Latest news with #AFL-NFLWorldChampionshipGame
Fox Sports
10-02-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Super Bowl winners and results
From the early days of the AFL-NFL World Championship Game to the modern-day spectacle, the Super Bowl has been a cornerstone of American sports culture. This comprehensive list details each of the Super Bowl winning and losing teams throughout NFL professional football history. The Super Bowl locations, years and final scores are also included (1967-2025). Super Bowl Winners and Results: LIX (2025): Philadelphia Eagles 40, Kansas City Chiefs 22 (Caesars Superdome) LVIII (2024): Kansas City Chiefs 25, San Francisco 49ers 22 (Allegiant Stadium) LVII (2023): Kansas City Chiefs 38, Philadelphia Eagles 35 (State Farm Stadium) LVI (2022): Los Angeles Rams 23, Cincinnati Bengals 20 (SoFi Stadium) LV (2021): Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31, Kansas City Chiefs 9 (Raymond James Stadium) LIV (2020): Kansas City Chiefs 31, San Francisco 49ers 20 (Hard Rock Stadium) LIII (2019): New England Patriots 13, Los Angeles Rams 3 (Mercedes-Benz Stadium) LII (2018): Philadelphia Eagles 41, New England Patriots 33 (U.S. Bank Stadium) LI (2017): New England Patriots 34, Atlanta Falcons 28 (NRG Stadium) 50 (2016): Denver Broncos 24, Carolina Panthers 10 (Levi's Stadium) XLIX (2015): New England Patriots 28, Seattle Seahawks 24 (University of Phoenix Stadium) XLVIII (2014): Seattle Seahawks 43, Denver Broncos 8 (MetLife Stadium) XLVII (2013): Baltimore Ravens 34, San Francisco 49ers 31 (Mercedes-Benz Superdome) XLVI (2012): New York Giants 21, New England Patriots 17 (Lucas Oil Stadium) XLV (2011): Green Bay Packers 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 25 (Cowboys Stadium) XLIV (2010): New Orleans Saints 31, Indianapolis Colts 17 (Sun Life Stadium) XLIII (2009): Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Arizona Cardinals 23 (Raymond James Stadium) XLII (2008): New York Giants 17, New England Patriots 14 (University of Phoenix Stadium) XLI (2007): Indianapolis Colts 29, Chicago Bears 17 (Dolphin Stadium) XL (2006): Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Seattle Seahawks 10 (Ford Field) XXXIX (2005): New England Patriots 24, Philadelphia Eagles 21 (Alltel Stadium) XXXVIII (2004): New England Patriots 32, Carolina Panthers 29 (Reliant Stadium) XXXVII (2003): Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48, Oakland Raiders 21 (Qualcomm Stadium) XXXVI (2002): New England Patriots 20, St. Louis Rams 17 (Louisiana Superdome) XXXV (2001): Baltimore Ravens 34, New York Giants 7 (Raymond James Stadium) XXXIV (2000): St. Louis Rams 23, Tennessee Titans 16 (Georgia Dome) XXXIII (1999): Denver Broncos 34, Atlanta Falcons 19 (Pro Player Stadium) XXXII (1998): Denver Broncos 31, Green Bay Packers 24 (Qualcomm Stadium) XXXI (1997): Green Bay Packers 35, New England Patriots 21 (Louisiana Superdome) XXX (1996): Dallas Cowboys 27, Pittsburgh Steelers 17 (Sun Devil Stadium) XXIX (1995): San Francisco 49ers 49, San Diego Chargers 26 (Joe Robbie Stadium) XXVIII (1994): Dallas Cowboys 30, Buffalo Bills 13 (Georgia Dome) XXVII (1993): Dallas Cowboys 52, Buffalo Bills 17 (Rose Bowl) XXVI (1992): Washington Commanders 37, Buffalo Bills 24 (Metrodome) XXV (1991): New York Giants 20, Buffalo