No. The Green Bay Packers of the National Football Conference are considered to be the home team. In the 2012 Super Bowl, the American Football Conference champion will be designated the home team.
Super Bowl XIV was played by the Pittsburgh Steelers and the L.A. Rams at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Largest turnout in a Super Bowl ever. That should count for home field advantage.
No team has ever played a home field super bowl.
Although they were the designated home team for Super Bowl XL, the Steelers chose to wear white jerseys because they had worn them in their three previous road wins in the playoffs.
Green Bay will be the home team. The Steelers will wear their white jerseys and the Packers will wear green jerseys.
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There has never been a team to play a Super Bowl on their home field. The closest was Super Bowl XIV when the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Los Angeles Rams at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. and Super Bowl XIX when the San Francisco 49ers beat the Miami Dolphins at Stanford Stadium. The NFL awards the Super Bowl to a city four years in advance. If a team won their conference championship and the Super Bowl was scheduled on their home field, the game would go on as planned.
It has never happened, although the 1979 Los Angeles Rams played the Pittsburgh Steelers at Pasadena's Rose Bowl in Super Bowl XIV. The Rams' home field at the time was Anaheim Stadium.
The NFC is the designated "home" team in the odd numbered Super Bowls. Having home field designation, the Cardinals will have a choice. Tradition would suggest they'll be wearing red and the Steelers will wear white.Update:According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the Cardinals have indeed opted to wear red and the Steelers the white jerseys in which they won Super Bowl XL.Factoid: The Steelers were the "home team" in Super Bowl 40 however they chose to wear white.
Steelers running back Jerome Bettis returned to his home town of Detroit, Michigan for Super Bowl XL. The Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21-10.
So far, no team has played on its home field in a Super Bowl.
They played at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida. It is the home field of the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was the second Super Bowl to be played at that site.
Super Bowl XIV was played by the Pittsburgh Steelers and the L.A. Rams at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Largest turnout in a Super Bowl ever. That should count for home field advantage.
No team has ever played a home field super bowl.
The Steelers wore their road white jerseys in Super Bowl XLV. The Green Bay Packers were the home team and they chose to wear their green jerseys.
No, they have not. They played in one, Super Bowl XLIII in 2009, narrowly losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-23.
Super Bowl 'home field' advantage alternates. The National Football Conference champion is the home team for odd numbered Super Bowls. The American Football Conference champion is the home team for even numbered Super Bowls.
The Green Bay Packers are considered the home team for Super Bowl XLV. They will be wearing their green "home" uniforms, and the Pittsburgh Steelers will be wearing their "away" uniforms.