Super Bowl XVI Super Bowl XVI Super Bowl XVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Cincinnati Bengals to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1981 season. The 49ers defeated the Bengals by the score of 26–21 to win their first Super Bowl. The game was played on January 24, 1982, at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It marked the first time that a Super Bowl was held at a cold-weather city. The domed stadium saved the crowd at the
Super Bowl XLVIII was particularly cold in North America. However, the concerns never materialized as a timely warm front had moved into the region prior to the game; the kick-off temperature for the game was , never threatening the Super Bowl record low temperature of in Super Bowl VI, held at New Orleans' Tulane Stadium. Precipitation was limited to an occasional drizzle in the latter portions of the game. The Hyatt Regency in Jersey City, New Jersey served as the home for the Broncos during their stay. The team took up 150 of the 351 rooms until the night of January 29 before