Why is the NFL's championship game called the Super Bowl?
The NFL championship game has been called the Super Bowl officially since 1969 and unofficially since 1966. Where did that name come from?
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A 15-year-old in West Chester found the 1960 Eagles NFL championship trophy in his grandmother’s closet
In 1960, there was no trophy. The NFL began awarding the Ed Thorp ... That win is often credited for being the game that turned Philadelphia into a football-crazed town. It was one of the most ...
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Why does the NFL have a 2-minute warning?
When pro football games began in the late 1890s ... The two-minute warning became less of a warning in the 1960s after the NFL decided to use the stadium clock as the official game clock (that ...
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Did the Packers three-peat? Revisiting Green Bay's 1960s 'Titletown' run straddling Super Bowl era
but there was not an NFL championship game. The Packers also won three straight NFL championships from 1965-67 – part of a run from 1960-67 where Green Bay won five NFL championships in the ...