One of the most popular sporting events in the world, Super Bowl has many hidden facts in its history. Here we have revealed all these facts for you.
The Super Bowl is one of the most famous Football tournaments in United States. Played between the winners of the AFC (American Football Conference) and the NFC (National Football Conference) formerly known as the NFL (National Football League) and the AFL (American Football League). The Super Bowl is a craze among U.S. fans and the championship game is one of the most watched broadcasts on TV every year. Also the merchandise related to the game like the Super Bowl trophy replica is sold overnight during the game season. Well that’s about the game but here we have some real interesting facts about the game you must know.
The Super Bowl Facts
The first Super Bowl game was played between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City on January 15, 1967. Kansas City was defeated by the Green Bay Packers with a 35-10 score. Played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the price money distribution was uneven with each Green Bay Packers’ player receiving a bonus of $15,000 while Kansas City players only got $7,500.
Being the most watched broadcast of the year on American television is nothing new about Super Bowl but in 2011 it hit the record when 111 million viewers watched the championship game making it the most watched TV broadcast in American history. It broke the record of MASH which had the title of most watched TV show for 20 years.
Going by the world stats, Super Bowl is the second most watched sporting event in the world after the annual UEFA Championship League's final game.
The popularity of the game makes it one of the most expensive TV shows to be advertised on. Placing a commercial of 30 seconds during Super Bowl game will cost an average of $2.8 million. The cost has gone up exponentially as compared to earlier years when it would cost between 75,000 and 85,000 for 60 seconds commercial.
The Super Bowl Sunday is interestingly the second-largest day for food consumption after Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Don’t be surprised when we tell you that during Super Bowl Sunday on an approximate 8 million pounds of guacamole are eaten and to accompany guacamole around 14,500 tons of chips are devoured.
As the Super Bowl game falls in two calendar years the roman numerals are used to name the game for instance Super Bowl XV. Total of 72 footballs are used in the Super Bowl game but each year NFL buys more than 700,000 footballs.
Holding the record of all wins and no losses is the San Francisco 49ers. They are also the only team to play in more than one Super Bowl.
The San Francisco Hall of Famer, Jerry Rice has the highest touchdown passes caught in the Super Bowl at 8.
In the honor of the Green Bay Packers coach, Vince Lombardi, the Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the winners of NFL Super Bowl. The trophy costs $25,000 which is one of the most expensive trophies. The replica Lombardi trophy is equally popular among fans.
These are some interesting Super Bowl facts.
Resource box: Every Super Bowl fan likes to known the replica Lombardi trophy. However not everyone is aware of some interesting super bowl trophy replica facts.