Ditka]]; quarterback [[Jim McMahon]]; and Hall of Fame running back [[Walter Payton]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1985 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/1985.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> Their team won [[Super Bowl XX]] in dominant fashion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 27, 1986 |title=BEARS TROUNCE PATRIOTS, 46-10, IN SUPER BOWL |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/27/sports/bears-trounce-patriots-46-10-in-super-bowl.html |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=The New York Times }}</ref> The [[Washington Redskins]] and New York Giants were also top teams of this period; Washington won Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XVII|XVII]], [[Super Bowl XXII|XXII]], and [[Super Bowl XXVI|XXVI]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XVII - Miami Dolphins vs. Washington Redskins - January 30th, 1983 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198301300mia.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXII - Washington Redskins vs. Denver Broncos - January 31st, 1988 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198801310den.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXVI - Washington Redskins vs. Buffalo Bills - January 26th, 1992 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199201260buf.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> The Giants claimed Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XXI|XXI]] and [[Super Bowl XXV|XXV]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXI - Denver Broncos vs. New York Giants - January 25th, 1987 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198701250den.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXV - Buffalo Bills vs. New York Giants - January 27th, 1991 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199101270buf.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> Both teams won multiple Super Bowls with different starting quarterbacks; Washington won with [[Joe Theismann]] (XVII), [[Doug Williams (quarterback)|Doug Williams]] (XXII) and [[Mark Rypien]] (XXVI), and the Giants with [[Phil Simms]] (XXI) and [[Jeff Hostetler]] (XXV). As in the 1970s, the Raiders were the only AFC team to interrupt the Super Bowl dominance of NFC teams; they won Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XV|XV]] and [[Super Bowl XVIII|XVIII]] (the latter as the Los Angeles Raiders).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XV - Oakland Raiders vs. Philadelphia Eagles - January 25th, 1981 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198101250phi.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XVIII - Washington Redskins vs. Los Angeles Raiders - January 22nd, 1984 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198401220rai.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref>

Conversely, the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] (XVI and XXIII), Dolphins, (XVII and XIX), and Broncos (XXI, XXII and XXIV) made multiple Super Bowls in the 1980s without winning one.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cincinnati Bengals Playoff History |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cin/playoffs.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Miami Dolphins Playoff History |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/mia/playoffs.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Denver Broncos Playoff History |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/den/playoffs.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref>

Following several seasons with poor records in the 1980s, the Cowboys rose back to prominence in the 1990s. During this decade, the Cowboys made post-season appearances every year except for the seasons of 1990 and 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dallas Cowboys Playoff History |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal/playoffs.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> From 1992 to 1996, the Cowboys won their division championship each year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dallas Cowboys Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal/index.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> In this same period, the Buffalo Bills reached the Super Bowl for a record four consecutive years, but lost all four (XXV-XXVIII).<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2015 |title=30 for 30s "Four Falls of Buffalo" lifts up our beloved Super Bowl Bills |url=https://www.buffalobills.com/news/30-for-30-s-four-falls-of-buffalo-lifts-up-our-beloved-super-bowl-bills-16464335 |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=BuffaloBills.com }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=George |first=Thomas |date=January 31, 1994 |title=It's Fourth-and-Heartbreak as the Bills Lose One More |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/31/sports/super-bowl-xxviii-it-s-fourth-and-heartbreak-as-the-bills-lose-one-more.html |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=The New York Times }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 31, 1994 |title=Dallas Wins Super Bowl; Bills 0 for 4 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/31/sports/dallas-wins-super-bowl-bills-0-for-4.html |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=The New York Times }}</ref> After Super Bowl championships by division rivals New York (1990) and Washington (1991), the Cowboys won three of the next four Super Bowls ([[Super Bowl XXVII|XXVII]], [[Super Bowl XXVIII|XXVIII]], and [[Super Bowl XXX|XXX]]) led by quarterback [[Troy Aikman]], running back [[Emmitt Smith]], and wide receiver [[Michael Irvin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXVII - Buffalo Bills vs. Dallas Cowboys - January 31st, 1993 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199301310buf.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXVIII - Dallas Cowboys vs. Buffalo Bills - January 30th, 1994 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199401300buf.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXX - Dallas Cowboys vs. Pittsburgh Steelers - January 28th, 1996 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199601280dal.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> All three of these players went to the Hall of Fame. The Cowboys' streak was interrupted by the [[1994 San Francisco 49ers season|49ers]], who were the first team to win their league-leading fifth title overall with [[Super Bowl XXIX]] with a dominant performance featuring the Super Bowl MVP and Hall of Fame quarterback [[Steve Young]] (who threw a Super Bowl record 6 touchdown passes), Hall of Fame wide receiver [[Jerry Rice]], and Hall of Fame cornerback [[Deion Sanders]]; however, the Cowboys' victory in Super Bowl XXX the next year also gave them five titles overall and they did so with Sanders after he won the Super Bowl the previous year with the 49ers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXIX - San Diego Chargers vs. San Francisco 49ers - January 29th, 1995 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199501290sdg.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2019 |title=Jan. 29, 1995: Steve Young Leads 49ers to Fifth Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl XXIX |url=https://www.49ers.com/news/jan-29-1995-steve-young-leads-49ers-to-fifth-lombardi-trophy-in-super-b-16763434 |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=49ers.com }}</ref> The NFC's winning streak was continued by the Packers led by Hall of Fame quarterback [[Brett Favre]], won [[Super Bowl XXXI]], their first championship since Super Bowl II in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXXI - New England Patriots vs. Green Bay Packers - January 26th, 1997 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199701260gnb.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref>

The Patriots made their maiden Super Bowl appearances in XX (1985) and XXXI (1996) but lost both times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New England Patriots Playoff History |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nwe/playoffs.htm |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> However, the turn of the century would soon bring hope and glory to the franchise.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gaines |first=Cork |date=February 1, 2023 |title=Why Tom Brady was overlooked in the NFL draft and why it was more than luck that led him to the Patriots |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/new-england-patriots-draft-tom-brady-sixth-round-pick-2022-2 |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=Business Insider }}</ref>

===2000s: AFC resurgence and the rise of the Patriots===
{{See also|Brady–Belichick era}}
[[Super Bowl XXXII]] saw quarterback [[John Elway]] and running back [[Terrell Davis]] lead the Denver Broncos to an upset victory over the defending champion Packers, snapping the NFC's thirteen-year winning streak.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silver |first=Michael |date=February 2, 1998 |title=John Elway executes brilliant game plan in Broncos' stunning Super Bowl win over the Packers |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1998/02/02/seven-up-showing-more-grit-than-prowess-john-elway-executed-a-brilliant-game-plan-in-the-broncos-stunning-super-bowl-win-over-the-packers |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=Sports Illustrated Vault }}</ref> The following year, the Broncos defeated the [[Atlanta Falcons]] in [[Super Bowl XXXIII]], Elway's fifth Super Bowl appearance, his second NFL championship, and his final NFL game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXXIII - Denver Broncos vs. Atlanta Falcons - January 31st, 1999 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199901310atl.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> The back-to-back victories heralded a change in momentum in which AFC teams would win nine out of 12 Super Bowls. In the years between 1995 and 2018, five teams—the Steelers, Patriots, Broncos, [[Baltimore Ravens]], and [[Indianapolis Colts]]—accounted for 22 of the 24 AFC Super Bowl appearances (including the last 16), with those same teams often meeting each other earlier in the playoffs. In contrast, the NFC saw a different representative in the Super Bowl every season from 2001 through 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchins |first=Andy |date=January 24, 2011 |title=Super Bowl XLV Welcomes 10th Different NFC Champion In 10 Years; Will Lions Be Next? |url=https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2011/1/24/1953542/superbowl-xlv-green-bay-packers-nfc |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=SBNation.com }}</ref>
[[File:Patriots on offense at Super Bowl XXXIX 1.jpg|thumb|left|The Patriots playing against the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX]]

The New England Patriots became the dominant team throughout the early 2000s, winning the championship three out of four years early in the decade.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2015 |title=Titans' dynasty that never was still haunts former players |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nfl/titans/2015/01/29/titans-dynasty-never-still-haunts-former-players/22552807/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=The Tennessean }}</ref> They would become only the second team in the history of the NFL to do so (after the 1990s Dallas Cowboys). In [[Super Bowl XXXVI]], first-year starting quarterback [[Tom Brady]] led his team to a 20–17 upset victory over the [[St. Louis Rams]], who two seasons earlier won [[Super Bowl XXXIV]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXXIV - St. Louis Rams vs. Tennessee Titans - January 30th, 2000 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200001300oti.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=George |first=Thomas |date=February 4, 2002 |title=On Final Play, Patriots Claim The Super Bowl |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/04/sports/on-final-play-patriots-claim-the-super-bowl.html |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=The New York Times }}</ref> Brady would go on to win the MVP award for this game. The Patriots also won Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XXXVIII|XXXVIII]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://deadspin.com/5981692/what-was-the-best-super-bowl-ever-ranking-all-47-games-according-to-watchability |title=What Was The Best Super Bowl Ever? Ranking All 47 Games According To Watchability |last1=Fischer-Baum |first1=Reuben |date=February 6, 2013 |publisher=Deadspin.com |access-date=February 4, 2013 |archive-date=September 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901210710/http://deadspin.com/5981692/what-was-the-best-super-bowl-ever-ranking-all-47-games-according-to-watchability |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Super Bowl XXXIX|XXXIX]] defeating the [[Carolina Panthers]] and the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXXVIII - Carolina Panthers vs. New England Patriots - February 1st, 2004 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200402010car.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXXIX - New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles - February 6th, 2005 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200502060nwe.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> This four-year stretch of Patriot dominance was interrupted by the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]' 48–21 [[Super Bowl XXXVII]] victory over the Oakland Raiders.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXXVII - Oakland Raiders vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - January 26th, 2003 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200301260rai.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref>

The Steelers and Colts continued the era of AFC dominance by winning Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XL|XL]] and [[Super Bowl XLI|XLI]] in the 2005 and 2006 seasons, respectively defeating the [[Seattle Seahawks]] and [[Chicago Bears]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XL - Seattle Seahawks vs. Pittsburgh Steelers - February 5th, 2006 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200602050pit.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XLI - Indianapolis Colts vs. Chicago Bears - February 4th, 2007 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200702040chi.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref>

In the [[2007 NFL season|2007 season]], the Patriots became the fourth team in NFL history to have a perfect unbeaten and untied regular-season record, the second in the Super Bowl era after the 1972 Miami Dolphins, and the first to finish 16–0.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gasper |first=Christopher L. |date=December 30, 2007 |title=Patriots escape Giants, finish perfect 16-0 season - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2007/12/30/patriots-escape-giants-finish-perfect-season/cR5Ca4RyXHgtYPWs7bvs6K/story.html |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=BostonGlobe.com }}</ref> They easily marched through the AFC playoffs and were heavy favorites in [[Super Bowl XLII]]. However, they lost that game to [[Eli Manning]] and the New York Giants 17–14, leaving the Patriots' 2007 record at 18–1.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Battista |first=Judy |date=February 4, 2008 |title=Giants Stun Patriots in Super Bowl XLII |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/sports/football/04game.html |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=The New York Times }}</ref>

The following season, the Steelers logged their record sixth Super Bowl title ([[Super Bowl XLIII|XLIII]]) in a 27–23, final-minute victory against the [[Arizona Cardinals]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lapointe |first=Joe |date=February 2, 2009 |title=In Tight Spot, Steelers' Holmes Keeps Feet Planted |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/sports/football/02holmes.html |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=The New York Times }}</ref>

The 2009 season saw the [[New Orleans Saints]] defeat the Indianapolis Colts in [[Super Bowl XLIV]] by a score of 31–17 to take home their first championship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Battista |first=Judy |date=February 8, 2010 |title=Champs? The Saints, Dat's Who |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/sports/football/08super.html |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=The New York Times }}</ref> With this victory, the Saints joined the New York Jets as the only teams to have won in their sole Super Bowl appearance, a distinction the Ravens also enjoyed in winning [[Super Bowl XXXV]] after the 2000 season and the Buccaneers in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl History |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/super-bowl/ |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref>

===2010s: Patriots reign; parity in the NFC===
[[File:Tom Brady with Vince Lombardi trophy.jpg|thumb|The [[New England Patriots]] postgame speech after [[Super Bowl LI]], February 5, 2017]]
[[File:Super Bowl 402EF3AA.jpg|thumb|The [[Philadelphia Eagles]] are presented with the [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]] after winning [[Super Bowl LII]], February 4, 2018.]]
In the AFC, this era was dominated by the Patriots, with the only four other teams to represent the conference being the Steelers, Ravens, Broncos, and Chiefs. The Patriots had tied a record with the 1970s Dallas Cowboys for most Super Bowl appearances in a decade with five appearances (2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018). The Patriots also had four Super Bowl appearances in five years. They also had eight consecutive AFC championship appearances spanning 2011–2018.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Whitt |first=Richie |date=January 29, 2023 |title=Patriots Past: Once Dominant on AFC Championship Sunday, Who Does New England Root For Now? |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/patriots/news/new-england-patriots-afc-championship-game-history-root-chiefs-bengals-tom-brady |access-date=June 14, 2024 |magazine=Sports Illustrated }}</ref>

The Super Bowls of the 2000s and 2010s saw strong performances from several of the participating quarterbacks, especially on the AFC side with repeated appearances by the same teams and players. In particular, Tom Brady, [[Ben Roethlisberger]], or [[Peyton Manning]] appeared as the AFC team's quarterback in all but two of the Super Bowls from 2001 through 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirshner |first=Alex |date=January 30, 2018 |title=3 QBs have repped the AFC in 15 of the last 17 Super Bowls |url=https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2018/1/30/16925824/tom-brady-super-bowl-history-afc-ben-roethlisberger-peyton-manning |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=SBNation.com }}</ref> Conversely, the only NFC teams to make the Super Bowl multiple times with the same quarterback in this era were the Seahawks, led by quarterback [[Russell Wilson]], and the Giants, led by quarterback Eli Manning.

