The first four super bowls.

[Flamma]

I've got a question. But first let me say this. NFL championship games are the exact same thing as super bowls. Both are NFL championship games. One could say, and rightfully so, that it is much harder to win a SB due to all of the extra teams. But either way, they are the same, an NFL championship game.

That said, what were the first four super bowls? The leagues were not yet merged. For example, the Jets won the AFL championship, and the Colts won the NFL championship, so what did they win in their AFL VS NFL game (later renamed the super bowl) after that? It wasn't an NFL championship game, the Colts won that. So what did they win? The bragging rights bowl?

 

[csirl]

Yes, your right. They won the bragging rights on behalf of their league. Some of the early SBs werent as big a deal as they are today - didnt sell out.

 

[gtb1943]

Yes, your right. They won the bragging rights on behalf of their league. Some of the early SBs werent as big a deal as they are today - didnt sell out.

NFL football was not as big back then. It really took about ten years for it to start to grow into a monster game.

BUT if you ask any of those still around what those games meant to both the NFL and AFL players you will see it was MUCH more important to THEM back then; especially the AFL players who were looking for respect