Location of Super Bowl champions # titles: 1-white 2-blue 3-green 4-yellow 5-orange 6-red
Super Bowl championship games
Numbers in parentheses in the table are Super Bowl appearances as of the date of that Super Bowl and are used as follows:
Winning team and losing team columns indicate the number of times that team has appeared in a Super Bowl as well as each respective teams' Super Bowl record to date.
Venue column indicates number of times that stadium has hosted a Super Bowl.
City column indicates number of times that metropolitan area has hosted a Super Bowl.
^
abcdefghCaesars Superdome was previously known as Mercedes-Benz Superdome, originally known as Louisiana Superdome and often simply as the Superdome.[19]
^
abcdefHard Rock Stadium has also been variously known over the years as Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium (with a plural "s"), Dolphin Stadium (with no "s"), Land Shark Stadium, and Sun Life Stadium.
Although no franchise to date has won three Super Bowls in a row, several have had eras of sustained success, nearly accomplishing a
three-peat:
The
Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls, and also won the
NFL Championship Game the preceding year. If the Super Bowl had been instituted that year, the Packers would have qualified and faced the Buffalo Bills of the AFL.
The
Miami Dolphins appeared in three consecutive Super Bowls (
VI,
VII, and
VIII) – winning the last two.
The
New England Patriots won Super Bowls
XLIX,
LI, and
LIII for three titles in five seasons. They also appeared in and lost
Super Bowl LII to the
Philadelphia Eagles following the 2017 season, giving them four Super Bowl appearances in five years and putting them one win away from three consecutive Super Bowl titles. In the intervening year, they were eliminated in the
AFC Championship Game by the eventual
Super Bowl 50 champion
Denver Broncos.
Three franchises have lost consecutive Super Bowls:
Buffalo Bills (4) (Super Bowls
XXV,
XXVI,
XXVII, and
XXVIII) – The only team to appear in four straight Super Bowls; they lost in all four appearances.
The
Buffalo Bills have the most consecutive appearances with four from 1990 to 1993. The
Miami Dolphins (1971–1973) and
New England Patriots (2016–2018) are the only other teams to have at least three consecutive appearances. All three teams with three or more consecutive Super Bowl appearances are in the
AFC East division. Including those three, 11 teams have at least two consecutive appearances. The
Dallas Cowboys are the only team with three separate streaks (1970–1971, 1977–1978, and 1992–1993). The
Green Bay Packers,
Pittsburgh Steelers,
Denver Broncos,[n 1] and New England Patriots have each had two separate consecutive appearances. The
Kansas City Chiefs are the most recent team to appear in consecutive Super Bowls, playing in
Super Bowl LVII and
Super Bowl LVIII. The full listing of teams with consecutive appearances is below in order of first occurrence; winning games are in bold:
In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of wins, followed by the total number of appearances, and finally by the total number of points scored for the team throughout all appearances. Included in the table are all of the team names that each franchise has had since the 1966 season, a.k.a. the start of the Super Bowl era.
^
abThe
Seahawks and
Buccaneers each began play in
1976. For scheduling purposes, the Seahawks were placed in the
NFC and the Buccaneers were placed in the
AFC for their first year of play. In 1977, the two teams switched conferences, placing the Seahawks in the AFC and the Buccaneers in the NFC. In 2002, the Seahawks returned to the NFC. Neither the Seahawks nor Buccaneers have played in the Super Bowl representing the AFC.
