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Super Bowl champions: a timeline
Under the current playoff format in the National Football League, the winner of the AFC Championship Game meets the winner of the NFC Championship Game in the Super Bowl, thus serving as the NFL’s championship game. After the World Cup in soccer, the Super Bowl is likely the most prestigious sporting event in the world; it is certainly the highest-profile sporting event in the United States. But the Super Bowl did not always carry the prestige it does today. In its first four incarnations from 1967 to 1970, prior to the merger of the American Football League and the NFL, the contest was known as the AFL-NFL Championship Game.

Here is a list of Super Bowl winners:

AFL-NFL Championship Game
I (Jan. 15, 1967): Green Bay Packers (NFL) 35, Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) 10
II (Jan. 14, 1968): Green Bay Packers (NFL) 33, Oakland Raiders (AFL) 14
III (Jan. 12, 1969): New York Jets (AFL) 16, Baltimore Colts (NFL) 7
IV (Jan. 11, 1970): Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) 23, Minnesota Vikings (NFL) 7

NFL Championship Game
V (Jan. 17, 1971): Baltimore Colts (AFC) 16, Dallas Cowboys (NFC) 13
VI (Jan. 16, 1972): Dallas Cowboys (NFC) 24, Miami Dolphins (AFC) 3
VII (Jan. 14, 1973): Miami Dolphins (AFC) 14, Washington Redskins (NFC) 7
VIII (Jan. 13, 1974): Miami Dolphins (AFC) 24, Minnesota Vikings (NFC) 7
IX (Jan. 12, 1975): Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) 16, Minnesota Vikings(NFC) 6
X (Jan .18, 1976): Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) 21, Dallas Cowboys (NFC) 17
XI (Jan. 9, 1977): Oakland Raiders (AFC) 32, Minnesota Vikings (NFC) 14
XII (Jan. 15, 1978): Dallas Cowboys (NFC) 27, Denver Broncos (AFC) 10
XIII (Jan. 21, 1979): Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) 35, Dallas Cowboys (NFC) 31
XIV (Jan. 20, 1980): Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) 31, Los Angeles Rams (NFC) 19
XV (Jan. 25, 1981): Oakland Raiders (AFC) 27, Philadelphia Eagles (NFC) 10
XVI (Jan .24, 1982): San Francisco 49ers (NFC) 26, Cincinnati Bengals (AFC) 21
XVII (Jan. 30, 1983): Washington Redskins (NFC) 27, Miami Dolphins (AFC)17
XVIII (Jan. 22, 1984): Los Angeles Raiders (AFC) 38, Washington Redskins (NFC) 9
XIX (Jan. 20, 1985): San Francisco 49ers (NFC) 38, Miami Dolphins (AFC) 16
XX (Jan. 26, 1986): Chicago Bears (NFC) 46, New England Patriots (AFC) 10
XXI (Jan. 25, 1987): New York Giants (NFC) 39, Denver Broncos (AFC) 20
XXII (Jan. 31, 1988): Washington Redskins (NFC) 42, Denver Broncos (AFC) 10
XXIII (Jan. 22, 1989): San Francisco 49ers (NFC) 20, Cincinnati Bengals (AFC) 16
XXIV (Jan. 28, 1990): San Francisco 49ers (NFC) 55, Denver Broncos (AFC) 10
XXV (Jan. 27, 1991): New York Giants (NFC) 20, Buffalo Bills (AFC) 19
XXVI (Jan. 26, 1992): Washington Redskins (NFC) 37, Buffalo Bills (AFC) 24
XXVII (Jan. 31, 1993): Dallas Cowboys (NFC) 52, Buffalo Bills (AFC) 17
XXVIII (Jan. 30, 1994): Dallas Cowboys (NFC) 30, Buffalo Bills (AFC) 13
XXIX (Jan. 29, 1995): San Francisco 49ers (NFC) 49, San Diego Chargers (AFC) 26
XXX (Jan. 28, 1996): Dallas Cowboys (NFC) 27, Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) 17
XXXI (Jan. 26, 1997): Green Bay Packers (NFC) 35, New England Patriots (AFC) 21
XXXII (Jan. 25, 1998): Denver Broncos (AFC) 31, Green Bay Packers (NFC) 24
XXXIII (Jan 31, 1999): Denver Broncos (AFC) 34, Atlanta Falcons (NFC) 19
XXXIV (Jan. 30, 2000): St. Louis Rams (NFC) 23, Tennessee Titans (AFC) 16
XXXV (Jan. 28, 2001): Baltimore Ravens (AFC) 34, New York Giants (NFC) 7
XXXVI (Feb. 3, 2002): New England Patriots (AFC) 20, St. Louis Rams (NFC) 17
XXXVII (Jan. 26, 2003): Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFC) 48, Oakland Raiders (AFC) 21
XXXVIII (Feb. 1, 2004): New England Patriots (AFC) 32, Carolina Panthers (NFC) 29
XXXIX (Feb. 6, 2005): New England Patriots (AFC) 24, Philadelphia Eagles (NFC) 21
XL (Feb. 5, 2006): Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) 21, Seattle Seahawks (NFC) 10.