Sports Illustrated's 52 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 in one 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 52 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 52 Super Bowl feature stories from 1967 to 2018, 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 LII
Feb 12, 2018
Super Bowl LI
Feb 13, 2017
Super Bowl 50
Feb 9, 2016
Super Bowl XLIX
Feb 9, 2015
Super Bowl XLVIII
Feb 10, 2014
Super Bowl XLVII
Feb 11, 2013
Super Bowl XLVI
Feb 13, 2012
Super Bowl XLV
Feb 14, 2011
Super Bowl XLIV
Feb 15, 2010
Super Bowl XLIII
Feb 9, 2009
Super Bowl XLII
Feb 11, 2008
Super Bowl XLI
Feb 12, 2007
Super Bowl XL
Feb 13, 2006
Super Bowl XXXIX
Feb 14, 2005
Super Bowl XXXVIII
Feb 9, 2004
Super Bowl XXXVII
Feb 3, 2003
Super Bowl XXXVI
Feb 11, 2002
Super Bowl XXXV
Feb 5, 2001
Super Bowl XXXIV
Feb 7, 2000
Super Bowl XXXIII
Feb 8, 1999
Super Bowl XXXII
Feb 2, 1998
Super Bowl XXXI
Feb 3, 1997
Super Bowl XXX
Feb 5, 1996
Super Bowl XXIX
Feb 5, 1995
Super Bowl XXVIII
Feb 7, 1994
Super Bowl XXVII
Feb 8, 1993
Super Bowl XXVI
Feb 3, 1992
Super Bowl XXV
Feb 4, 1991
Super Bowl XXIV
Feb 5, 1990
Super Bowl XXIII
Jan 30, 1989
Super Bowl XXII
Feb 8, 1988