List of Super Bowl Winners

While American football traces its roots back to the 1800s, the list of Super Bowl winners doesn’t span nearly that far back in history. Walter Camp’s game did take off like wildfire on college campuses all over the country shortly after its inception, but it wasn’t until 1967 that the first professional-level championship matchup was staged. That very first game between the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum would launch a tradition that has nearly become a sanctioned holiday in America.

A look at a list of Super Bowl winners reveals that some of the sport’s most notable teams have dominated competitions since the inception of this highly anticipated, highly publicized and highly charged sporting event. The very first winner, the Green Bay Packers, took the first two titles and ran with them. After these victories, the famous Packers took a back stage to such dominate teams as the Miami Dolphins, the Dallas Cowboys, the San Francisco 49ers, the Washington Redskins, the Denver Broncos and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

While the list of Super Bowl winners also includes a host of other teams who have won through the years, three teams are tied for the honors of having the most titles. The Dallas Cowboys, the San Francisco 49ers and the Pittsburgh Steelers all have five wins to their credit. Pittsburgh, in fact, has the opportunity to become the most winning team of all time if it pulls out all the stops in Super Bowl XLIII at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on Feb. 1, 2009. Of course, the Arizona Cardinals will be gunning to prevent this and add their team name to the list of Super Bowl winners.

Those who have had the honor of being on the list of Super Bowl winners have earned the pleasure of taking home not only the World Championship title, fancy rings and tons of prestige, but also the Vince Lombardi Trophy. This Tiffany & Co.-designed trophy features a regulation-sized football in a kicking position that has been crafted of sterling silver. With an estimated value of more than $25,000 this trophy is nothing to sneeze at and has been coveted by teams on the list of Super Bowl winners and those who have yet to make it.

The trophy has been a part of Super Bowl tradition since the very first match up in 1967. Originally called the World Championship Game Trophy, it was renamed in 1970 in honor of Green Bay Packers’ head coach Vince Lombardi following his death to cancer. The trophy’s new name commemorates not only the legendary coach, but also his team’s claim to fame of winning the first two bowls back-to-back. The trophy’s awarding to the winning team’s coach on the field of play has been a part of the festivities surrounding the game since Super Bowl XXX in 1996. Prior to that, it was awarded to teams in their locker rooms.

The list of Super Bowl winners is long and proud. While it doesn’t span back to this sport’s beginning, the game has become as much of an American tradition as Fourth of July fireworks and World Series hot dogs.