One of these teams was featured in the culmination of the [[2010 NFL season|2010 season]], [[Super Bowl XLV]], which brought the Packers their fourth Super Bowl victory and record thirteenth NFL championship overall with the defeat of the Steelers in February 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2011 |title=Packers Beat Steelers 31-25 In Super Bowl XLV |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/super-bowl-xlv-recap/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=CBS News - Pittsburgh }}</ref> This became [[Aaron Rodgers]]' only Super Bowl victory.

The following year, in [[Super Bowl XLVI]], the Patriots made their first appearance of the decade, a position where they would become a mainstay. The Patriots, however, lost to the Eli Manning-led Giants, 21–17, who had beaten the Patriots four years before.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 5, 2012 |title=Giants come from behind, beat Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/giants-come-from-behind-beat-patriots-in-super-bowl-xlvi |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=NBC Sports }}</ref> This was the Giants' fourth Super Bowl victory.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Michael |date=November 13, 2021 |title=Giants reflect on 2011 run a decade later |url=https://www.giants.com/news/super-bowl-xlvi-highlights-tom-coughlin-eli-manning-new-england-patriots |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=Giants.com }}</ref>

In [[Super Bowl XLVII]], the NFC's 49ers were defeated by the Ravens 34–31.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XLVII - Baltimore Ravens vs. San Francisco 49ers - February 3rd, 2013 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201302030sfo.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> The game had been dubbed as the 'Harbaugh Bowl' in the weeks leading up to the game, due to the fact that the coaches of the two teams, [[John Harbaugh]] and [[Jim Harbaugh]], are brothers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bandini |first=Nicky |date=January 31, 2013 |title=Jim and John Harbaugh: Super Bowl XLVII's brothers up in arms |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jan/31/superbowl-xlvii-john-jim-harbaugh |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=The Guardian -GB}}</ref> During the third quarter, the Ravens had a commanding 28–6 lead. However, there was a [[Power outage|blackout]] in New Orleans, where the game was being played.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2013 |title=Superdome power outage delays Super Bowl XLVII |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/superdome-power-outage-delays-super-bowl-xlvii-0ap1000000134895 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=NFL.com }}</ref> The game was delayed for 34 minutes, and after play resumed, San Francisco stormed back with 17 straight points, but still lost.

[[Super Bowl XLVIII]], played at [[New Jersey]]'s [[MetLife Stadium]] in February 2014, was the first Super Bowl held outdoors in a cold-weather environment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2014 |title=NFL Prepares for First Ever 'Cold Weather Super Bowl' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/photo/nfl-prepares-first-ever-cold-weather-super-bowl-n15031 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=NBC News }}</ref> The Seahawks won their first NFL title with a 43–8 defeat of the Broncos, in a highly touted matchup that pitted Seattle's top-ranked defense against a Peyton Manning-led Denver offense that had broken the NFL's single-season scoring record.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XLVIII - Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos - February 2nd, 2014 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201402020den.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2014 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2014/opp.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Legwold |first=Jeff |date=September 27, 2023 |title='Sometimes it looked too easy': An oral history of the 2013 Broncos, the NFL's only 600-point team |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38492638/denver-broncos-peyton-manning-nfl-record-606-points-2013-season |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=ESPN.com }}</ref>

In [[Super Bowl XLIX]], the Patriots beat the defending Super Bowl champions, the Seahawks, by a score of 28–24.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XLIX - New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks - February 1st, 2015 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201502010sea.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref> Down by 10, the Patriots mounted a late fourth quarter comeback to win the game with Tom Brady scoring two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Halloran |first=Ryan |date=February 3, 2015 |title=Super Bowl XLIX marks Tom Brady's finest comeback of postseason career |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/sports/nfl/2015/02/03/super-bowl-xlix-tom-bradys-finest-comeback/15649559007/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=The Florida Times-Union }}</ref> In a key play in the final seconds of the game, then-rookie free agent [[Malcolm Butler]] would intercept a pass by Russell Wilson at the one-yard line, allowing the Patriots to run out the clock and end the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alper |first=Josh |date=February 1, 2015 |title=Malcolm Butler becomes unlikely star of Super Bowl XLIX |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/malcolm-butler-becomes-unlikely-star-of-super-bowl-xlix |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=NBC Sports }}</ref> Tom Brady was awarded his third Super Bowl MVP, tying Joe Montana for the most Super Bowl MVP awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2015 |title=Tom Brady Ties Record with Third Super Bowl MVP |url=https://athlonsports.com/nfl/tom-brady-ties-record-third-super-bowl-mvp |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=Athlon Sports }}</ref>

In [[Super Bowl 50]], the first Super Bowl to be branded with [[Arabic numerals]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Ahiza |date=September 10, 2015 |title=NFL ditches Roman numerals for Super Bowl 50 |url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/09/10/news/companies/super-bowl-50-nfl/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910234438/http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/10/news/companies/super-bowl-50-nfl/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=CNNMoney}}</ref> the Broncos, led by the league's top-ranked defense, defeated the Panthers, who had the league's top-ranked offense, in what became the final game of quarterback Peyton Manning's career.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2015 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2015/opp.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2015 Carolina Panthers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees, Injury Reports |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/car/2015.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> [[Von Miller]] dominated, totaling 2.5 sacks and forcing two [[Cam Newton]] fumbles; both fumbles leading to Broncos touchdowns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl 50 - Carolina Panthers vs. Denver Broncos - February 7th, 2016 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201602070den.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 10, 2016 |title=Broncos' Malik Jackson: Scores first touchdown of Super Bowl 50 |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/broncos-malik-jackson-scores-first-touchdown-of-super-bowl-50/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=CBSSports.com }}</ref>

In [[Super Bowl LI]], the first Super Bowl to end in overtime,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Bucky |date=February 7, 2017 |title=Super Bowl LI explained: How Patriots pulled off epic comeback |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/super-bowl-li-explained-how-patriots-pulled-off-epic-comeback-0ap3000000784357 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=NFL.com }}</ref> the Atlanta Falcons led 28–3 late in the third quarter, but the Patriots came back to tie the game 28–28 with back-to-back touchdowns and two-point conversions, and the Patriots went on to win 34–28 in overtime.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl LI - New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons - February 5th, 2017 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201702050atl.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref> This 25-point deficit was the largest comeback win for any team in a Super Bowl, breaking the previous of a 10-point deficit to come back and win.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=D'Abate |first=Mike |date=February 5, 2023 |title=Patriots, Tom Brady 28-3 Super Bowl LI Comeback: Still Legendary |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/patriots/news/new-england-patriots-super-bowl-li-comeback-tom-brady-james-white-julian-edelman-movie |access-date=June 14, 2024 |magazine=Sports Illustrated }}</ref> The Patriots never held the lead until the game-winning touchdown in overtime. It was Tom Brady's 5th Super Bowl win and he was awarded his record fourth Super Bowl MVP, throwing a then-record 466 yards for 43 completions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2020 |title=Tom Brady wins fourth Super Bowl MVP award, most ever by any player |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/tom-brady-wins-fourth-super-bowl-mvp-award-most-ever-by-any-player |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=FOX Sports }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fucillo |first=David |date=June 10, 2017 |title=Tom Brady joins Charles Haley in 5 Super Bowl ring club |url=https://www.ninersnation.com/2017/6/10/15775010/tom-brady-five-super-bowl-rings-charles-haley |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=Niners Nation }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Rob |date=February 5, 2017 |title=Tom Brady Breaks Super Bowl Single-Game Record for Passing Yards, Completions |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2691410-tom-brady-breaks-super-bowl-single-game-record-for-passing-yards-completions |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=Bleacher Report }}</ref>

In [[Super Bowl LII]], the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the defending champion Patriots 41–33, ending a 57-year championship drought for the franchise.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wulf |first=Bo |date=February 5, 2018 |title=The Eagles win Super Bowl thriller, 41-33 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/231113/2018/02/05/the-breakdown-the-eagles-win-super-bowl-thriller-41-33/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=The New York Times }}</ref> [[Nick Foles]] won the Super Bowl MVP.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Charean |date=February 4, 2018 |title=Nick Foles wins Super Bowl MVP honors |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nick-foles-wins-super-bowl-mvp-honors |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=NBC Sports }}</ref> The Patriots totaled 613 yards in defeat, with Tom Brady breaking his previous Super Bowl record of 466 passing yards with an all-time playoff record of 505 passing yards in the high-scoring game; while the Eagles would gain 538 yards in the victory.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reyes |first=Lorenzo |date=February 4, 2018 |title=Tom Brady sets Super Bowl record for passing yards in a game in Patriots' loss to Eagles |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2018/02/04/tom-brady-super-bowl-passing-record-patriots-eagles/305836002/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=USA TODAY }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl LII - Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots - February 4th, 2018 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201802040nwe.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref> The combined total for both teams of 1,151 yards of offense broke an NFL record (for any game) that had stood for nearly seven decades.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Breech |first=John |date=February 5, 2018 |title=Tom Brady tops Super Bowl passing mark: All 17 records broken in Eagles-Patriots |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tom-brady-tops-super-bowl-passing-mark-all-17-records-broken-in-eagles-patriots/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=CBSSports.com }}</ref> The Patriots' 33 points were the highest losing score in Super Bowl history, a record held until 2023, when the Eagles lost [[Super Bowl LVII]] to the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] by a score of 38–35.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maaddi |first=Rob |date=February 13, 2023 |title=Mahomes, Chiefs beat Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII |url=https://apnews.com/article/super-bowl-2023-kansas-city-chiefs-philadelphia-eagles-43a1fb387f63438c1eea23b6a4244d95 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=AP News }}</ref> It was the Eagles' third Super Bowl appearance and their first win in franchise history. With the Eagles' victory, the [[NFC East]] became the first division to have each team win at least one Super Bowl.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Polacek |first=Scott |date=February 5, 2018 |title=NFC East Becomes 1st Division in Which Each Team Has Won a Super Bowl |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2757760-nfc-east-becomes-1st-division-in-which-each-team-has-won-a-super-bowl |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=Bleacher Report }}</ref>

While Super Bowl LII produced the second highest-scoring Super Bowl, the following year's [[Super Bowl LIII]] became the lowest-scoring Super Bowl. The Patriots defeated the [[Los Angeles Rams]], 13–3. In so doing, they became the team with the lowest point total by a winning team in Super Bowl history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patriots beat Rams 13-3 in lowest scoring Super Bowl ever |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=401038115 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press }}</ref>  Tom Brady would receive a record sixth Super Bowl championship, the most of any player in NFL history, surpassing his tie with Charles Haley for five wins. Brady would also become the oldest player to ever win a Super Bowl at age 41, while [[Bill Belichick]] would be the oldest coach to ever win a Super Bowl at age 66.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newport |first=Kyle |date=February 3, 2019 |title=Bill Belichick Oldest Coach to Win Super Bowl After 13-3 Victory vs. Rams |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2819166-bill-belichick-oldest-coach-to-win-super-bowl-after-13-3-victory-vs-rams |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=Bleacher Report }}</ref> Wide receiver [[Julian Edelman]] was named Super Bowl MVP.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Charean |date=February 3, 2019 |title=Julian Edelman wins Super Bowl MVP |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/julian-edelman-wins-super-bowl-mvp |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=NBC Sports }}</ref>

===2020s: Beginning of the Chiefs' dominance===
In [[Super Bowl LIV]], the Chiefs defeated the 49ers in a comeback, 31–20, for their first Super Bowl title in 50 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shpigel |first=Ben |date=February 3, 2020 |title=Chiefs Defeat 49ers in Stunning Super Bowl Comeback |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/sports/football/chiefs-super-bowl.html |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=The New York Times }}</ref> This victory marked the first time since 1991 that the NFC did not have more Super Bowl victories than the AFC. The Patriots were absent; after making it to the Super Bowl in each of the last three years and winning two of them, they had lost in the Wild Card round of the [[2019–20 NFL playoffs|playoffs]] to the [[Tennessee Titans]] 20–13.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New England Patriots Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nwe/index.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 New England Patriots Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees, Injury Reports |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nwe/2019.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> That game represented Tom Brady's final game as a New England Patriot.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Boclair |first=David |date=March 20, 2020 |title=Brady's Final Act With Patriots A Loss to Titans |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/titans/news/tennessee-titans-new-england-patriots-tom-brady-to-tampa-bay-buccaneers |access-date=June 14, 2024 |magazine=Sports Illustrated }}</ref>

