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re you ready for some football? On Sunday,
February 13, the Los Angeles Rams will take
on the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl 56 at
SoFi Stadium in California.Big game beginnings
The National Football League (NFL) was founded
in 1920 with 10 teams. The American Football
League (AFL) was formed in 1959, and a
championship game with the best team from each
league was fi rst played in 1967. Some people say
a team owner suggested calling it the Super Bowl,
while others claim the press coined the term. In
1970, the leagues joined forces under the NFL
name. Today, 32 NFL teams are divided into two
conferences: the National Football Conference
(NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).
How it works
Each conference is divided into four divisions—
East, West, North, and South—and the team
with the most wins in its division heads to
the playoff s. In addition, the three next-best
teams in each conference get a Wild
Card spot, for a total of 14 teams.
They compete against each other
until two teams—one from each
conference—are left standing.
Those teams meet at the Super
Bowl. At the end of the game, the
winner gets to hoist the Vince Lombardi
Trophy, which is named after the
legendary head coach of the Green Bay
Packers. Each player on the winning
team also receives a Super Bowl ring.All about the Super Bowl
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Football’s biggest dayThe fi rst
Super BowlThe Vince Lombardi TrophyChicken wings
The National Chicken Council
says football fans eat more
than 1.4 billion wings on
Super Bowl Sunday. A survey
found that more than 50%
of people said wings should
be the game’s offi cial food.
Wings come in fl avors like
BBQ, ranch, and sriracha.Super snacks
At game-day gatherings
around the country,
the food is almost
as important as the
action on the fi eld.
The most popular
Super Bowl snacks are
chicken wings, chips
and dips, and pizza.SUPER
TEAMS
The Pitt sburgh Steelers and
the New England Patriots are
tied for the most Super Bowl
wins at six each.