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

A quiet NFL branding shift introduced Roman numerals to the Super Bowl, turning each edition into a lasting symbol of legacy, ...

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 ...

Explaining the Roman numeral "LX" for the 2026 Super Bowl.

Roman numerals are an ancient, additive/subtractive system using seven letters (I, V, X, L, C, D, M) to represent values.

Every February, one small detail sparks confusion and debate. The numbering tradition behind the NFLs biggest game has deeper ...

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.

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

Got that? Good. Then we get to how they're written: it starts with the biggest number, and the Is (ones) go up to three (like LIII equals 53) or they get added on to V (5) to make six (VI), seven (VII ...

(WHTM) — The Eagles are headed to Super Bowl LIX. But, you may have wondered, why isn’t it just Super Bowl 59? Bob Moore, historian for the Kansas City Chiefs told the Associated Press in 2012, “the ...

Roman numerals were in use for centuries before they were replaced, yet we still use them occasionally today. If it survived this long, it isn’t completely useless, right? Most people can tell their I ...

As we prepare for the 59th edition of the National Football League final, we study why the league adopted the old numerals instead of modern numbers.