In [[Super Bowl LV]], which took place in [[Tampa, Florida]], the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the defending champion Chiefs, 31–9.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where is the 2021 Super Bowl: Date, time, location of this year's NFL title game|url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/where-is-the-2021-super-bowl-date-time-location-of-this-years-nfl-title-game/ |date=February 7, 2021 |first1=Bryan |last1=DeArdo |access-date=January 22, 2021|website=CBS Sports|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121130603/https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/where-is-the-2021-super-bowl-date-time-location-of-this-years-nfl-title-game/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl LV - Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - February 7th, 2021 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202102070tam.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> No player on the Buccaneers who scored points ([[Rob Gronkowski]], [[Antonio Brown]], [[Leonard Fournette]], and [[Ryan Succop]]) was on the Buccaneers' roster the previous season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees, Injury Reports |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/tam/2019.htm |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] }}</ref> This marked a record seventh Super Bowl victory for [[Tom Brady]], also more than any individual NFL franchise, and who would also break his own record for the oldest quarterback to win a championship at 43 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shpigel |first=Ben |date=February 8, 2021 |title=Tom Brady's 7th Super Bowl Win Ends N.F.L.'s Most Challenging Year |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/sports/football/tom-brady-super-bowl-mvp.html |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=The New York Times }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Heyen |first=Billy |date=February 10, 2023 |title=Here are the oldest players to win a Super Bowl in NFL history |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/super-bowl-oldest-players-win/o7f6d78bnttb11t3hqr9d3a6p |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=Sporting News }}</ref> Tampa Bay head coach [[Bruce Arians]] would also break [[Bill Belichick]]'s record for the oldest head coach to win a championship at 68.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kerr |first=Jeff |date=February 8, 2021 |title=Super Bowl 2021: Bruce Arians becomes oldest coach to win a Super Bowl, second-oldest coach to win NFL title |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2021-bruce-arians-becomes-oldest-coach-to-win-a-super-bowl-second-oldest-coach-to-win-nfl-title/ |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=CBSSports.com }}</ref> Super Bowl LV also marked the first time in the history of the modern league that a host city's professional football franchise got to play in a Super Bowl that was hosted in their [[Raymond James Stadium|home stadium]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shook |first=Nick |date=January 24, 2021 |title=Buccaneers will be first team to play in Super Bowl at home stadium |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-become-first-team-that-will-host-super-bowl-at-home-stadium |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=NFL.com }}</ref>

[[Super Bowl LVI|A year later]] in [[Inglewood, California]], the [[Los Angeles Rams]] defeated the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] 23–20 to win Super Bowl LVI, becoming the second team to win the Super Bowl in its home stadium.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/sport/live-news/super-bowl-2022-rams-vs-bengals/index.html |title=News and highlights from Super Bowl LVI: Rams vs Bengals |publisher=CNN |first1=Jason |last1=Kurtz |first2=Mike |last2=Hayes |first3=Maureen |last3=Chowdhury |first4=Karl |last4=de Vries |first5=Meg |last5=Wagner |date= February 13, 2022|accessdate=February 20, 2022 |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214031132/https://www.cnn.com/sport/live-news/super-bowl-2022-rams-vs-bengals/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On [[Super Bowl LVII|February 12, 2023]], at [[State Farm Stadium]] in [[Glendale, Arizona]], the Chiefs overcame a 10-point deficit at halftime to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 38–35, winning Super Bowl LVII on a last-minute field goal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gardner |first1=Steve |last2=Deen |first2=Safid |last3=Bumbaca |first3=Chris |title=Super Bowl 57 final score: Chiefs top Eagles 38-35 thanks to late-game magic from Mahomes |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/super-bowl/2023/02/12/super-bowl-2023-live-updates-chiefs-eagles/11218626002/ |website=USA Today |access-date=February 12, 2023 |date=February 12, 2023}}</ref>

On [[Super Bowl LVIII|February 11, 2024]], the Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII at [[Allegiant Stadium]] on an overtime touchdown. The first Super Bowl in [[Las Vegas]], this was a rematch of Super Bowl LIV between the 49ers and the Chiefs, and was the Chiefs' fourth Super Bowl appearance in five years. The second Super Bowl to go into overtime, the Chiefs came back from another 10-point deficit to win their third Super Bowl in five years and secure back-to-back championships for the first time since the [[2004 New England Patriots season|2004 New England Patriots]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pryor |first=Brooke |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Chiefs defeat 49ers 25-22 in Super Bowl LVIII |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39480722/49ers-chiefs-live-super-bowl-lviii-updates-moments-highlights |access-date=May 16, 2024 |website=ESPN.com }}</ref>

[[File:Super Bowl LIX (54361947349).jpg|thumb|right|The stadium and field setup for Super Bowl LIX]]
On [[Super Bowl LIX|February 9, 2025]], at the [[Caesars Superdome]] in New Orleans, [[Patrick Mahomes]] went to his fifth Super Bowl since he became the starting [[quarterback]]. This made the Chiefs the first team in NFL history to win back-to-back Super Bowls and then appear in the Super Bowl again the following year, and also the first team in NFL history to play in five Super Bowls over a six-year period. The Chiefs played the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] in Super Bowl LIX. This was the second time the Chiefs rematched another team in the Super Bowl. The Eagles successfully avenged their Super Bowl LVII defeat, winning 40–22 after leading 34–0 at the end of the third quarter and preventing the Chiefs from becoming the first team to win [[Three-peat|three straight]] Super Bowl championships. [[Jalen Hurts]] was named Super Bowl MVP.

On [[Super Bowl LX|February 8, 2026]] at [[Levi's Stadium]] in Santa Clara, California, the [[2025 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]] faced the [[2025 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]]. The game had a slow start, going 12–0 in the first half with four Seahawks field goals. The second half had a bit more action with a Seattle touchdown and interception. The Seahawks shutout the Patriots for the first three quarters of the Super Bowl LX, leading 12–0 without scoring any touchdowns. The Patriots eventually managed to score 13 points, but could not win. In the end, the Seahawks defeated the Patriots 29–13, making back to back super bowls where the teams avenge their defeat in a previous super bowl. Running back [[Kenneth Walker III]] was named Super Bowl MVP.

==Television coverage and ratings==
{{main|Super Bowl television ratings}}

{{see also|List of most watched television broadcasts in the United States}}
[[File:SuperBowlXXXVBroadcastCompound.jpg|thumb|The [[Super Bowl XXXV]] broadcasting compound, full of [[satellite truck]]s]]
The Super Bowl is one of the most-watched annual sporting events in the world, with viewership overwhelmingly domestic.<ref name="ChampionsLeague" /> The only other annual event that gathers more viewers is the [[UEFA Champions League]] final.<ref name="ChampionsLeague">{{Cite web |last1=May |first1=Jeffrey |last2=Roche |first2=Calum |last3=Reidy |first3=Paul |date=June 13, 2023 |title=Super Bowl vs Champions League final: which is the most watched sporting event? |url=https://en.as.com/soccer/super-bowl-vs-champions-league-final-which-is-the-most-watched-sporting-event-n/ |access-date=June 13, 2024 |website=[[AS.com]]}}</ref> For many years, the Super Bowl has possessed a large US and global television viewership, and it is often the most-watched United States originating television program of the year.<ref name="Peralta">{{cite web|title=Super Bowl XLIX Was Most Watched Show In TV History|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/02/02/383352809/super-bowl-xlix-was-most-watched-show-in-tv-history|last=Peralta|first=Eyder|date=February 2, 2015|access-date=March 7, 2022|website=[[NPR]]}}</ref> The game tends to have a high [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen television rating]], which is usually around a 40 rating and 60 shares. This means that, on average, more than 100 million people from the United States alone are tuned into the Super Bowl at any given moment.

In press releases preceding the game, the NFL has claimed that the Super Bowl has a potential worldwide audience of around one billion people in over 200 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 7, 2007 |title=Super Bowl XLI broadcast in 232 countries |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/super-bowl-xli-broadcast-in-232-countries-09000d5d80022760 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=NFL.com }}</ref> However, this figure refers to the number of people ''able'' to watch the game, not the number of people who will actually be watching. Regardless, the statements have been frequently misinterpreted in the media as referring to the latter figure, leading to a misperception about the game's actual global audience.<ref name="Rushin">{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/steve_rushin/02/03/rushin0206/ |title=A Billion People ''Can'' Be Wrong |date=February 6, 2006 |access-date=January 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210132742/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/steve_rushin/02/03/rushin0206/ |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |last=Rushin |first=Steve |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 10, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-02/2006-02-03-voa5.cfm?CFID=86843309&CFTOKEN=86609833 |title=Super Bowl XL to Attract Close to 1 Billion Viewers Worldwide |publisher=[[Voice of America]] |date=February 3, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924184703/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-02/2006-02-03-voa5.cfm |archive-date=September 24, 2009}}</ref> The New York-based media research firm Initiative measured the global audience for the [[Super Bowl XXXIX]] at 93 million people, with 98 percent of that figure being viewers in North America, which meant roughly two million people outside North America watched the Super Bowl that year.<ref name="Rushin"/>

[[Super Bowl LIX]] holds the record for average number of US viewers, with an average of 127.7 million viewers in the United States, making the game the most-viewed television broadcast of any kind in American history.

The highest-rated game according to Nielsen was [[Super Bowl XVI]] in 1982, which was watched in 49.1% of households (73 shares), or 40,020,000 households at the time. Super Bowl XVI still ranks fourth on Nielsen's [[List of most watched television broadcasts in the United States#The highest-rated broadcasts of all time|list of top-rated programs of all time]], with three other Super Bowls ([[Super Bowl XVII|XVII]], [[Super Bowl XX|XX]], and [[Super Bowl XLIX|XLIX]]) in the top ten.

Famous [[Super Bowl commercials]] include the [[1984 (advertisement)|1984 introduction]] of Apple's Macintosh computer, the Budweiser "[[Bud Bowl]]" campaign, and the [[Dot-com commercials during Super Bowl XXXIV|dot-com ads]] aired during [[Super Bowl XXXIV]]. As the television ratings of the Super Bowl have steadily increased over the years, commercial prices have also increased, with advertisers paying as much as $7 million for a thirty-second spot during [[Super Bowl LVI]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC Sells Out Super Bowl LVI, Hitting $7M for 30-Second Ads|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/nbc-sells-out-super-bowl-7m-1235086449/|website=HollywoodReporter.com|last=Weprin|first= Alex|date=February 3, 2022|access-date=February 5, 2022|archive-date=February 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205024403/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/nbc-sells-out-super-bowl-7m-1235086449/|url-status=live}}</ref> A segment of the audience tunes into the Super Bowl solely to view commercials.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kotala |first=Carl |date=June 15, 2011 |title=Commercials as big as game |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/floridatoday/access/1813188961.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+28%252C+2004&author=Carl+Kotala&pub=Florida+Today&desc=Commercials+as+big+as+game&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615062623/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/floridatoday/access/1813188961.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+28%2C+2004&author=Carl+Kotala&pub=Florida+Today&desc=Commercials+as+big+as+game&pqatl=google |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |website=Florida Today}}</ref> In 2010, Nielsen reported that 51 percent of Super Bowl viewers tune in for the commercials.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2010 |title=Survey Most Super Bowl Viewers Tune in for the Commercials |url=http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2010/survey-most-super-bowl-viewers-tune-in-for-the-commercials.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531105016/http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2010/survey-most-super-bowl-viewers-tune-in-for-the-commercials.html |archive-date=May 31, 2014 |website=Nielson}}</ref>

Since 1991, the Super Bowl has begun between 6:19 and 6:40 PM [[Eastern Time|EST]] so that most of the game is played during the [[primetime]] hours on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]].<ref name="GawkerSBChart">{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=John |date=January 31, 2014 |title=Superbowl: What Time Is the Super Bowl in One Amazing Chart |url=https://www.gawker.com/what-time-is-the-super-bowl-in-one-amazing-chart-1513231876 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201150821/http://gawker.com/what-time-is-the-super-bowl-in-one-amazing-chart-1513231876 |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |access-date=February 1, 2014 |publisher=Gawker}}</ref>

===US television rights===
{{see also|List of Super Bowl broadcasters|NFL on television}}
Throughout most of its history, the Super Bowl has been rotated annually between the same American [[television network]]s that broadcast the NFL's regular season and postseason games.

[[Super Bowl I]], played in 1967, is the only Super Bowl to have been broadcast in the United States by two different broadcasters simultaneously. At the time, [[NFL on NBC|NBC]] held the rights to nationally televise AFL games while [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] had the rights to broadcast NFL games. Both networks were allowed to cover the game, and each network used its own announcers, but NBC was only allowed to use the CBS feed instead of producing its own.<ref name="ChicagoTribune1986">{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-01-26-8601070168-story.html | title=Super Bowl I: CBS vs. NBC | date=January 26, 1986 | first=Skip | last=Myslenski | work=Chicago Tribune | access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Christopher |date=February 10, 2023 |title=10 Things You May Not Know About the First Super Bowl |url=https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-first-super-bowl |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=HISTORY }}</ref>

Beginning with [[Super Bowl II]], NBC televised the game in even years and CBS in odd years. This annual rotation between the two networks continued through the 1970 [[AFL–NFL merger]] when NBC was given the rights to televise AFC games and CBS winning the rights to broadcast NFC games. Although [[NFL on ABC|ABC]] began broadcasting ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' in 1970, it was not added to the Super Bowl rotation until [[Super Bowl XIX]], played in 1985. ABC, CBS and NBC then continued to rotate the Super Bowl until 1994, when [[NFL on Fox|Fox]] replaced CBS as the NFC broadcaster. CBS then took NBC's place in the rotation after CBS replaced NBC as the AFC broadcaster in 1998. As a result of new contracts signed in 2006, with NBC taking over ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football|Sunday Night Football]]'' from [[ESPN]], and ''Monday Night Football'' moving from ABC to ESPN, NBC took ABC's place in the Super Bowl rotation. The rotation between CBS, Fox, and NBC will continue until the new contracts that took effect for the first time with [[Super Bowl LVIII]], allowing ABC to return and starting a four-network rotation.<ref name="SB contract">{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Grant |date=March 18, 2021 |title=NFL announces new broadcast deals running through 2033 season |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-announces-new-broadcast-deals-running-through-2033-season |access-date=March 18, 2021 |website=NFL.com}}</ref>

The four-year rotation beginning with Super Bowl LVIII also allows each broadcaster to offer simulcasts or alternative broadcasts on its sister networks and platforms.<ref name="SB contract" /> CBS's sister network [[NFL on Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon]] aired an alternate children-oriented telecast of Super Bowl LVIII.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 1, 2023 |title=SpongeBob, slime to highlight Nickelodeon Super Bowl telecast |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38113170/spongebob-slime-highlight-nickelodeon-super-bowl-telecast |access-date=August 1, 2023 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> And ABC's rights include ESPN simulcasts and alternative broadcasts on other ESPN networks.<ref name="SB contract" />

