What NFL Teams Are Going to the Super Bowl?
It’s that time of year again! The NFL playoffs are in full swing, and we’re all wondering which teams will be heading to the Super Bowl. Stay up to date on all the latest news and predictions with our blog.
AFC
The American Football Conference (AFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL), the highest professional level of American football in the world. The AFC was created after the NFL merged with the American Football League (AFL) in 1970. The AFC consists of 16 teams organized into four divisions, each of which has four teams.
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. The Patriots compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays its home games at Gillette Stadium in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is 28 miles (45 km) southwest of downtown Boston.
The Patriots are also headquartered at Gillette Stadium. An original member of the American Football League (AFL), the Patriots joined the NFL in 1970 as part of the AFL–NFL merger. The team changed its name from the original Boston Patriots after relocating to Foxborough in 1971. The Patriots played their home games at Foxboro Stadium from 1971 to 2001, then moved to Gillette Stadium at the start of 2002.
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC.
In 1949, the Steelers became one of the first teams to be featured on television when they played against the Philadelphia Eagles on live television from Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field. The broadcast was locally televised by NBC affiliate WIIC (now WPXI) and was also simulcast on WCAU-TV in Philadelphia.
The game was originally supposed to be played on Sunday, December 18, but due to inclement weather conditions that day, it was pushed back to Monday night. The game was seen by an estimated 2.6 million viewers in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, making it one of the most watched live sporting events up to that point in time.
NFC
The National Football Conference (NFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL), the highest professional level of American football in the world. The NFC consists of 16 teams, 13 of which are in the United States and 3 of which are in Canada.
Los Angeles Rams
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team that competes in the National Football League (NFL). The Rams franchise was founded in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams in the short-lived second American Football League (AFL) before joining the NFL the next year. In 1946, the franchise moved to Los Angeles. The Rams franchise remained in the metro area until 1994, when it moved to St. Louis, and won Super Bowl XXXIV in 1999. The Rams franchise returned to Los Angeles in 2016.
The Rams play their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, which they shared with fellow NFL team the Los Angeles Chargers during construction before it opened in 2020.
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints currently compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The team was founded by John W. Mecom Jr., David Dixon, and the city of New Orleans on November 1, 1966. The Saints began play in Tulane Stadium in 1967.
The name “Saints” is an allusion to November 1 being All Saints Day in the Catholic faith, as New Orleans has a large Catholic population. The franchise was founded on November 1, 1966; its first season was in 1967; their home stadium is the Mercedes-Benz Superdome; and their primary rival is the Atlanta Falcons, although they also maintain rivalries with other NFC South teams like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers.
