Editing Super Bowl XIX (section)

==Pregame news and notes==
This was the second time a team could have been considered a home team for a Super Bowl, with Stanford just {{convert|30|mi}} away from San Francisco proper - Stanford is actually {{convert|15|mi}} closer to the city than [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]], where the 49ers play [[Levi's Stadium|home]] games today. The 49ers' practice facility was located in [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]] at the time, just {{convert|5|mi}} from Stanford Stadium. Promotion for the Super Bowl also contributed to that feeling with many photographs of the [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]] near San Francisco landmarks such as the [[Golden Gate Bridge]]. Thus, the 49ers were considered the only team to have won the Super Bowl at home until the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] achieved the same feat in [[Super Bowl LV]] in 2021. The [[Los Angeles Rams]] also played near home at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] in [[Pasadena, California]] in [[Super Bowl XIV]], but lost to the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]. In February 2022 the Rams beat the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] in [[Super Bowl LVI]] at [[SoFi Stadium]] in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], their home since 2020.

The 49ers, as the [[Super Bowl#Home team designation|designated home team]] in the annual rotation between AFC and NFC teams, wore their home red uniforms and gold pants. The Dolphins wore their all-white road uniforms.

This would be the final Super Bowl where a regular position player wore the classic duck bill 2 bar face mask (Dolphins wide receiver [[Mark Duper]]).