The NFL has broken the traditional broadcasting rotation if it can be used to bolster other major sporting events a network airs around the time game is played .<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Joe |date=March 14, 2019 |title=CBS agrees to Super Bowl swap to give NBC Winter Olympics boost |url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/cbs-super-bowl-nbc-winter-olympics |access-date=March 14, 2019 |website=SportsPro}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Crupi |first=Anthony |date=March 13, 2019 |title=CBS, NBC in 'Freaky Friday' Super Bowl swap |url=https://adage.com/article/media/cbs-nbc-swap-super-bowls/316974/ |access-date=March 13, 2019 |website=adage.com }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/cbs-nbc-swap-super-bowl-1203162667/|title=CBS, NBC to Swap Super Bowl Broadcasts|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=March 13, 2019|website=Variety|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> For example, CBS was given [[Super Bowl XXVI]] (1992) after it won the rights to air the [[1992 Winter Olympics]], with NBC subsequently airing [[Super Bowl XXVII]] (1993) and [[Super Bowl XXVIII]] (1994) in consecutive years. Likewise, NBC aired [[Super Bowl LVI]] (2022) instead of CBS during the [[2022 Winter Olympics]], which were also aired by NBC.<ref name=":1"/> CBS received [[Super Bowl LV]] (2021) in return.<ref name=":1"/> Under the four-network rotation that will take effect beginning in 2024, the league will award NBC the Super Bowl during Winter Olympic years.<ref name="SB contract" />

The first six Super Bowls were [[blackout (broadcasting)|blacked out]] in the television markets of the host cities, due to league restrictions then in place. [[Super Bowl VII]] (1973) was telecast in [[Los Angeles]] on an experimental basis after all tickets were sold ten days before the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wereschagin |first=Mike |date=February 5, 2011 |title=Super Bowl evolves into television extravaganza |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_721485.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205210835/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_721485.html |archive-date=February 5, 2011 |website=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |access-date=December 23, 2017 }}</ref>

Game analyst [[John Madden]] is the only person to broadcast a Super Bowl for each of the four networks that have televised the game (five with CBS, three with Fox, two with ABC, and one with NBC).

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network !! Number broadcast !! Years broadcast !! Future scheduled telecasts{{Cref|*}}
|-
|'''[[NFL on ABC|ABC]]'''|| 7 (''9''{{Cref|ˇ}})|| [[Super Bowl XIX|1985]], [[Super Bowl XXII|1988]], [[Super Bowl XXV|1991]], [[Super Bowl XXIX|1995]], [[Super Bowl XXXIV|2000]], [[Super Bowl XXXVII|2003]], [[Super Bowl XL|2006]] || ''[[Super Bowl LXI|2027]]'', 2031{{Cref|ˇ}}
|-
|'''[[NFL on Fox|Fox]]'''|| 11 (''13''{{Cref|ˇ}}) || [[Super Bowl XXXI|1997]], [[Super Bowl XXXIII|1999]], [[Super Bowl XXXVI|2002]], [[Super Bowl XXXIX|2005]], [[Super Bowl XLII|2008]], [[Super Bowl XLV|2011]], [[Super Bowl XLVIII|2014]], [[Super Bowl LI|2017]], [[Super Bowl LIV|2020]], [[Super Bowl LVII|2023]], [[Super Bowl LIX|2025]]|| ''[[Super Bowl LXIII|2029]]'', 2033{{Cref|ˇ}}
|-
|'''[[NFL on NBC|NBC]]'''|| 21 (''23''{{Cref|ˇ}}) || [[Super Bowl I|1967]],{{Cref|**}} [[Super Bowl III|1969]], [[Super Bowl V|1971]], [[Super Bowl VII|1973]], [[Super Bowl IX|1975]], [[Super Bowl XI|1977]], [[Super Bowl XIII|1979]], [[Super Bowl XV|1981]], [[Super Bowl XVII|1983]], [[Super Bowl XX|1986]], [[Super Bowl XXIII|1989]], [[Super Bowl XXVII|1993]], [[Super Bowl XXVIII|1994]], [[Super Bowl XXX|1996]], [[Super Bowl XXXII|1998]], [[Super Bowl XLIII|2009]], [[Super Bowl XLVI|2012]], [[Super Bowl XLIX|2015]], [[Super Bowl LII|2018]], [[Super Bowl LVI|2022]], [[Super Bowl LX|2026]] || ''[[Super Bowl LXIV|2030]]'', 2034{{Cref|ˇ}}
|-
|'''[[NFL on CBS|CBS]]'''|| 22 (''24''{{Cref|ˇ}}) || [[Super Bowl I|1967]],{{Cref|**}} [[Super Bowl II|1968]], [[Super Bowl IV|1970]], [[Super Bowl VI|1972]], [[Super Bowl VIII|1974]], [[Super Bowl X|1976]], [[Super Bowl XII|1978]], [[Super Bowl XIV|1980]], [[Super Bowl XVI|1982]], [[Super Bowl XVIII|1984]], [[Super Bowl XXI|1987]], [[Super Bowl XXIV|1990]], [[Super Bowl XXVI|1992]], [[Super Bowl XXXV|2001]], [[Super Bowl XXXVIII|2004]], [[Super Bowl XLI|2007]], [[Super Bowl XLIV|2010]], [[Super Bowl XLVII|2013]], [[Super Bowl 50|2016]], [[Super Bowl LIII|2019]], [[Super Bowl LV|2021]], [[Super Bowl LVIII|2024]]|| ''[[Super Bowl LXII|2028]]'', 2032{{Cref|ˇ}}
|}
<small>Note: Years listed are the year the game was actually played (''will be played''{{Cref|ˇ}}) rather than what NFL season it is considered to have been.</small><br>
{{Cnote|*|The current TV contract with the networks expires after the 2033 season (or in early 2034). Under the deal, the Super Bowl is currently rotated annually between CBS, Fox, NBC, and ABC in that order. ABC returned to the rotation with that contract that took effect at the start of the 2023 season.<ref name="SB contract" /> The contract does have an opt-out clause after the 2029 season (or in early 2030), with the exception for ABC's contract, whose opt-out clause is after the 2030 season (or in early 2031).<ref>{{Cite web|title=CNBC Sport: Why television executives are freaking out over 2029|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/26/cnbc-sport-television-executives-freak-out-over-2029.html|website=CNBC|date=September 26, 2024|access-date=February 12, 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Cnote|**|The first Super Bowl was [[simulcast|simultaneously broadcast]] by CBS and NBC, with each network using the same video feed from CBS, but providing its own commentary.}}

===Lead-out programming===
{{See also|List of Super Bowl lead-out programs}}
The Super Bowl provides lead-in to programming following it on the same channel, the effects of which can last for several hours. For instance, in discussing the ratings of a local TV station, [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] television critic Alan Pergament noted that following [[Super Bowl XLVII]], which aired on CBS: "A [[infomercial|paid program]] that ran on CBS{{nbsp}}4 ([[WIVB-TV]]) at 2:30 in the morning had a 1.3 rating. That's higher than some [[The CW|CW]] prime time shows get on [[WNLO-TV]], Channel 4's sister station."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pergament |first=Alan |date=February 6, 2013 |title="American Idol" Slipping Here and Nationally |url=http://stilltalkintv.com/2013/02/american-idol-slipping-here-and-nationally/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213135538/http://stilltalkintv.com/2013/02/american-idol-slipping-here-and-nationally/  |archive-date=February 13, 2013 |website=Still Talkin TV}}</ref>

Because of this strong [[coattail effect]], the network that airs the Super Bowl typically takes advantage of the large audience to air an episode of a hit series or to premiere the pilot of a promising new one in the lead-out slot, which immediately follows the Super Bowl and post-game coverage.

==Ceremonies and entertainment==
{{See also|List of national anthem performers at the Super Bowl|List of Super Bowl halftime shows}}

[[File:Jennifer Hudson sings national anthem at Super Bowl 43.jpg|right|thumb|[[Jennifer Hudson]] sings the national anthem at Super Bowl XLIII.]]
[[File:Super Bowl 50 Blue Angels flyover 150903-D-FW736-012.JPG|thumb|Closing the opening ceremony of Super Bowl 50]]
Early Super Bowls featured a halftime show consisting of [[marching band]]s from local [[university|colleges]] or [[High school (North America)|high schools]]; but as the popularity of the game increased, a trend emerged where popular singers and musicians performed during its pre-game ceremonies and the [[halftime show]], or simply sang the [[national anthem of the United States]], "[[America the Beautiful]]", or "[[Lift Every Voice and Sing]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/super-bowl|title=2020 Super Bowl Sunday: When, Where, & More|website=[[NFL.com]]|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203000505/https://www.nfl.com/super-bowl|url-status=live}}</ref>

The U.S. national anthem has been performed at all but one Super Bowl: [[Super Bowl XI]] in 1977 when [[Vikki Carr]] sang "America the Beautiful" in place of the anthem. Beginning with [[Super Bowl XLIII]] in 2009, "America the Beautiful" is sung before the national anthem every year and is followed by the presentation of the colors and a military flyover preceding the anthem. Beginning with [[Super Bowl LV]] in 2021, "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is sung prior to "America the Beautiful" in honor of [[Black History Month]],  although initially it was sung in memory of those who died during the [[Coronavirus pandemic in the United States]], during which Super Bowl LV was played.

For many years, [[Whitney Houston]]'s [[The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston song)|performance]] of the national anthem at [[Super Bowl XXV]] in 1991, during the [[Gulf War]], had long been regarded as one of the best renditions of the anthem in history.<ref name="ABC Hudson">{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WinterConcert/story?id=6788924&page=1|title=Hudson's Super Bowl Lip-Sync No Surprise to Insiders|publisher=ABC News|date=February 3, 2009|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=December 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220170120/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WinterConcert/Story?id=6788924&page=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Fitting">{{cite news|title=A fitting wartime rendition|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|date=February 4, 1991}}</ref><ref name="Rollingstone">{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/2007/07/03/our-national-anthem-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031061423/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/03/our-national-anthem-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 31, 2007|title=Our National Anthem: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 3, 2007|access-date=February 4, 2009}}</ref> Before [[Super Bowl XLVIII]], soprano [[Renée Fleming]] became the first opera singer to perform the anthem.

Recently,{{when|date=October 2023|reason=When did the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award winners first start being recognized at the Super Bowl pre-game ceremonies?}} the winner of the [[Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award]] has been acknowledged before "America the Beautiful" and "The Star-Spangled Banner".

Since [[Super Bowl XII]] in 1978, a former football player, a celebrity, or another special guest participates in the coin toss ceremony to recognize their community involvement or significance.

The pre-game ceremonies usually go in the following order:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2024-pregame-show-how-to-watch-the-nfl-today-on-cbs-and-the-free-live-stream-on-paramount/|title=Super Bowl 2024 pregame show: How to watch 'The NFL Today' on CBS, and the free live stream on Paramount+|last=Kerr|first=Jeff|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc|date=February 11, 2024|website=CBSSports.com|accessdate=June 3, 2024}}</ref>
* Presentation of the Most Valuable Players, occurred every ten years since [[Super Bowl XX|1986]]
* "[[Lift Every Voice and Sing]]"
* [[Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award]] presentation
* "[[America the Beautiful]]"
* Presentation of the Colors
* "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" followed by flyover
* Coin toss

Unlike regular season or playoff games, thirty minutes are allocated for the Super Bowl halftime. After a special live episode of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] sketch comedy series ''[[In Living Color]]'' caused a drop in viewership for the Super Bowl XXVI halftime show, the NFL sought to increase the Super Bowl's audience by hiring A-list talent to perform. They approached [[Michael Jackson]], whose performance the following year drew higher figures than the game itself.<ref>{{cite news | title=How Jackson Redefined the Super Bowl | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/sports/football/30sandomir.html | first=Richard | last=Sandomir | newspaper=The New York Times | date=June 29, 2009 | access-date=January 30, 2010 | archive-date=December 29, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229091203/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/sports/football/30sandomir.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="trib-goalofspectacle">{{Cite news |last=Rosenthal |first=Phil |date=February 6, 2011 |title=Goal of spectacle colors NFL's thinking about Super Bowl halftime show |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-xpm-2011-02-06-ct-biz-0206-rosenthal-20110206-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205073619/https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-xpm-2011-02-06-ct-biz-0206-rosenthal-20110206-story.html |archive-date=December 5, 2021 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> [[U2]] performed at [[Super Bowl XXXVI]] in 2002; during their third song, "[[Where the Streets Have No Name]]", the band played under a large projection screen which scrolled through names of the victims of the [[September 11 attacks]].

