NFL SuperBowl
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| The Super Bowl | ||
 The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the Super Bowl winner | ||
| First played | January 15, 1967 | |
| Trophy | Vince Lombardi Trophy | |
 Recent and upcoming games
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| 2011 season | ||
| Super Bowl XLVI Lucas Oil Stadium (February 5, 2012) New York Giants 21, New England Patriots 17 | ||
| 2012 season | ||
| Super Bowl XLVII Mercedes-Benz Superdome (February 3, 2013) | ||
| 2013 season | ||
| Super Bowl XLVIII MetLife Stadium (February 2, 2014) | ||
The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season, while the most recent game, Super Bowl XLVI, was played on February 5, 2012, to determine the champion of the 2011 season.
The game was created as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its then-rival league, the American Football League (AFL). It was agreed that the two leagues' champion teams would play in an AFL–NFL World Championship Game until the merger was to officially begin in 1970. After the merger, each league was redesignated as a "conference", and the game was then played between the conference champions. Currently, the NFC leads the series with 25 wins to 21 wins for the AFC.
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Origin
Game history
1960s: Early history
1970s: Dominant franchises
1980s and 1990s: The NFC's winning streak
1997-2008: AFC resurgence
2009-Present: NFC turnaround
Television coverage and ratings
Super Bowl on TV
Lead-out programming
Entertainment
List of SuperBowl
Main article: List of SuperBowls
