The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League, and is the most important American professional football competition.

The Super Bowl was first played in January 1967 between the champions of the American Football League and the National Football League, an off-shoot of the merger agreement between the two leagues that took effect for the 1970 season. Since 1970 the game has featured the champions of the NFL's two conferences, the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference.

Previous to the first Super Bowl in 1967, American football's championship game was called the "NFL Championship Game".

Following Apple Computer's 1984 advertisement 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.

Game Results

World Championships:

I      1/15/67 NFL Green Bay Packers    def. AFL Kansas City Chiefs   35-10  (Los Angeles)
II     1/14/68 NFL Green Bay Packers    def. AFL Oakland Raiders      33-14  (Miami)
III    1/12/69 AFL New York Jets        def. NFL Baltimore Colts      16-7   (Miami)
IV     1/11/70 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      1/17/71 AFC Baltimore Colts      def. NFC Dallas Cowboys       16-13  (Miami)
VI     1/16/72 NFC Dallas Cowboys       def. AFC Miami Dolphins       24-3  (New Orleans)
VII    1/14/73 AFC Miami Dolphins       def. NFC Washington Redskins  14-7   (Los Angeles)
VIII   1/13/74 AFC Miami Dolphins       def. NFC Minnesota Vikings    24-7   (Houston)
IX     1/12/75 AFC Pittsburgh Steelers  def. NFC Minnesota Vikings    16-6   (New Orleans)
X      1/18/76 AFC Pittsburgh Steelers  def. NFC Dallas Cowboys       21-17  (Miami)
XI     1/09/77 AFC Oakland Raiders      def. NFC Minnesota Vikings    32-14  (Pasadena)
XII    1/15/78 NFC Dallas Cowboys       def. AFC Denver Broncos       27-10  (New Orleans)
XIII   1/21/79 AFC Pittsburgh Steelers  def. NFC Dallas Cowboys       35-31  (Miami)
XIV    1/20/80 AFC Pittsburgh Steelers  def. NFC Los Angeles Rams     31-19  (Pasadena)
XV     1/25/81 AFC Oakland Raiders      def. NFC Philadelphia Eagles  27-10  (New Orleans)
XVI    1/24/82 NFC San Francisco 49ers  def. AFC Cincinnati Bengals   26-21  (Pontiac, Michigan)
XVII   1/30/83 NFC Washington Redskins  def. AFC Miami Dolphins       27-17  (Pasadena)
XVIII  1/22/84 AFC Los Angeles Raiders  def. NFC Washington Redskins  38-9   (Tampa)
XIX    1/20/85 NFC San Francisco 49ers  def. AFC Miami Dolphins       38-16  (Stanford)
XX     1/26/86 NFC Chicago Bears        def. AFC New England Patriots 46-10  (New Orleans)
XXI    1/25/87 NFC New York Giants      def. AFC Denver Broncos       39-20  (Pasadena)
XXII   1/31/88 NFC Washington Redskins  def. AFC Denver Broncos       42-10  (San Diego)
XXIII  1/22/89 NFC San Francisco 49ers  def. AFC Cincinnati Bengals   20-16  (Miami)
XXIV   1/28/90 NFC San Francisco 49ers  def. AFC Denver Broncos       55-10  (New Orleans)
XXV    1/27/91 NFC New York Giants      def. AFC Buffalo Bills        20-19  (Tampa)
XXVI   1/26/92 NFC Washington Redskins  def. AFC Buffalo Bills        37-24  (Minneapolis)
XXVII  1/31/93 NFC Dallas Cowboys       def. AFC Buffalo Bills        52-17  (Pasadena)
XXVIII 1/30/94 NFC Dallas Cowboys       def. AFC Buffalo Bills        30-13  (Atlanta)
XXIX   1/29/95 NFC San Francisco 49ers  def. AFC San Diego Chargers   49-26  (Miami)
XXX    1/28/96 NFC Dallas Cowboys       def. AFC Pittsburgh Steelers  27-17  (Tempe)
XXXI   1/26/97 NFC Green Bay Packers    def. AFC New England Patriots 35-21  (New Orleans)
XXXII  1/25/98 AFC Denver Broncos       def. NFC Green Bay Packers    31-24  (San Diego)
XXXIII 1/31/99 AFC Denver Broncos       def. NFC Atlanta Falcons      34-19  (Miami)
XXXIV  1/30/00 NFC Saint Louis Rams     def. AFC Tennessee Titans     23-16  (Atlanta)
XXXV   1/28/01 AFC Baltimore Ravens     def. NFC New York Giants      34-7   (Tampa)
XXXVI  2/03/02 AFC New England Patriots def. NFC Saint Louis Rams     20-17  (New Orleans)
XXXVII 1/26/03 NFC Tampa Bay Buccaneers def. AFC Oakland Raiders      48-21  (San Diego)
XXXVIII 2/01/04  (Houston)
XXXIX  2/06/05  (Jacksonville)
XL     2/05/06  (Detroit)
XLI    2/04/07  (Miami)
XLII    2/xx/08  (Glendale)
See also: American football