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Sports Illustrated's 50 Super Bowl stories
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Sports Illustrated's 50 Super Bowl stories

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 5:38 p.m. ET

The final paragraph of Sports Illustrated’s first Super Bowl game story (Jan. 23, 1967 issue) delivers a sentiment that neatly encapsulates football’s dominant force at the dawn of the Super Bowl era: “The Packers, as was clearly evident on Sunday, always do just what Vincent Lombardi wants them to do.”

The first paragraph of Sports Illustrated’s most recent Super Bowl game story (Feb. 15-22, 2016 issue) depicts a scene that reflects how the game’s current dominant forces thrive in a more progressive landscape, as Super Bowl MVP Von Miller asks, “What happened to my pants?”

In the last 50 years, the Super Bowl has evolved from a measuring stick game between rival leagues into the biggest sports and pop culture event in the United States, and SI’s game stories from every matchup live on as historical postcards reflecting how we felt at the time about the sport’s biggest heroes, plays and personalities. Thanks to the SI Vault, you can now revisit every memorable moment of every Super Bowl as it originally appeared in the pages of SI, from Don Shula’s undefeated Dolphins to the heyday of the Steel Curtain to The Helmet Catch.

Looking for another SI story, from the NFL or otherwise? Explore the complete Vault

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Click on each game below to read SI’s 50 Super Bowl feature stories from 1967 to 2016, written by Tex Maule, Dan Jenkins, Paul Zimmerman, Rick Telander, Michael Silver, Tim Layden, Damon Hack, Lee Jenkins, Peter King, S.L. Price and Greg Bishop. (Note: The dates under each game reflect the SI issue each story appeared in.)

Super Bowl 50Feb 9, 2016

Super Bowl XLIXFeb 9, 2015

Super Bowl XLVIIIFeb 10, 2014

Super Bowl XLVIIFeb 11, 2013

Super Bowl XLVIFeb 13, 2012

Super Bowl XLVFeb 14, 2011

Super Bowl XLIVFeb 15, 2010

Super Bowl XLIIIFeb 9, 2009

Super Bowl XLIIFeb 11, 2008

Super Bowl XLIFeb 12, 2007

Super Bowl XLFeb 13, 2006

Super Bowl XXXIXFeb 14, 2005

Super Bowl XXXVIIIFeb 9, 2004

Super Bowl XXXVIIFeb 3, 2003

Super Bowl XXXVIFeb 11, 2002

Super Bowl XXXVFeb 5, 2001

Super Bowl XXXIVFeb 7, 2000

Super Bowl XXXIIIFeb 8, 1999

Super Bowl XXXIIFeb 2, 1998

Super Bowl XXXIFeb 3, 1997

Super Bowl XXXFeb 5, 1996

Super Bowl XXIXFeb 5, 1995

Super Bowl XXVIIIFeb 7, 1994

Super Bowl XXVIIFeb 8, 1993

Super Bowl XXVIFeb 3, 1992

Super Bowl XXVFeb 4, 1991

Super Bowl XXIVFeb 5, 1990

Super Bowl XXIIIJan 30, 1989

Super Bowl XXIIFeb 8, 1988

Super Bowl XXIFeb 2, 1987

Super Bowl XXFeb 3, 1986

Super Bowl XIXJan 28, 1985

Super Bowl XVIIIJan 30, 1984

Super Bowl XVIIFeb 7, 1983

Super Bowl XVIFeb 1, 1982

Super Bowl XVFeb 2, 1981

Super Bowl XIVJan 28, 1980

Super Bowl XIIIJan 29, 1979

Super Bowl XIIJan 23, 1978

Super Bowl XIJan 17, 1977

Super Bowl XJan 26, 1976

Super Bowl IXJan 20, 1975

Super Bowl VIIIJan 21, 1974

Super Bowl VIIJan 22, 1973

Super Bowl VIJan 24, 1972

Super Bowl VJan 25, 1971

Super Bowl IVJan 20, 1969

Super Bowl IIIJan 20, 1969

Super Bowl IIJan 22, 19687

Super Bowl IJan 23, 1967This article originally appeared on

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