The use of Roman numerals did not become an NFL tradition until Super Bowl V in 1971. The first two Super Bowls were known as ...

Super Bowl LIX kicks off on Sunday. What number is that, though? Here's how to use Roman numerals and why the NFL uses them ...

Super Bowl 59, officially known as Super Bowl LIX, will kick off on Sunday night at 6:30 p.m. ET from New Orleans' Superdome.

So you need to break it down further and think about the Roman numerals you can choose from. 70 can be partitioned into 50 and two 10s. 7 can be partitioned further into 5 and two 1s. These values ...

Got that? Good. Then we get to how they’re written: it starts with the biggest number, and the Is (ones) go up to three (like LIII equals 53) or they get added on to V (5) to make six (VI ...

Super Bowl week is back, which means Roman numerals are once again at the forefront of the public consciousness. As one of the only institutions that still uses Roman numerals, the NFL's choice ...

The Roman Empire might've fallen, but it didn't take their numbers down with it. Those pesky letters disguised as numbers still stick around to this day, normally wreaking havoc on people that just ...

The league says the Super Bowl term was first officially used with Super Bowl 3, and Roman numerals were first used in Super Bowl 5. The league later added Super Bowl and Roman numerals to the ...

which means Super Bowl 5. With the game being played in 1971 but determining the winner of the 1970 season, the NFL wanted to avoid any confusion, so it adopted the use of Roman numerals to make ...