Bills 19 (Tampa Stadium) XXIV (1990): San Francisco 49ers 55, Denver Broncos 10 (Louisiana Superdome) XIII (1989): San Francisco 49ers 20, Cincinnati Bengals 16 (Joe Robbie Stadium) XXII (1988): Washington Commanders 42, Denver Broncos 10 (Jack Murphy Stadium) XXI (1987): New York Giants 39, Denver Broncos 20 (Rose Bowl) XX (1986): Chicago Bears 46, New England Patriots 10 (Louisiana Superdome) XIX (1985): San Francisco 49ers 38, Miami Dolphins 16 (Stanford Stadium) XVIII (1984): Los Angeles Raiders 38, Washington Commanders 9 (Tampa Stadium) XVII (1983): Washington Commanders 27, Miami Dolphins 17 (Rose Bowl) XVI (1982): San Francisco 49ers 26, Cincinnati Bengals 21 (Pontiac Silverdome) XV (1981): Oakland Raiders 27, Philadelphia Eagles 10 (Louisiana Superdome) XIV (1980): Pittsburgh Steelers 31, Los Angeles Rams 19 (Rose Bowl) XIII (1979): Pittsburgh Steelers 35, Dallas Cowboys 31 (Miami Orange Bowl) XII (1978): Dallas Cowboys 27, Denver Broncos 10 (Louisiana Superdome) XI (1977): Oakland Raiders 32, Minnesota Vikings 14 (Rose Bowl) X (1976): Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Dallas Cowboys 17 (Miami Orange Bowl) IX (1975): Pittsburgh Steelers 6, Minnesota Vikings 6 (Tulane Stadium) VIII (1974): Miami Dolphins 24, Minnesota Vikings 7 (Rice Stadium) VII (1973): Miami Dolphins 14, Washington Commanders 7 (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum) VI (1972): Dallas Cowboys 24, Miami Dolphins 3 (Tulane Stadium) V (1971): Baltimore Ravens 16, Dallas Cowboys 13 (Miami Orange Bowl) IV (1970): Kansas City Chiefs 23, Minnesota Vikings 7 (Tulane Stadium) III (1969): New York Jets 16, Baltimore Ravens 7 (Miami Orange Bowl) II (1968): Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14 (Miami Orange Bowl) I (1967): Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10 (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum) Super Bowl Wins by Team: New England Patriots - 6 wins Pittsburgh Steelers - 6 wins Dallas Cowboys - 5 wins San Francisco 49ers - 5 wins Green Bay Packers - 4 wins New York Giants - 4 wins Kansas City Chiefs - 4 wins Denver Broncos - 3 wins Washington Commanders - 3 wins Las Vegas Raiders - 3 wins Miami Dolphins - 2 wins Los Angeles Rams - 2 wins Indianapolis Colts - 2 wins Baltimore Ravens - 2 wins Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 2 wins Philadelphia Eagles - 2 wins Seattle Seahawks - 1 win Chicago Bears - 1 win New York Jets - 1 win New Orleans Saints - 1 win Frequently Asked Questions Who has won the most Super Bowls? The Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots are tied at 6 Super Bowl victories each. They are followed by the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers at 5 wins each. Which teams have never won the Super Bowl? A total of 12 NFL teams have never won the Super Bowl. This list includes: Cleveland Browns , Detroit Lions , Houston Texans , Jacksonville Jaguars , Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Chargers, Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons, and Cincinnati Bengals. recommended Get more from National Football League Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more in this topic
USA Today
09-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Why is the NFL's championship game called the Super Bowl?
