Announcing the Super Bowl is the pinnacle of sports broadcasting in the United States.
Designated for the premier broadcast teams on the biggest television networks, the responsibility exceeds most any announcing job in sports.
These announcers are tasked with commentating the game to hundreds of millions of people watching around the country and world, with every stutter and hiccup under a microscope for everyone to see and hear.
For Super Bowl LIX in 2025, the television announcers will be Kevin Burkhardt (play-by-play) and Tom Brady (color commentator), with Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi serving as sideline reporters and Mike Pereira as rules expert. The game will air on FOX.
Continue reading below for a history of announcers to call the Super Bowl in the United States.
Date | Super Bowl | Play-by-play | Color Analyst(s) | Sideline Reporter(s) |
Jan. 15, 1967 | I | Ray Scott & Jack Whitaker / Curt Gowdy | Frank Gifford / Paul Christman | Pat Summerrall / Charlie Jones |
Jan. 14, 1968 | II | Ray Scott | Pat Summerall & Jack Kemp | Frank Gifford & Jack Whitaker |
Jan. 12, 1969 | III | Curt Gowdy | Al DeRogatis & Kyle Rote | Jim Simpson |
Jan. 11, 1970 | IV | Jack Buck | Pat Summerall | Frank Gifford & Jack Whitaker |
Jan. 17, 1971 | V | Curt Gowdy | Kyle Rote | Bill Enis |
Jan. 16, 1972 | VI | Ray Scott | Pat Summerall | Tom Brookshier |
Jan. 14, 1973 | VII | Curt Gowdy | Al DeRogatis | Bill Enis |
Jan. 13, 1974 | VIII | Ray Scott | Pat Summerall & Bart Starr | Tom Brookshier |
Jan. 12, 1975 | IX | Curt Gowdy | Al DeRogatis & Don Meredith | Charlie Jones |
Jan. 18, 1976 | X | Pat Summerall | Tom Brookshier & Hank Stram (4Q only) | - |
Jan. 9, 1977 | XI | Curt Gowdy | Don Meredith | - |
Jan. 15, 1978 | XII | Pat Summerall | Tom Brookshier | Paul Hornung & Nick Buoniconti |
Jan. 21, 1979 | XIII | Curt Gowdy | John Brodie & Merlin Olsen | - |
Jan. 20, 1980 | XIV | Pat Summerall | Tom Brookshier | - |
Jan. 25, 1981 | XV | Dick Enberg | Merlin Olsen | John Brodie & Len Dawson |
Jan. 24, 1982 | XVI | Pat Summerall | John Madden | Irv Cross & Phyllis George |
Jan. 30, 1983 | XVII | Dick Enberg | Merlin Olsen | Bill Macatee |
Jan. 22, 1984 | XVIII | Pat Summerall | John Madden | Irv Cross & Jim Hill |
Jan. 20, 1985 | XIX | Frank Gifford | Don Meredith & Joe Theismann | - |
Jan. 26, 1986 | XX | Dick Enberg | Merlin Olsen & Bob Griese | Bill Macatee |
Jan. 25, 1987 | XXI | Pat Summerall | John Madden | Irv Cross & Will McDonough |
Jan. 31, 1988 | XXII | Al Michaels | Frank Gifford & Dan Dierdorf | Jack Whitaker, Jim Hill & Becky Dixon |
Jan. 22, 1989 | XXIII | Dick Enberg | Merlin Olsen | Jim Gray |
Jan. 28, 1990 | XXIV | Pat Summerall | John Madden & Irv Cross | Irv Cross & Will McDonough |
Jan. 27, 1991 | XXV | Al Michaels | Frank Gifford & Dan Dierdorf | Lynn Swann & Jack Arute |
Jan. 26, 1992 | XXVI | Pat Summerall | John Madden | Lesley Visser, Pat O'Brien & Jim Gray |
Jan. 31, 1993 | XXVII | Dick Enberg | Bob Trumpy | O.J. Simpson & Todd Christensen |
Jan. 30, 1994 | XXVIII | Dick Enberg | Bob Trumpy | O.J. Simpson & Will McDonough |
Jan. 29, 1995 | XXIX | Al Michaels | Frank Gifford & Dan Dierdorf | Lynn Swann & Lesley Visser |
