Through Super Bowl XLVI, 13 times ...
1) The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Denver Broncos, 14-6, in the final game of the 1977 season and defeated the Broncos, 27-10, in Super Bowl XII.
2) The Oakland Raiders lost to the Philadelphia Eagles, 10-7, in Week 12 of the 1980 season and defeated the Eagles, 27-10, in Super Bowl XV.
3) The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, 21-3, in Week 14 of the 1981 season and defeated the Bengals, 26-21, in Super Bowl XVI.
4) The Los Angeles Raiders lost to the Washington Redskins, 37-35, in Week 5 of the 1983 season and defeated the Redskins, 38-9, in Super Bowl XVIII.
5) The Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots, 20-7, in Week 2 of the 1985 season and defeated the Patriots, 46-10, in Super Bowl XX.
6) The New York Giants defeated the Denver Broncos, 19-16, in Week 12 of the 1986 season and defeated the Broncos, 39-20, in Super Bowl XXI.
7) The New York Giants lost to the Buffalo Bills, 17-13, in Week 15 of the 1990 season and defeated the Bills, 20-19, in Super Bowl XXV.
8) The Dallas Cowboys lost to the Buffalo Bills, 13-10, in Week 2 of the 1993 season and defeated the Bills, 30-13, in Super Bowl XXVIII.
9) The San Francisco 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers, 38-15, in Week 15 of the 1994 season and defeated the Chargers, 49-26, in Super Bowl XXIX.
10) The St. Louis Rams lost to the Tennessee Titans, 24-21, in Week 8 of the 1999 season and defeated the Titans, 23-16, in Super Bowl XXXIV.
11) The New England Patriots lost to the St. Louis Rams, 24-17, in Week 10 of the 2001 season and defeated the Rams, 20-17, in Super Bowl XXXVI.
12) The New York Giants lost to the New England Patriots, 38-35, in the final game of the 2007 season and defeated the Patriots, 17-14, in Super Bowl XLII.
13) The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots, 24-20, in Week 9 of the 2011 season. The teams will meet in Super Bowl XLVI on February 5, 2012.
Yes if they played at least one regular season game
Through Super Bowl XLV, 3 Super Bowl winners played a tie game during the regular season. 1) 1967 Green Bay Packers that won Super Bowl II went 9-4-1 in the regular season. 2) 1970 Baltimore Colts that won Super Bowl V went 11-2-1 in the regular season. 3) 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers that won Super Bowl IX went 10-3-1 in the regular season.
In an NBA regular season, without the preseason and all-star game, there are exactly 82 games played by each team. Due to lockouts, the NBA plays 66 games during the 2011-12 seasons 50 games during the 1999 season
When the NFL played a 14 game schedule (through Super Bowl XII), that was the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowl IX winner) who scored 305 regular season points. Since the NFL moved to a 16 game schedule in 1978, and not including strike seasons (1982 and 1987), that was the 2000 Baltimore Ravens (Super Bowl XXXV winner) who scored 333 regular season points.
As of Super Bowl XLII, that has never happened. The only time an undefeated team has played in the Super Bowl, before this season's Patriots, is the 1972 Miami Dolphins and they defeated the Washington Redskins, 14-7, in Super Bowl VII.
Yes if they played at least one regular season game
Through Super Bowl XLV, 3 Super Bowl winners played a tie game during the regular season. 1) 1967 Green Bay Packers that won Super Bowl II went 9-4-1 in the regular season. 2) 1970 Baltimore Colts that won Super Bowl V went 11-2-1 in the regular season. 3) 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers that won Super Bowl IX went 10-3-1 in the regular season.
Miami Dolphins were 14-0 during the regular season and went on to win the Super Bowl.
In an NBA regular season, without the preseason and all-star game, there are exactly 82 games played by each team. Due to lockouts, the NBA plays 66 games during the 2011-12 seasons 50 games during the 1999 season
Yes, Super Bowls are usually longer than regular season games. There is a half-time show that usually takes about 30 minutes. There are usually more plays reviewed during this game also.
The 2007 NFL regular season starts September 6 with New Orleans at Indianapolis. That is a Thursday night game. The regular season concludes December 30 and the Super Bowl will be played February 3, 2008.
Denver in the 1998 regular season, 1999 postseason St. Louis in the 1999 regular season, 2000 postseason Super Bowl
The Miami Dolphins won Super Bowl VII after posting a regular season record of 14-0.
Super Bowl XLV, following the 2010 regular season, will be played in Arlington, Texas, at Cowboys Stadium, the homefield of the Dallas Cowboys.
other games played at other stadiums, the tickets bought during the season pay for the super bowl.
During the 2007 season they went undefeated in the regular season before the New York Giants beat them in the Super Bowl
If you mean the Super Bowl that was played folloing the 1991 regular season, the half time act for the 1991 Super Bowl (Super Bowl XXVI) was Gloria Estefan with Brian Boitano & Dorothy Hamill. If you mean the Super Bowl (Super Bowl XXV) that was played in the calander year of 1991, the half time act was New Kids on the Block.