List of Super Bowl champions explained
The Super Bowl is the annual American football game that determines the champion of the National Football League (NFL). The game culminates a season that begins in the previous calendar year, and is the conclusion of the NFL playoffs. The winner receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The contest is held in an American city, chosen three to four years beforehand,[1] usually at warm-weather sites or domed stadiums.[2] Since January 1971, the winner of the American Football Conference (AFC) Championship Game has faced the winner of the National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game in the culmination of the NFL playoffs.
Before the 1970 merger between the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL), the two leagues met in four such contests. The first two were marketed as the "AFL–NFL World Championship Game", but were also casually referred to as "the Super Bowl game" during the television broadcast.[3] 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] There are four NFL teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl: the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans, though both the Browns (1950, 1954, 1955, 1964) and Lions (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957) had won NFL Championship Games prior to the creation of the Super Bowl in the 1966 season.
The 1972 Dolphins capped off the only perfect season in NFL history with their victory in Super Bowl VII. Only two franchises have ever won the Super Bowl while hosting at their home stadiums: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV and the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI.
Super Bowl championship games
Numbers in parentheses in the table are Super Bowl appearances as of the date of that Super Bowl and are used as follows:
- Winning team and losing team columns indicate the number of times that team has appeared in a Super Bowl as well as each respective teams' Super Bowl record to date.
- Venue column indicates number of times that stadium has hosted a Super Bowl.
- City column indicates number of times that metropolitan area has hosted a Super Bowl.
Indicates a team that made the playoffs as a wild card team (rather than by winning a division).
Upcoming games
Consecutive wins
Eight franchises have won consecutive Super Bowls, one of which (Pittsburgh) has accomplished it twice:
Although no franchise to date has won three Super Bowls in a row, several have had eras of sustained success, nearly accomplishing a three-peat:
- The Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls, and also won the NFL Championship Game the preceding year. If the Super Bowl had been instituted that year, the Packers would have qualified and faced the Buffalo Bills of the AFL.
- The Miami Dolphins appeared in three consecutive Super Bowls (VI, VII, and VIII) – winning the last two.
- The Pittsburgh Steelers won two consecutive Super Bowls (IX and X); the following season they were eliminated in the AFC Championship Game by the eventual Super Bowl XI champion Oakland Raiders. They also won two more consecutive Super Bowls (XIII and XIV) for four titles in six seasons.
- The San Francisco 49ers won two consecutive Super Bowls (XXIII and XXIV); the following season they were eliminated in the NFC Championship Game by the eventual Super Bowl XXV champion New York Giants.
- The Dallas Cowboys won two consecutive Super Bowls (XXVII and XXVIII); the following season they were eliminated in the NFC Championship Game by the eventual Super Bowl XXIX champion San Francisco 49ers. The Cowboys won Super Bowl XXX the following year for three titles in four seasons, and thus were two wins away from four consecutive Super Bowl titles.
- The New England Patriots won Super Bowls XLIX, LI, and LIII for three titles in five seasons. They also appeared in and lost Super Bowl LII to the Philadelphia Eagles following the 2017 season, giving them four Super Bowl appearances in five years and putting them one win away from three consecutive Super Bowl titles. In the intervening year, they were eliminated in the AFC Championship Game by the eventual Super Bowl 50 champion Denver Broncos.
- The Kansas City Chiefs made four Super Bowls in five years, winning LIV, LVII, and LVIII, while losing LV. In the intervening year, they lost the 2021 AFC Championship Game to the Cincinnati Bengals in overtime, coming one win short of five consecutive appearances. Additionally, in the year prior to their victory in LIV, the Chiefs lost the 2018 AFC Championship Game to the New England Patriots in overtime, resulting in being two wins short of six consecutive appearances.
Consecutive losses
Three franchises have lost consecutive Super Bowls:
Consecutive appearances
The Buffalo Bills have the most consecutive appearances with four from 1990 to 1993. The Miami Dolphins (1971–1973) and New England Patriots (2016–2018) are the only other teams to have at least three consecutive appearances. All three teams with three or more consecutive Super Bowl appearances are in the AFC East division. Including those three, 11 teams have at least two consecutive appearances. The Dallas Cowboys are the only team with three separate streaks (1970–1971, 1977–1978, and 1992–1993). The Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, and New England Patriots have each had two separate consecutive appearances. The Kansas City Chiefs are the most recent team to appear in consecutive Super Bowls, playing in Super Bowl LVII and Super Bowl LVIII. The full listing of teams with consecutive appearances is below in order of first occurrence; winning games are in bold:
Super Bowl rematches
The following teams have faced each other more than once in the Super Bowl:
Super Bowl records by team
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In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of wins, followed by the total number of appearances, and finally by the total number of points scored for the team throughout all appearances. Included in the table are all of the team names that each franchise has had since the 1966 season, a.k.a. the start of the Super Bowl era.
