<Ul> <Li> The Atlanta Falcons came off the 1998 season finishing 14--2 season and being losing finalists in Super Bowl XXXIII . Next year, they were the host team of Super Bowl XXXIV but ending up with a 5--11 record and missed the playoffs, in part due to an injury to running back Jamal Anderson who suffered a season--ending knee injury in second game of the 1999 season . </Li> <Li> The Indianapolis Colts were in a rare situation at the end of the 2011 season, becoming the fourth host team of a Super Bowl to have the worst record in the NFL for their particular season . This also happened to the 1973 Houston Oilers (Super Bowl VIII), the 1980 New Orleans Saints (Super Bowl XV), and the 1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Super Bowl XVIII). </Li> <Li> The New Orleans Saints, whose home stadium (the Mercedes - Benz Superdome) hosted Super Bowl XLVII, were eliminated from post--season contention in Week 16 and finished 7--9 for the 2012 season . The team had a 13--3 record in the 2009 season following by winning Super Bowl XLIV, a 11--5 record in the 2010 season, and then a 13--3 record in the 2011 season . Some media outlets such as Fox Sports and Sports Illustrated have claimed that the home field curse was in effect in 2012 . However, the Saints were affected heavily by the bounty scandal, which resulted in Commissioner Roger Goodell imposing disciplinary action on the team which included the suspension of several coaches and players for the season, particularly head coach Sean Payton and former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams who were banned for the entire year . </Li> <Li> The hosts curse had a wider effect on the Los Angeles Chargers when they played in San Diego . Every time San Diego has hosted the Super Bowl, an AFC West rival has represented the AFC: the Broncos in Super Bowl XXII and XXXII--the Broncos winning the latter--and the Raiders in XXXVII . Besides San Diego, the other instances where a divisional rival of the host has played in the Super Bowl were: Super Bowl III, which the New York Jets won in the Miami Dolphins' Orange Bowl; Super Bowl XXX, which the Dallas Cowboys won in the Arizona Cardinals' Sun Devil Stadium; the St. Louis Rams, who won Super Bowl XXXIV in the Atlanta Falcons' Georgia Dome and lost Super Bowl XXXVI in the New Orleans Saints' Louisiana Superdome; and the Seattle Seahawks, who played in Super Bowl XLIX in the Arizona Cardinals' University of Phoenix Stadium . </Li> <Li> Super Bowl XLVIII had the distinction of having two host teams: the New York Jets, and the New York Giants, as both play their home games at MetLife Stadium . Although it was conceivably possible to make NFL history as the first ever Super Bowl with two host teams playing against each other on the same turf, both teams were eliminated from postseason contention in week 15 of the 2013 regular season . That season the Giants got off to an 0--6 start . </Li> <Li> Super Bowl 50 was held at Levi's Stadium and during the 2015 offseason, the San Francisco 49ers parted ways with highly successful coach Jim Harbaugh as a result of going 8--8 in the 2014 season and a power struggle with general manager Trent Baalke . Under Harbaugh from 2011--14, the team reached the NFC Championship Game three straight times and narrowly lost Super Bowl XLVII, a dramatic improvement as prior to his hiring the 49ers had not had a winning season nor playoff win since 2002 . CEO Jed York replaced Harbaugh by promoting defensive line coach Jim Tomsula, a highly criticized hiring motivated by York's desire to have full control of the franchise rather than hiring the best possible candidate for the job . This move subsequently led to many assistant coaches refusing to serve on Tomsula's coaching staff . Furthermore, the 49ers were also affected by the unexpected retirements of Patrick Willis, Chris Borland, and Anthony Davis, who were all in their prime of their careers, the free agent departures of Frank Gore and Mike Iupati, and the release of Aldon Smith after getting arrested again . With an unprecedented roster turnover, the 49ers would struggle to a 5--11 season with Colin Kaepernick ending the season on injured reserve after being benched . The 49ers would ultimately be eliminated from the postseason in Week 14 of the 2015 regular season and Tomsula would be fired after just one season . </Li> <Li> The most recent team to qualify to play in the NFL playoffs in the same season it was scheduled to host the Super Bowl is the 2017 Minnesota Vikings . The Vikings' new home stadium, US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis will host Super Bowl LII . The Minnesota Vikings received a first round bye and played in the divisional round, defeating the Saints, 29 - 24, but lost 7 - 38 to the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game . The Vikings' upset loss to the Eagles has been attributed to some as the Super Bowl home field curse, as the Vikings were the three - point favorites and had that season's top - ranked defense in the league entering the NFC Championship, while the Eagles had to field backup quarterback Nick Foles who hadn't thrown for more than 300 yards in a game since 2014 . The Vikings franchise overall has had numerous playoff disappointments, including four defeats in the Super Bowl, and the 1998 NFC Championship Game loss . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Atlanta Falcons came off the 1998 season finishing 14--2 season and being losing finalists in Super Bowl XXXIII . Next year, they were the host team of Super Bowl XXXIV but ending up with a 5--11 record and missed the playoffs, in part due to an injury to running back Jamal Anderson who suffered a season--ending knee injury in second game of the 1999 season . </Li> <Li> The Indianapolis Colts were in a rare situation at the end of the 2011 season, becoming the fourth host team of a Super Bowl to have the worst record in the NFL for their particular season . This also happened to the 1973 Houston Oilers (Super Bowl VIII), the 1980 New Orleans Saints (Super Bowl XV), and the 1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Super Bowl XVIII). </Li> <Li> The New Orleans Saints, whose home stadium (the Mercedes - Benz Superdome) hosted Super Bowl XLVII, were eliminated from post--season contention in Week 16 and finished 7--9 for the 2012 season . The team had a 13--3 record in the 2009 season following by winning Super Bowl XLIV, a 11--5 record in the 2010 season, and then a 13--3 record in the 2011 season . Some media outlets such as Fox Sports and Sports Illustrated have claimed that the home field curse was in effect in 2012 . However, the Saints were affected heavily by the bounty scandal, which resulted in Commissioner Roger Goodell imposing disciplinary action on the team which included the suspension of several coaches and players for the season, particularly head coach Sean Payton and former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams who were banned for the entire year . </Li>

Teams that have won the superbowl at home