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It's hard to believe it's been more than 50 years! I don't know about you, but I don't remember when there wasn't a Super Bowl. I'm not even a huge football fan (except for the Cleveland Browns--give 'em time)...and I don't think I've ever missed a Super Bowl...party!The very first Super Bowl was played in 1967. Yep. It was at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on January 15 (seems early--but these are the facts). Who played? Well, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League and the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League went at it and the Packers blew the Chiefs away with an impressive 35-10 victory.
How did it come to be? "On August 14, 1959, Dallas businessman, Lamar Hunt, called for the formation of the American Football League. This league was organized and began play in 1960. Others in football thought the idea of the new conference was so crazy that the teams that formed this new conference were referred to as the 'Foolish Club.'
"As it turns out, this newly founded American Football League had a profound effect on pro football. On June 8 of 1966, the AFL and the NFL announced a merger. At the end of the 1966 season these new conferences played against each other in the first ever Super Bowl."
And the rest is history. And now it is a tradition. Over 22,000,000 TVs are tuned into the Super Bowl and of these 22,000,000 households, 13.5 million are having parties. These figures are, of course, pure fiction. But I wanted to emphasize the importance of celebrating the Super Bowl.
So there!
| Game | Date | Result | MVP |
| LV | Feb. 7, 2021 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31, Kansas City Chiefs 9 | Tom Brady |
| LIV | Feb. 2, 2020 | Kansas City Chiefs 31, San Francisco 49ers 20 | Patrick Mahomes |
| LII | Feb. 3, 2019 | New England Patriots 13, Los Angeles Rams 3 | Julian Edelman |
| LII | Feb. 4, 2018 | Philadephia Eagels 41, New England Patriots 33 | Nick Foles |
| LI | Feb. 5, 2017 | New England Patriots 34, Atlanta Falcons 28 | Tom Brady |
| L | Feb. 7, 2016 | Carolina Panthers 10, Denver Broncos 24 | Von Miller |
| XLIX | Feb. 1, 2015 | New England Patriots 28, Seattle Seahawks 24 | Tom Brady |
| XLVIII | Feb. 2, 2014 | Seattle Seahawks 43, Denver Broncos 8 | Malcolm Smith |
| XLVII | Feb. 3, 2013 | Baltimore Ravens 34, San Francisco 49ers 31 | Joe Flacco |
| XLVI | Feb. 5, 2012 | New York Giants 21, New England Patriots 17 | Eli Manning |
| XLV | Feb. 6, 2011 | Green Bay 31, Pittsburgh 25 | Aaron Rodgers |
| XLIV | Feb. 7, 2010 | New Orleans 31, Indianapolis 17 | Drew Brees |
| XLIII | Feb. 1, 2009 | Pittsburgh 27, Arizona 23 | Santonio Holmes |
| XLII | Feb. 3, 2008 | New York Giants 17, New England 14 | Eli Manning |
| XLI | Feb. 4, 2007 | Indianapolis 29, Bears 17 | Peyton Manning |
| XL | Feb. 5, 2006 | Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10 | Hines Ward |
| XXXIX | Feb. 6, 2005 | New England 24, Philadelphia 21 | Deion Branch |
| XXXVIII | Feb. 1, 2004 | New England 32, Carolina 29 | Tom Brady |
| XXXVII | Jan. 26, 2003 | Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21 | Dexter Jackson |
| XXXVI | Feb. 3, 2002 | New England 20, St. Louis 17 | Tom Brady |
| XXXV | Jan. 28, 2001 | Baltimore 34, N.Y. Giants 7 | Ray Lewis |
| XXXIV | Jan. 30, 2000 | St. Louis 23, Tennessee 16 | Kurt Warner |
| XXXIII | Jan. 31, 1999 | Denver 34, Atlanta 19 | John Elway |
| XXXII | Jan. 25, 1998 | Denver 31, Green Bay 24 | Terrell Davis |
| XXXI | Jan. 26, 1997 | Green Bay 35, New England 21 | Desmond Howard |
| XXX | Jan. 28, 1996 | Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 17 | Larry Brown |
| XXIX | Jan. 29, 1995 | San Francisco 49, San Diego 26 | Steve Young |
| XXVIII | Jan. 30, 1994 | Dallas 30, Buffalo 13 | Emmitt Smith |
| XXVII | Jan. 31, 1993 | Dallas 52, Buffalo 17 | Troy Aikman |
| XXVI | Jan. 26, 1992 | Washington 37, Buffalo 24 | Mark Rypien |
| XXV | Jan. 27, 1991 | N.Y. Giants 20, Buffalo 19 | Ottis Anderson |
| XXIV | Jan. 28, 1990 | San Francisco 55, Denver 10 | Joe Montana |
| XXIII | Jan. 22, 1989 | San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16 | Jerry Rice |
| XXII | Jan. 31, 1988 | Washington 42, Denver 10 | Doug Williams |
| XXI | Jan. 25, 1987 | N.Y. Giants 39, Denver 20 | Phil Simms |
| XX | Jan. 26, 1986 | Chicago 46, New England 10 | Richard Dent |
| XIX | Jan. 20, 1985 | San Francisco 38, Miami 16 | Joe Montana |
| XVIII | Jan. 22, 1984 | L.A. Raiders 38, Washington 9 | Marcus Allen |
| XVII | Jan. 30, 1983 | Washington 27, Miami 17 | John Riggins |
| XVI | Jan. 24, 1982 | San Francisco 26, Cincinnati 21 | Joe Montana |
| XV | Jan. 25, 1981 | Oakland 27, Philadelphia 10 | Jim Plunkett |
| XIV | Jan. 20, 1980 | Pittsburgh 31, L.A. Rams 19 | Terry Bradshaw |
| XIII | Jan. 21, 1979 | Pittsburgh 35, Dallas 31 | Terry Bradshaw |
| XII | Jan. 15, 1978 | Dallas 27, Denver 10 | Randy White, Harvey Martin |
| XI | Jan. 9, 1977 | Oakland 32, Minnesota 14 | Fred Biletnikoff |
| X | Jan. 18, 1976 | Pittsburgh 21, Dallas 17 | Lynn Swann |
| IX | Jan. 12, 1975 | Pittsburgh 16, Minnesota 6 | Franco Harris |
| VIII | Jan. 13, 1974 | Miami 24, Minnesota 7 | Larry Csonka |
| VII | Jan. 14, 1973 | Miami 14, Washington 7 | Jake Scott |
| VI | Jan. 16, 1972 | Dallas 24, Miami 3 | Roger Staubach |
| V | Jan. 17, 1971 | Baltimore 16, Dallas 13 | Chuck Howley |
| IV | Jan. 11, 1970 | Kansas City 23, Minnesota 7 | Len Dawson |
| III | Jan. 12, 1969 | N.Y. Jets 16, Baltimore 7 | Joe Namath |
| II | Jan. 14, 1968 | Green Bay 33, Oakland 14 | Bart Starr |
| I | Jan. 15, 1967 | Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10 | Bart Starr |