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72-Super Bowl-1

Football is the most popular game of the United States of America. There is a National Football League (NFL) for this game and many teams are registered under this League to play at national level. Their First National Championship Game was played in 1967. In the beginning they started this game to be played in January. Later it gradually shifted towards February.

There are many Bowls in the country, such as
Super Bowl - Played on the 1st Sunday of February
Rose Bowl - normally played on the New Year Day and they all are played in the beginning of the year

But Super Bowl is the NFL Championship Game and is most famous.

First Super Bowl, 1967
The first Super Bowl was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers scored 3 second-half touchdowns en route to a 35–10 win over the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs. Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr, who completed 16 of 23 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns, with 1 interception, was named Super Bowl MVP.

Super Bowl XLVI, 2012
This Super Bowl XLVI, 2012 was played in Indianapolis, IN, between New England, NE, Patriots and  New York, NY, Giants on February 5,  2012.
There were 12 people of NY team on the field in the 1st Quarter.
NY 1st Touchdown in 1st Quarter

First time in the row of 15 years New England Patriots had won the coin
The next Super Bowl Game XLVII will be in 2013, on February 3.

Super Bowl XLVII, 2013
This Super Bowl was played between Baltimore Ravens and San Francesco 49ers, in Mercedes-Benz Super Dome, New Orleans, LO, on February 3, 2013.

Super Bowl Trophy
Super Bowl Trophy is made by Tiffany & Co Jewelers since its first inception - 1967. The original design was sketched on a cocktail napkin during a lunch between Tiffany's then vice president Oscar Riedener and the NFL's then commissioner Pete Rozelle in New York City. It takes four months and 72 hours for the trophy to be finished. It is made completely out of sterling silver and the artists that construct the Vince Lombardi Trophy specialize in chasing, polishing, hand engraving, silversmithing, and spinning. The trophy has a stand with three concave sides. On top of the stand is a regulation-sized football that is in kicking position. Engraved on the trophy are the words "Vince Lombardi Trophy," the roman numerals corresponding to that year's Super Bowl, and the logo of the NFL. Details such as the winning team's name and score are engraved after the presentation of the trophy.

 

 

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