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17 teams won the super bowl that was the 1st seed
For the 2005 playoffs, the Steelers went in as the sixth seed. They won Super Bowl XL after winning in Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Denver.
yes --I am going thru Super Bowl Stats right now and creating a spreadsheet and so far Super Bowl 1 Green Bay v KC, SB6 DAL v MIA, and SB7 MIA v WAS-these teams were #1 seeds. It's a little tricky figuring it out with AFL, but they had playoffs too. NFL didn't reward the #1 seed with home-field advantage or a Bye until later, so I guess we go by records and head-to-head tie breakers to determine who is SEED 1-4, because the League didn't do it. Super Bowl 9 is a great example for the NFC. 1974 Season had 4 teams in the NFC with a 10-4 record---2 teams in East: STL Cardinals#1, WAS Redskins#2; MIN Vkings and LA Rams were also 10-4 in their divisions. So one would have to look at head-to-head matchups between these teams to get the true number.
Most recently the 10-6 Green Bay Packers as a 6th seed went to the Super Bowl in 2011 and beat the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Since the 2002 NFL realingment of divisions in which the league created 4 division winners and 2 wild cards (for a total of 6 teams per Conference), the Suberbowl winners have had the following playoff seeding: 2009: Pittsburgh Steelers were the #2 seed in the AFC. 2008: New Yprk Giants were the #5 seed in the NFC. 2007: Indianaplois Colts were the #3 seed in the AFC. 2006: Pittsburgh Steelers were the #6 seed in the AFC. 2005: New England Patriots were the #2 seed in the AFC. 2004: New England Patriots were the #1 seed in the AFC. 2003: Tampa Bay Bucaneers were the #2 seed in the NFC. note: The 2003 Superbowl took place after the 2002-2003 regular season