The last Super Bowl to be played in January.
This marked yet another Super Bowl appearance for the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders are the only team to make appearances in the Super Bowl in four different decades, the 1960's 70's 80's and 00's. The 1990's were the only decade in which the Raiders did not make a Super Bowl appearance.
The Oakland Raiders and the St. Louis Rams are the only to teams to represent two different cities in their Super Bowl appearances. The Raiders and Rams before represented Los Angeles in 1979 (Rams) and 1983 (Raiders).
The game was known as the Pirate Bowl due to the teams pirate themed mascots.