The [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show|halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII]] attracted [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy|controversy]], following an incident in which [[Justin Timberlake]] removed a piece of [[Janet Jackson]]'s top, briefly exposing one of her breasts before the broadcast quickly cut away from the shot. The incident led to fines being issued by the [[FCC]] (and a larger crackdown over "[[indecent]]" content broadcast on television), and [[MTV]] (then a sister to the game's broadcaster that year, [[NFL on CBS|CBS]], under [[Viacom (original)|Viacom]]) being banned by the NFL from producing the Super Bowl halftime show in the future. In an effort to prevent a repeat of the incident, the NFL held a moratorium on Super Bowl halftime shows featuring pop performers, and instead invited a single, headlining veteran act, such as [[Paul McCartney]], [[the Rolling Stones]], [[the Who]], [[Prince (singer)|Prince]], and [[Bruce Springsteen]]. This practice ended at Super Bowl XLV, which returned to using current pop acts such as [[the Black Eyed Peas]], [[Katy Perry]], and [[Lady Gaga]].<ref name="tdb-halftimechanges">{{cite news|last1=Fallon|first1=Kevin|date=February 5, 2016|title=Boobs, Beyoncé, & Brass Bands: The Evolution of the Super Bowl Halftime Show|website=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/boobs-beyonce-and-brass-bands-the-evolution-of-the-super-bowl-halftime-show|access-date=January 17, 2022|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205073619/https://www.thedailybeast.com/boobs-beyonce-and-brass-bands-the-evolution-of-the-super-bowl-halftime-show|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hyman |first=Dan |date=January 31, 2013 |title=The 10 Best Super Bowl Halftime Shows |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/the-10-best-super-bowl-halftime-shows-20130131/6-janet-jackson-justin-timberlake-jessica-simpson-nelly-p-diddy-kid-rock-super-bowl-xxxviii-2004-0804366 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921015501/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/the-10-best-super-bowl-halftime-shows-20130131/6-janet-jackson-justin-timberlake-jessica-simpson-nelly-p-diddy-kid-rock-super-bowl-xxxviii-2004-0804366 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |access-date=September 30, 2013 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

Minnesota Vikings announcer [[Alan Roach]] is the official public address announcer of the Super Bowl since [[Super Bowl XL]] in 2006, with the exceptions of Super Bowl [[Super Bowl XLVIII|XLVIII]], [[Super Bowl XLIX|XLIX]] and [[Super Bowl 50|50]] when the Denver Broncos played in those games. Roach was also Denver's regular P.A. announcer during those years, and thus the league felt it was a potential competitive advantage. In those years, [[NFL on Westwood One]] host and [[NFL Films]] voice [[Scott Graham]] held the duties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheshire |first=Catie |date=2026-02-08 |title=Alan Roach, Colorado's Favorite Voice, Announcing His Seventeenth Super Bowl |url=https://www.westword.com/news/alan-roach-colorado-voice-announcing-seventeenth-super-bowl-23393229/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260209010929/https://www.westword.com/news/alan-roach-colorado-voice-announcing-seventeenth-super-bowl-23393229/ |archive-date=2026-02-09 |access-date=2026-02-21 |website=Denver Westword |url-status=live}}</ref>

Excluding Super Bowl XXXIX, the "[[I'm going to Disney World!]]" advertising campaign took place in every Super Bowl since [[Super Bowl XXI]] in 1987, when quarterback [[Phil Simms]] from the Giants became the first player to say the tagline.

==Venues==
{{for|a full list of Super Bowl games and venues|List of Super Bowl champions}}
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As of [[Super Bowl LX]], 30 of 60 Super Bowls have been played in three metropolitan areas: the [[Miami metropolitan area|Greater Miami area]] (eleven times),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morlacci |first=Mike  |date=November 2019 |title=The History Of Every South Florida Super Bowl |url=https://www.fortlauderdaledaily.com/upfront/noteworthy/history-every-south-florida-super-bowl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229172430/https://www.fortlauderdaledaily.com/upfront/noteworthy/history-every-south-florida-super-bowl |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |access-date=December 2, 2019 |website=Fort Lauderdale Daily }}</ref> [[New Orleans]] (eleven times), and the [[Greater Los Angeles|Greater Los Angeles area]] (eight times). No market or region without an active NFL franchise has ever hosted a Super Bowl, and the presence of an NFL team in a market or region is now a ''[[de jure]]'' requirement for bidding on the game.<ref name="ESPN20150519">{{Cite web |last=Triplett |first=Mike |date=May 19, 2015 |title=Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Tampa eye 2019, 2020 Super Bowls |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/12916777/atlanta-miami-new-orleans-tampa-bidding-2019-2020-super-bowls |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205073621/https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/12916777/atlanta-miami-new-orleans-tampa-bidding-2019-2020-super-bowls |archive-date=December 5, 2021 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref><ref>Kelly, Omar (November 6, 2014). [https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/sfl-dolphins-will-host-new-york-jets-in-london-in-2015-20141106-story.html Dolphins will host New York Jets in London in 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118101012/http://touch.sun-sentinel.com/#section/1098/article/p2p-81895130/ |date=January 18, 2020 }}. ''South Florida Sun-Sentinel''. Retrieved December 5, 2021.</ref> For instance, while Los Angeles has been an eight-time host city, with its most recent being Super Bowl LVI in 2022, it did not host one from the [[History of the National Football League in Los Angeles#1995: Both Los Angeles franchises leave|departure of both its NFL teams in 1995]] until [[History of the National Football League in Los Angeles#2016: The NFL returns|the Rams and the Chargers subsequently returned to Los Angeles]] in 2016 and 2017 respectively. The [[Caesars Superdome]] in New Orleans has hosted eight Super Bowls, the most of any venue. The [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]] was the only [[American Football League|AFL]] stadium to host a Super Bowl and the only stadium to host consecutive Super Bowls, hosting Super Bowls II and III.

Seven Super Bowls have been held in a stadium other than the one the NFL team in that city was using at the time, a situation that has not arisen after Super Bowl XXVII's host stadium was selected on March 19, 1991. This was as the winning market was previously not required to host the Super Bowl in the same stadium that its NFL team used, if the stadium in which the Super Bowl was held was perceived to be a better stadium for a large high-profile event than the existing NFL home stadium in the same city; for example, five of Los Angeles's Bowls were played at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]], which has never been used by any NFL franchise outside of the Super Bowl. Besides the Rose Bowl, the only other Super Bowl venues that were not the home stadium to NFL teams at the time were [[Rice Stadium (Rice University)|Rice Stadium]] (the [[Houston Oilers]] had played in Rice Stadium previously but moved to the [[Astrodome]] several years before [[Super Bowl VIII]]) and [[Stanford Stadium]]. Starting with the selection of the [[Super Bowl XXVIII]] venue on May 23, 1990, the league has given preference in awarding the Super Bowl to brand new or recently renovated NFL stadiums, alongside a trend of teams [[Cleveland Browns relocation controversy#Aftermath and legacy|demanding public money or relocating]] to play in new stadiums.

To date only two teams have [[Super Bowl curse#The Home Field Advantage Curse|qualified for a Super Bowl at their home stadiums]]: the [[2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers]], who won Super Bowl LV hosted at [[Raymond James Stadium]] (selected on May 23, 2017), and the [[2021 Los Angeles Rams]] the following season, who won Super Bowl LVI at [[SoFi Stadium]]. Before that, the closest any team had come to accomplishing this feat were the [[2017 Minnesota Vikings]], who reached the NFC Championship Game but lost to the Eagles. In that instance, U.S. Bank Stadium became the first Super Bowl host stadium (selected on May 20, 2014) to also host a Divisional Playoff Game in the same season (which the [[Minneapolis Miracle|Vikings won]]); all previous times that the Super Bowl host stadium hosted another playoff game in the same postseason were all Wild Card games. Two teams have played the Super Bowl in their home market but at a different venue than their home stadium: the [[1979 Los Angeles Rams season|1979 Los Angeles Rams]], who lost Super Bowl XIV in the Rose Bowl instead of [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]; and the [[1984 San Francisco 49ers season|1984 San Francisco 49ers]], who won Super Bowl XIX in [[Stanford Stadium]] instead of [[Candlestick Park]], during a time when the league often picked a stadium that was not home to an NFL team to host the Super Bowl (see above).

Traditionally, the NFL does not award Super Bowls to stadiums that are located in climates with an expected average daily temperature less than {{convert|50|F|C}} on game day unless the field can be completely covered by a fixed or retractable roof.<ref name="site">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Earnheardt |first=Adam C. |author-link=Adam Earnheardt |editor1-last=Swayne |editor1-first=Linda E. |editor2-last=Dodds |editor2-first=Mark |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing |title=Super Bowl |url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=TjDiwwaN5VsC|page=1509}} |date=2011 |publisher=Sage Publications |volume=4 |isbn=978-1412973823 |pages=1508–1511}}</ref> Six Super Bowls have been played in northern cities: two in the [[Metro Detroit|Detroit area]]—Super Bowl XVI at [[Pontiac Silverdome]] in [[Pontiac, Michigan]], and Super Bowl XL at [[Ford Field]] in Detroit; two in [[Minneapolis]]—Super Bowl XXVI at the [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] and Super Bowl LII at the [[U.S. Bank Stadium]]; one in [[Indianapolis]] at [[Lucas Oil Stadium]] for Super Bowl XLVI; and one in [[New Jersey]]—Super Bowl XLVIII at [[MetLife Stadium]]. Only MetLife Stadium did not have a roof (be it fixed or retractable) but it was still picked as the host stadium for Super Bowl XLVIII in an apparent waiver of the warm-climate rule, with a contingency plan to reschedule the game in the event of heavy snowfall.<ref>{{cite news |title=NFL Makes Contingency Plans for Super Bowl 2014 Blizzard |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-18/nfl-makes-contingency-plans-for-super-bowl-2014-blizzard.html/ |first=Terrence |last=Dopp |work=USA Today |date=December 18, 2013 |access-date=December 19, 2013 |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219220942/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-18/nfl-makes-contingency-plans-for-super-bowl-2014-blizzard.html |url-status=live }}</ref><!--Is this a contradiction of the "Selection process" section below?--> MetLife Stadium's selection over [[Sun Life Stadium]] generated controversy as the league requested a roof to be added to Sun Life Stadium (a venue afflicted with a heavy rainstorm during [[Super Bowl XLI]]) in order to be considered for future Super Bowls, which was done during a remodeling from 2015 into 2016. It then hosted [[Super Bowl LIV]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Francilus |first=Joey  |date=November 27, 2012 |title=Sun Life Stadium 'Absolutely' Needs A Roof: Commissioner Pepe Diaz |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/pepe-diaz-fund-sun-life-renovations-roof_n_2198205.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319235053/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/pepe-diaz-fund-sun-life-renovations-roof_n_2198205.html |archive-date=March 19, 2016 |access-date=February 17, 2019 |website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref>

There have been a few instances where the league has rescinded the Super Bowl from cities. Super Bowl XXVII in 1993 was originally awarded to [[Sun Devil Stadium]] in [[Tempe, Arizona]], but after Arizona voters elected not to recognize [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]] as a paid state employees' holiday in 1990, the NFL moved the game to the Rose Bowl in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref>{{cite news | last = George | first = Thomas | title = Phoenix Gets '93 Super Bowl if King Holiday Goes Statewide; '93 Super Bowl to Phoenix If King Holiday Wins Vote Football | pages = D27 | work = The New York Times|date = March 14, 1990}}</ref> When voters in Arizona opted to create such a legal holiday in 1992, Super Bowl XXX in 1996 was awarded to Tempe. Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999 was awarded first to Candlestick Park in San Francisco, but when plans to renovate the stadium fell through, the game was moved to [[Pro Player Stadium]] in greater Miami. Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003 was awarded to a new stadium not yet built in San Francisco, but when that stadium failed to be built, the game was moved to [[Qualcomm Stadium]] in [[San Diego]]. Super Bowl XLIV, slated for February 2010, was withdrawn from [[New York City]]'s proposed [[West Side Stadium]], because the city, [[New York (state)|state]], and proposed tenants (New York Jets) could not agree on funding. Super Bowl XLIV was then eventually awarded to [[Sun Life Stadium]] in [[Miami Gardens, Florida]]. Super Bowl XLIX in 2015 was originally given to [[Arrowhead Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], but after two sales taxes failed to pass at the ballot box (a renovation proposal had passed successfully, but a second ballot question to add a rolling roof structure to be shared with [[Kaufmann Stadium]] critical for the game to be hosted was rejected), and opposition by local business leaders and politicians increased, Kansas City eventually withdrew its request to host the game.<ref name="espn">{{cite news | url = https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2458407 | title = No rolling roof, no Super Bowl at Arrowhead | publisher = ESPN | agency = Associated Press | access-date = December 5, 2021 | date = May 25, 2006 | archive-date = December 5, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211205073619/https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2458407 | url-status = live }}</ref> Super Bowl XLIX was then eventually awarded to [[University of Phoenix Stadium]] in [[Glendale, Arizona]]. Super Bowl LV in 2021 was first awarded to the yet-to-be completed SoFi Stadium, but construction delays forced the game to be moved to Raymond James Stadium and SoFi Stadium was then given Super Bowl LVI in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Knoblauch |first=Austin |date=May 23, 2017 |title=Super Bowl LV relocated to Tampa; L.A. will host SB LVI |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/super-bowl-lv-relocated-to-tampa-l-a-will-host-sb-lvi-0ap3000000810644 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603010752/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000810644/article/super-bowl-lv-relocated-to-tampa-la-to-host-sb-lvi?campaign=fb-nf-sf81243817-sf81243817 |archive-date=June 3, 2017 |access-date=May 23, 2017 |work=NFL.com}}</ref> Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 was first given to the Superdome, but the NFL's 2021 regular season expansion pushed the game from February 4 to February 11 in a direct conflict with [[Mardi Gras in New Orleans|New Orleans' Mardi Gras celebrations]]; Super Bowl LVIII was then moved to [[Allegiant Stadium]] in Nevada and New Orleans was given [[Super Bowl LIX]] in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patra |first=Kevin |date=October 14, 2020 |title=New Orleans to host 2025 Super Bowl; 2024 SB now TBD |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/new-orleans-to-host-2025-super-bowl-2024-sb-now-tbd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017114831/https://www.nfl.com/news/new-orleans-to-host-2025-super-bowl-2024-sb-now-tbd |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |access-date=October 14, 2020 |website=[[NFL.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 14, 2021|title=Raiders' Allegiant Stadium expected host site for Super Bowl LVIII in 2024|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/raiders-allegiant-stadium-expected-host-site-for-super-bowl-lviii-in-2024|access-date=August 3, 2023|website=NFL.com|author=Goodbread, Chase|archive-date=August 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804020815/https://www.nfl.com/news/raiders-allegiant-stadium-expected-host-site-for-super-bowl-lviii-in-2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Selection process===
The location of the Super Bowl is chosen at a meeting of all NFL team owners, usually three to five years before the event. The game has never been played in a metropolitan area that lacked an NFL franchise at the time the game was played, although in 2007 NFL commissioner [[Roger Goodell]] suggested that a Super Bowl might be played in [[London]], perhaps at [[Wembley Stadium]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 15, 2007 |title=London Super Bowl? Commish to consider idea |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3065254 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press }}</ref>

