Presidential Election Years Title Game/Supe Notes

In February 2025, a game for the NFL crown that follows a presidential election will be played for a 24th time.

Some notes will follow.

Certainly 50 years after their first of six NFL crowns (all in Supes), in “same calendar” (only one of those I promise) 1974, the currently (10-3) Pittsburgh Steelers are a viable Super Bowl contender. They won the crown in 2008, their only such, in close proximity to a presidential election.

Baltimore (Ravens) at (8-5) still can catch “Pitts” in the AFC North as their schedule is favorable to that of the Steelers, with the remaining “head to head” (dangerous in football, a truly dangerous game, terms) tilt in Baltimore.

The only two Ravens’ crowns were won in presidential election years, clinched in Supes played within months, those being in 2000 and 2012. As the Browns, the once glorious Browns, which they really are but not according to the NFL, Cleveland (Browns) won the ’64 title on December 27, 1964, in the same calendar year as the Nov. ’64 presidential election.

(9-4) Green Bay (Packers) in it, but not for its “div” title and a first round home game, won NFL titles in presidential years thrice, doing so in 1936, 1944 and 1996.

No comment on what the election of Republican, D.J. Trump augurs for the world but it does not augur well for a Pack crown, at least regarding history. (Also they are a middle of the pack NFC team, albeit likely to have a better record than 2 div. winners).

“G.B.” has the most NFL titles and also the most won in a championship game (10) and a bit incredibly all 10 were won with a Democrat as U.S. President. (Roosevelt, F.D. in ’36,’39 and ’44), Kennedy, “Jack” (oh it hurts to be “stoned” but one more time who am I to call him “Jack?!”) in ’61 and ’62, Johnson, L.B. (’65-’67), Clinton, W.J. in ’96 and B.H. (you came too soon ) Obama in 2010.

Also with two previous titles in presidential election years are the (11-2) Philadelphia Eagles, who turned the trick in a Philly snowstorm or at least on a snow day in ’48 and on the day AFTER (no such NFL reverence now as they will “Netflix” “regs” on a WEDNESDAY Christmas) Christmas in ’60.

(12-1) Detroit (Lions) won the ’52 crown, their lone such in a presidential election year.

Frank “Bucko” Kilroy, pictured above recovered a fumble, setting up the ’48 title tilt’s lone TD, scored by the great running back, Steve Van Buren (a Presidential name in this post regarding presidential elections) as the Eagles won (7-0) vs the then Chicago and defending champion, Cardinals.

Kilroy is/was a relative of Gene Kilroy, a true supporter and friend of Muhammad Ali.