Super Bowl
Just a game?
Degodenne Michael
Pauwels Margaux
What is it?
• 1st: 1967
• = annual
championship game
(final) of the National
Football League
(NFL) in the USA
• end January/
beginning February
History
• 1920: creation of NFL
• rival leagues, e.g. AFL: American Football
League
• 1st Super Bowl: champion teams of each league
played against each other to consecrate the best
team of the year
• fusion between the 2 leagues in 1970
• Pete Rozelle: origin of the fusion; “Time
Magazine”: one of the hundred most important
people of the twentieth century
Note:
• Roman numerals: e.g. in 2007: Super Bowl XLI
• Origin of the name: toy “Superball”
Winners…
• Super Bowl XLI (2007): Colts (team
of Indianapolis)
• 27 Super Bowls won by NFL teams
• 12 Super Bowls won by AFL teams
• 2 Super Bowls won by teams
created after the merger
• “Vince Lombard Trophy” (coach of
the first team that won)
Where?
• City welcoming the event: chosen several
years in advance
• Strict rules!
E.g.:
– Min. 50°Fahrenheit
– Stadium containing 65,000 seats
• Strong competition between the cities
(average audience: 80 to 90 million)
Just a game?
No!
• Pre-games, half-time shows, ceremonies,…
– E.g. Janet and Justin’s performance in 2004
• Important commercial issue: advertisements
– E.g. in 2007, a 30-seconds spot cost 2.6 million $
Part of the
choreography
???