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The Super Bowl is an annual American football game that determines the champion of the National Football League (NFL). The contest is held in an American city that is chosen three to four years beforehand,[1] usually in warm-weather or domed sites.[2] Since 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 a World Championship Game and Super Bowl III in 1969 was the first Super Bowl that carried the "Super Bowl" moniker at the time of the game.[3] The NFC leads in Super Bowl wins with 24, while the AFC has won 21. Eighteen different franchises, including teams that relocated to another city, have won the Super Bowl.[4] The NFL and AFL each won two World Championships.[4]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have won the most Super Bowls with six championships (record 6–2), while both the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers have five wins each (Cowboys 5–3; 49ers a perfect 5–0). Dallas and Pittsburgh have the most Super Bowl appearances with eight, while the Buffalo Bills have the most consecutive appearances with four losses in a row from 1991 to 1994. The Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings have also lost a record four Super Bowls. Buffalo and Minnesota are both 0–4 and Denver is 2–4. The record for consecutive wins is two and is shared by seven franchises: the 1967-68 Green Bay Packers, the 1973-74 Miami Dolphins, the 1975-76 and 1979-80 Steelers (the only team to accomplish this feat twice), the 1989-90 49ers, the 1993-94 Cowboys, the 1998-99 Broncos, and the 2004-05 New England Patriots. Of these, only the 1993-94 Cowboys and Bills have competed in the championship in consecutive years, with the Cowboys winning both contests.
Super Bowl Championship (1966–present)
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.
- Venue column indicates number of times that stadium has hosted a Super Bowl.
- City column indicates number of times that that metropolitan area has hosted a Super Bowl.
National Football League (NFL, 1967–1970) | American Football League (AFL, 1967–1970) |
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NFL Champion‡ | AFL Champion^ |
National Football Conference (NFC, 1971–present) | American Football Conference (AFC, 1971–present) |
NFC Champion* | AFC Champion† |
Super Bowl appearances by team
NFL‡/NFC* teams (24 wins) | AFL^/AFC† teams (21 wins) |
NFL‡/AFC† team[note 5] |
In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of appearances, then by number of wins, and finally by year of first appearance. In the "Season(s)" column, bold years indicate winning seasons, and italic years indicate games not yet played.
Teams with no Super Bowl appearances
Four current teams have never reached the Super Bowl. Two of them held NFL league championships prior to Super Bowl I in the 1966 NFL season:
- Detroit Lions, NFL champions four times in 1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957; appeared in one other NFL championship game in 1954; and appeared in one NFC Championship Game in 1991[62]
- Cleveland Browns, NFL champions four times in 1950, 1954, 1955, and 1964; appeared in six other NFL championship games in 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1968, and 1969; and appeared in three AFC Championship Games in 1986, 1987, and 1989[63] (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 from 1996–1998, and resumed play in 1999.[64] The Baltimore Ravens were an expansion team created in 1996 with former Browns players.)[65]
- Jacksonville Jaguars, 1995 expansion team; appeared in two AFC Championship Games in 1996 and 1999[66]
- Houston Texans, 2002 expansion team; first NFL playoff appearance in 2011.
Teams with long Super Bowl droughts
The following teams have appeared in the Super Bowl, but have long championship droughts. Two of them have not appeared in the Super Bowl since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970:[67]
- New York Jets (most recently appeared in Super Bowl III in 1969)
- Kansas City Chiefs (Super Bowl IV in 1970)
The most recent Super Bowl appearance for the following teams was after the AFL–NFL merger, but prior to the 1995 regular season:
- Minnesota Vikings (Super Bowl XI in 1977)
- Miami Dolphins (Super Bowl XIX in 1985)
- Cincinnati Bengals (Super Bowl XXIII in 1989)
- Washington Redskins (Super Bowl XXVI in 1992)
- Buffalo Bills (Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994)
- San Diego Chargers (Super Bowl XXIX in 1995)
- San Francisco 49ers (Super Bowl XXIX in 1995)
Teams with Super Bowl appearances but no victories
Ten teams have appeared in the Super Bowl without ever winning. In alphabetical order, they are:
- Arizona Cardinals, appeared in Super Bowl XLIII. Their last championship was in 1947 when they were the Chicago Cardinals. This is the second longest active stretch without a championship of any American professional sports team exceeded only by the Chicago Cubs, who last won the World Series in 1908.
- Atlanta Falcons, appeared in Super Bowl XXXIII. They have no pre-Super Bowl league championships.
- Buffalo Bills, appeared in Super Bowls XXV, XXVI, XXVII, and XXVIII. Their last AFL championship was in 1965.
- Carolina Panthers, appeared in Super Bowl XXXVIII. They did not exist prior to the AFL-NFL merger, so have no pre-Super Bowl league championships.
- Cincinnati Bengals, appeared in Super Bowls XVI and XXIII. They have no pre-Super Bowl league championships.
- Minnesota Vikings, appeared in Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX, and XI. They were NFL champions in 1969, the last year before the AFL-NFL merger.
- Philadelphia Eagles, appeared in Super Bowls XV and XXXIX. Their last championship was in 1960.
- San Diego Chargers, appeared in Super Bowl XXIX. Their last AFL championship was in 1963.
- Seattle Seahawks, appeared in Super Bowl XL. They did not exist prior to the AFL-NFL merger, so have no pre-Super Bowl league championships.
- Tennessee Titans, appeared in Super Bowl XXXIV. Their last AFL championship was in 1961 when the team was the Houston Oilers.
Rematches
The following teams have faced each other more than once in the Super Bowl:
- Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowls X, XIII and XXX)
- Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins (Super Bowls VII and XVII)
- Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers (Super Bowls XVI and XXIII)
- Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys (Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII)
- New England Patriots and New York Giants (Super Bowls XLII and XLVI)
See also
- List of AFC champions
- List of NFC champions
- List of NFL champions
- History of National Football League Championship (1920–present)
- List of Grey Cup champions, in the equivalent event for the Canadian Football League
- Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award
- Super Bowl related lists
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Both Los Angeles and Pasadena, California are in the Greater Los Angeles Area,[46] Pontiac, Michigan is a suburb of Detroit, Michigan,[47] and both Tempe, Arizona and Glendale, Arizona are suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona.[48][49]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Miami Gardens was incorporated as a suburb of Miami in 2003. Prior to that, it had been an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County but the stadium had a Miami address.[55]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Wild card qualifier.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Qualcomm Stadium was originally known as San Diego Stadium and Jack Murphy Stadium.[52] Dolphin Stadium has also been variously known over the years as Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Stadium, and Dolphins Stadium (with a plural "s"). Its subsequent name of Dolphin Stadium (with no "s") was also the original name it was given when first built. It is currently known as Sun Life Stadium.[53][54]
- ^ a b c d The Colts are the only team that played a pre AFL–NFL merger Super Bowl for the NFL, and then moved to the AFC in 1970. Although members of the old NFL before the 1970 merger, the Steelers and Browns did not play in a Super Bowl before moving to the AFC post-merger.
- ^ a b The Seahawks switched conferences with the newly founded Buccaneers in 1977 but switched back to the NFC in 2002 due to an NFL realignment plan after the Houston Texans were admitted. They reached the Super Bowl for the first time in 2005. The Buccaneers reached the Super Bowl for the first time in 2002.
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