Super Bowl

Super Bowl, annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the major professional football league in the United States. The game is played between the champions of the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

The Super Bowl is typically held in early February to conclude the NFL season that began the previous year. It is one of the most popular sporting events in the United States, and attracts a huge television audience from across the country and around the world. The Super Bowl is often referred to with Roman numerals, such as Super Bowl XL (the 40th Super Bowl, held in 2006).

During the early 1960s there were two major American professional football leagues: the NFL and the American Football League (AFL). The first Super Bowl, held in 1967, was played between the champions of these two leagues. In that game, the Green Bay Packers of the NFL beat the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL, 35-10. However, the championship was not officially called the Super Bowl until 1970, when the two leagues merged to form the modern NFL.