Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams Set for Super Bowl LVI
variety.comCynthia Littleton Business EditorThe Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams are set to battle in Super Bowl LVI next month after the Rams pulled off a tough 20-17 win Sunday over the San Francisco 49ers to clinch the NFC Championship.The NFL’s big game, to air Feb.
13 on NBC, was previously scheduled to be played in the Rams’ home turf of SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Sunday’s victory send the Rams’ on the team’s second trip to the Super Bowl since January 2019, when they lost 13-3 to New England Patriots.Earlier Sunday, the Bengals scored a near-miracle upset win over the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL’s AFC Championship game, sending the team to the Super Bowl for the first time since the late 1980s.The Bengals-Rams matchup offers a big showcase for two rising but long underdog NFL teams.
The geographic distance between the Bengals and Rams is also a plus. The Bengals are a longstanding Midwest football that had seen better days until lately.
The Rams are a team with deep roots in Los Angeles although they took a detour to St. Louis from 1994-2015. A Super Bowl win for the Rams on their second try in three years would go a long way toward cementing the team as Hollywood’s NFL franchise.
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