What is the Roman numeral designation for the Super Bowl held in February 2026?

The Super Bowl employs Roman numerals for its annual championship game, a tradition established to provide clarity and a sense of historical grandeur to the event. This system helps to avoid confusion since the game is played in the calendar year following the NFL season it concludes. For instance, the Super Bowl held in February 2026 will crown the champion of the 2025 NFL season. The idea for using Roman numerals is largely credited to Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt, who believed it would elevate the prestige of the league's biggest game.

The inaugural Super Bowl, then known as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, was played on January 15, 1967. Since then, each subsequent championship has been assigned the next sequential Roman numeral. Following this pattern, the game in February 2026 will mark the 60th iteration of the Super Bowl.

In the Roman numeral system, 'L' represents 50 and 'X' represents 10. When 'X' is placed after 'L', their values are added, making 'LX' the representation for 60. Therefore, the Super Bowl held in February 2026 will officially be designated as Super Bowl LX. The only time the league temporarily deviated from this tradition was for Super Bowl 50, opting for Arabic numerals due to concerns that the Roman numeral 'L' alone lacked visual appeal for marketing purposes.