The championship archive
The Super Bowl, era by era.
Start with the games preserved in Sportsboxd, then follow each decade's championship timeline and the teams that changed the meaning of the title.
Giants vs Patriots
Super Bowl XLII
Patriots vs Seahawks
Super Bowl XLIX
Steelers vs Cardinals
Super Bowl XLIII
Giants vs Bills
Super Bowl XXV
Chiefs vs 49ers
Super Bowl LVIII
Eagles vs Patriots
Super Bowl LII
Championship timeline
Choose a decade
The 1960s: the Super Bowl becomes football's common stage
Green Bay established the first standard, the Jets made the AFL impossible to dismiss and Kansas City closed the decade by validating the merger.
1970sThe 1970s: perfection, the Steel Curtain and football's first dynasties
Miami completed the perfect season, Pittsburgh built a four-title machine and Dallas became a permanent character in the league's championship story.
1980sThe 1980s: Montana, the 46 defense and the NFC's new powers
San Francisco's precision, Chicago's overwhelming defense and multiple NFC champions changed the tactical and geographic center of the league.
1990sThe 1990s: heartbreak in Buffalo, Dallas restored and Elway fulfilled
The decade opened with the narrowest miss, moved through the Cowboys' three-title restoration and ended with Denver rewriting John Elway's championship story.
2000sThe 2000s: Brady's Patriots and championships decided at the edge
New England built the league's defining dynasty, but the decade's lasting images also belonged to an unbeaten team stopped and a title won by inches in the corner.
2010sThe 2010s: goal-line choices, historic comebacks and a dynasty restored
The decade resisted one tactical identity, but its central championship story kept returning to New England and the smallest late-game margins.
2020sThe 2020s: old greatness exits and Kansas City takes the league
Brady won away from New England, the Rams cashed in an all-in roster and Mahomes's Chiefs became the decade's defining repeat champion.