Teams with Super Bowl appearances but no victories
Eight teams have appeared in the Super Bowl without ever winning. In descending order of number of appearances and then years since their last appearance, they are:
Teams with no Super Bowl appearances or long active droughts
Four current teams have never reached the Super Bowl (shown in bold below). Two of them (Jacksonville and Houston) joined the NFL relatively recently, and there are an additional eight teams whose Super Bowl appearance droughts began prior to 2002 (the year Houston joined the NFL). The other two teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl (Cleveland and Detroit) both held
NFL league championships prior to
Super Bowl I in the
1966 NFL season.[n 7] Teams are listed below according to the length of their current Super Bowl droughts (as of the end of the 2023 season, after Super Bowl LVIII):
^The
New York Jets and
Baltimore/
Indianapolis Colts (
Super Bowl III) is the only
Super Bowl matchup that cannot be repeated under the current playoff alignment, as the Colts have since been placed in the
AFC (at the time, along with all of the former
AFL teams, including the Jets) as part of the
AFL–NFL merger in 1970. For the same reason, it is the only Super Bowl rematch that is capable of being played in the postseason outside of the Super Bowl.
^This is the only rematch pairing in which one team has
relocated in the interim. The Rams represented St. Louis in
Super Bowl XXXVI and Los Angeles in
Super Bowl LIII.
^
abcdThree NFL franchises, the Colts, Steelers, and Browns, were placed in the newly-formed AFC, joining the ten extant AFL franchises, when the two leagues merged in 1970. The Colts are the only team to have qualified for the Super Bowl for both the "National" and "American" sides.
^
abcAlthough the 1995 Cleveland Browns became the 1996 Baltimore Ravens, the Browns' name, brand and history remained in Cleveland and was continued by the 1999 Cleveland Browns; the Ravens, for historical purposes, are considered a separate franchise.
^The
Jets and the
Chiefs are the only non-
NFL teams to win the
Super Bowl, both being members of the now-defunct
AFL at the time. The Jets have not appeared in the Super Bowl since joining the NFL following the
AFL–NFL merger in 1970.
References
^Forbes, Gordon (November 8, 1990). "The process of choosing a host city". USA Today. p. 4C.
1 – Dates in the list denote the season, not necessarily the calendar year in which the championship game was played. For instance, Super Bowl LIV was played in 2020, but was the championship for the 2019 season.
2 – From 1966 to 1969, the first four Super Bowls were "World Championship" games played between two independent professional football leagues, AFL and NFL, and when the league
merged in 1970 the Super Bowl became the NFL Championship Game.
Location of Super Bowl champions # titles: 1-white 2-blue 3-green 4-yellow 5-orange 6-red
Super Bowl championship games
Numbers in parentheses in the table are Super Bowl appearances as of the date of that Super Bowl and are used as follows:
Winning team and losing team columns indicate the number of times that team has appeared in a Super Bowl as well as each respective teams' Super Bowl record to date.
Venue column indicates number of times that stadium has hosted a Super Bowl.
City column indicates number of times that metropolitan area has hosted a Super Bowl.
^
abcdefghCaesars Superdome was previously known as Mercedes-Benz Superdome, originally known as Louisiana Superdome and often simply as the Superdome.[19]
^
abcdefHard Rock Stadium has also been variously known over the years as Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium (with a plural "s"), Dolphin Stadium (with no "s"), Land Shark Stadium, and Sun Life Stadium.
Although no franchise to date has won three Super Bowls in a row, several have had eras of sustained success, nearly accomplishing a
three-peat:
The
Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls, and also won the
NFL Championship Game the preceding year. If the Super Bowl had been instituted that year, the Packers would have qualified and faced the Buffalo Bills of the AFL.
The
Miami Dolphins appeared in three consecutive Super Bowls (
VI,
VII, and
VIII) – winning the last two.
The
New England Patriots won Super Bowls
XLIX,
LI, and
LIII for three titles in five seasons. They also appeared in and lost
Super Bowl LII to the
Philadelphia Eagles following the 2017 season, giving them four Super Bowl appearances in five years and putting them one win away from three consecutive Super Bowl titles. In the intervening year, they were eliminated in the
AFC Championship Game by the eventual
Super Bowl 50 champion
Denver Broncos.
Three franchises have lost consecutive Super Bowls:
Buffalo Bills (4) (Super Bowls
XXV,
XXVI,
XXVII, and
XXVIII) – The only team to appear in four straight Super Bowls; they lost in all four appearances.