Teams with Super Bowl appearances but no victories
Eight teams have appeared in the Super Bowl without ever winning. In descending order of number of appearances and then years since their last appearance, they are:
- Minnesota Vikings (4) – appeared in Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX, and XI; they won the NFL Championship in 1969, the last year before the AFL–NFL merger, but failed to win the subsequent Super Bowl. An NFL expansion team in 1961, they have no pre-Super Bowl league championships.
- Buffalo Bills (4) – XXV, XXVI, XXVII, and XXVIII; in 1964 and 1965, they won the last two AFL Championships before the first Super Bowl in 1966.
- Cincinnati Bengals (3) – XVI, XXIII, and LVI; an AFL expansion team in 1968, they have no pre-Super Bowl league championships.
- Carolina Panthers (2) – XXXVIII and 50; a post-merger expansion team, their first season was in 1995.
- Atlanta Falcons (2) – XXXIII and LI; an NFL expansion team in 1966, they have no pre-Super Bowl league championships.
- Los Angeles Chargers (1) – XXIX as the San Diego Chargers; their only AFL Championship was in 1963, also as the San Diego Chargers.
- Tennessee Titans (1) – XXXIV; they won the first two AFL Championships in 1960 and 1961 as the Houston Oilers.
- Arizona Cardinals (1) – XLIII; they won two NFL Championships, one in 1925 and then again in 1947, both as the Chicago Cardinals.
Teams with no Super Bowl appearances or long active droughts
Four current teams have never reached the Super Bowl (shown in bold below). Two of them (Jacksonville and Houston) joined the NFL relatively recently, and there are an additional eight teams whose Super Bowl appearance droughts began prior to 2002 (the year Houston joined the NFL). The other two teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl (Cleveland and Detroit) both held NFL league championships prior to Super Bowl I in the 1966 NFL season. Teams are listed below according to the length of their current Super Bowl droughts (as of the end of the 2023 season, after Super Bowl LVIII):
- Cleveland Browns, 58 years – NFL champions four times in 1950, 1954, 1955, and 1964; appeared in seven other NFL Championship Games in 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1965, 1968, and 1969; and appeared in three AFC Championship Games in the 1986, 1987, and 1989 seasons.[80] The Browns are officially viewed as one continuous franchise that began in 1946 as a member of the All-America Football Conference, joined the NFL in 1950, suspended operations after 1995, and resumed play in 1999.
- Detroit Lions, 58 years – NFL champions four times in 1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957; appeared in one other NFL Championship Game in 1954; and appeared in two NFC Championship Games in the 1991 and 2023 seasons.[81]
- New York Jets, 55 years – Won Super Bowl III, 1968 season[82]
- Minnesota Vikings, 47 years – Lost Super Bowl XI, 1976 season
- Miami Dolphins, 39 years – Lost Super Bowl XIX, 1984 season
- Washington Commanders, 32 years – Won Super Bowl XXVI, 1991 season (played as Washington Redskins)
- Buffalo Bills, 30 years – Lost Super Bowl XXVIII, 1993 season
- Los Angeles Chargers, 29 years – Lost Super Bowl XXIX, 1994 season (played as San Diego Chargers)
- Jacksonville Jaguars, 29 years – 1995 expansion team; three AFC Championship Game appearances in the 1996, 1999, and 2017 seasons.[83]
- Dallas Cowboys, 28 years – Won Super Bowl XXX, 1995 season
- Tennessee Titans, 24 years – Lost Super Bowl XXXIV, 1999 season
- Houston Texans, 22 years – 2002 expansion team; Divisional Round appearances in the 2011, 2012, 2016, 2019, and 2023 seasons. They are the only NFL team to never reach the Conference Championship Round.
See also
External links
Notes and References
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVizBENi9cQ#t=27m54s Top Plays in Super Bowl History
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- Super Bowl 3: The Broadway Joe Show . dead . . https://web.archive.org/web/20060208025113/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/superbowl/3.html . February 8, 2006 . August 25, 2009.
