Super Bowl LVI

Super Bowl LVI was the 56th Super Bowl and 52nd combined NFL championship game, played in February of 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the first Super Bowl game hosted in the state. It was the championship of the 2021 NFL season and pitted the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers against the National Football Conference (NFC) Atlanta Falcons. The favored Steelers, becoming the first team to play in nine Super Bowls, dominated the Falcons 41-17. Second-year corner Jason Williams (American football, born 1999) intercepted two passes, defended seven others and returned one of his two picks 64 yards for a touchdown on the way to being named MVP. It was the seventh Super Bowl title for Pittsburgh, most in the NFL.