Jan. 28, 1996 | XXX | Dick Enberg | Phil Simms & Paul Maguire | Jim Gray & Will McDonough |
Jan. 26, 1997 | XXXI | Pat Summerall | John Madden | Ron Pitts & Bill Maas |
Jan. 25, 1998 | XXXII | Dick Enberg | Phil Simms & Paul Maguire | Jim Gray & John Dockery |
Jan. 31, 1999 | XXXIII | Pat Summerall | John Madden | Ron Pitts & Bill Maas |
Jan. 30, 2000 | XXXIV | Al Michaels | Boomer Esiason | Lesley Visser & Lynn Swann |
Jan. 28, 2001 | XXXV | Greg Gumbel | Phil Simms | Armen Keteyian & Bonnie Bernstein |
Feb. 3, 2002 | XXXVI | Pat Summerall | John Madden | Pam Oliver & Ron Pitts |
Jan. 26, 2003 | XXXVII | Al Michaels | John Madden | Melissa Stark & Lynn Swann |
Feb. 1, 2004 | XXXVIII | Greg Gumbel | Phil Simms | Armen Keteyian & Bonnie Bernstein |
Feb. 6, 2005 | XXXIX | Joe Buck | Troy Aikman & Cris Collinsworth | Pam Oliver & Chris Myers |
Feb. 5, 2006 | XL | Al Michaels | John Madden | Michele Tafoya & Suzy Kolber |
Feb. 4, 2007 | XLI | Jim Nantz | Phil Simms | Lesley Visser, Sam Ryan, Steve Tasker & Solomon Wilcots |
Feb. 3, 2008 | XLII | Joe Buck | Troy Aikman | Pam Oliver & Chris Myers |
Feb. 1, 2009 | XLIII | Al Michaels | John Madden | Andrea Kremer & Alex Flanagan |
Feb. 7, 2010 | XLIV | Jim Nantz | Phil Simms | Steve Tasker & Solomon Wilcots |
Feb. 6, 2011 | XLV | Joe Buck | Troy Aikman | Pam Oliver & Chris Myers |
Feb. 5, 2012 | XLVI | Al Michaels | Cris Collinsworth | Michele Tafoya |
Feb. 3, 2013 | XLVII | Jim Nantz | Phil Simms | Steve Tasker, Solomon Wilcots & Tracy Wolfson |
Feb. 2, 2014 | XLVIII | Joe Buck | Troy Aikman | Pam Oliver & Erin Andrews |
Feb. 1, 2015 | XLIX | Al Michaels | Cris Collinsworth | Michele Tafoya |
Feb. 7, 2016 | 50 | Jim Nantz | Phil Simms | Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn & Jay Feely |
Feb. 5, 2017 | LI | Joe Buck | Troy Aikman | Erin Andrews & Chris Myers |
Feb. 4, 2018 | LII | Al Michaels | Cris Collinsworth | Michele Tafoya |
Feb. 3, 2019 | LIII | Jim Nantz | Tony Romo | Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn & Jay Feely |
Feb. 2, 2020 | LIV | Joe Buck | Troy Aikman | Erin Andrews & Chris Myers |
Feb. 7, 2021 | LV | Jim Nantz | Tony Romo | Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn & Jay Feely |
Feb. 13, 2022 | LVI | Al Michaels | Cris Collinsworth | Michele Tafoya & Kathryn Tappen |
Feb. 12, 2023 | LVII | Kevin Burkhardt | Greg Olsen | Erin Andrews & Tom Rinaldi |
Feb. 11, 2024 | LVIII | Jim Nantz / Noah Eagle | Tony Romo / Nate Burleson | Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn & Jay Feely |
Feb. 9, 2025 | LIX | Kevin Burkhardt | Tom Brady | Erin Andrews & Tom Rinaldi |
The Super Bowl announcers are dependent on what network the game is broadcast on.
In the U.S., the broadcast rights for the Super Bowl rotate between FOX, CBS, NBC and ABC/ESPN, with each network assigning their top broadcast team to the game.
Alan Roach is the longtime Super Bowl stadium public address announcer, having announced 16 Super Bowls starting in 2006.
Outside of his annual work at the NFL’s championship game, Roach is the longtime public address announcer for the Denver Broncos and has worked events such as the FIFA World Cup, Olympics, NFL Draft and many more.