Super Bowl
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![The Super Bowl XXXV broadcasting compound, full of satellite trucks.](/Images/godic/202502/14/SuperBowlXXXVBroadcastCompound2749.jpg")
![Jennifer Hudson sings the national anthem at Super Bowl XLIII.](/Images/godic/202502/14/Jennifer_Hudson_sings_national_anthem_at_Super_Bowl_432749.jpg")
![Madonna performing with LMFAO during the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show.](/Images/godic/202502/14/Madonna_Super_Bowl2_cropped2749.jpg")
The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the highest level of professional American football in the world. The game culminates a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. Normally, Roman numerals are used to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season. The single exception to this rule is Super Bowl 50, which was played on February 7, 2016, following the 2015 regular season. The next game, Super Bowl LI, scheduled for February 5, 2017, will follow the 2016 regular season.