Through Super Bowl LVI, teams were allowed to bid for the rights to host Super Bowls, where cities submitted proposals to host a Super Bowl and were evaluated in terms of stadium renovation and their ability to host, but this competition was rescinded in 2018.{{Update inline|date=May 2018|reason=Selection process changed in 2018}}<ref name="site"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2003-09-22-ny-nj-superbowl_x.htm|title=N.Y./N.J. Super Bowl in 2008 may not come to pass|date=September 23, 2003|access-date=July 28, 2007|work=USA Today|first1=Tom|last1=Pedulla|archive-date=January 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130034850/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2003-09-22-ny-nj-superbowl_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The league has made all decisions regarding hosting sites from Super Bowl LVII onward; the league chose a potential venue unilaterally, the chosen team put together a hosting proposal, and the league voted upon it to determine if it is acceptable.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teope |first=Herbie |date=May 23, 2018 |title=Arizona, New Orleans chosen as Super Bowl hosts |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/arizona-new-orleans-chosen-as-super-bowl-hosts-0ap3000000933935 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202190059/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000933935/article/arizona-new-orleans-chosen-as-super-bowl-hosts |archive-date=February 2, 2020 |access-date=May 23, 2018 |website=[[NFL.com]] |publisher=[[NFL]]}}</ref>

In 2014, a document listing the specific requirements of Super Bowl hosts was leaked, giving a clear list of what was required for a Super Bowl host.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/nfl/audibles/2014/06/09/super-bowl-2018-requirements-minnesota-vikings|title=NFL's lengthy list of requirements for Super Bowl host city leaked|date=June 9, 2014|access-date=February 3, 2015|magazine=Sports Illustrated|first1=Bryan|last1=Rose|archive-date=February 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204020047/http://www.si.com/nfl/audibles/2014/06/09/super-bowl-2018-requirements-minnesota-vikings|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of the host requirements include:
* The host stadium must be in a market that hosts an NFL team and must have a minimum of 70,000 seats, with the media and electrical amenities necessary to produce the Super Bowl. Stadiums may include temporary seating for Super Bowls, but seating must be approved by the league. Stadiums where the average game day temperature is below {{convert|50|°F}} must either have a roof or a waiver given by the league. There must be a minimum of 35,000 parking spaces within {{convert|1|mile|spell=in}} of the stadium.
* The host stadium must have space for the Gameday Experience, a large pregame entertainment area, within walking distance of the stadium.
* The host city must have space for the [[NFL Experience]], the interactive football theme park which is operated the week before the Super Bowl. An indoor venue for the event must have a minimum of {{convert|850,000|sqft}}, and an outdoor venue must have a minimum of {{convert|1,000,000|sqft}}. Additionally, there must be space nearby for the Media Center, and space for all other events involved in the Super Bowl week, including golf courses and bowling alleys.
* The necessary infrastructure must be in place around the stadium and other Super Bowl facilities, including parking, security, electrical needs, media needs, communication needs, and transportation needs.
* There must be a minimum number of hotel spaces within one hour's drive of the stadium equaling 35% of the stadium's capacity, along with hotels for the teams, officials, media, and other dignitaries. (For Super Bowl XXXIX, the city of Jacksonville docked several luxury cruise liners at its port to act as temporary hotel space.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 4, 2005 |title=Cruise Ships Score Touchdown in Jacksonville for Super Bowl XXXIX |url=http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=1248 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204022608/http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=1248 |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |access-date=February 3, 2015 |work=Cruise Critic}}</ref>)
* There must be practice space of equal and comparable quality for both teams within a twenty-minute drive of the team hotels, and rehearsal space for all events within a reasonable distance to the stadium. The practice facilities must have one grass field and at least one field of the same surface as the host stadium.

Much of the cost of a Super Bowl is to be assumed by the host community, although some costs are enumerated within the requirements to be assumed by the NFL. New Orleans, the site of Super Bowl XLVII in 2013, invested more than $1 billion in infrastructure improvements in the years leading up to the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Craig  |date=January 31, 2013 |title=For NFL, New Orleans has always been a ball |url=http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/01/28/nfl-super-bowl-super-gras-favorite-city-new-orleans |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202051106/http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/01/28/nfl-super-bowl-super-gras-favorite-city-new-orleans |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |access-date=February 1, 2013 |website=HLNtv.com}}</ref>

The NFL allocates backup stadiums for the Super Bowl every year, in the event of a last-minute relocation of the game.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 13, 2022 |title=NFL, organizers say Super Bowl not moving from SoFi Stadium amid COVID-19 surge in California |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33059444/organizers-say-super-bowl-not-moving-sofi-stadium-amid-covid-19-surge-california |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113224920/https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33059444/organizers-say-super-bowl-not-moving-sofi-stadium-amid-covid-19-surge-california |archive-date=January 13, 2022 |access-date=January 13, 2022 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press }}</ref>

===Home team designation===
The designated "[[home team]]" alternates between the NFC team in odd-numbered games and the AFC team in even-numbered games.<ref>{{cite news|last=Warner|first=Ralph|title=Vikings would be the "away" team in Super Bowl LII|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-would-be-the-away-team-in-super-bowl-lii-0ap3000000907420|publisher=National Football League|website=NFL.com|date=January 16, 2018|access-date=January 24, 2018|archive-date=January 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124140140/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000907420/article/vikings-would-be-the-away-team-in-super-bowl-lii|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=XLII facts about Super Bowl XLII |url=http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/story?id=09000d5d8062bc41&template=with-video&confirm=true |quote=The AFC is the home team in this year's Super Bowl [Super Bowl XLII]. |date=January 22, 2008 |access-date=April 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202232631/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/story?id=09000d5d8062bc41&template=with-video&confirm=true |archive-date=February 2, 2008 }}</ref> This alternation was initiated with the first Super Bowl, when the Packers were the designated home team. Regardless of being the home or away team of record, each team has its team [[logo]] and [[wordmark]] painted in one of the [[end zone]]s. Designated away teams have won 33 of 60 Super Bowls to date (approximately 55%).

[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 09 - Mark Murphy (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Washington Commanders|Washington]] is one of six designated home teams that chose to wear the white jersey, shown here in [[Super Bowl XVII]].]]

Since Super Bowl XIII in 1979, the home team is given the choice of wearing its colored or white [[jersey (clothing)|jerseys]]. Originally, the designated home team had to wear its colored jerseys, which resulted in the Cowboys donning their less exposed{{discuss}} dark blue jerseys for Super Bowl V. While most of the home teams in the Super Bowl have chosen to wear their colored jerseys, there have been eight exceptions: the Cowboys in Super Bowls XIII and XXVII, the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVII, the Steelers in Super Bowl XL, the Broncos in Super Bowl 50, the Patriots in Super Bowls LII and LX, and the Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. The Cowboys have primarily worn white jerseys at home since {{nfly|1964}}. Washington also primarily wore white at home during that period between {{nfly|1981}} and {{nfly|2000}}. Although the Steelers always worn their black jerseys at home since the AFL–NFL merger in {{nfly|1970}}, they opted for the white jerseys in Super Bowl XL after winning three consecutive playoff games on the road. For the Broncos in Super Bowl 50, Denver general manager John Elway simply stated, "We've had Super Bowl success in our white uniforms"; they previously had been {{Win loss record|w=0|l=4}} in Super Bowls when wearing their orange jerseys,<ref>{{cite web|last=Swanson|first=Ben|title=Broncos to wear white uniforms in Super Bowl 50|url=http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Broncos-to-wear-white-uniforms-in-Super-Bowl-50/26a247f5-91ef-4ff6-a11a-8278b089c5c3|publisher=Denver Broncos|date=January 25, 2016|access-date=January 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126222617/http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Broncos-to-wear-white-uniforms-in-Super-Bowl-50/26a247f5-91ef-4ff6-a11a-8278b089c5c3|archive-date=January 26, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Patra|first=Kevin|title=Broncos choose to wear white jerseys in Super Bowl|url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000628505/article/broncos-choose-to-wear-white-jerseys-in-super-bowl|publisher=National Football League|date=January 25, 2016|access-date=January 26, 2016|archive-date=January 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128064537/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000628505/article/broncos-choose-to-wear-white-jerseys-in-super-bowl|url-status=dead}}</ref> losing those games in terrible fashion. It was unclear why the Patriots chose to wear their white jerseys in Super Bowl LII, since New England mostly worn their blue jerseys for home games during the pairing of Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. The Patriots were 3–0 in their white uniforms in Super Bowls before Super Bowl LII with Belichick and Brady,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Oliver |title='Attention to detail is everything' to Bill Belichick |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/attention-to-detail-is-everything-to-bill-belichick/ |date=June 28, 2016 |website=CBS Sports |access-date=March 7, 2022 |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229172429/https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/attention-to-detail-is-everything-to-bill-belichick/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Reiss |first1=Mike |title=Why the Patriots wore white at home |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4683236/why-the-patriots-wore-white-at-home |website=ESPN.com |date=September 13, 2010 |access-date=March 7, 2022 |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303194326/https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4683236/why-the-patriots-wore-white-at-home |url-status=live }}</ref> and they may have been going on recent trends of teams who wear white for the Super Bowl game.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Rich |title=Patriots to wear their white jerseys in Super Bowl LII |url=https://www.patspulpit.com/2018/1/23/16921342/super-bowl-lii-new-england-patriots-white-jerseys-against-philadelphia-eagles-designated-home-team |website=Pats Pulpit |date=January 23, 2018 |access-date=March 7, 2022 |archive-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208202012/https://www.patspulpit.com/2018/1/23/16921342/super-bowl-lii-new-england-patriots-white-jerseys-against-philadelphia-eagles-designated-home-team |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2018 |title=Patriots To Wear White Jerseys In Super Bowl LII, Despite Being 'Home Team' |url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/01/23/patriots-white-jerseys-super-bowl-lii-eagles/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830041314/https://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/01/23/patriots-white-jerseys-super-bowl-lii-eagles/ |archive-date=August 30, 2018 |access-date=February 3, 2019 |website=CBS - Boston }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lyles |first1=Harry Jr. |title=The Patriots are trying to win the Super Bowl by strategic jersey selection |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2018/1/23/16923176/super-bowl-52-patriots-eagles-jerseys-home-away |website=SBNation.com |date=January 23, 2018 |access-date=March 7, 2022 |archive-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208192343/https://www.sbnation.com/2018/1/23/16923176/super-bowl-52-patriots-eagles-jerseys-home-away |url-status=live }}</ref> New England later adopted a "road warrior" mentality under coach [[Mike Vrabel]], going {{Win loss record|w=9|l=0}} (including postseason) on the road to advance to Super Bowl LX.<ref name="SBLX-jerseys">{{cite web |author-last1=Gharib|author-first1= Anthony |date=January 31, 2026 |title=NFL Super Bowl LX uniforms: Pats go all-white, Seahawks all-navy |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47772770/nfl-super-bowl-lx-uniforms-new-england-patriots-seattle-seahawks |accessdate=February 3, 2026 |archive-date=February 4, 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260204180914/https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47772770/nfl-super-bowl-lx-uniforms-new-england-patriots-seattle-seahawks |url-status=live }}</ref> For Super Bowl LV, when the Buccaneers became the first team to reach the Super Bowl that their own stadium hosted, the Buccaneers were designated the home team as per AFC-NFC rotation and elected to wear their white jerseys; the team often wears white at home during the first half of the regular season, and they had won both their divisional and championship post-season games on the road in white jerseys.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Grant |date=January 28, 2021 |title=Buccaneers will wear white jerseys, Chiefs will be in red for Super Bowl LV |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-wear-white-jerseys-chiefs-red-jerseys-super-bowl-lv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128142105/https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-wear-white-jerseys-chiefs-red-jerseys-super-bowl-lv |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |access-date=January 28, 2021 |website=NFL.com }}</ref> White-shirted teams have won 37 of 60 Super Bowls overall,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7002932/2026/01/30/super-bowl-jerseys-patriots-seahawks-history-records/ |title=Patriots, Seahawks unveil Super Bowl jerseys. What history says about their selections |first=Steven Louis |last=Goldstein |date=January 30, 2026 |access-date=January 30, 2026 |website=The Athletic}}</ref><ref name="SBLX-jerseys"/> and won 15 of the last 21 Super Bowls since [[Super Bowl XXXIX]] (the only teams to win in their colored jerseys during these recent games are the Packers against the Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, the Eagles against the Patriots in Super Bowl LII, the Chiefs against the 49ers in Super Bowls LIV and LVIII, the Eagles against the Chiefs in LIX, and the Seattle Seahawks against the Patriots in Super Bowl LX).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Benjamin|first1=Cody|title=Super Bowl 2018 jerseys: Patriots hope white stays lucky, Eagles will wear green|url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2018-jerseys-patriots-hope-white-stays-lucky-eagles-will-wear-green/|access-date=February 21, 2018|work=CBS Sports|date=February 4, 2018|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221101225/https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2018-jerseys-patriots-hope-white-stays-lucky-eagles-will-wear-green/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SBLX-jerseys"/>

