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Since the NFL’s start in 1967, there have been nine teams to earn the right to be named back-to-back Super Bowl champions. None have pulled off the ever elusive “three-peat,” though some have come close.
Kansas City had a chance to become the first organization to accomplish the feat in 2024. The Chiefs fell short of that goal after being dismantled by Philadelphia.
Prior to the introduction of free agency, repeat champions were a bit more prevalent. Five of the nine back-to-back championships came before 1993, with a sixth team notching the achievement across the ’93 and ’94 seasons.
There has been just one team to win consecutive Super Bowls over the last 20 years. That most recent instance occurred in 2023.
The NFL’s 9 Back-To-Back Super Bowl Champions.
Each of the nine organizations has a large following. These are some of the biggest brands in the sport, largely due to their dominance across certain eras.
Interestingly enough, the first repeat champion came in the very first try. The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl I and II.
Green Bay Packers (1967)
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Vince Lombardi led the Packers to a Super Bowl win in 1966, the year the NFL and AFL merged. In the first ever Super Bowl, Green Bay took down the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.
Bart Starr threw for 250 yards in the game, with 138 going to top target Max McGee. The wideout also hauled in both of Starr’s touchdown passes.
The quarterback followed it up the very next season by leading his team to a 33-14 win over the Raiders in Super Bowl II where he again logged a 200-yard outing.
Technically speaking, the Packers were a three-peat champion as they also won the final NFL championship before Super Bowl I.
Miami Dolphins (1973)
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The 1972 Dolphins completed what remains the lone perfect season in NFL history with a 14-7 Super Bowl win over Washington. Miami went 14-0 before ripping off three straight playoff victories.
Larry Csonka was the hero in Super Bowl VII, rushing for 112 yards. He outshined that performance a year later in 1973, going for 145 yards and two scores in as 24-7 manhandling of the Vikings.
Miami was dominant in these two campaigns, winning 32 of 34 games. The Dolphins held each of their Super Bowl foes scoreless until the fourth quarter of play.
Pittsburgh Steelers (1975)
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Miami’s two-year run was immediately followed with another repeat performance.
Pittsburgh won Super Bowl IX behind a dominant defense that ranked second in the NFL in points allowed. The Steelers won 10 games in the regular season before beating Buffalo, Oakland, and Minnesota in the playoffs.
The 16-6 win over the Vikings was the franchise’s first Super Bowl win. It would land its second very quickly.
In 1975, that defense returned to terrorize opposing offenses. Mel Blount led the NFL with 11 interceptions, and the squad allowed just 11.6 points per contest.
After going 12-2 in the regular season, Pittsburgh capped the campaign with an exciting 21-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
Pittsburgh Steelers (1979)
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The Steelers are still the only NFL organization to be named back-to-back Super Bowl champions on two separate occasions. After pulling off the feat in ’75, they capped an unmatched decade of dominance with two straight wins in ’78 and ’79.
Terry Bradshaw led Pittsburgh to 14 regular season wins in 1978. The team then won by double digits against the Broncos and Oilers in the postseason before beating Dallas 35-31.
After the Super Bowl XIII win, the Steelers repeated with another impressive run in 1979. All of the team’s playoff wins came by double digits, capped by a 31-19 victory over the Los Angeles Rams.
San Francisco 49ers (1990)
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A decade after Pittsburgh’s postseason success, the 49ers went on a playoff run of their own. Joe Montana led the team to back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990.
The first came against the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII. San Francisco overcame a 13-6 fourth quarter deficit to win, 20-16. Joe Montana connected with John Taylor for the game-winning score.
They’d return after landing another NFC title in 1990. The Niners faced the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV in a game that would not be nearly as close as the previous nailbiter.
Montana threw three touchdown passes to Jerry Rice and totaled 297 yards. The defense picked John Elway off twice. San Francisco won 55-10 to secure back-to-back crowns.
Dallas Cowboys
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Led by Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, and Michael Irvin, the Cowboys became the team to beat in the early 1990s. That started in 1992.
Dallas went 13-3 to win the NFC East during the regular season. It then ripped off wins over the Eagles, 49ers, and Bills to secure its third Super Bowl title in franchise history.
Aikman threw for 273 yards and four touchdowns in the 52-17 victory. Smith and Irvin logged 100-yard performances. The next season was more of the same.
In 1993, the trio led the Cowboys to XXVIII where they again faced Buffalo. This time, they won 30-13 behind a two-score day from Smith. Dallas would win another title two years later in 1995 over Pittsburgh, which is still the organization’s last title.
Denver Broncos (1998)
Denver Broncos win 1998 Super Bowl
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John Elway was beaten by one of these back-to-back Super Bowl champions in the late 1980s. A decade later, he achieved the feat.
The quarterback led the Broncos to a 12-4 output in 1997 before beating the Jaguars, Chiefs, Steelers, and Packers in the postseason. Terrell Davis score three times in a 31-24 win in Super Bowl XXXII. He’d post another 100-yard game a year later.
The Broncos went 14-2 in 1998. They matched up against Atlanta in the Super Bowl, where Elway threw for 336 yards in a 31-19 victory.
New England Patriots (2004)
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The Patriots won their first ever Super Bowl in 2001. It was the beginning of a dynasty that spanned nearly 20 years.
New England won six titles between ’01 and ’18. Tom Brady was the quarterback for each of them. The team missed the postseason the year after that first championship. It then reclaimed the crown for a two-year period.
In 2003, the Patriots won 14 games. They beat the Titans, Colts, and Panthers in the playoffs. A 32-29 win over Carolina saw Brady throw for 354 yards and three scores. Adam Vinatieri kicked a game-winning field goal to break a tie with four seconds left to play.
The next year, New England again posted a 14-win regular season. They again made the Super Bowl, where they took down the Eagles, 24-21.
Kansas City Chiefs (2023)
Patrick Mahomes wins Super Bowl with Kansas City Chiefs
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It took almost two decades for a team to repeat as Super Bowl champs after the Patriots. Kansas City ended the drought in Super Bowl LVIII.
The Chiefs won it all in 2022 after going 14-3 in the regular season. The AFC West champs were perfect in the playoffs, posting three one-score wins.
Kansas City beat the Eagles in the final contest, 38-35. Patrick Mahomes threw three touchdowns in an incredible comeback effort.
The following year, the Chiefs again found themselves in the Super Bowl after winning 11 regular season matchups. Again, the team ended the postseason with three straight one-score victories.
Mahomes threw for 333 yards in an overtime win against the 49ers to secure a second straight championship.