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Super Bowl* 65 103,985 per Bow Su l* BY THE NUMBERS FOR PEOPLE WHO FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T CARE ABOUT FOOTBALL CARE ABOUT FOOTBALL MOST SUPER BOWL8 APPEARANCES: THE ROMANL NUMERAL FOR 50 A 4-WAY TIE BETWEEN Recently, the NFL has used Roman the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Dallas Cowboys, numerals to identify the gladiator-like games, the New England Patriots, and (if you include but they must not like the “L” because it won’t Super Bowl 50) the Denver Broncos be used to identify this year’s game MOST SUPER BOWL WINS: PITTSBURGH STEELERS $5 MILLION 6 THE COST FOR A 30-SECOND COMMERCIAL IN SUPER BOWL 50 MOST SUPER BOWL LOSSES: DENVER BRONCOS 5 $42,000 THE COST OF A 30-SECOND COMMERCIAL IN SUPER BOWL IV 8 TEAMS HAVE WON BACK-TO-BACK SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS: $25,000 the Green Bay Packers, the Miami Dolphins, COST OF THE LOMBARDI TROPHY, the Denver Broncos, the San Francisco 49ers, made by Tiffany & Co., which is awarded the Dallas Cowboys, the Pittsburgh Steelers, to Super Bowl champions and the New England Patriots 4 TEAMS NFL TEAMS WHO HAVE NEVER APPEARED IN A SUPER BOWL: THE AVERAGE # the Cleveland Browns, the Jacksonville Jaguars, OF PEOPLE AT A the Detroit Lions, and the Houston Texans SUPER BOWL PARTY 17 MOST INDIVIDUAL SUPER BOWL WINS: 9 MILLION POUNDS Charles Haley (with the San Francisco OF GUACAMOLE WILL BE EATEN 5 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys) DURING SUPER BOWL 50 MOST INDIVIDUAL 1.25 BILLION SUPER BOWL WINS FOR A CHICKEN WINGS WILL BE EATEN QUARTERBACK: DURING SUPER BOWL 50 A 3-way tie between Tom Brady, Joe 4 Montana, and Terry Bradshaw 14,500 TONS OF CHIPS WILL BE EATEN 4 Times DURING SUPER BOWL 50 A TEAM HAS LOST ALL SUPER BOWL GAMES THEY’VE PLAYED the Minnesota Vikings and the Buffalo Bills 12.5 MILLION PIZZAS WILL BE CONSUMED DURING SUPER BOWL 50 # OF FOOTBALLS THAT WILL BE USED 325 MILLION GALLONS OF BEER WILL BE DRUNK 72 DURING THE GAME DURING SUPER BOWL 50 LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY IN SUPER BOWL 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE HISTORY, FROM 1990’S WILL CALL IN SICK THE DAY SUPER BOWL XXIV, when the San Francisco 45 AFTER SUPER BOWL 50 49ers clobbered the points (maybe because of all the chips, Denver Broncos, 55-10 guacamole, and chicken wings?) MILLION 108 yards VIEWERS YARDS IN THE LONGEST PLAY IN 14.4 For 2015’s Super Bowl XLIX SUPER BOWL HISTORY (Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots), Baltimore Ravens’ Jacoby Jones the most-watched telecast in U.S. history returned a punt for a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers in 2013’s Super Bowl XLVII 103,985LARGEST EVER # OF SUPER0 BOWL GAMES SUPER BOWL CROWD THAT HAVE GONE INTO OVERTIME From 1980’s Super Bowl XIV (Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Los Angeles Rams) in the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California MOST APPEARANCES AS A STARTING QUARTERBACK IN A SUPER BOWL HEIDI BOWL TOM BRADY (6) # OF SECONDS65 TELEVISION VIEWERS MISSED OF THE MOST INDIVIDUAL SUPER BOWL TOUCHDOWN CATCHES: INFAMOUS “HEIDI BOWL,” A REGULAR-SEASON GAME BETWEEN JERRY RICE (8) THE OAKLAND RAIDERS AND THE VISITING NEW YORK JETS. For some reason, with just about a MOST INTERCEPTIONS THROWN BY A minute remaining in regulation play, NBC QUARTERBACK IN A SINGLE GAME: switched from the football game to a made- for-TV version of Heidi starring Jennifer Edwards and Maximilian Schell. During these 65 seconds, the Oakland Raiders scored two RICH CANNON (5) touchdowns in nine seconds to beat the of the Oakland Raiders in 2003’s New York Jets. The game was held on Super Bowl XXXVII November 17, 1968. * This infographic refers to the annual championship game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champs and the American Football Conference (AFC) champs of the National Football League as the “Super Bowl” under nominative fair use. We are not claiming to be in any way officially associated with the NFL, and this infographic is not sanctioned or approved by the NFL. news.leavitt.com.
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