Super Bowl History

When the AFL and NFL agreed that they would merge into a single league in 1971, they also agreed to begin playing a championship game after the 1966 season. Formally called the AFL-NFL Championship, it was soon nicknamed the Super Bowl.

The first Super Bowl, though, between the NFL's Green Bay Packers and the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs, wasn't so eagerly anticipated. The main question seemed to be how large Green Bay's margin of victory would be. Tickets cost only $12, and the game still wasn't a sellout.

The Packers won that game, 35-10, and they also won Super Bowl II, 33-14 over the Oakland Raiders. But when Joe Namath guaranteed victory for the AFL's underdog New York Jets in Super Bowl III and then delivered a 16-7 win over the Baltimore Colts, interest rose, especially with the impending merger of the two leagues.

Listed below is a recap of all previous Super Bowl games.

Super Bowl	Winner	MVP	Score	Location	Date	Opponent
XLII	New York Giants	Eli Manning	17-14	Glendale	Feb. 3, 08	New England
XLI	Indianapolis Colts	Peyton Manning	29-17	Miami	Feb. 4, 07	Chicago
XL	Pittsburgh Steelers	Hines Ward	21-10	Detroit	Feb. 5, 06	Seattle
XXXIX	New England Patriots	Deion Branch	24-21	Jacksonville	Feb. 6, 05	Philadelphia
XXXVIII	New England Patriots	Tom Brady	32-29	Houston	Feb. 1, 04	Carolina
XXXVII	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Dexter Jackson	48-21	San Diego	Jan. 26, 03	Oakland
XXXVI	New England Patriots	Tom Brady	20-17	New Orleans	Feb. 3, 02	Saint Louis
XXXV	Baltimore Ravens	Ray Lewis	34-7	Tampa	Jan. 28, 01	New York Giants
XXXIV	St. Louis Rams	Kurt Warner	23-16	Atlanta	Jan. 30, 00	Tennessee
XXXIII	Denver Broncos	John Elway	34-19	Miami	Jan. 31, 99	Atlanta
XXXII	Denver Broncos	Terrell Davis	31-24	San Diego	Jan. 25, 98	Green Bay
XXXI	Green Bay Packers	Desmond Howard	35-21	New Orleans	Jan. 26, 97	New England
XXX	Dallas Cowboys	Larry Brown	27-17	Tempe	Jan. 28, 96	Pittsburgh
XXIX	San Francisco 49ers	Steve Young	49-26	Miami	Jan. 29, 95	San Diego
XXVIII	Dallas Cowboys	Emmitt Smith	30-13	Atlanta	Jan. 30, 94	Buffalo
XXVII	Dallas Cowboys	Troy Aikman	52-17	Pasadena	Jan. 31, 93	Buffalo
XXVI	Washington Redskins	Mark Rypien	37-24	Minneapolis	Jan. 26, 92	Buffalo
XXV	New York Giants	Ottis Anderson	20-19	Tampa	Jan. 27, 91	Buffalo
XXIV	San Francisco 49ers	Joe Montana	55-10	New Orleans	Jan. 28, 90	Denver
XXIII	San Francisco 49ers	Jerry Rice	20-16	Miami	Jan. 22, 89	Cincinnati
XXII	Washington Redskins	Doug Williams	42-10	San Diego	Jan. 31, 88	Denver
XXI	New York Giants	Phil Simms	39-20	Pasadena	Jan. 25, 87	Denver
XX	Chicago Bears	Richard Dent	46-10	New Orleans	Jan. 26, 86	New England
XIX	San Francisco 49ers	Joe Montana	38-16	Stanford	Jan. 20, 85	Miami
XVIII	Los Angeles Raiders	Marcus Allen	38-9	Tampa	Jan. 22, 84	Washington
XVII	Washington Redskins	John Riggins	27-17	Pasadena	Jan. 30, 83	Miami
XVI	San Francisco 49ers	Joe Montana	26-21	Pontiac	Jan. 24, 82	Cincinnati
XV	Oakland Raiders	Jim Plunkett	27-10	New Orleans	Jan. 25, 81	Philadelphia
XIV	Pittsburgh Steelers	Terry Bradshaw	31-19	Pasadena	Jan. 20, 80	Los Angeles Rams
XIII	Pittsburgh Steelers	Terry Bradshaw	35-31	Miami	Jan. 21, 79	Dallas
XII	Dallas Cowboys	R. White, H. Martin	27-10	New Orleans	Jan. 15, 78	Denver
XI	Oakland Raiders	Fred Biletnikoff	32-14	Pasadena	Jan. 9, 77	Minnesota
X	Pittsburgh Steelers	Lynn Swann	21-17	Miami	Jan. 18, 76	Dallas
IX	Pittsburgh Steelers	Franco Harris	16-6	New Orleans	Jan. 12, 75	Minnesota
VIII	Miami Dolphins	Larry Csonka	24-7	Houston	Jan. 13, 74	Minnesota
VII	Miami Dolphins	Jake Scott	14-7	Los Angeles	Jan. 14, 73	Washington
VI	Dallas Cowboys	Roger Staubach	24-3	New Orleans	Jan. 16, 72	Miami
V	Baltimore Colts	Chuck Howley	16-13	Miami	Jan. 17, 71	Dallas
IV	Kansas City Chiefs	Len Dawson	23-7	New Orleans	Jan. 11, 70	Minnesota
III	New York Jets	Joe Namath	16-7	Miami	Jan. 12, 69	Baltimore
II	Green Bay Packers	Bart Starr	33-14	Miami	Jan. 14, 68	Oakland
I	Green Bay Packers	Bart Starr	35-10	Los Angeles	Jan. 15, 67	Kansas City

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