Super Bowl History

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The First Super Bowl
Many football fans may not know that the first super bowl in 1967, was not officially named Super Bowl I. The third super bowl game, played in 1969, became the first officially titled “Super Bowl” game. In the previous two years the championship game was titled “AFL-NFL World Championship Game”.(Packers Beat) Many fans would ultimately agree that the title “Super Bowl” is a much more riveting name to the game then its previous title.
During the middle 60’s, the game had grown to such a high level of competition between players and fans of both the National Football League and the American Football League there was talk of a merger. Instead of merging it was decided that the champion team of each league would meet yearly and compete to decide the “world champion of football”.(Packers Face)
The title “Super Bowl” came about in the 1960’s. College post season games were called “bowl” games as they are still known today. This lead AFL founder Lamar Hunt to suggest that the championship game be renamed “Super Bowl”. Along with the name change in 1969, roman numerals were introduced to designate the individual games. The following year the NFL and AFC merged into one league with two conferences allowing for 13 teams. This allowed for the game to be played between the winners of the AFC (American Football Conference) and the NFC (National Football Conference). The winners off the game were then titled “NFL Super Bowl Champions”. Along with the merger and the conferences being added the Lombardi Trophy was added as the trophy for the Super Bowl champions to display after their winning of each super bowl. The trophy was named for Vince Lombardi, who inspired and led the Green Bay Packers to win b...

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...ple claim to watch some part of the game. Pre-game and half time entertainment to some is almost as important as the game itself. Television networks will pay up to $2.5 million for a 30 second commercial spot.(Packers Face)
While the game has changed in many ways through the years it has become a part of many football fans’ daily lives especially from August to January each year. In the months between the Super Bowl and the first pre-season games you can bet you will still hear talk of players, both past and present, as well as, stories and comments from both the very first AFL-NFL World Championship to the Super Bowl of 2014. Today, there is talk of where the game will be played in January of 2018. Baseball may be known as the American sport, but more often than not a Super bowl game will be looked upon as an event to remember in a lot of peoples’ minds.

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