So that game got the moniker Super Bowl 50, and Roman numerals picked back up with Super Bowl LI in the 2016 season.

Every Super Bowl save one has been accompanied by Roman numerals in the history of the NFL's championship. During the 2015-16 season, the league announced Super Bowl 50 would not be branded with ...

The use of Roman numerals in the event's name is a tradition that dates back more than fifty years. It serves both practical and aesthetic purposes.

The first two Super Bowls were known as the AFL-NFL world Championship Game. The name “Super Bowl” was officially adopted for the third annual game and the league retroactively added Roman numerals to ...

The use of Roman numerals for each Super Bowl dates back to the fifth Super Bowl, with the league adopting the use of the system to avoid confusion over the year the game is associated with.

The letter "I" represents a single number. However, roman numerals are read left-to-right, meaning a one in front of a "V" would translate to four. "L" stands for 50 and "C" stands for 100.

"The Roman numerals were adopted to clarify any confusion that may occur because the NFL championship game — the Super Bowl — is played in the year following a chronologically recorded season.

Unlike the other major American sports leagues, the NFL uses Roman numerals to denote its title decider — the Super Bowl.

ANSWER: The Romans did their calculations with an abacus, using pebbles as counters. The people that performed the ...

As opposed to MLB, the NBA, and NHL, who use a year to signify their championship game history, the NFL goes with a number. Here's why.