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The NFL's 2026 season has kicked off, and attention is already turning to the league's grandest event: Super Bowl 61. The championship game, a cultural phenomenon featuring football, food, commercials, and a star-studded halftime show, will be played in February as usual.
Super Bowl LXI is set for February 14, 2027, which falls on Valentine's Day. This will be the first time the Super Bowl has been played on that holiday. Since the NFL expanded to a 17-game schedule in 2021, the Super Bowl has been held on the second Sunday of February. The day after the game, Monday, February 15, 2027, is Presidents Day.
Historically, the Super Bowl has never landed on Valentine's Day, according to USA TODAY, though it has come close. In 2022, Super Bowl LVI was played on February 13, just one day before Valentine's Day, when the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals.
The 2027 Super Bowl will take place at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. This will be the first time the NFL championship returns to the Los Angeles area since Super Bowl LVI in 2022. The game will be broadcast on ESPN and ABC.
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The Cincinnati Bengals have appeared in the Super Bowl three times—in 1982, 1989, and 2022—but have yet to win a Lombardi Trophy. They lost twice to the San Francisco 49ers and once to the Los Angeles Rams. The most recent Bengals Super Bowl was on February 13, 2022, when they fell to the Rams 23-20 at SoFi Stadium.
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