The 21st annual Puppy Bowl takes place Sunday ahead of Super Bowl 59 . Puppy Bowl XXI features puppies on Team Ruff and Team Fluff competing in a mutt-size football stadium for the Wayfair Lombarky Trophy. This year, the competition has 142 rescue puppies from 80 shelters across 40 states and two countries.

Puppy Bowl XXI, which airs Sunday afternoon on Animal Planet and other channels (see tune-in information below), will feature 142 rescue dogs from 40 states in three hours of play. Teams Ruff and Fluff will vie for the Lombarky Trophy, their rosters including eight dogs from New Jersey.

Every year, as anticipation builds for the Super Bowl, another equally heartwarming event captures the attention of animal lovers across the nation — the Puppy Bowl. This year’s spectacle was particularly special for Minnesotans as one of their own,

To the legions of spectators who will be cheering her on during this year’s Puppy Bowl, she will be known as Alice of Team Fluff.

Foxtrot, a mixed Collie and rescue pup at Pet Haven was on Team Ruff that lost to Team Fluff in a 68-66 nailbiter.