The first AFL–NFL World Championship Game (known retroactively as Super Bowl I and referred to in contemporaneous reports, including the game's radio broadcast, as the Super Bowl) [5] was an American football game played on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. Super Bowl III in January 1969 was the first such game that carried the "Super Bowl" moniker in official marketing; the names "Super Bowl I" and "Super Bowl II" were retroactively applied to the first two games. [4] A total of 20 franchises, including teams that have relocated to another city or changed their name, have won the Super Bowl. [5] 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. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] 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 Super Bowl I was the first championship game in professional American football. At the time it was called First AFL-NFL World Championship Game . [ 2 ] It was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles , California . Super Bowl, in U.S. professional gridiron football, the championship game of the National Football league, played by the winners of the league’s American Football Conference and National Football Conference each January or February. The game is hosted by a different city each year. More Super Bowl Pages. Super Bowl History. Super Bowl Leaders; Super Bowl Standings; Welcome · Your Account; Logout; Ad-Free Login; Get your first month FREE Super Bowl champions by year. 1967 Super Bowl (1): Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10 1968 Super Bowl (2): Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14 1969 Super Bowl (3): New York Jets 16 The first Super Bowl took place in 1967 after the two competing football leagues—the NFL and AFL—negotiated a merger agreement in which they would formally join together and play a The first championship game was actually called the First AFL-NFL Championship Game and became known as Super Bowl just one year later. The Packers play Kansas City at the Super Bowl game in Los The Packers won Super Bowl 1 and Super Bowl 2, but the AFL soon got its revenge in Super Bowl 3. New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath guaranteed a victory over the Baltimore Colts and ultimately delivered with a 16-7 win, giving the AFL its first Super Bowl win. The Chiefs, losers of Super Bowl 1, won their first Super Bowl trophy in Super Bowl 4. Super Bowl XI was dominated by the Raiders. Oakland gained a Super Bowl record 429 yards, including a Super Bowl record 288 yards in the first half, en route to winning Super Bowl XI. After a scoreless first quarter, Oakland scored on three consecutive possessions to take a 16–0 lead at halftime. Flores became the first person to be a member of a Super Bowl winning team as a player and head coach. He was a member of the Chiefs in Super Bowl IV but did not play in the game. Following the March 11, 2023 death of Bud Grant, this is the earliest Super Bowl where both teams' head coaches are still living. The NFL awarded Super Bowl II to Miami on May 25, 1967, at the owners meetings in New York City. [7] [8] [9] It marked the first of eleven Super Bowls in the Miami area (as of 2022), and the first of two consecutive (II and III). The NFL awarded Super Bowl VII to Los Angeles on March 21, 1972, at the owners' meetings held in Honolulu.For the first time, multiple Super Bowl sites were selected at a single meeting, as hosts for both VII and VIII were named. The Super Bowl LVI halftime show starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar is the first Super Bowl halftime show to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live). [72] The Buccaneers defeated the Raiders by the score of 48–21, tied with Super Bowl XXXV for the seventh-largest Super Bowl margin of victory, winning their first-ever Super Bowl. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The game was played on January 26, 2003, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego , California. NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXIII to Miami, Florida on March 14, 1985, during their March 10–15, 1985 meetings held in Phoenix. This was the sixth time that Miami hosted the game, and the first at Joe Robbie Stadium; the 5 previous Super Bowls in the area were played at the Miami Orange Bowl. The opening kickoff of Super Bowl XLVII. Super Bowl games have frequently been among the United States' most-watched television broadcasts.In 2024, Super Bowl LVIII set an all-time record for viewership at the game, with an average of 123.7 million viewers across all platforms according to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, exceeding a record set the previous year at Super Bowl LVII (115.1 million Super Bowl championships Game Date/ Season Winning team Score Losing team Venue City Attendance Referee Ref I [sb 1]January 15, 1967 (1966 AFL/1966 NFL) : Green Bay Packers n (1, 1–0) On November 30, 2017, the NFL opened an attraction known as NFL Experience Times Square, within four ground-level floors of 20 Times Square in New York City. The 40,000 square-foot attraction was a collaboration with Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, and featured various interactive activities and multimedia experiences, including a 4D film, a simulated locker room and practice area
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