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Superbowl History

The Super Bowl

The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, as it was originally called, was played seven months after the two leagues agreed to merge in June of 1966. It became the Super Bowl (complete with roman numerals) by the third game in 1969. The Super Bowl winner
has been presented the Vince Lombardi Trophy since 1971. Lombardi, whose Green Bay teams won the first two title games, died in 1970. NFL champions (1966-69) and NFC champions (since 1970) are listed in CAPITAL letters.

Multiple winners: Dallas and San Francisco (5); Pittsburgh (4); Green Bay, Oakland-LA Raiders and Washington (3); Miami and NY Giants (2).

Bowl Date Winner Head Coach Score Loser Head Coach Site
I 1/15/67 GREEN BAY Vince Lombardi 35-10 Kansas City Hank Stram Los Angeles
II 1/14/68 GREEN BAY Vince Lombardi 33-14 Oakland John Rauch Miami
III 1/12/69 NY Jets Weeb Ewbank 16- 7 BALTIMORE Don Shula Miami
IV 1/11/70 Kansas City Hank Stram 23- 7 MINNESOTA Bud Grant New Orleans
V 1/17/71 Baltimore Don McCafferty 16-13 DALLAS Tom Landry Miami
VI 1/16/72 DALLAS Tom Landry 24- 3 Miami Don Shula New Orleans
VII 1/14/73 Miami Don Shula 14- 7 WASHINGTON George Allen Los Angeles
VIII 1/13/74 Miami Don Shula 24- 7 MINNESOTA Bud Grant Houston
IX 1/12/75 Pittsburgh Chuck Noll 16- 6 MINNESOTA Bud Grant New Orleans
X 1/18/76 Pittsburgh Chuck Noll 21-17 DALLAS Tom Landry Miami
XI 1/ 9/77 Oakland John Madden 32-14 MINNESOTA Bud Grant Pasadena
XII 1/15/78 DALLAS Tom Landry 27-10 Denver Red Miller New Orleans
XIII 1/21/79 Pittsburgh Chuck Noll 35-31 DALLAS Tom Landry Miami
XIV 1/20/80 Pittsburgh Chuck Noll 31-19 LA RAMS Ray Malavasi Pasadena
XV 1/25/81 Oakland Tom Flores 27-10 PHILADELPHIA Dick Vermeil New Orleans
XVI 1/24/82 SAN FRANCISCO Bill Walsh 26-21 Cincinnati Forrest Gregg Pontiac, MI
XVII 1/30/83 WASHINGTON Joe Gibbs 27-17 Miami Don Shula Pasadena
XVIII 1/22/84 LA Raiders Tom Flores 38- 9 WASHINGTON Joe Gibbs Tampa
XIX 1/20/85 SAN FRANCISCO Bill Walsh 38-16 Miami Don Shula Stanford
XX 1/26/86 CHICAGO Mike Ditka 46-10 New England Raymond Berry New Orleans
XXI 1/25/87 NY GIANTS Bill Parcells 39-20 Denver Dan Reeves Pasadena
XXII 1/31/88 WASHINGTON Joe Gibbs 42-10 Denver Dan Reeves San Diego
XXIII 1/22/89 SAN FRANCISCO Bill Walsh 20-16 Cincinnati Sam Wyche Miami
XXIV 1/28/90 SAN FRANCISCO George Seifert 55-10 Denver Dan Reeves New Orleans
XXV 1/27/91 NY GIANTS Bill Parcells 20-19 Buffalo Marv Levy Tampa
XXVI 1/26/92 WASHINGTON Joe Gibbs 37-24 Buffalo Marv Levy Minneapolis
XXVII 1/31/93 DALLAS Jimmy Johnson 52-17 Buffalo Marv Levy Pasadena
XXVIII 1/30/94 DALLAS Jimmy Johnson 30-13 Buffalo Marv Levy Atlanta
XXIX 1/29/95 SAN FRANCISCO George Seifert 49-26 San Diego Bobby Ross Miami
XXX1/28/96DALLASBarry Switzer27-17PittsburghBill CowherTempe, AZ
XXXI1/26/97GREEN BAYMike Holmgren35-21New EnglandBill ParcellsNew Orleans
XXXII1/25/98DenverMike Shanahan31-24GREEN BAYMike HolmgrenSan Diego

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