Today is one of the biggest days in the USA sporting calendar — Super Bowl Sunday. The champion of the 2025 National Football League (NFL) season will be crowned when the New England Patriots face the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX (The NFL uses Roman numerals to mark Super Bowls).
Throughout its storied history, the Super Bowl has been played in some of America’s most recognized stadiums, and this year all eyes in the soccer world will be fixated on the USA, with the FIFA World Cup 2026™ played on its soil.
It is no surprise to learn that seven of the venues for World Cup 2026 have previously hosted 13 Super Bowls, including one at the site of today’s big game, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium.
FIFA looks back on all of the NFL deciders played at these mesmerizing locales.
Atlanta Stadium
Super Bowl LIII: New England Patriots 13-3 Los Angeles Rams
The lone Super Bowl played at Atlanta Stadium – home to eight World Cup matches – was Tom Brady’s sixth and final Super Bowl triumph with the Patriots, as they overcame the Rams in a defensive struggle to cap the 2018 season. A late completion to Rob Gronkowski and a two-yard touchdown run from Sony Michel gave New England a lead they would not relinquish.
Dallas Stadium
Super Bowl XLV: Green Bay Packers 31-25 Pittsburgh Steelers
The sparkling jewel of north Texas and home of ‘America’s Team’, the Dallas Cowboys, will feature nine World Cup matches. This incredible stadium with a 160-foot wide video board was the site of the last Super Bowl title for the Packers, as quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Co. defeated the Steelers in the 2010 season decider.
Houston Stadium
Super Bowl XXXVIII: New England Patriots 32-29 Carolina Panthers
Seven World Cup matches will be played at the place where Brady’s reputation as a big-game performer was solidified at the end of the 2003 season. He led the Patriots on a late drive, setting up Adam Vinatieri’s game-winning field goal with just seconds left, giving New England their second Super Bowl title.
Super Bowl LI: New England Patriots 34-28 (OT) Atlanta Falcons
Brady added to his legacy of clutch performances in Houston in an epic finale to conclude the 2016 season, as the Patriots rallied from a 28-3 second-half deficit to tie the game at 28-28 and force the first overtime in Super Bowl history. Brady was then as clinical as they come in the extra period, engineering the game-winning drive as the Patriots scored a touchdown to complete the comeback for their fifth Super Bowl crown.
Los Angeles Stadium
Super Bowl LVI: Los Angeles Rams 23-20 Cincinnati Bengals
The venue where co-hosts USA will open their World Cup campaign, the Rams were able to win a Super Bowl in their home stadium to complete the 2021 season. Quarterback Matthew Stafford tossed a late touchdown pass to give the Rams the lead, while heavy pressure from star defensive end Aaron Donald thwarted the Bengals once and for all.
New York New Jersey Stadium
Super Bowl XLVIII: Seattle Seahawks 43-8 Denver Broncos
In the lone Super Bowl played at the home of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ and World Cup 2026 finals, the Seahawks and their venerable ‘Legion of Boom’ defense soared to victory over Peyton Manning and the Broncos in a lopsided affair to wrap up the 2013 season.
Miami Stadium
Super Bowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers 20-16 Cincinnati Bengals
Miami Stadium in January 1989 is where legendary 49ers quarterback Joe Montana cemented his nickname of ‘Joe Cool’. Down 16-13 with just minutes remaining, Montana trotted onto the field and spotted a certain Hollywood actor in the stands, saying “Hey look, there’s John Candy!” to team-mates. The light moment eased the tension in the huddle and allowed Montana to orchestrate the game-winning touchdown drive.
Super Bowl XXIX: San Francisco 49ers 49-26 San Diego Chargers
Montana’s successor, Steve Young, put to rest the label of not being able to ‘win the big one’, as he tossed six touchdowns to help the 49ers steamroll the Chargers to put a bow on the 1995 season.
Super Bowl XXXIII: Denver Broncos 34-19 Atlanta Falcons
Broncos quarterback John Elway could not have asked for a better way to retire from the NFL after the 1998 season, as he led Denver to their second successive Super Bowl championship in a one-sided encounter with Atlanta.
Super Bowl XLI: Indianapolis Colts 29-17 Chicago Bears
Quarterback Peyton Manning’s coveted first Super Bowl title arrived at the tail-end of the 2006 season when the Colts bashed the Bears on a rainy south Florida night.
Super Bowl XLIV: New Orleans Saints 31-17 Indianapolis Colts
Manning’s return to Miami three years later was a sour one, as the Saints recovered a second half onside kick to flip the momentum and put the Colts to the sword to win their first and only Super Bowl.
Super Bowl LIV: Kansas City Chiefs 31-20 San Francisco 49ers
The legend of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes took root in the 2019 season decider when he spearheaded a fourth quarter comeback against the 49ers, with Kansas City scoring three touchdowns in the final seven minutes to win their second Super Bowl.
San Francisco Bay Area Stadium
Super Bowl 50: Denver Broncos 24-10 Carolina Panthers
Peyton Manning’s final NFL game took place in Sunday’s venue, as a stout Broncos defense manhandled the high-flying Carolina offense to give Manning his second Super Bowl title and Denver’s third to round out the 2015 season.
