NFL Super Bowl history: SoFi Stadium latest LA-area venue to host game

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The Super Bowl and all the fanfare that comes with it returned to the Los Angeles area this week.

It has been more than 29 years since the Super Bowl was anywhere near the city. The last time the game was played within the county limits came on Jan. 31, 1993, when the Dallas Cowboys handed the Buffalo Bills another loss in the big game, 52-17. It was the Bills’ third consecutive loss in the Super Bowl.

The first game between the winners of the NFL Championships and the American Football League Championship, later known as Super Bowl I, was played at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. It’s the same stadium that hosts USC football now, the Los Angeles Rams before they moved into SoFi Stadium at the start of the 2020 season and multiple other world-renowned events.

Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13 will feature the Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals. The game will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood – the first time the game has ever been held there.

Read below for a brief history of the Super Bowl taking place in the Los Angeles area.

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Troy Aikman (8) of the Dallas Cowboys turns to hand the ball off to running back Emmitt Smith (22) against the Buffalo Bills during Super Bowl XXVII on Jan. 31, 1993, at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The Cowboys won the Super Bowl 52-17. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

Jan. 31, 1993: The last Super Bowl played in the Los Angeles area was between the Cowboys and Bills. Dallas demolished Buffalo 52-17. Troy Aikman had four touchdown passes on his way to a Super Bowl MVP.

Jan. 25, 1987: It took a while but the New York Giants finally won their first Super Bowl,