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- Super Bowl 13: Dumb Like a F–O–X . August 26, 2009 . January 21, 1979 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051226074105/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/superbowl/13.html . December 26, 2005 .
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- Super Bowl 16: 49ers Strike It Rich . August 26, 2009 . January 24, 1982 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090417164820/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/superbowl/16.html . April 17, 2009 .
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- Web site: Super Bowl XXI: New York Giants 39, Denver Broncos 20 . August 26, 2009 . . December 20, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121220041427/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/super-bowl/xxi.htm . live .
- Super Bowl Summaries: Super Bowl XXII . August 26, 2009 . . . October 19, 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20001019023729/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/superbowl/summaries/sb22.html . live .
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- Super Bowl 24: 49ers Pound Outmanned Broncos . August 26, 2009 . January 28, 1990 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090417164539/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/superbowl/24.html . April 17, 2009 .
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- Web site: Super Bowl XXVIII . . January 31, 1994 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071227113008/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/recap/sbxxviii . December 27, 2007 . live . March 27, 2008.
- Web site: Super Bowl XXIX . . January 30, 1995 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071227081127/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/recap/sbxxix . December 27, 2007 . live . March 27, 2008.
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- Web site: Super Bowl XXXIII . . February 1, 1999 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071214051620/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/recap/sbxxxiii . December 14, 2007 . live . March 27, 2008.
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- Web site: Super Bowl XXXV . . January 29, 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071213074545/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/recap/sbxxxv . December 13, 2007 . live . March 27, 2008.
- Web site: Super Bowl XXXVI . . February 4, 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071015072647/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/recap/sbxxxvi . October 15, 2007 . live . March 27, 2008.
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- Web site: Super Bowl XXXVIII . . February 2, 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071015035941/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/recap/sbxxxviii . October 15, 2007 . live . March 27, 2008.
- Web site: Super Bowl XXXIX . . February 7, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071015050037/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/recap/sbxxxix . October 15, 2007 . live . March 27, 2008.
- Web site: Super Bowl XL . . February 5, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017041558/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/recap/sbxl . October 17, 2007 . live . March 27, 2008.
- Web site: Super Bowl XLI . . February 4, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071015072642/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/recap/sbxli . October 15, 2007 . live . March 27, 2008.
- Web site: February 7, 2008 . Patriots nearly perfect, but the Giants are Super Bowl champions . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080309021339/http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=29526&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2007&week=POST21 . March 9, 2008 . July 28, 2009 . . Associated Press.
- Web site: February 2, 2009 . Steelers earn sixth Super Bowl victory in thriller over Cardinals . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090410083740/http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=54465&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=POST21 . April 10, 2009 . July 28, 2009 . . Associated Press.
- Web site: Super Bowl XLIV post game QT . January 27, 2011 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20101218050511/http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2010020700/2009/POST22/saints@colts/recap . December 18, 2010 . dead .
- Web site: Super Bowl XLV–National Football League Game Summary . . February 10, 2011 . May 21, 2019 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100648/http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/55162/GB_Gamebook.pdf . live .
- Web site: Packers down Steelers for fourth Super Bowl title . . February 6, 2011 . February 6, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110209012835/http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2011020600/2010/POST22/steelers@packers/recap . February 9, 2011 . dead .
- Web site: Super Bowl XLVI–National Football League Game Summary . . February 8, 2012 . May 21, 2019 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040559/http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/55502/NE_Gamebook.pdf . live .
- News: Indianapolis ahead of curve in preparations for Super Bowl XLVI in 2012 . July 28, 2009 . . June 9, 2009 . . August 11, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090811032756/http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d810bdf46&template=without-video-with-comments&confirm=true . live .
- Web site: Garrison . Jason . Super Bowl 2012: Official Super Bowl Attendance Is 68,658 . SB Nation Boston . March 7, 2012 . February 6, 2012 . April 1, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120401223748/http://boston.sbnation.com/new-england-patriots/2012/2/5/2774071/super-bowl-2012-official-super-bowl-attendance-is-68658 . live .
- Web site: Super Bowl XLVII–National Football League Game Summary . . February 3, 2013 . May 21, 2019 . February 2, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200202190029/http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/55835/SF_Gamebook.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Super Bowl will return to New Orleans in 2013 . May 20, 2009 . . May 22, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090522094056/http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d810681fc&template=without-video-with-comments&confirm=true . live .
