the last time philadelphia went to super bowl was super bowl xxxix.
the last time philadelphia went to super bowl was super bowl xxxix.
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super bowl xxxix
no team has ever played the super bowl in its home stadium. the closest any team has come was the 2017 minnesota vikings, who were within one win of playing super bowl lii in u.s. bank stadium, but lost the nfc championship game to the philadelphia eagles. in that instance, u.s. bank stadium became the first super bowl host stadium (selected on may 20, 2014) to also host a divisional playoff game in the same season (which the vikings won; all previous times that the super bowl host stadium hosted another playoff game in the same postseason were all wild card games. two teams have played the super bowl in their home market: the san francisco 49ers, who played super bowl xix in stanford stadium instead of candlestick park; and the los angeles rams, who played super bowl xiv in the rose bowl instead of the los angeles memorial coliseum. in both cases, the stadium in which the super bowl was held was perceived to be a better stadium for a large, high-profile event than the stadiums the rams and 49ers were playing in at the time. this situation has not arisen since 1993, in part because the league has given preference in awarding the super bowl to brand-new or recently renovated stadiums, alongside a trend of teams demanding public money or relocating to play in new stadiums. besides those two, the only other super bowl venue that was not the home stadium to an nfl team at the time was rice stadium in houston: the houston oilers had played there previously, but moved to the astrodome several years prior to super bowl viii. the orange bowl was the only afl stadium to host a super bowl and the only stadium to host consecutive super bowls, hosting super bowls ii and iii.
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this broadcast was the last for nbc as the afc network after 33 years (cbs has held the afc broadcast rights ever since), their last nfl broadcast overall until 2006, when they signed on to televise "sunday night football", and their last super bowl broadcast until 2009 (super bowl xliii). this was also the last time channel 4 in the uk would show the super bowl – and their last nfl coverage until 2010 – after they had been showing the event since 1983 (super bowl xvii). only sky sports would show it live until five joined them in 2003 (super bowl xxxvii). it also marked the last super bowl until 2007 for ctv in canada after airing the nfl and the event since super bowl xvi; from 1999 to 2006 the super bowl aired on the global television network. ctv had aired nfl football since 1970 and the super bowl since 1982 (super bowl xvi). it was also the final nfl game for gma network in the philippines until the 2006 season; gma had aired nfl football since 1986 and the super bowl since super bowl xxi in 1987. the super bowl would be broadcast on abc 5, also from 1999 until 2006. it was also the final super bowl in which the televisa family of networks aired on its own in mexico, also until 2007, being broadcast on canal 5; televisa had aired nfl football since 1970 and the super bowl since 1988 (at the time, the only other super bowl in san diego). azteca 13 likewise would exclusively air the super bowl from 1999 until 2006, including super bowl xxxvii which would be the next super bowl to be played at qualcomm stadium.
super bowl xxxii