Another Super Bowl is upon us as the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday night. It will be the 59th iteration of a game that has become the nation's most anticipated sporting event. But how did the NFL's championship game acquire the name 'Super Bowl'? The game itself is much younger than organized professional football. The National Football League was founded in 1920, and for the first four decades of its existence, the postseason format looked quite a bit different than it does today. DIVE DEEPER INTO FOR THE WIN: Start your day with The Morning Win newsletter for columns, insights and irreverent musings from the world of sports and pop culture There was no playoff system. Rather, the league's two champions faced off in what was then called the NFL championship game at the end of the season. The situation changed in the 1960s when the American Football League, which began operations in 1960, was launched as a competitor. The leagues would ultimately officially merge in 1970 with the AFL becoming the AFC, but prior to the merger fully going into effect, both leagues' champions would face off in what was called 'AFL-NFL World Championship Game.' That didn't exactly roll off the tongue, but it was soon supplanted by a much more popular nickname. Then-Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt is credited with being the first to call the game the Super Bowl ahead of the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game — retroactively known as Super Bowl I — in 1967, possibly in reference to a toy called the 'Super Ball.' The name quickly caught on in the press with its informal usage circulating. Beginning with Super Bowl III in 1969, the name of the championship game became official and has remained ever since.
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
$8 million for 30 seconds: Tracking the staggering rise of Super Bowl ad costs
When it comes to television audiences, nothing compares to the Super Bowl. The NFL's championship game accounts for nine of the 10 most-watched broadcasts in American history, according to Neilsen. Last year's game was watched by more than 123 million people — the second-biggest TV audience of all time, behind only the moon landing. So it's no surprise that brands are willing to fork over huge amounts of money for the chance to make their pitch to such a massive collection of potential customers. Some 30-second slots for this year's Super Bowl have reportedly sold for a record $8 million, a full $1 million above the going rate a year ago. Photo illustration: Oscar Duarte for Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images, Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images, Getty Images Even in its relatively humble early days, the Super Bowl was a big deal. In 1967, more than 50 million people watched the first broadcast of what was then known as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game between competing broadcasts on CBS and NBC. While ratings for the big game have more than doubled over the past six decades, the going rate for commercials has increased at an exponential rate. Advertisement Newsletter: The Yodel Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inbox See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. Sign up By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. According to the site a 30-second spot on CBS during the first Super Bowl cost just $42,500. One of the signature ads that year was a commercial for Goodyear Tires that centered around a woman stranded along the side of the road with no man in sight to rescue her. The tagline was, 'When there's no man around, Goodyear should be.' Viewership for the Super Bowl gradually increased over the next few years, as did the prices networks charged for ad time. But the game truly established itself as 'an event for advertisers' in 1973 thanks to a sultry commercial for Noxzema that featured actress Farrah Fawcett preening over New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath. By then, Super Bowl ads went for an average of $88,000. Photo illustration: Oscar Duarte for Yahoo News; photos: Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images,, Getty Images Prices steadily climbed over the following decade. In 1980, the year Coca-Cola aired its iconic 'Hey kid, catch' ad with Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Joe Greene, a 30-second slot cost $222,000. During this period, advertisers were also becoming increasingly conscious of the importance of storytelling when it came to helping their brands stand out from the crowd of other advertisers. The 1984 Super Bowl broadcast featured the debut of Apple's famed ad inspired by George Orwell's dystopian novel, which is still widely viewed as one of the most important commercials of all time. Advertisement By the time McDonald's tapped NBA legends Michael Jordan and Larry Bird for their famous game of H-O-R-S-E in 1993, the going rate for Super Bowl ad slots had gone up to $850,000. Prices broke the million-dollar barrier for the first time two years later, the year Budweiser introduced the public to its trio of soft-spoken frogs. The beermaker's next breakthrough ad, the notably less serene 'Whassup?' spot, came in 2000, when ad slots had jumped to $1.6 million. Photo illustration: Oscar Duarte for Yahoo News; photos:, Neil Godwin/Future Publishing via Getty Images, Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images By the turn of the millennium, it became the norm for ad costs to leap by several hundred thousand dollars from year to year. In 2009, a 30-second spot was just a hair under $3 million. Just five years later, it was $4 million. There have been occasional dips or brief moments of stagnation, but the trend of ever-increasing Super Bowl commercial prices shows no sign of slowing down, especially if ratings for the game continue to climb as they have over the past few years. Super Bowl audiences have never been bigger, but brands may not be getting as much return on their ad spending as they used to back in the game's early days. In terms of viewers per dollar spent, the most efficient era for Super Bowl commercials was all the way back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when just $100,000 could buy access to an audience of 40 million viewers or more.
