Super Bowl XVII

football [1983]

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Super Bowl XVII, played in 1983, saw the Washington Redskins defeat the Miami Dolphins with a score of 27-17. This game was part of the National Football League (NFL) championship series, which began in 1967 as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. The Super Bowl is contested between the champions of the NFL's two conferences, the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The Redskins' victory in Super Bowl XVII marked one of their championship wins in the league's history.1

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