Entertainment-wise, the National Football League’s championship game is, by far, the most attention-generating event in North America. Every year, advertisers spend massive chunks of their annual marketing budgets just to get a few seconds of air time during the final NFL broadcast of the season, which has become a quasi-religious spectacle over the past few decades, and in many ways, gets viewed as a national holiday of sorts.
Post-2018, with the rise of Super Bowl betting sites, after the fall of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, the NFL has gotten a sizeable popularity boost, and their premium event has attained an even grander status. That has happened because the growth of the US gambling sector has permitted people to become even more engaged in the NFL final. What follows is a set of twenty noteworthy facts about the NFL’s championship match that have been etched in football history from 1967 onwards. These are bits of trivia that could win readers prizes on quiz shows and various other contests, so read them carefully. And be sure to memorize a few.
20. The Bowl Drew the Best Audience Ever
On average, the Super Bowl broadcast, since 2010, has notched a viewing US TV audience that traditionally has surpassed one hundred million people. In 2015, this figure amounted to 114 million, the highest ever.
19. A Team Gets 108 Balls Per Super Bowl
Yes, that number is not an exaggeration. Each team gets 54 balls they can use during their practice leading up to the big game and 54 more for the match itself.
18. Tom Brady Has 21 Super Bowl Touchdowns
The Pharaoh, Tom Terrific, the Goat, or whatever people call him, is the undisputed king of Bowl touchdowns with twenty-one to his name. He has a passer rating of 97.7 and has gone 277-of-421 on pass attempts.
17. A 30-Sec Ad Costs $7 Million
In 2000, the price tag was $2.2 million. And in the late 1960s, it was only a few dozen thousand.
16. Host Cities Should Not Have a Climate Lower Than 50 Degrees
Unless they have a retractable dome or have a roof by default, and in retrospect, out of the entire Super Bowl catalog, only four host cities have been from the northern part of the US.
15. The Super Bowl Is the Second-Highest Day for Eating in the US
Only Thanksgiving beats it in this category.
14. 12 NFL Teams Have Never Won an NFL Title
They are the Falcons, Panthers, Cardinals, Bills, Vikings, Titans, Chargers, Lions, Browns, Texans, Bengals, and Jaguars.
13. In 2013, the First Brother Coaches Competed
Super Bowl XLVII pitted brothers Jim and John Harbaugh against each other, the head coaches of the 49ers and Ravens.
12. Four Teams Have Never Played in the Super Bowl
They are the Jaguars, the Texans, the Lions, and the Browns.
11. The Patriots Have the Most Finals Ever
They have eleven NFL Super Bowl appearances.
10. The Tickets for the First Bowl Were the Cheapest
Their average price was $12. For comparison, the average price in 2022 was $7,542.
9. Only Once Was a Losing Team Player Named MVP
That happened only in Super Bowl V when Chuck Howley of the Cowboys won this honor, even though Dallas lost 16-13 to the Colts.
8. The Highest Winning Score Was in 1990
In a game played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, the 49ers beat the Broncos 55-10.
7. The Lowest Scoring Game was in 2019
Only sixteen points were scored at Super Bowl LIII at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta when the Patriots triumphed over the Rams with a score of thirteen to three.
6. In 1993, the Halftime Show Got Viewed by More People Than the Game
1993 marked the start of the halftime show era, as Michael Jackson was asked to help the NFL’s dwindling Super Bowl ratings. The King of Pop did just that by increasing the average audience from 79 million the year before to almost 91 million.
5. The First Bowl to Go into Overtime was LI
And it remains the only one so far. In it, the Patriots defeated the Falcons thirty-four to twenty-eight.
4. Bowl Halftimes Are Longer Than Traditional Ones
They can last up to thirty minutes, compared to the standard league twelve-to-seventeen-minute breaks.
3. Two Teams Have the Most Wins
The Steelers and the Patriots share this spot with six NFL trophies apiece.
2. The Broncos and Patriots Have the Most Bowl Losses
They both have lost the final five times.
1. Miami Has Hosted the Super Bowl Eleven Times
From 1968 to 1979, Miami hosted five NFL championship games at the Orange Bowl. Plus, from 1989 onwards, another six at the Hard Rock Stadium.
To Sum Up
These are only twenty random compelling trifle bits of data regarding America’s most uniting event. Loads more lay to get discovered by those who wish to learn more about football history. Another worth mentioning is that Super Bowl XLV was the only Bowl without cheerleaders.
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