Super Bowl halftime shows from XIV to XXVI

Super Bowl XIV

• Date: January 20, 1980
• Location: Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
• Theme: A Salute to the Big Band Era
• Performers: Up with People, Grambling State University Marching Bands

Super Bowl XV

• Date: January 25, 1981
• Location: Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• Theme: Mardi Gras Festival
• Performers: Southern University Marching Band, Helen O'Connell
• Producer: Jim Skinner

Super Bowl XVI

• Date: January 24, 1982
• Location: Pontiac Silverdome (Pontiac, Michigan)
• Theme: Salute to the 1960s and Motown
• Performer: Up with People

Super Bowl XVII

• Date: January 30, 1983
• Location: Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
• Theme: KaleidoSUPERscope
• Performer: Los Angeles Super Drill Team
• Producer: Bob Jani

Super Bowl XVIII

• Date: January 22, 1984
• Location: Tampa Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
• Theme: Salute to Superstars of Silver Screen
• Performers: University of Florida and Florida State University Marching Bands
• Producer: The Walt Disney Company
• Setlist:
  • Introduction by Phyllis George
  • "Hooray for Hollywood"
  • "You Oughta Be in Pictures"
  • "Steppin' Out with My Baby"
  • "Puttin' on the Ritz"
  • "42nd Street"
  • "When You Wish Upon a Star"

Super Bowl XIX

• Date: January 20, 1985
• Location: Stanford Stadium (Stanford, California)
• Theme: World of Children's Dreams
• Performer: Tops In Blue
• Producer: Air Force Entertainment

Super Bowl XX

• Date: January 26, 1986
• Location: Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• Theme: Beat of the Future
• Performer: Up with People

Super Bowl XXI

• Date: January 25, 1987
• Location: Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
• Theme: Salute to Hollywood's 100th Anniversary - The World of Make Believe
• Performers: George Burns, Mickey Rooney, Grambling State University and USC Marching Bands, Disney characters, Southern California-area high school drill teams and dancers
• Producer: The Walt Disney Company
• Setlist:
  • "Ghost Riders in the Sky"
  • Theme songs from Bonanza, Indiana Jones, and Footloose
  • Hoedown song
  • "Cheek to Cheek"
  • "What a Feeling" (Theme from Flashdance)
  • "That's Entertainment"
  • "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
  • "When You Wish Upon a Star"

Super Bowl XXII

• Date: January 31, 1988
• Location: Jack Murphy Stadium (San Diego, California)
• Theme: Something Grand
• Performers: Chubby Checker, The Rockettes, 88 grand pianos, and the combined San Diego State University Marching Aztecs and USC Marching Bands
• Producer: Radio City Music Hall

Super Bowl XXIII

• Date: January 22, 1989
• Location: Joe Robbie Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
• Theme: 1950's Rock and Roll (Be Bop Bamboozled in 3-D)
• Performers: Elvis Presto, South Florida-area dancers and performers
• Producer: MagicCom Entertainment, Dan Witkowski
• Sponsor: Diet Coke
• Setlist:
  • Introduction by Bob Costas and 3-D commercial for Diet Coke
  • "Rock This Town"
  • audience participation card trick
  • "Tutti Frutti"
  • "Do You Love Me"
  • "Devil with a Blue Dress On"
  • "Great Balls of Fire"
  • "Greased Lightnin'"
  • "True Love"

Super Bowl XXIV

• Date: January 28, 1990
• Location: Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• Theme: Salute to New Orleans & 40th Anniversary of Peanuts
• Performers: Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw, Irma Thomas, Nicholls State University Marching Band, Southern University Marching Band, USL Marching Band
• Producer: Select Productions
• References:
• Setlist:
  • "(Up A) Lazy River"
  • "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee"
  • "Here Comes the Showboat"
  • "When the Saints Go Marching In" (Pete Fountain on clarinet)
  • "Happy Birthday to You"

Super Bowl XXV

• Date: January 27, 1991
• Location: Tampa Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
• Theme: Small World Tribute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl
• Performers: New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), Disney characters, Warren Moon, 2,000 local children, audience card stunt
• Producer: The Walt Disney Company
• Sponsor: Walt Disney World and The Coca-Cola Company
• Setlist:
  • "It's a Small World After All"/ "We Are the World"/ "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" (children)
  • "Step by Step" (NKOTB)
  • "This One's For The Children" (NKOTB and children)
  • "It's a Small World After All" (children)
• Notes: The airing of this halftime show was delayed until after the conclusion of the game due to ABC News coverage of Operation Desert Storm

Super Bowl XXVI

• Date: January 26, 1992
• Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• Theme: Winter Magic, salute to 1992 Winter Olympics
• Performers: Gloria Estefan, Olympic Figure skaters Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill, members of the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team, and the University of Minnesota Marching Band
• Producer: Timberline Productions
• Setlist:
  • "Winter Magic"
  • "Walking in a Winter Wonderland"
  • "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"
  • "Frosty" (University of Minnesota Marching Band)
  • "One Moment in Time" (featuring Brian Boitano and Dorthy Hamill)
  • "Don't Stop Me Now" (featuring members of the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team)
  • "Live for Loving You" (Gloria Estefan)
  • "Get on Your Feet" (Gloria Estefan)
• Notes: During the halftime, rival network Fox aired a special live episode of In Living Color, one of the first deliberate attempts at counter-programming. The show drew over 22 million viewers away from the Super Bowl telecast. In mid-1992, citing this, Select Productions pitched the concept of exclusively featuring live concert-type performances from top contemporary musical artists. The concept and pitch is attributed to Select Productions' employee Rick Lewis and prompted the change of the 1993 halftime show to showcase Michael Jackson.