Deciphering the meaning behind the iconic name of the NFL’s biggest game.

The use of Roman numerals did not become an NFL tradition until Super Bowl V in 1971. The first two Super Bowls were known as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. The name “Super Bowl” was officially ...

A quiet NFL branding shift introduced Roman numerals to the Super Bowl, turning each edition into a lasting symbol of legacy, ...

Super Bowls eschew typical numbering conventions by using Roman numerals to convey which iteration of the game is being played. Here's how they work.

Got that? Good. Then we get to how they're written: it starts with the biggest number, and the Is (ones) go up to three (like LIII equals 53) or they get added on to V (5) to make six (VI), seven (VII ...

The NFL remains one of the few organizations that still consistently uses Roman numerals for its biggest stage of the year.

(NEXSTAR) – Aside from fancy timepieces and the occasional film franchise, Roman numerals are rarely used over Arabic numbers in modern American culture. Of course, there’s another major exception: ...