The Kansas City Chiefs’ victory in Super Bowl LVIII last night marked just the ninth time in history a champion repeat the feat the very next year. Only eight teams have ever done it, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are the only team to have done it twice.
The trend of repeating champions burst out of the gate. The Green Bay Packers won each of the first two Super Bowls in 1966 and 1967, beating the Kansas City Chiefs and the Oakland Raiders, respectively. The Steelers repeated in 1974 and 1975, then became the first to three titles in 1978.