Sports Illustrated's 50 Super Bowl stories
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.
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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