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The only non-sellout for a Super Bowl was the first game, played in Los Angeles between the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers.

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Super Bowl History

History of the Super Bowl Though the NFL officially formed in 1920, the Super Bowl wasn’t played until more than 40 years later. In 1960, a group of businessmen who wanted to own football franchises—but were denied by the NFL—launched an alternative league, known as the American Football League (AFL). For several years, the NFL […]

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Politics Trump’s inauguration: After a divisive election season, Donald Trump officially became the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017. In a 16-minute inaugural address (the shortest since Jimmy Carter‘s in 1977), Trump repeated his “America First” campaign slogan in which he delivered a dark-toned nationalist, populist message. The slogan “America First” […]

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Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame fullback Jim Taylor (31) carries the ball during Super Bowl I, a 35-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by James Flores/Getty Images)

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10 Things You May Not Know About the First Super Bowl

The first Super Bowl wasn’t exactly super. Explore ways the hastily arranged first Super Bowl differed from today’s modern-day sporting spectacle.

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This Day in History


1967

Packers beat Chiefs in first Super Bowl

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2002

New England Patriots win first Super Bowl

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1988

Doug Williams leads Redskins to Super Bowl victory

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1986

Bears beat Patriots in Super Bowl XX

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