Which team has won the most Super Bowls in history?
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The two most successful NFL teams regarding Super Bowl titles are the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots, who have won six each.
From the mid-1970s to the end of that decade, the Steelers were the most dominant NFL franchise, winning Super Bowl IX, X, XII and XIV.
Chuck Noll was the head coach during the Steel Curtain era in Steeltown, while Lynn Swann, Terry Bradshaw and Franco Harris were their stars on offence.
Bradshaw was twice named Super Bowl MVP for Pittsburgh, with Swann also winning it once in probably the most glorious period for the franchise.
Pittsburgh would not win another Super Bowl until the 2005 season with Bill Cower on the sidelines and a young Ben Roethlisberger behind centre.
They beat the Seattle Seahawks for the title that season (21-10) in what was the final game for running back Jerome Bettis in the NFL.
Big Ben took the Steelers back to the top of the mountain in the 2008 campaign, finding Santonio Holmes for a late touchdown in a thrilling come-from-behind 27-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals, their last Super Bowl to date.
Pittsburgh failed to win the big game in the 2010 campaign as Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers bested them by a final score of 31-25.
As for New England, it took two Super Bowl losses before they finally lifted the Lombardi Trophy, falling short in the 1985 and 1996 seasons.
The first of many titles for Bill Belichick and Tom Brady together came in the 2001 season when they upset the St. Louis Rams 20-17, thanks to a last-play field goal made by Adam Vinatieri.
Two seasons later, the Pats kicker was the hero once again, drilling a late field goal to give them a 32-29 victory over the Carolina Panthers.
The following season, the Patriots did it again, edging the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21, with Brady yet to lose a playoff game at that stage of his career.
After two heartbreaking losses to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII and XLVI, with the former ruining a perfect season, New England was back on top of the podium in the 2014 campaign.
A circus catch by Jermaine Kearse seemed to signal another narrow loss for New England, but they were rescued by rookie Malcolm Butler, who intercepted a Russell Wilson pass on the goal line to give Brady and Belichick their fourth Super Bowl crown.
The Patriots' next title came in the 2016 season, erasing a 28-3 deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in overtime, the greatest comeback win in Super Bowl history.
The final Super Bowl victory for the Greater Boston franchise came in the 2018 campaign over the Los Angeles Rams (13-3).
Which team has won the most consecutive Super Bowls?
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Nine teams have won back-to-back Super Bowls, and on Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs can be the first to win three in a row.
The Green Bay Packers were the first franchise to win consecutive titles, as Vince Lombardi's team won the first two championships in the 1966 and 67 seasons.
While the mid-70s saw the Steelers dominate, Don Shula's Miami Dolphins were perhaps the most famous Super Bowl-winning team that decade.
The 1972 Dolphins are still, to this day, the only NFL team to win the Super Bowl without suffering a single defeat in the regular season and playoffs.
They followed up that victory with another title the next season, finishing at 12-2 and claiming a 24-7 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the big game.
Pittsburgh won consecutive titles in the 1974-75 seasons and managed to do it again in the 78 and 79 campaigns, respectively.
The next repeat winners were the San Francisco 49ers with Jerry Rice and Joe Montana leading the charge in the 1988 and 89 campaigns, respectively.
Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin helped America's Team, the Dallas Cowboys win two in a row in the 1992 and 93 seasons.
John Elway's last two NFL seasons as a player ended with him lifting the Lombardi Trophy for the Denver Broncos in 1997 and 98.
Brady and the Pats won back-to-back crowns just once in 2003 and 04, with Mahomes and the Chiefs doing the trick 20 years later in 2023 and 2024.
Which team has lost the most consecutive Super Bowls?
The Buffalo Bills have yet to win a Super Bowl and have come within one game of the ultimate prize on four successive occasions.
From the 1990 to 1993 seasons, Marv Levy guided them to four consecutive AFC Championships, but never wound up winning the Super Bowl.
Their closest game was in Super Bowl XXV, when Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal in the late stages as Buffalo lost to the New York Giants 20-19.
Which team has appeared in the most consecutive Super Bowls?
That distinction again goes to the Buffalo Bills in that aforementioned timespan, which some may argue was an incredible achievement, rather than those who have labelled them as perennial choke artists.
In two of those four Super Bowl appearances from 1990-93, the Buffalo Bills were actually in the lead at half time.
Joel Lefevre
