A quiet NFL branding shift introduced Roman numerals to the Super Bowl, turning each edition into a lasting symbol of legacy, memory and spectacle across generations of football history.

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 ...

Super Bowl LX is here, and people are only just realising why the game's name uses Roman numerals and not numbers.

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.

The history of the Super Bowl is rooted in the ancient Roman system for counting and it's actually aimed at easing fan confusion. We'll help break it down for you here. How many of us have seen the ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will take the field for Super Bowl LIX on Sunday. But many football fanatics and ...

Why use Roman numerals when you could use years or Arabic numbers? The NFL has offered a few clues.

Ever wonder why the Super Bowl uses Roman numerals? Funny thing is, there's one year the NFL completely ditched them. Here's why they exist in the first place. The NFL season starts in one year, like ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – Aside from fancy timepieces and ...