<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> ← LI </Li> <Li> Super Bowl </Li> <Li> LIII → </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> ← LI </Li> <Li> Super Bowl </Li> <Li> LIII → </Li> </Ul> <P> Super Bowl LII was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2017 season . The National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles defeated the American Football Conference (AFC) and defending Super Bowl LI champion New England Patriots, 41--33, to win their first Super Bowl and their first NFL title since 1960 . The game was played on February 4, 2018, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota . This was the second time that a Super Bowl was played in Minneapolis, the northernmost city to ever host the event, after Super Bowl XXVI at the Metrodome during the 1991 season, and the sixth Super Bowl held in a cold - weather city . </P> <P> New England finished the regular season with an AFC - best 13--3 record, then extended their record Super Bowl appearances to ten, their third in four years, and their eighth under the leadership of head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady . Philadelphia also finished the regular season with an NFC - best 13--3 record, a year after Dallas did it in 2016, but became underdogs entering the playoffs after starting quarterback Carson Wentz suffered a season - ending injury late in the regular season and was replaced by journeyman backup Nick Foles . Still, the Eagles advanced to their third Super Bowl appearance, having previously lost to the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XV and to the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX . </P>

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