- Web site: Super Bowl XLVIII–National Football League Game Summary . . February 2, 2014 . May 21, 2019 . May 30, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150530125407/http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/56169/DEN_Gamebook.pdf . live .
- Web site: Owners warm up to New York/New Jersey as Super Bowl XLVIII host . . May 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111115141741/http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8184fc83&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true . November 15, 2011 . live . May 25, 2010.
- Web site: Super Bowl XLIX–National Football League Game Summary . . November 9, 2015 . May 21, 2019 . March 31, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170331183730/http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/56502/SEA_Gamebook.pdf . live .
- News: Owners vote Arizona as Super Bowl host for third time . . October 11, 2011 . February 27, 2014 . . February 2, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200202185850/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d82309487/article/owners-vote-arizona-as-super-bowl-host-for-third-time . live .
- News: Klemko . Robert . Arizona, not Tampa, will host Super Bowl XLIX in 2015 . . October 11, 2011 . January 5, 2012 . June 12, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140612163145/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/10/tampa-bay-arizona-super-bowl-xlix-2015/1 . live .
- Unlike other Super Bowls, Super Bowl 50's official name, as designated by the NFL, uses the Arabic numeral "50" instead of the Roman numeral "L".
- Web site: Super Bowl 50–National Football League Game Summary . . March 21, 2016 . May 21, 2019 . October 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161004210642/http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/56834/DEN_Gamebook.pdf . live .
- News: Rosenthal . Gregg . San Francisco awarded Super Bowl . December 23, 2013 . December 23, 2013 . . March 19, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319032303/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000205086/article/san-francisco-awarded-super-bowl-l-houston-lands-li . live .
- Web site: Bay Area, Houston get Super Bowls . . May 23, 2013 . May 23, 2013 . . June 9, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130609012540/http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9298434/san-francisco-houston-win-super-bowl-bids . live .
- Web site: Super Bowl LI Game Summary . . February 5, 2017 . February 6, 2017 . February 15, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170215041308/http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/57167/ATL_Gamebook.pdf . live .
- Web site: Super Bowl LII–National Football League Game Summary . . February 4, 2018 . February 4, 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180211212514/http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/57500/NE_Gamebook.pdf. February 11, 2018.
- News: Patra . Kevin . Super Bowl LII headed to Minnesota . May 20, 2014 . May 21, 2014 . . July 22, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170722192511/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000352335/article/super-bowl-lii-headed-to-minnesota . live .
- News: By The Numbers: Attendance at Super Bowl events . May 21, 2019 . . May 9, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190509060114/http://www.fox9.com/news/by-the-numbers-attendance-at-super-bowl-events . live .
- News: Philadelphia Eagles beat New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII . . February 4, 2018 . February 4, 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180205184444/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/2018/02/04/philadelphia-eagles-beat-new-england-patriots-super-bowl-xlii/305953002/ . February 5, 2018 .
- Web site: Super Bowl LIII–National Football League Game Summary . . February 7, 2019 . May 21, 2019 . February 14, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190214180408/http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/57833/LA_Gamebook.pdf . live .
- News: Rosenthal . Gregg . Atlanta, South Florida, L.A. chosen to host Super Bowls . May 24, 2016 . May 24, 2016 . . May 9, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200509220723/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000664704/article/atlanta-south-florida-la-chosen-to-host-super-bowls . live .
- News: McClure . Vaughn . Owners award 2019 Super Bowl to Atlanta, 2020 to South Florida, 2021 to Los Angeles . . . May 24, 2016 . May 24, 2016 . May 24, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160524215927/http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/15704381/nfl-owners-award-super-bowls-atlanta-south-florida-los-angeles . live .
- Dates for future Super Bowls are tentative pending possible changes to the NFL calendar.
- Web site: Patra . Kevin . October 14, 2020 . New Orleans to host 2025 Super Bowl; 2024 SB now TBD . October 14, 2020 . . October 17, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017114831/https://www.nfl.com/news/new-orleans-to-host-2025-super-bowl-2024-sb-now-tbd . live .
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- The Seahawks and Buccaneers each began play in 1976. For scheduling purposes, the Seahawks were placed in the NFC and the Buccaneers were placed in the AFC for their first year of play. In 1977, the two teams switched conferences, placing the Seahawks in the AFC and the Buccaneers in the NFC. In 2002, the Seahawks returned to the NFC. Neither the Seahawks nor Buccaneers have played in the Super Bowl representing the AFC.
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