He also suggested using Roman numerals in order to help fans avoid confusing the date of the game with which edition was being played. For example, referring to Super Bowl LIX as the 2025 Super ...

This year's version of the NFL's biggest game is Super Bowl LIX — or Super Bowl 59, if you're not well versed in Roman numerals. Unlike the other major American sports leagues, the NFL uses ...

After an exciting round of Championship games, the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles are set to meet in Super Bowl LIX on February 9 in New Orleans. While this is the time of year for fun ...

The NFL started using Roman numerals for Super Bowl V (ahem, “Super Bowl 5″) in 1971 and then went back and renamed the previous championship games as Super Bowls I, II, III and IV.

“The Roman numerals were adopted to clarify any confusion that may occur because the NFL Championship Game – the Super Bowl – is played in the year following a chronologically recorded ...

This year's version of the NFL's biggest game is Super Bowl LIX — or Super Bowl 59, if you're not well versed in Roman numerals. Unlike the other major American sports leagues, the NFL uses ...

Roman numerals, a system developed around 500 BC, use letters to represent numbers. The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will take the field for Super Bowl LIX on Sunday.

Obviously, the Super Bowl name stuck—eventually. The term was adopted for the third edition of the game, and Roman numerals soon followed starting, with Super Bowl V.

In fact, aside from the first four games (which were retroactively given Roman numerals), the NFL actually abandoned Roman numerals in 2016, choosing to go with Super Bowl 50 rather than “Super ...