| − | The '''Super Bowl''' is the [[National Football League]] (NFL) Championship Game played between the [[National Football Conference]] (NFC) and [[American Football Conference]] (AFC). The first Super Bowl ever played was in 1967. The teams that played in the first Super Bowl were the [[Green Bay Packers]] from the NFC and the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] from the AFC. | + | The '''Super Bowl''' is the [[National Football League]] (NFL) Championship Game played between the [[National Football Conference]] (NFC) and [[American Football Conference]] (AFC). The first Super Bowl ever played was in 1967 as a championship game between the top teams in the National Football League and the now-defunct [[American Football League]] (AFL). The teams that played in the first Super Bowl were the [[Green Bay Packers]] from the NFL and the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] from the AFL. After the AFL's merger into the NFL in 1969, the Super Bowl became the championship game within the NFL pitting the top teams from the AFC and NFC. |