No. Strictly speaking. No team played in their home stadium. It could happen but luck of the draw, with so many teams, so many Superbowl locations, it hasn't. But there are two close calls.
The closest you get (Happy to be corrected) was Los Angeles Rams in 1980. It was at the Rose Bowl. Pasadena. 10 miles away. They were from LA. That did little good as the home crowd were "soft" fans, many had booed them before their winning streak late in the season.
The team, in turn, were angry at the fans for lack of respect. Pretty far from Twelfth Man. BTW best Super Bowl of the 50 in my opinion. Those angry Rams players took it out on the Steelers, and absent one mistake and some good Steeler playing at the end of the game, would have shocked the world.
I am reminded that SuperBowl XIX was played in the Bay Area (at Stanford) and the 49ers won that Superbowl in 1985, about 30 miles from Candlestick Park. Not surprisingly, the crowd looks a little red-ish...
The 49ers of the 1980's didn't need home field that much... They ripped Marino to shreds.
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