What is the Super Bowl? The details of the final game that defines the champion of each NFL season

He Super Bowl It is one of the most important sporting events on the planet, followed even by spectators who do not usually watch the season of the NFL. But what exactly is it and when was this traditional party created?

What is the Super Bowl?

The Super Bowl is the final game that defines the champion of each NFL season. the same has been disputed since 1967 and faces the winners of the two Conferences that make up the contest: the American Conference and National Conferencel.

Between 1967 and 1969 the party faced the winners of the NFL and AFLuntil in 1970 the aforementioned system of Conferences was created, which lasts until today.

Since 1970 the trophy for the champion named following Vince Lombardihistoric winning coach of the first two editions with the Green Bay Packers.

What does Super Bowl mean? Origin and meaning of the name

The name Super Bowl originates from Lamar Huntby then owner of the Kansas City Chiefs. The NCAA finals were already called bowls and to place the NFL definition above them, the word was added super. The idea would have arisen from a ball that Hunt’s son played with, called super ball.

List of Super Bowls: champions and results

Super Bowl	Date	Champion	Result	Loser	Site
I	15/1/1967	Green Bay Packers	35-10	Kansas City Chiefs	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
II	14/1/1968	Green Bay Packers	33-14	Oakland Raiders	Miami Orange Bowl
III	12/1/1969	New York Jets	16-7	Baltimore Colts	Miami Orange Bowl
IV	11/1/1970	Kansas City Chiefs	23-7	Minnesota Vikings	Tulane Stadium (New Orleans, LA)
V	17/1/1971	Baltimore Colts	16-13	Dallas Cowboys	Miami Orange Bowl
VI	16/1/1972	Dallas Cowboys	24-3	Miami Dolphins	Tulane Stadium (New Orleans, LA)
VII	14/1/1973	Miami Dolphins	14-7	Washington Redskins	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
VIII	13/1/1974	Miami Dolphins	24-7	Minnesota Vikings	Rice Stadium (Houston, TX)
IX	12/12/1975	Pittsburgh Steelers	16-6	Minnesota Vikings	Tulane Stadium (New Orleans, LA)
X	18/1/1976	Pittsburgh Steelers	21-17	Dallas Cowboys	Miami Orange Bowl
XI	9/1/1977	Oakland Raiders	32-14	Minnesota Vikings	Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA)
XII	15/1/1978	Dallas Cowboys	27-10	Denver Broncos	Louisiana Superdome
XIII	21/1/1979	Pittsburgh Steelers	35-31	Dallas Cowboys	Miami Orange Bowl
XIV	20/1/1980	Pittsburgh Steelers	31-19	Los Angeles Rams	Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA)
XV	25/1/1981	Oakland Raiders	27-10	Philadelphia Eagles	Louisiana Superdome
XVI	24/1/1982	san francisco 49ers	26-21	Cincinnati Bengals	Pontiac Silverdome (Pontiac, MI)
XVII	30/1/1983	Washington Redskins	21-17	Miami Dolphins	Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA)
XVIII	22/1/1984	Los Angeles Raiders	38-9	Washington Redskins	Tampa Stadium
XIX	20/1/1985	san francisco 49ers	38-16	Miami Dolphins	Stanford Stadium
XX	26/1/1986	Chicago Bears	46-10	New England Patriots	Louisiana Stadium
XXI	25/1/1987	New York Giants	39-20	Denver Broncos	Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA)
XXII	31/1/1988	Washington Redskins	42-10	Denver Broncos	San Diego-Jack Murphy Stadium
XXIII	22/1/1989	san francisco 49ers	20-16	Cincinnati Bengals	Joe Robbie Stadium (Miami Gardens, FL)
XXIV	28/1/1990	Sans Francisco 49ers	55-10	Denver Broncos	Louisiana Superdome
XXV	27/1/1991	New York Giants	20-19	Buffalo Bills	Tampa Stadium
XXVI	26/1/1992	Washington Redskins	37-24	Buffalo Bills	Metrodome (Minneapolis, MN)
XXVII	31/1/1993	Dallas Cowboys	52-17	Buffalo Bills	Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA)
XXVIII	30/1/1994	Dallas Cowboys	30-13	Buffalo Bills	Georgia Dome
XXIX	29/1/1995	san francisco 49ers	49-26	San Diego Chargers	Joe Robbie Stadium (Miami Gardens, FL)
XXX	28/1/1996	Dallas Cowboys	27-17	Pittsburgh Steelers	Sun Devils Stadium (Tempe, AZ)
XXXI	26/1/1997	Green Bay Packers	35-21	New England Patriots	Louisiana Superdome
XXXII	25/1/1998	Denver Broncos	31-24	Green Bay Packers	Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)
XXXIII	31/1/1999	Denver Broncos	34-19	Atlanta Falcons	Pro Player Stadium (Miami Gardens, FL)
XXXIV	30/1/2000	St. Louis Rams	23-16	Tennessee Titans	Georgia Dome
XXXV	28/1/2001	Baltimore Ravens	34-7	New York Giants	Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL)
XXXVI	3/2/2002	New England Patriots	20-17	St. Louis Rams	Louisiana Superdome
XXXVII	26/1/2003	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	48-21	Oakland Raiders	Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)
XXXVIII	1/2/2004	New England Patriots	32-29	Carolina Panthers	Reliant Stadium (Houston, TX)
XXXIX	6/2/2005	New England Patriots	24-21	Philadelphia Eagles	Alltel Stadium (Jacksonville, FL)
XL	5/2/2006	Pittsburgh Steelers	21-10	Seattle Seahawks	Ford Field (Detroit, MI)
XLI	4/2/2007	Indianapolis Colts	29-17	Chicago Bears	Dolphin Stadium (Miami Gardens, FL)
XLII	3/2/2008	New York Giants	17-14	New England Patriots	University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, AZ)
XLIII	1/2/2009	Pittsburgh Steelers	27-23	Arizona Cardinals	Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL)
XLIV	7/2/2010	New Orleans Saints	31-17	Indianapolis Colts	Sun Life Stadium (Miami Gardens, FL)
XLV	6/2/2011	Green Bay Packers	31-25	Pittsburgh Steelers	Cowboys Stadium (Arlington, TX)
XLVI	5/2/2012	New York Giants	21-17	New England Patriots	Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
XLVII	3/2/2013	Baltimore Ravens	34-31	san francisco 49ers	Mercedes-Benz Superdome (New Orleans, LA)
XLVIII	2/2/2014	Seattle Seahawks	43-8	Denver Broncos	MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)
XLIX	1/2/2015	New England Patriots	28-24	Seattle Seahawks	University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, AZ)
50	7/2/2016	Denver Broncos	24-10	Carolina Panthers	Levi’s Stadium (San Francisco, CA)
LI	5/2/2017	New England Patriots	34-28	Atlanta Falcons	NRG Stadium (Houston, TX)
LII	4/2/2018	Philadelphia Eagles	41-33	New England Patriots	U.S. Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, MN)
LIII	3/2/2019	New England Patriots	13-3	LA Rams	Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, GA)
LIV	2/2/2020	Kansas City Chiefs	31-20	san francisco 49ers	Hard Rock Stadium (Miami, FL)
LV	7/2/2021	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	31-9	Kansas City Chiefs	Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL)
LVI	13/2/2022	Los Angeles Rams	23-20	Cincinnati Bengals	SoFi Stadium (Los Angeles, CA)
LVII	12/2/2023	Kansas City Chiefs	38-35	Philadelphia Eagles	State Farm Stadium (Glendale, AZ)