The
Buffalo Bills have the most consecutive appearances with four from 1990 to 1993. The
Miami Dolphins (1971–1973) and
New England Patriots (2016–2018) are the only other teams to have at least three consecutive appearances. All three teams with three or more consecutive Super Bowl appearances are in the
AFC East division. Including those three, 11 teams have at least two consecutive appearances. The
Dallas Cowboys are the only team with three separate streaks (1970–1971, 1977–1978, and 1992–1993). The
Green Bay Packers,
Pittsburgh Steelers,
Denver Broncos,[n 1] and New England Patriots have each had two separate consecutive appearances. The
Kansas City Chiefs are the most recent team to appear in consecutive Super Bowls, playing in
Super Bowl LVII and
Super Bowl LVIII. The full listing of teams with consecutive appearances is below in order of first occurrence; winning games are in bold:
In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of wins, followed by the total number of appearances, and finally by the total number of points scored for the team throughout all appearances. Included in the table are all of the team names that each franchise has had since the 1966 season, a.k.a. the start of the Super Bowl era.
^
abThe
Seahawks and
Buccaneers each began play in
1976. For scheduling purposes, the Seahawks were placed in the
NFC and the Buccaneers were placed in the
AFC for their first year of play. In 1977, the two teams switched conferences, placing the Seahawks in the AFC and the Buccaneers in the NFC. In 2002, the Seahawks returned to the NFC. Neither the Seahawks nor Buccaneers have played in the Super Bowl representing the AFC.
Teams with Super Bowl appearances but no victories
Eight teams have appeared in the Super Bowl without ever winning. In descending order of number of appearances and then years since their last appearance, they are:
Teams with no Super Bowl appearances or long active droughts
Four current teams have never reached the Super Bowl (shown in bold below). Two of them (Jacksonville and Houston) joined the NFL relatively recently, and there are an additional eight teams whose Super Bowl appearance droughts began prior to 2002 (the year Houston joined the NFL). The other two teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl (Cleveland and Detroit) both held
NFL league championships prior to
Super Bowl I in the
1966 NFL season.[n 7] Teams are listed below according to the length of their current Super Bowl droughts (as of the end of the 2023 season, after Super Bowl LVIII):
^The
New York Jets and
Baltimore/
Indianapolis Colts (
Super Bowl III) is the only
Super Bowl matchup that cannot be repeated under the current playoff alignment, as the Colts have since been placed in the
AFC (at the time, along with all of the former
AFL teams, including the Jets) as part of the
AFL–NFL merger in 1970. For the same reason, it is the only Super Bowl rematch that is capable of being played in the postseason outside of the Super Bowl.
^This is the only rematch pairing in which one team has
relocated in the interim. The Rams represented St. Louis in
Super Bowl XXXVI and Los Angeles in
Super Bowl LIII.
^
abcdThree NFL franchises, the Colts, Steelers, and Browns, were placed in the newly-formed AFC, joining the ten extant AFL franchises, when the two leagues merged in 1970. The Colts are the only team to have qualified for the Super Bowl for both the "National" and "American" sides.
^
abcAlthough the 1995 Cleveland Browns became the 1996 Baltimore Ravens, the Browns' name, brand and history remained in Cleveland and was continued by the 1999 Cleveland Browns; the Ravens, for historical purposes, are considered a separate franchise.
^The
Jets and the
Chiefs are the only non-
NFL teams to win the
Super Bowl, both being members of the now-defunct
AFL at the time. The Jets have not appeared in the Super Bowl since joining the NFL following the
AFL–NFL merger in 1970.
References
^Forbes, Gordon (November 8, 1990). "The process of choosing a host city". USA Today. p. 4C.
1 – Dates in the list denote the season, not necessarily the calendar year in which the championship game was played. For instance, Super Bowl LIV was played in 2020, but was the championship for the 2019 season.
2 – From 1966 to 1969, the first four Super Bowls were "World Championship" games played between two independent professional football leagues, AFL and NFL, and when the league
merged in 1970 the Super Bowl became the NFL Championship Game.