Super Bowl

An AFL-NFL World Championship Game was first played after the 1966 football season, in January 1967, between the champions of the American Football League and the NFL. The game was a result of the merger agreement between the two leagues that took full effect for the 1970 season. The fourth such game, after the 1969 season, was called the "Super Bowl", and that name is now used to refer to the first three AFL-NFL World Championship Games as well. After the 1970 season, the game reverted from a world championship to the NFL championship, featuring the champions of the NFL's two conferences, the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference.

Previous to the 1966 football season, American professional football's championship games were played for various league championships, and games were not played between league champions. The game was called the "All-America Football Conference Championship Game", the "American Football League Championship Game" or the "NFL Championship Game", depending on the league playing it. (See: Professional American football championship games)

Following Apple Computer's 1984 commercial announcing the Apple Macintosh computer, directed by Ridley Scott, the broadcast of the Super Bowl became the premier showcase for high-concept or simply extravagantly expensive commercials. Famous commercial campaigns include the Budweiser "Bud Bowl" campaign, and the 1999 and 2000 dot-com ads.

The Super Bowl tends to have a high Nielsen Rating which ranges around 40.0. An estimated 80 to 90 million Americans watch a Super Bowl each year. The most watched Super Bowl was Super Bowl XXXII between the Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers which lured 90 million viewers.

Game Results

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:
I	1967-01-15	NFL Green Bay Packers	def.	AFL Kansas City Chiefs	35-10	(Los Angeles)
II	1968-01-14	NFL Green Bay Packers	def.	AFL Oakland Raiders	33-14	(Miami)
III	1969-01-12	AFL New York Jets	def.	NFL Baltimore Colts	16-7	(Miami)
IV	1970-01-11	AFL Kansas City Chiefs	def.	NFL Minnesota Vikings	23-7	(New Orleans)
Final inter-league standings: NFL 2 wins, American Football League 2 wins.
NFL Championships:
V	1971-01-17	AFC Baltimore Colts	def.	NFC Dallas Cowboys	16-13	(Miami)
VI	1972-01-16	NFC Dallas Cowboys	def.	AFC Miami Dolphins	24-3	(New Orleans)
VII	1973-01-14	AFC Miami Dolphins	def.	NFC Washington Redskins	14-7	(Los Angeles)
VIII	1974-01-13	AFC Miami Dolphins	def.	NFC Minnesota Vikings	24-7	(Houston)
IX	1975-01-12	AFC Pittsburgh Steelers	def.	NFC Minnesota Vikings	16-6	(New Orleans)
X	1976-01-18	AFC Pittsburgh Steelers	def.	NFC Dallas Cowboys	21-17	(Miami)
XI	1977-01-09	AFC Oakland Raiders	def.	NFC Minnesota Vikings	32-14	(Pasadena)
XII	1978-01-15	NFC Dallas Cowboys	def.	AFC Denver Broncos	27-10	(New Orleans)
XIII	1979-01-21	AFC Pittsburgh Steelers	def.	NFC Dallas Cowboys	35-31	(Miami)
XIV	1980-01-20	AFC Pittsburgh Steelers	def.	NFC Los Angeles Rams	31-19	(Pasadena)
XV	1981-01-25	AFC Oakland Raiders	def.	NFC Philadelphia Eagles	27-10	(New Orleans)
XVI	1982-01-24	NFC San Francisco 49ers	def.	AFC Cincinnati Bengals	26-21	(Pontiac)
XVII	1983-01-30	NFC Washington Redskins	def.	AFC Miami Dolphins	27-17	(Pasadena)
XVIII	1984-01-22	AFC Los Angeles Raiders	def.	NFC Washington Redskins	38-9	(Tampa)
XIX	1985-01-20	NFC San Francisco 49ers	def.	AFC Miami Dolphins	38-16	(Stanford)
XX	1986-01-26	NFC Chicago Bears	def.	AFC New England Patriots	46-10	(New Orleans)
XXI	1987-01-25	NFC New York Giants	def.	AFC Denver Broncos	39-20	(Pasadena)
XXII	1988-01-31	NFC Washington Redskins	def.	AFC Denver Broncos	42-10	(San Diego)
XXIII	1989-01-22	NFC San Francisco 49ers	def.	AFC Cincinnati Bengals	20-16	(Miami)
XXIV	1990-01-28	NFC San Francisco 49ers	def.	AFC Denver Broncos	55-10	(New Orleans)
XXV	1991-01-27	NFC New York Giants	def.	AFC Buffalo Bills	20-19	(Tampa)
XXVI	1992-01-26	NFC Washington Redskins	def.	AFC Buffalo Bills	37-24	(Minneapolis)
XXVII	1993-01-31	NFC Dallas Cowboys	def.	AFC Buffalo Bills	52-17	(Pasadena)
XXVIII	1994-01-30	NFC Dallas Cowboys	def.	AFC Buffalo Bills	30-13	(Atlanta)
XXIX	1995-01-29	NFC San Francisco 49ers	def.	AFC San Diego Chargers	49-26	(Miami)
XXX	1996-01-28	NFC Dallas Cowboys	def.	AFC Pittsburgh Steelers	27-17	(Tempe)
XXXI	1997-01-26	NFC Green Bay Packers	def.	AFC New England Patriots	35-21	(New Orleans)
XXXII	1998-01-25	AFC Denver Broncos	def.	NFC Green Bay Packers	31-24	(San Diego)
XXXIII	1999-01-31	AFC Denver Broncos	def.	NFC Atlanta Falcons	34-19	(Miami)
XXXIV	2000-01-30	NFC St. Louis Rams	def.	AFC Tennessee Titans	23-16	(Atlanta)
XXXV	2001-01-28	AFC Baltimore Ravens	def.	NFC New York Giants	34-7	(Tampa)
XXXVI	2002-02-03	AFC New England Patriots	def.	NFC St. Louis Rams	20-17	(New Orleans)
XXXVII	2003-01-26	NFC Tampa Bay Buccaneers	def.	AFC Oakland Raiders	48-21	(San Diego)
XXXVIII	2004-02-01	AFC New England Patriots	def.	NFC Carolina Panthers	32-29	(Houston)
XXXIX	2005-02-06					(Jacksonville)
XL	2006-02-05					(Detroit)
XLI	2007-02-04					(Miami)
XLII	2008-02-xx					(Glendale)

See also

• American football
• Super Bowl MVP

External links

• Super Bowl's website
• Super Bowl information and history

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