What NFL Teams Have Won the Super Bowl?
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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league. The NFL is the highest level of professional football in the United States, and the Super Bowl is the biggest and most important game of the year. NFL teams that have won the Super Bowl include the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, and New England Patriots.
Introduction
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues, the highest professional level of American football in the world, the wealthiest professional sport league by revenue, and the sport league with the most valuable teams. The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), typically referred to as “the Super Bowl”. It is the biggest single-day sporting event in terms of television viewership and advertiser spending in North America.
List of NFL Teams that have won the Super Bowl
As of the 2020 NFL season, 31 different teams have won the Super Bowl. Of those 31 teams, 20 have won it more than once. The most winningest teams are the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have each won it six times.
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers have won the Super Bowl four times, making them one of only nine teams to have won the big game more than once. They first won it in 1967, when they defeated the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl II. They then won back-to-back titles in 1997 and 1998, defeating the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos respectively. Their most recent victory came in 2011, when they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV.
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region. 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. Founded in 1959 as the Boston Patriots, renamed to the Bay State Patriots in 1971, and then to New England after relocating to Foxborough in 1971; they changed their name permanently to “New England Patriots” after the season of 2000.
The Patriots joined the NFL in 1970 as an expansion team, where they began play in the American Football Conference East division. The following year, they moved to the AFC East, where they have remained since 1972. While joining new divisions throughout most of their history has kept them from having much long-term continuity within their rosters and Head Coaches, they have generally been very successful while using various head coaches and personnel. They have appeared in twelve Super Bowls since 1986 (an NFL record), winning nine of them – all under Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady.
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers have won the most Super Bowls with six victories. The Steelers have appeared in a record eight Super Bowls, winning six of them. The franchise also has the most conference championships with 24 and the most division championships with 19.
Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys (5)
The Dallas Cowboys have five Super Bowl wins under their belt, the most of any NFC team. They won back-to-back titles in Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII, led by MVP quarterback Troy Aikman, and then added rings in 1995, 1996, and lastly in 2002. The Cowboys have appeared in eight Super Bowls overall, tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most appearances.
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The 49ers have been champions of the NFC West a record 15 times, winning their first division title in 1970 and their most recent in 2019. They have played in 24 NFC Championship Games, winning five – in 1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, and 1994 – representing the NFC at eight Super Bowls. The team has set numerous notable NFL records, including most consecutive road games won (18), tied for most Super Bowl appearances (5; with Dallas and New England), tied for second-most Super Bowl wins (5; with Dallas and New England), most regular season home wins (132), and most number one seeds in an NFC playoff bracket (10).
Conclusion
As of the 2019 season, eleven NFL franchises have won the Super Bowl. Of those, the New England Patriots have the most titles, with six wins. The Pittsburgh Steelers have the second most Super Bowl wins, with six as well. The Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers have each won five Super Bowls.
