Super Bowl XLIII

This year's Super Bowl XLIII will feature the A F C champion Pittsburgh Steelers (14-4) and the N F C champion Arizona Cardinals (12-7) to decide the National Football League's (NFL) champion for 2008. Of historical note is that this game matches up two franchises that were merged into a single team for the 1944 season, in response to the depleted rosters during World War II. Pittsburgh will be going for its sixth Super Bowl win, which would place it in sole possession of the record for most Super Bowl wins, while the Cardinals are seeking their first Super Bowl win since 1947 and only the second undisputed league championship in their history.
The Cardinals will be the designated "home team", as is the case for all NFC champions in odd numbered Super Bowls. Arizona will wear their red jerseys--the team has predominantly worn red at home since moving into University of Phoenix Stadium in 2006 after predominantly wearing their white jerseys at home for their first 18 years in Arizona to combat the heat--while the Steelers will wear white jerseys for the second consecutive Super Bowl.Pittsburgh is 2-0 lifetime wearing white jerseys in the Super Bowl, wearing them as the "visiting team" against the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IX and against the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL despite being the "home team" that season due to the team's road success in the playoffs and the team consistently wearing their black jerseys in home games.