Voice of America
07-02-2025
- Sport
- Voice of America
What is the Super Bowl?
This Sunday, February 9, is not a holiday in the United States, but it might seem like one to Americans. Many will be attending parties to watch Super Bowl LIX. The Super Bowl is the championship game of professional American football. The National Football League, or NFL, has 32 teams mainly based in large cities across the U.S. The first professional league was formed in 1920, when representatives of four teams met in Canton, Ohio. The group first called itself the American Professional Football Association but changed the name two years later to the National Football League. In 1960, Texas businessman Lamar Hunt pushed the effort to create the American Football League, or AFL. The two leagues competed with each other to sign top football players from universities around the country. In 1965, established NFL players began negotiating to play for the competing league. So, officials of the two leagues decided to work together. This agreement established a championship game between the two leagues. It was officially called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game but became known as the Super Bowl. The first Super Bowl was played in 1967 in Los Angeles, California. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs. It was not a very exciting game. Many of the seats in the sports center were empty. That changed with the Super Bowl played two years later. Experts say the public finally accepted the new league when the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts. After that game in 1969, officials of the two leagues decided to create a new National Football League. They divided the teams into two competing conferences, the American Conference, or AFC, and the National Conference, NFC. Each year, the conference champions play in the Super Bowl. Today, the Super Bowl is a major sporting event. Tens of thousands of people will be watching the game Sunday at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tens of millions of other people around the world will be watching Super Bowl LIX. They will be watching to see if the AFC Kansas City Chiefs or the NFC Philadelphia Eagles become the champions of American football. Both teams have had success in the Big Game. The Eagles are one-time NFL champions. They defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. This Sunday will be the team's fifth NFL championship game appearance. The Kansas City Chiefs have played for the championship six times. They have won four times, including the last two Super Bowls. The Chiefs are the first team in NFL history to have a chance to win a third Super Bowl in a row. I'm Caty Weaver. Caty Weaver wrote this report for VOA Learning English with contributing information from the Associated Press. ____________________________________________________ Words in this Story league –n. sports teams that play each other and are linked by a business agreement and rules exciting –adj. something that causes excitement in a row –phrase one following another in a series
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Commentary: Sure, a Chiefs Super Bowl three-peat would be unprecedented, but don't forget Packers
We need the Super Bowl for more than multimillion-dollar TV ads and sexy extravaganza halftime shows. We also need it to happily prod us into mindless discussions about semi-meaningless things. So, let's take a look at this NFL three-peat thing. As the Kansas City Chiefs closed their recent semifinal victory, the discussion in the network broadcast booth turned to the Chiefs' opportunity to win their third straight Super Bowl. That three-peat was labeled 'unprecedented,' and thousands of Green Bay Packers fans, when they heard that, sat straight up in their easy chairs. The word 'unprecedented' is actually accurate, but dependent on semantics. It is unprecedented for the official Super Bowl but there are asterisks. The Packers, who won NFL titles under Curly Lambeau in 1929, '30 and '31, won the title again under Vince Lombardi to end the 1965 season, beating the Cleveland Browns in the championship game 23-12. The game was played Jan. 2, 1966, marking the first NFL title game played in January. It also became the first leg of the next Packers triple, 1965 to 1967. Read more: Dick Vermeil, who coached Eagles and Chiefs, says Super Bowl LIX will be one for ages On Jan. 1, 1967, the Packers beat the Cowboys in Dallas 34-27 for their second straight NFL title, but there was a new wrinkle. The rival American Football League