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

Super Bowl XXI

Feb 2, 1987

Super Bowl XX

Feb 3, 1986

Super Bowl XIX

Jan 28, 1985

Super Bowl XVIII

Jan 30, 1984

Super Bowl XVII

Feb 7, 1983

Super Bowl XVI

Feb 1, 1982

Super Bowl XV

Feb 2, 1981

Super Bowl XIV

Jan 28, 1980

Super Bowl XIII

Jan 29, 1979

Super Bowl XII

Jan 23, 1978

Super Bowl XI

Jan 17, 1977

Super Bowl X

Jan 26, 1976

Super Bowl IX

Jan 20, 1975

Super Bowl VIII

Jan 21, 1974

Super Bowl VII

Jan 22, 1973

Super Bowl VI

Jan 24, 1972

Super Bowl V

Jan 25, 1971

Super Bowl IV

Jan 20, 1970

Super Bowl III

Jan 20, 1969

Super Bowl II

Jan 22, 1968

Super Bowl I

Jan 23, 1967