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Here's a comprehensive guide on how to understand Roman numerals, in Super Bowl titles and beyond: What number is the Super Bowl this year? This year marks Super Bowl LVII, or Super Bowl 57. Every Super Bowl game has followed the rules of Roman numerals except for the 50th game in 2014. It was simply called Super Bowl 50. As the league's vice president of brand and creative Jaime Weston told ESPN at the time, the "L" (aka the Roman numeral for 50) just wasn't very pleasing to the eye. Back in 2014, the NFL announced Super Bowl 50 would be displayed with Arabic numerals instead of Roman numerals. It was a one-year exception because the league simply didn't like seeing the L The Super Bowl number has long been represented by Roman numerals, and most of those are featured in the league’s logo for each year’s big game. This year, the NFL is on to Super Bowl LVII. Today, we break down what that number represents and why the league uses a Roman numeral system to denote each successive Super Bowl. Everything about the Super Bowl is bigger, even the name. One clear difference is that the Super Bowl uses roman numerals rather than traditional numbers. For instance, this year's NFL championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles is titled Super Bowl LVII, which means Super Bowl 57. Super Bowl LVII - Previews. The Roman numerals were adopted by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt to keep track of the championship. The first game to be assigned a number using this approach was If all or some of the roman numerals are in ascending order, e.g., Super Bowl LIX, you add the value of any descending numerals to the difference of the final largest numeral and preceding smaller numeral: 50 + (10-1) = 59. List of Super Bowl Roman Numerals. Super Bowl 50 is the only game that didn’t use roman numerals. What does Super Bowl LVII mean in Roman numerals? While the two look nothing alike, it’s true: the Roman numerals LVII equal 57. In the ancient letters-are-numbers system, L represents 50, V The use of Roman numerals in the Super Bowl was introduced by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt to keep track of the championship games. The first game to be assigned a number using this "The Roman numerals were adopted to clarify any confusion that may occur because the NFL Championship Game — the Super Bowl — is played in the year following a chronologically recorded season. Numerals I through IV were added later for the first four Super Bowls," the NFL said. 2023 is the 57th (LVII) Super Bowl, with the Roman numerals Ahead of the Super Bowl in February, Heinz is choosing to educate fans on reading Roman numerals, explaining that “LVII Meanz 57” and calling on the National Football League to adopt standard From top to bottom, the logo had the Lombardi Trophy, Cowboys Stadium, a bar that read “Super Bowl” and the Roman numerals for 45. The Super Bowl LVII logo showcases a canyon and blue, From top to bottom, the logo had the Lombardi Trophy, Cowboys Stadium, a bar that read “Super Bowl” and the Roman numerals for 45. The Super Bowl LVII logo showcases a canyon and blue, In 2022, the design was tweaked again, this time through the aforementioned prophetic hues of the Roman numerals in Super Bowl LVI and LVII. In reality, the shades of the numerals recognize their From top to bottom, the logo had the Lombardi Trophy, Cowboys Stadium, a bar that read “Super Bowl” and the Roman numerals for 45. The Super Bowl LVII logo showcases a canyon and blue, Super Bowl Sunday puts the Roman numeral knowledge of football fans to the test once a year. The impending arrival of Super Bowl LVIII between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in Las In fact, aside from the first four games (which were retroactively given Roman numerals), the NFL actually abandoned Roman numerals in 2016, choosing to go with Super Bowl 50 rather than “Super Bowl L.” Jaime Weston, the then-senior vice president of marketing for the NFL, said it was because the L didn’t make a “powerful statement From top to bottom, the logo had the Lombardi Trophy, Cowboys Stadium, a bar that read “Super Bowl” and the Roman numerals for 45. The Super Bowl LVII logo showcases a canyon and blue, Since 2021, Roman numerals have been filled with city-inspired colors and designs: Los Angeles’s Super Bowl LVI logo featured orange numerals with palm trees; Arizona’s Super Bowl LVII logo included purple and red canyons beneath a blue-green sky; and the Super Bowl LVIII logo was purple and pink featuring the Las Vegas Strip.
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