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The Super Bowl was started when the National Football League and American Football League, rival leagues during the 1960s, got together to play a game pitting the champions of both leagues to determine a champion of American football. Prior to the 1966 season, the first season the Super Bowl was played, the NFL had their champion and the AFL had their champion and there was no game between the two.

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