Football - How Did The Super Bowl Begin

In the National Football League (NFL) there is a championship game called the Super Bowl that is played each January by the winners of the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference. Each year a different city will host the Super Bowl.

The Super Bowl was created when the NFL and their primary rival the American Football League (AFL) merged together in the sixties. An agreement was made between the two leagues at the time of the merger to create a championship game at the end of the season. The merger was completely finished until the early seventies but the first Super Bowl, then called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, was held on January 15, 1967 in Los Angeles at the Memorial Coliseum. This game was only broadcast by two television studios and didn’t draw much of a crowd. The game was between the Green Bay Packers on the NFL side and the Kansas City Chiefs on the AFL side.

In 1969 the name Super Bowl was applied to the championship game. This is also when the Roman numerals began. The Roman numerals were used because the championship game is played in a year that is different from the season before it so the numerals are used to distinguish the championship as an individual game.

Since its start the Super Bowl has transformed into a sort of unofficial American holiday with viewing parties held in various locations around the country on what has become known as Super Bowl Sunday. Prior to the championship game there is much media coverage and a festive appearance in the city that will be hosting the game for the year. During the game elaborate pre-game and halftime shows have been added for entertainment.

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