The 49ers, as part of the league's 75th Anniversary celebration, used their 1955 [[throwback uniform]] in Super Bowl XXIX, which for that year was their regular home jersey. The Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII wore their royal blue and yellow uniforms, which was a throwback uniform but then turned into their primary colors over the navy blue and metallic gold uniform, which they have previously worn for six home games including a home playoff game.<ref>{{cite news|last=Benjamin|first=Cody|title=2019 Super Bowl jerseys: Los Angeles Rams to wear blue and yellow throwback uniforms|url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2019-super-bowl-jerseys-los-angeles-rams-to-wear-blue-and-yellow-throwback-uniforms/|work=CBS Sports|date=January 20, 2019|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-date=January 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121064543/https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2019-super-bowl-jerseys-los-angeles-rams-to-wear-blue-and-yellow-throwback-uniforms/|url-status=live}}</ref> No team has yet worn a [[third jersey]] or [[Color Rush]] uniform for the Super Bowl. The 49ers reportedly requested to wear an all-white third jersey ensemble for Super Bowl LIV, which the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' noted they could do with special permission from the league; the league never granted such permission, and the 49ers instead opted for their standard uniform of white jerseys with gold pants.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/super-bowl-54-uniforms-home-team-14989843.php|title=Brief hope 49ers would wear throwback uniforms to Super Bowl appears to be dead|first=Katie|last=Dowd|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=January 20, 2020|access-date=January 22, 2020|archive-date=January 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121135447/https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/super-bowl-54-uniforms-home-team-14989843.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Host cities/regions===
{{for|a full list of Super Bowl venues|List of Super Bowl champions}}
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| [[Miami metropolitan area]] ||11|| [[Super Bowl II|1968]], [[Super Bowl III|1969]], [[Super Bowl V|1971]], [[Super Bowl X|1976]], [[Super Bowl XIII|1979]], [[Super Bowl XXIII|1989]], [[Super Bowl XXIX|1995]], [[Super Bowl XXXIII|1999]], [[Super Bowl XLI|2007]], [[Super Bowl XLIV|2010]], [[Super Bowl LIV|2020]]
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| [[New Orleans]] ||11|| [[Super Bowl IV|1970]], [[Super Bowl VI|1972]], [[Super Bowl IX|1975]], [[Super Bowl XII|1978]], [[Super Bowl XV|1981]], [[Super Bowl XX|1986]], [[Super Bowl XXIV|1990]], [[Super Bowl XXXI|1997]], [[Super Bowl XXXVI|2002]], [[Super Bowl XLVII|2013]], [[Super Bowl LIX|2025]]
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| [[Greater Los Angeles]] ||8 (''9''){{Cref|ˇ}}|| [[Super Bowl I|1967]], [[Super Bowl VII|1973]], [[Super Bowl XI|1977]], [[Super Bowl XIV|1980]], [[Super Bowl XVII|1983]], [[Super Bowl XXI|1987]], [[Super Bowl XXVII|1993]], [[Super Bowl LVI|2022]], ''[[Super Bowl LXI|2027]]''{{Cref|ˇ}}
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| [[Tampa]] ||5|| [[Super Bowl XVIII|1984]], [[Super Bowl XXV|1991]], [[Super Bowl XXXV|2001]], [[Super Bowl XLIII|2009]], [[Super Bowl LV|2021]]
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| [[Phoenix metropolitan area]] ||4||[[Super Bowl XXX|1996]], [[Super Bowl XLII|2008]], [[Super Bowl XLIX|2015]], [[Super Bowl LVII|2023]]
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| [[San Diego]] ||3|| [[Super Bowl XXII|1988]], [[Super Bowl XXXII|1998]], [[Super Bowl XXXVII|2003]]
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| [[Houston]] ||3|| [[Super Bowl VIII|1974]], [[Super Bowl XXXVIII|2004]], [[Super Bowl LI|2017]]
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| [[Atlanta]] ||3 (''4'')''{{Cref|ˇ}}''|| [[Super Bowl XXVIII|1994]], [[Super Bowl XXXIV|2000]], [[Super Bowl LIII|2019]], ''[[Super Bowl LXII|2028]]{{Cref|ˇ}}''
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| [[San Francisco Bay Area]] ||3|| [[Super Bowl XIX|1985]], [[Super Bowl 50|2016]], [[Super Bowl LX|2026]]
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| [[Metro Detroit]] ||2||[[Super Bowl XVI|1982]], [[Super Bowl XL|2006]]
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| [[Minneapolis]] ||2|| [[Super Bowl XXVI|1992]], [[Super Bowl LII|2018]]
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| [[Jacksonville]] ||1|| [[Super Bowl XXXIX|2005]]
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| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex]] ||1|| [[Super Bowl XLV|2011]]
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| [[Indianapolis]] ||1|| [[Super Bowl XLVI|2012]]
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| [[New York metropolitan area]] ||1|| [[Super Bowl XLVIII|2014]]
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| [[Las Vegas Valley]] ||1 (''2'')''{{Cref|ˇ}}''|| [[Super Bowl LVIII|2024]], ''[[Super Bowl LXIII|2029]]{{Cref|ˇ}}''
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| [[Nashville]] || (''1'')''{{Cref|ˇ}}''|| ''[[Super Bowl LXIV|2030]] {{Cref|ˇ}}''
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<small>Note: Years listed are the year the game was actually played (or ''will be played''{{Cref|ˇ}}; future games are denoted through ''italics'') rather than what NFL season it is considered to have been.</small>

===Host stadiums===
A total of 28 different stadiums have either hosted, or are scheduled to host, a Super Bowl, with 14 of the stadiums having hosted, or are scheduled to host, more than one Super Bowl. Seven of the Super Bowl hosting stadiums have been demolished.

The years listed in the table below are the years the game was actually played (''will be played''{{Cref|ˇ}}) rather than the NFL season it concluded.
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<!--4: This second table lists each of the 27 INDIVIDUAL STADIUMS ONLY! Do not combine Rose Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium stats-->|[[Rose Bowl (stadium)|'''Rose Bowl''']]||[[Pasadena, California]]||5||[[Super Bowl XI|1977]], [[Super Bowl XIV|1980]], [[Super Bowl XVII|1983]], [[Super Bowl XXI|1987]], [[Super Bowl XXVII|1993]]
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<!--5: This second table lists each of the 27 INDIVIDUAL STADIUMS ONLY! Do not combine Tulane Stadium and Superdome stats-->|'''[[Tulane Stadium]]'''{{Cref|^}}||[[New Orleans, Louisiana]]||3||[[Super Bowl IV|1970]], [[Super Bowl VI|1972]], [[Super Bowl IX|1975]]
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<!--11: This second table lists each of the 27 INDIVIDUAL STADIUMS ONLY! Do not combine Sun Devil Stadium and State Farm Stadium stats-->|'''[[State Farm Stadium]]'''||[[Glendale, Arizona]]||3||[[Super Bowl XLII|2008]], [[Super Bowl XLIX|2015]], [[Super Bowl LVII|2023]]
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<!--7: This second table lists each of the 27 INDIVIDUAL STADIUMS ONLY! Do not combine Rose Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium stats-->|'''[[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]'''||[[Los Angeles, California]]||2||[[Super Bowl I|1967]], [[Super Bowl VII|1973]]
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<!--9: This second table lists each of the 27 INDIVIDUAL STADIUMS ONLY. Do not combine Georgia Dome and Mercedes-Benz Stadium stats-->|'''[[Georgia Dome]]'''{{Cref|^}}||[[Atlanta, Georgia]]||2||[[Super Bowl XXVIII|1994]], [[Super Bowl XXXIV|2000]]
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<!--15: This second table lists each of the 27 INDIVIDUAL STADIUMS ONLY! Do not combine Silverdome and Ford Field stats-->|'''[[Pontiac Silverdome]]'''{{Cref|^}}||[[Pontiac, Michigan]]||1||[[Super Bowl XVI|1982]]
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<!--27-->|'''[[Allegiant Stadium]]'''||[[Paradise, Nevada]]||1 (''2'')''{{Cref|ˇ}}''||[[Super Bowl LVIII|2024]], ''[[Super Bowl LXIII|2029]]{{Cref|ˇ}}''
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<!--28-->|'''[[New Nissan Stadium]]'''||[[Nashville, Tennessee]]||(''1'')''{{Cref|ˇ}}''||''[[Super Bowl LXIV|2030]] {{Cref|ˇ}}''
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{{Cnote|^|Stadium has since been demolished.}}
{{Cnote|‡|Prior to the incorporation of Miami Gardens in 2003, the stadium was in unincorporated Miami-Dade County.}}
{{Cnote|††|The original Stanford Stadium, which hosted Super Bowl XIX, was demolished and a new stadium constructed on the site in 2006.}}
{{Cnote|ˇ|Future Super Bowls, also denoted by ''italics''.}}

====Future venues====

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! Year !! Venue !! Location
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|[[Super Bowl LXI|2027]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schefter |first=Adam |date=December 13, 2023 |title=Super Bowl LXI to be played at SoFi Stadium in L.A. |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39104280/sources-super-bowl-lxi-played-sofi-stadium-la |website=ESPN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251204052602/https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39104280/sources-super-bowl-lxi-played-sofi-stadium-la |archive-date=December 4, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[SoFi Stadium]]
|[[Inglewood, California]]
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|[[Super Bowl LXII|2028]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Jonathan |date=October 15, 2024|title=NFL announces Atlanta will host Super Bowl LXII in 2028, marking fourth time city landed big event |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-announces-atlanta-will-host-super-bowl-lxii-in-2028-marking-fourth-time-city-landed-big-event/ |website=CBS Sports |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251116043010/https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-announces-atlanta-will-host-super-bowl-lxii-in-2028-marking-fourth-time-city-landed-big-event/ |archive-date=November 16, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[Mercedes-Benz Stadium]]
|[[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
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|[[Super Bowl LXIII|2029]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Las Vegas to host Super Bowl LXIII in 2029 |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/las-vegas-to-host-super-bowl-lxiii-in-2029 |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=NFL.com }}</ref>
|[[Allegiant Stadium]]
|[[Paradise, Nevada]]
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|[[Super Bowl LXIV|2030]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nashville to Host Super Bowl LXIV at New Nissan Stadium in 2030  |url=https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/nashville-to-host-super-bowl-lxiv-at-new-nissan-stadium-in-2030 |access-date=2026-03-30 |website=NFL.com }}</ref>
|[[New Nissan Stadium]]
|[[Nashville, Tennessee]]
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The Super Bowl has not yet been played in any region that lacked an NFL or AFL franchise at the time the game was played.<ref name=Bolavip>{{Cite web|url=https://bolavip.com/en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103150310/https://us.bolavip.com/|url-status=dead|title=Bolavip US - Sports News &#124; NBA, NFL, MLB, MLS, NHL|archivedate=January 3, 2021|website=bolavip.com}}</ref>

San Diego is the only metropolitan area as of 2021 that has hosted past Super Bowls, but does not currently have an NFL franchise: [[San Diego Stadium]] hosted three Super Bowls before [[History of the San Diego Chargers#Return to Los Angeles|the city's NFL franchise relocated to Los Angeles]]. Also, [[London, England]], has occasionally been mentioned as a host city for a Super Bowl in the future.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-bowl-in-london-its-possible-owner-says/ | title=Super Bowl in London? It's possible, owner says | publisher=CBS News | date=January 31, 2012 | access-date=December 5, 2021 | author=Sundby, Alex | archive-date=December 5, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205073619/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-bowl-in-london-its-possible-owner-says/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Wembley Stadium]] has hosted several NFL games as part of the [[NFL International Series]] and is specifically designed for large, individual events, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has openly discussed the possibility on different occasions.<ref name="NOLA 2013">{{cite news | title=New Orleans to host 10th Super Bowl in 2013 | url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4180382 | publisher=ESPN | agency=Associated Press | date=May 19, 2009 | access-date=December 5, 2021 | archive-date=December 5, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205073619/https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4180382 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=NFL in talks on London Super Bowl | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/american_football/8016358.stm | work=BBC Sport | date=April 24, 2009 | access-date=April 24, 2009 | first=Tim | last=Love | archive-date=April 26, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426012156/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/american_football/8016358.stm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Report: London">{{Cite web |date=May 3, 2009 |title=Report: London still hoping to host Super Bowl |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4130864 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505011944/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4130864 |archive-date=May 5, 2009 |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press|via=Reuters }}</ref><ref name="All signs">{{cite web | title=All signs point to Favre returning | url=https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9535000/All-signs-point-to-Favre-returning | last=Marvez | first=Alex | date=May 4, 2009 | work=Fox Sports | access-date=May 4, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505154510/http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9535000/All-signs-point-to-Favre-returning | archive-date=May 5, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

[[Time zone]] complications are a significant obstacle to a Super Bowl in London; a typical 6:30&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] start would result in the game beginning at 11:30&nbsp;p.m. [[Greenwich Mean Time|local time in London]]: this is an unusually late hour to be holding spectator sports, while the NFL has never in its history started a game later than 9:15&nbsp;p.m. local time.<ref name="All signs"/>

Eight stadiums that hosted at least one Super Bowl no longer exist:
* [[Tulane Stadium]], on the [[Tulane University]] campus, which hosted three Super Bowls, was demolished in November 1979.
* [[Tampa Stadium]], which hosted two Super Bowls, was demolished in April 1999.
* [[Stanford Stadium]], which hosted one Super Bowl, was demolished and redeveloped in 2005–06.
* The [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]], which hosted five Super Bowls, was demolished in May 2008. [[LoanDepot Park]] now sits on the former site of the Orange Bowl.
* The [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] in Minneapolis, which hosted one Super Bowl, was demolished in March 2014. [[U.S. Bank Stadium]] now sits on the former site of the Metrodome.
* The [[Georgia Dome]] in [[Atlanta]], which hosted two Super Bowls, was demolished in November 2017.
* The [[Pontiac Silverdome]] in suburban Detroit, which hosted one Super Bowl, was demolished in March 2018.
* [[San Diego Stadium]], which hosted three Super Bowls, was demolished in early 2021.

