Super Bowls eschew typical numbering conventions by using Roman numerals to convey which iteration of the game is being played. Here's how they work.

The historic 50th game of the Super Bowl will be called "Super Bowl 50" instead of "Super Bowl L," the NFL announced Wednesday as it released the championship game's official logo. It's the first time ...

Ever wonder why the Super Bowl uses Roman numerals? Funny thing is, there's one year the NFL completely ditched them. Here's why they exist in the first place. The NFL season starts in one year, like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up of the Vince Lombardi Trophy - Chris Graythen/Getty Images Super Bowl LX is mere days away. For the Arabic-numeral-minded ...

NEW YORK >> “Super Bowl 50” just looks better than “Super Bowl L.” X, V and I are nicely symmetrical, but with the unbalanced L in line for the 2015 season, the NFL decided to scrap the Roman numerals ...

(Reuters) - The logo for the 50th Super Bowl in 2016 will take a one-year break from the tradition of using Roman numerals in favor of numbers, the National Football League said on Wednesday. Super ...

(NEXSTAR) – Aside from fancy timepieces and the occasional film franchise, Roman numerals are rarely used over Arabic numbers in modern American culture. Of course, there’s another major exception: ...

Football fans are getting ready for Super Bowl LIX between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 9 in New Orleans, LA but the matchup might be near the bottom of the list of questions ...

Why does the NFL use Roman numerals for the Super Bowl? This year’s NFL championship is officially known as “Super Bowl LVIII.” The letters LVIII are Roman numerals that mean “58,” so fans will hear ...