Background
NFL owners awarded the hosting of Super Bowl XX to New Orleans, Louisiana on December 14, 1982. This was the sixth time that New Orleans hosted the Super Bowl. Tulane Stadium was the site of Super Bowls IV, VI, and IX; while the Louisiana Superdome previously hosted XII and XV.
Through 2011, Super Bowl XX remains the last Super Bowl to feature two teams both making their first appearance in the game. It was the third overall following Super Bowl III and Super Bowl XVI. Any future Super Bowl that would have such a combination would have to have the Detroit Lions playing either the Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, or Jacksonville Jaguars in the game. Both the Lions and Browns won NFL championships before the Super Bowl era. It was also the last Super Bowl until Super Bowl XXXIV between the St. Louis Rams and Tennessee Titans to feature two teams who had never previously won a Super Bowl.
The nation's recognition of the Bears' accomplishment was overshadowed by the explosion of the Challenger two days later, an event which caused the cancellation of the Bears' post-Super Bowl White House visit; the surviving members of the team eventually would be invited to the White House in 2011.
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