NFL SuperBowl
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| 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 | ||
| 2015 season | ||
| Super Bowl 50 Levi's Stadium (February 7, 2016) Denver Broncos 24 Carolina Panthers 10 | ||
| 2016 season | ||
| Super Bowl LI NRG Stadium (February 5, 2017) | ||
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
Date
Game history
1960s: Early history
1970s: Dominant franchises
1980s and 1990s: The NFC's winning streak
1997-2009: AFC resurgence
2010–present: The NFC re-emerges
Television coverage and ratings
Super Bowl on TV
Lead-out programming
Entertainment
Venue
For a full list of Super Bowl games and venues, see List of Super Bowl champions.
