Explaining the Roman numeral "LX" for the 2026 Super Bowl.

Super Bowl LX takes place on Sunday, February 8, at 6:30 PM ET on NBC and Peacock.

Roman numerals are an ancient, additive/subtractive system using seven letters (I, V, X, L, C, D, M) to represent values.

The NFL remains one of the few organizations that still consistently uses Roman numerals for its biggest stage of the year.

Super Bowl games use Roman numerals to mark their edition. This tradition began in 1971. It helps avoid confusion as seasons span two years. Roman numerals also add importance and ceremony to the ...

Super Bowl Sunday puts the Roman numeral knowledge of football fans to the test once a year. Perhaps the biggest game on the sports calendar every year draws a massive amount of viewers—many of whom ...

Fun with retro-coding a Roman numeral converter—I head back to my college years and solve me homework anew! I earned a bachelor's degree in computer science back in the dawn of computing. Well, maybe ...

Super Bowl LIX is the 59th iteration of the NFL championship game. The NFL uses Roman numerals for the Super Bowl to avoid confusion since the champion is recognized for the year the season started, ...

Why use Roman numerals when you could use years or Arabic numbers? The NFL has offered a few clues.