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The game is always played at a pre-determined site (often at a stadium which hosts an NFL team), on a Sunday (referred to as [[Super Bowl Sunday]]) two weeks after each conference's championship games (which usually places it at the first week in February).  Normally the site is either a warm-weather site, or has an enclosed stadium where weather is not an issue, and almost always is played in a metropolitan area which is also a tourist destination with experience in handling major events ([[New Orleans]] is among the popular sites).  No team had ever played a Super Bowl game in its own home stadium until Super Bowl LV, when the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] would play the game which was already scheduled for Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.  The winning team receives the [[Vince Lombardi]] Trophy, named for the legendary [[Green Bay Packers]] coach who won the first two games.

The game is always played at a pre-determined site (often at a stadium which hosts an NFL team), on a Sunday (referred to as [[Super Bowl Sunday]]) two weeks after each conference's championship games (which usually places it at the first week in February).  Normally the site is either a warm-weather site, or has an enclosed stadium where weather is not an issue, and almost always is played in a metropolitan area which is also a tourist destination with experience in handling major events ([[New Orleans]] is among the popular sites).  No team had ever played a Super Bowl game in its own home stadium until Super Bowl LV, when the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] would play the game which was already scheduled for Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.  The winning team receives the [[Vince Lombardi]] Trophy, named for the legendary [[Green Bay Packers]] coach who won the first two games.

The [[New England Patriots]] have the most appearances in the Super Bowl (11), are tied for the most wins (six, with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]) and (little known) also have the most losses (five). The [[Buffalo Bills]] and the [[Minnesota Vikings]] are tied for the most losses by a team that has not won a Super Bowl (four, the Bills also hold the record for most consecutive Super Bowl appearances at four). The [[Baltimore Ravens]] are the only team to have won more than one Super Bowl without a loss (two wins).  Among individual accomplishments, [[Tom Brady]] holds the most individual Super Bowl wins (six) and appearances (ten); [[Peyton Manning]] is the only quarterback to lead two different teams -- the [[Indianapolis Colts]] and the [[Denver Broncos]] -- to a Super Bowl win.

*The [[New England Patriots]] have the most appearances in the Super Bowl (11), are tied for the most wins (six, with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]) and (little known) are tied for the most losses (five, along with the [[Denver Broncos]]).

*On the flip side, eight teams (the [[Buffalo Bills]], the [[Minnesota Vikings]], the [[Atlanta Falcons]], the [[Carolina Panthers]], the [[Cincinnati Bengals]], the [[Arizona Cardinals]], the [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]], and the [[Tennessee Titans]]) have not won a Super Bowl.  Buffalo and Minnesota are tied for the most losses by a team that has not won a Super Bowl (four, the Bills also hold the record for most consecutive Super Bowl appearances at four), while Atlanta, Carolina, and Cincinnati have two losses each and the other three teams have lost in their sole appearance.

*Four franchises -- the [[Detroit Lions]], [[Cleveland Browns]], [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] and [[Houston Texans]] -- have never appeared in a Super Bowl game; the Lions and Browns are the only NFL teams pre-dating the NFL-AFL merger to not have appeared.

*There have been three instances where two teams have met more than once in a Super Bowl; in each case the team that won the first matchup also won the rematch.  Only once have two teams meet three times (Dallas and Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh won the first two while Dallas won the third).

Four franchises -- the [[Detroit Lions]], [[Cleveland Browns]], [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] and [[Houston Texans]] -- have never appeared in a Super Bowl game; the Lions and Browns are the only NFL teams pre-dating the NFL-AFL merger to not have appeared.

Among individual accomplishments, [[Tom Brady]] holds the most individual Super Bowl wins (seven, more than any team has won) and appearances (ten); he and [[Peyton Manning]] are the only quarterbacks to lead two different teams to a Super Bowl win.  Brady also holds the record for most Super Bowl MVP trophies with five; among the major American sports leagues only [[Michael Jordan]] has more championship MVP's (he has six).

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