==<span class="anchor" id="NFL trademark issues"></span>Super Bowl trademark==
The NFL very actively seeks to prevent what it calls unauthorized commercial use of its trademarked terms "NFL", "Super Bowl", and "[[Super Bowl Sunday]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipbrief.net/2014/01/27/the-super-trademark-bowl/|title=The Super–Trademark–Bowl|first=Ali|last=Toumadj|work=American University Intellectual Property Brief |date=January 28, 2014|access-date=February 2, 2014|archive-date=February 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220090800/http://www.ipbrief.net/2014/01/27/the-super-trademark-bowl/|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, many events and promotions tied to the game, but not sanctioned by the NFL, are asked to refer to it as "The Big Game", or other generic descriptions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporteresq.com/thresq/ip/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003538980 |access-date=February 4, 2007 |last=Gardner |first=Eriq |date= January 29, 2007 |work= hollywoodreporteresq.com| publisher= The Hollywood Reporter, Esq. |title=Super Bowl, Super Trademarks: Protecting the NFL's IP |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070701050745/http://www.hollywoodreporteresq.com/thresq/ip/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003538980 |archive-date=July 1, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Nicole |last=Norfleet |date=September 23, 2017 |url= http://www.startribune.com/be-careful-with-the-phrase-super-bowl-in-marketing-campaigns-nfl-has-the-trademark/446916483/ |title=Be careful with the phrase 'Super Bowl' in marketing; NFL has the trademark |newspaper=Star Tribune |access-date=February 4, 2018 |archive-date=February 5, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180205001044/http://www.startribune.com/be-careful-with-the-phrase-super-bowl-in-marketing-campaigns-nfl-has-the-trademark/446916483/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A radio spot for [[Planters]] nuts parodied this, by saying "it would be ''super''{{nbsp}}... to have a ''bowl''{{nbsp}}... of Planters nuts while watching the big game!" and comedian [[Stephen Colbert]] began referring to the game in 2014 as the "Superb Owl". In 2015, the NFL filed opposition with the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to a trademark application submitted by an Arizona-based nonprofit for "Superb Owl".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91222783&pty=OPP&eno=1|title=USPTO TTABVUE. Proceeding Number 91222783 |website= ttabvue.uspto.gov| publisher= US Patent and Trademark Office| access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=February 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228103625/https://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91222783&pty=OPP&eno=1|url-status=live}}</ref> Another entity has a [[service mark]] for "Superb Owl".<ref>{{cite web| url= https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=86373222&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch | title= US Serial Number: 86373222 / US Registration Number: 4723047 |date= April 21, 2015| website= uspto.gov| publisher= US Patent and Trademark Office| access-date= November 26, 2024}}</ref>

The NFL claims that the use of the phrase "Super Bowl" implies an NFL affiliation, and on this basis the league asserts broad rights to restrict how the game may be shown publicly; for example, the league says Super Bowl showings are prohibited in churches or at other events that "promote a message", while non-sporting event venues are also prohibited to show the Super Bowl on any television screen larger than 55&nbsp;inches.<ref name="WSJ">{{cite news | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120190701069036633 | access-date = February 2, 2008 | last = Alter | first = Alexandra | date = February 2, 2008 | work = The Wall Street Journal | title = God vs. Gridiron | archive-date = January 20, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150120054825/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120190701069036633 | url-status = live }}</ref> Some critics say the NFL is exaggerating its ownership rights by stating that "any use is prohibited", as this contradicts the broad doctrine of [[fair use (U.S. trademark law)|fair use in the United States]].<ref name="WSJ"/> Legislation was proposed by [[Utah]] Senator [[Orrin Hatch]] in 2008 "to provide an exemption from exclusive rights in copyright for certain nonprofit organizations to display live football games", and "for other purposes".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.copyrightsolver.com/dn2/pt/blog/default.aspx?id=10&t=Church-Super-Bowl-Victory-Senators-Hatc | access-date =March 10, 2009 | date = February 22, 2008 | work = Copyright Queen Blog | title = Church Super Bowl Victory: Senators Hatch & Specter Score Touchdown with NFL Policy | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090216150802/http://copyrightsolver.com/dn2/pt/blog/default.aspx?id=10&t=Church-Super-Bowl-Victory-Senators-Hatc | archive-date = February 16, 2009}}</ref>

In 2004, the NFL started issuing cease-and-desist letters to casinos in Las Vegas that were hosting Super Bowl parties. "Super Bowl" is a registered trademark, owned by the NFL, and any other business using that name for profit-making ventures is in violation of federal law, according to the letters. In reaction to the letters, many Las Vegas resorts, rather than discontinue the popular and lucrative parties, started referring to them as "Big Game Parties".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Linshi |first=Jack |date=January 20, 2015 |title=Here's Why Companies Can't Say "Super Bowl" in their Super Bowl Ads |url=https://time.com/3674416/super-bowl-nfl-copyright-ads/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223134806/http://time.com/3674416/super-bowl-nfl-copyright-ads/ |archive-date=December 23, 2017 |access-date=October 23, 2017 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Benston|first1=Liz|title=NFL's Letters May Spell Trouble For Casino Parties|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/feb/02/nfls-letters-may-spell-trouble-for-casino-parties/|website=Las Vegas Sun|date=February 2, 2004|access-date=October 23, 2017|archive-date=October 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023120329/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/feb/02/nfls-letters-may-spell-trouble-for-casino-parties/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ordine|first1=Bill|title="Big Game" is Name in Vegas|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-02-05-0602040263-story.html|website=Baltimore Sun|date=February 5, 2006 |access-date=December 5, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205073620/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-02-05-0602040263-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, the NFL made an attempt to trademark "The Big Game" as well; however, it withdrew the application in 2007 due to growing commercial and public relations opposition to the move, mostly from [[Stanford University]] and the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and their fans, as the [[Stanford Cardinal football]] and [[California Golden Bears football]] teams compete in the ''[[Big Game (American football)|Big Game]]'', which has been played since 1892 (28 years before the formation of the NFL and 75 years before [[Super Bowl I]]).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/NFL-sidelines-its-pursuit-of-Big-Game-trademark-2573935.php | title=NFL sidelines its pursuit of Big Game trademark | first=Tom | last=FitzGerald | date=May 23, 2007 | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | access-date=February 5, 2021 | archive-date=February 2, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202213547/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/NFL-sidelines-its-pursuit-of-Big-Game-trademark-2573935.php | url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, the [[Mega millions lottery#The Big Game|Mega Millions]] lottery game was known as ''The Big Game'' (then ''The Big Game Mega Millions'') from 1996 to 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mega Millions Official Home |url=http://www.megamillions.com/about/history.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121125603/http://www.megamillions.com/about/history.asp |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |access-date=January 21, 2013 |website=Mega Millions }}</ref>

==Traditions==
Over the years, the Super Bowl has developed a number of traditions and mainstays. Some date back to the earliest Super Bowls, while others are more recent inventions.

===Roman numerals===
Unique among the [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major North American professional sports leagues]], the NFL uses [[Roman numerals]] to designate its championship Super Bowl game. It was first used for [[Super Bowl V]] and applied retroactively to the preceding four editions. An exception to this rule occurred in [[Super Bowl 50]] for marketing purposes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mendoza |first=Jordan |date=February 5, 2024 |title=What is Super Bowl LVIII? How to read Roman numerals and why the NFL uses them |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/super-bowl/2024/02/05/super-bowl-how-to-read-roman-numerals/72423038007/ |work=USA Today |accessdate=January 25, 2026}}</ref>

===Commercials===
{{Main|Super Bowl commercials}}

The Super Bowl is one of the few events in which more than 100 million people view the same content simultaneously, and has been called "one of the last remaining monocultural events in human history" and "the last bastion of true human-to-human connection".<ref name=TIME_20260208/> Super Bowl ads themselves have become a spectacle, a barometer of cultural relevance, "expos[ing] a deeper truth about contemporary [[capitalism]]".<ref name=TIME_20260208/> The cost of a 30-second ad grew from $37,500 {{USDCY|37500|1967}} in 1967<ref name=forbes-moneybehindxlix>{{Cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Chris|title=The Money Behind Super Bowl XLIX|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2015/01/31/the-money-behind-super-bowl-xlix/ |url-access=limited |website=Forbes|access-date=March 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093706/http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2015/01/31/the-money-behind-super-bowl-xlix/|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> to $8,000,000 in 2026 (over $266,000 per ''second''), thus exemplifying the [[attention economy]].<ref name=TIME_20260208>{{cite web |last1=Shapiro |first1=Eben |title=What Super Bowl Commercials Teach Us About Capitalism |url=https://time.com/7372915/super-bowl-commercials-capitalism/ |publisher=TIME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260210063121/https://time.com/7372915/super-bowl-commercials-capitalism/ |archive-date=February 10, 2026 |date=February 8, 2026 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Presidential interview===
Since [[George W. Bush]], every [[President of the United States]] has sat for at least one pre-game Super Bowl interview. President Bush was interviewed before the game in 2004, but it did not become a regular tradition until the [[Presidency of Barack Obama]], who was interviewed each year of his presidency. [[Donald Trump]] was interviewed in 2017, 2019, and 2020 and [[Joe Biden]] was interviewed in 2021 and 2022. In 2025, Trump was again interviewed during the first year of his second term.<ref>{{cite web | last=Stites | first=Adam | title=Why does the president get interviewed before the Super Bowl? | website=SB Nation | date=2019-02-03 | url=https://www.sbnation.com/2019/2/3/18208694/president-interview-super-bowl-53-cbs-donald-trump | access-date=2026-02-08}}</ref> Interview topics were mostly apolitical and focused on football before 2014, but this changed when [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]] conducted a more confrontational interview with President Obama before [[Super Bowl XLVIII]]. Since then, interviews have been more focused on politics and public policy.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Hayes |date=February 9, 2025 |title=Opinion &#124; Trump's pre-game interview with Fox News revives a meaningless tradition |url=https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trumps-super-bowl-interview-fox-news-rcna191339 |access-date=February 9, 2026 |website=[[MSNBC]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Super Bowl champions]]
* [[History of National Football League championship]]
* [[List of NFL champions (1920–1969)]]
* [[List of Super Bowl broadcasters]]
* [[List of Super Bowl head coaches]]
* [[List of Super Bowl officials]]
* [[List of Super Bowl records]]
* [[Grey Cup]], the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) championship game
* [[List of NFL franchise post-season droughts]]
* [[List of NFL franchise post-season streaks]]
* [[List of quarterbacks with multiple Super Bowl starts]]
* [[List of Super Bowl starting quarterbacks]]
* [[List of players who have won the most NFL championships#List of players with most Super Bowl championships|List of players with most Super Bowl championships]]
* [[NFL Honors]]
* [[Super Bowl advertising]]
* [[Super Bowl counterprogramming]]
* [[Super Bowl curse]]
* [[Super Bowl indicator]]

==Notes and references==

===Notes===
{{Notelist}}

===References===
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book | title=2006 NFL Record and Fact Book | publisher=Time Inc. Home Entertainment | isbn=1-933405-32-5 | date=July 1, 2006 | url=https://archive.org/details/2006nflrecordfac00edit }}
* {{Cite book | title=Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League | publisher=[[HarperCollins]] | isbn=1-933405-32-5 | date=July 1, 2006 | url=https://archive.org/details/2006nflrecordfac00edit }}
* {{Cite book | title=The Sporting News Complete Super Bowl Book 1995 | isbn=0-89204-523-X | author=Sporting News | publisher=Sporting News| date=February 1995}}
* {{Cite book | title=The Super Bowl: An Official Retrospective with DVD | publisher=Ballantine Books |year=2005 | isbn=0-345-48719-2}}
* {{Cite book | last=MacCambridge | first=Michael | title=America's Game | publisher=Random House | year=2004 | isbn=0-375-50454-0 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/americasgameepic0000macc }}
* Chris Jones (February 2, 2005). "NFL tightens restrictions on Super Bowl advertisements". ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''.
* John Branch (February 4, 2006). "Build It and They Will Come". ''The New York Times''.
* [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/super/superbowl-plays.htm Super Bowl play-by-plays] from ''[[USA Today]]''. Retrieved September 28, 2005.
* [https://www.espn.com/page2/s/superbowlmoments100.html 100 Greatest Super Bowl Moments] by Kevin Jackson, Jeff Merron, and David Schoenfield; [[ESPN]]. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
*[https://vault.si.com/vault/2005/07/11/sis-25-lost-treasures SI's 25 Lost Treasures]—''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', July 11, 2005, p.&nbsp;114.
* "The Super Bowl I–VII." Lost Treasures of NFL Films. ESPN2. January 26, 2001.
* "MTV's Super Bowl Uncensored". MTV. January 27, 2001.
* "Talk Shows." CBS: 50 Years from Television City. CBS. April 27, 2002.
* {{Cite news |first=Tommy |last=Dee |title=Super Bowl Halftime Jinx |date = January 2007|work= Maxim |url=http://www.maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=7435&src=cl9 |access-date=January 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208191815/http://www.maxim.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=7435&src=cl9 |archive-date=February 8, 2009}}
* {{Cite book | title=The Pro Football Playoff Encyclopedia | isbn=978-0-9835136-2-9| last1=Maher| first1=Tod| last2=Gill| first2=Bob| date=September 2011| publisher=Maher Sports Media}}

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