Super Bowls in the Awesome80s

By Patrick Mondout

The NFC dominated the Super Bowl during the Awesome80s winning eight of ten including three of the last four against John Elway and the Denver Broncos. In fact, the AFC did not win a single Super Bowl after January 1984 until January 1998 when, ironically enough, Elway and the Broncos won their first of two in a row.

One team in particular dominated 1980s: The San Francisco 49ers, with Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, and Roger Craig led the Awesome80s.com NFL Team of the Decade to four Super Bowl victories (a record fifth was won in 1994). They were so dominant that they were featured on a stamp issued by the US Postal Service in 2000 as part of the Celebrate the Century series (see right).

The table below shows the results of each Super Bowl during the Awesome80s (figures for the Super70s are here). (A list of Super Bowl MVPs is here.)