needed to be shown that it was inferior, so that ongoing negotiations for a merger of the leagues would give the most leverage to the assumed-superior NFL. Nothing like a good beating on the field to bring dividends at the bargaining table. So, a game was created, and it didn't have a super name — the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. It matched the poor little Chiefs, champions of the AFL, against the big NFL bullies, the Packers. The game was scheduled at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It didn't come close to selling out and the media mingled with the players and coaches around hotel swimming pools, just like they might have before an exhibition game in August — pretty much what this was. The NFL quest for a bargaining chip worked. On Jan. 15, 1967, the Packers, several of them reportedly seeing the sights of L.A. well into the night before the game, still beat up on the Chiefs, 35-10. This game was not instantly labeled 'Super Bowl.' commissioner Pete Rozelle of the NFL hated the label, once it was brought up by AFL commissioner Lamar Hunt, who had gotten the idea from one of his children's toys, a Super Ball. Rozelle thought the word 'super' was mostly slang and too undignified for his league. By word of mouth, however, and probably the need of some newspaper columnists to jazz up the game, Super Bowl stuck. It was made the official moniker in 1969, but used freely before that. Read more: Super Bowl LIX: Start time, teams, how to watch and halftime show In the middle of all this negotiating and game-naming confusion, the Packers won again, taking the NFL title on Dec. 31, 1967 in the famous Ice Bowl game in Green Bay. At last word-of-mouth count, 11,056,200 people had reported they were there. It is a Wisconsin badge of honor to have been at the Ice Bowl, an indication of both Midwestern hardiness and insanity. The temperature was minus-13 with a wind-chill of minus-36. The players couldn't start their cars to go home afterward, and the referees had to keep their whistles out of their mouths for fear of having them freeze to their lips. The Packers won on a last-second quarterback sneak by Bart Starr, following the block of center Ken Bowman and right guard Jerry Kramer, who eventually turned the moment into a bestselling book called 'Instant Replay.' The final scores were 21-17 for the Packers and hundreds of thousands of dollars in book sales for Kramer. In the book, and on several speaking tours, Kramer explained the genesis of the moment. 'I noticed in films that [Cowboys tackle] Jethro Pugh would stand up before he charged,' Kramer wrote. 'I told coach Lombardi about that in the week before the game, he watched the film and agreed that we could wedge Jethro.' Lombardi called the play, Pugh stood up, Kramer was able to get under him for leverage, and Starr snuck into the end zone right behind Kramer. Immediately, 11,056,200 headed for the exits, with joy in their hearts and frostbite over the rest of their bodies. That was a Packers two-peat. Or, in the minds of many Packers followers, a Packers four-peat — an NFL title in '65, another in '66, plus the first non-Super Bowl Super Bowl in '67, and another NFL title in the Ice Bowl at the end of the '67 season. Or, maybe even a five-peat, with a 33-14 beating of the Oakland Raiders in Miami on Jan. 14, 1968, in the second non-Super Bowl Super Bowl. Actually, the concept of the Packers' streak being anything more than the three-peat they have always been credited for is semantics, fan talk ... a little bit of apples and oranges. The Packers finished three seasons on top. Two of those league titles simply led to another game. A Chiefs victory in the upcoming Super Bowl would be an unprecedented three-peat in the NFL, as currently constructed. Sorry, Packers fans. Tony Romo was right. Deal with it. The game really became the Super Bowl, officially and in U.S. sports lore, in Super Bowl III, when Joe Namath sat with a bunch of reporters around a pool in Miami, site of the game for the second straight year, and guaranteed victory. That, of course, was heresy, since Namath played for the AFL's New York Jets and the big boys from the NFL champion Baltimore Colts, led by Johnny Unitas, were 19-point favorites. On Jan. 12, 1969, Namath and the Jets won, 16-7, and the merger became official in 1970. On the back of Namath, the fledgling AFL had earned its spurs. There was no turning back. Even Rozelle, were he still alive, would agree now that it is all pretty 'super.' Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
