See The Precious Pups Representing An Iowa Shelter In Puppy Bowl XXII

Football is great but the Puppy Bowl is elite.

Super Bowl Sunday is just an American classic of a day: beer, food, football, more beer, funny commercials, and a celebrity halftime show. And also, the Puppy Bowl.

Cute adoptable pups from shelters across the country "play football" in the Pupularity Playoffs in Puppy Bowl XXII. For yet another year, an Iowa shelter is being represented in the game by 4 puppers.

AHeinz 57 Pet Rescue and Transport in DeSoto, Iowa will have 3 players on Team Ruff and 1 player on Team Fluff.

Asiago- Team Ruff

Atticus- Team Fluff

Boopsie- Team Ruff

Dandelion- Team Ruff

AHeinz 57 has more adorable puppers up for adoption. You can see that list here.

16 starting lineup players will compete for the 'Most Pupular' title. There's over 100 pups in the Puppy Bowl, so here's the roster for that cute scroll.

Meanwhile, the Puppy Bowl will be on February 8th at 1:00 p.m. CST on Animal Planet as the pups compete for the beloved Lombarky Trophy.

The Puppy Bowl is turning 21 this year after first airing during Super Bowl 2005. At the time, the scheduling team figured out a great way to attract viewers was to point a camera at puppies on a mini-football field (kind of like a yule log during Christmas). The idea of the Puppy Bowl started as a "joke" but they actually got the green light from Warner Bros/Discovery.