With the big game just days away, when the AFC champion Denver Broncos play host to Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers, I put together a tip sheet for Sunday’s Super Bowl.
I hope you find it helpful.
A Footnote: Because of concerns over using just “L'' to designate Super Bowl 50 in their logo, the NFL decided to ditch the roman numeral to designate the Super Bowl for 2016. The roman numerals will return in 2017 for Super Bowl LI.
Super Bowl 50
The Super Bowl 50 Host Committee official Web site: www.sfbaysuperbowl.com
Site: Levi’s® Stadium, Santa Clara, California
Date: February 7, 2016
National Anthem: Will be sung by Lady Gaga
Kickoff: 6:30 P.M. Eastern Time
Average Ticket Price for Super Bowl 50: $4,957, according to SeatGeek (an event ticket marketplace and aggregator of sports, concert, and theater tickets).
Winning Team Share: $102,000 each player
Losing Team: Share $51,000 each player
Point Spread: Panthers favored by 6 points
Halftime show: Coldplay, Bruno Mars, Beyonce
SUPER BOWL TEAMS
Denver Broncos (Home Team – wearing white jerseys) (http://www.denverbroncos.com/ )
Carolina Panthers (Away Team – wearing black jerseys) (http://www.panthers.com/ )
Previous Super Bowl Appearances
Denver Broncos: 7 (Record: 2-5)
Carolina Panthers: 1 (Record: (0-1)
ANNOUNCERS
Jim Nantz and Phil Simms for CBS call the action, along with Tracy Wolfson and Evan Washburn reporting. This will be the network’s 19th Super Bowl overall.
Super Bowl 50 will be televised live in more than 170 countries and territories. Countries broadcasting the game with on-site crews include: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.
Super Bowl 50 will be broadcast live in nearly 25 languages, including nine different languages from Levi Stadium: Mandarin Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish.
OFFICIALS
Seven officials and five alternates, all appointed by the Commissioner’s office.
TROPHY
The Vince Lombardi Trophy was named for the late Vince Lombardi before Super Bowl V.
The trophy is a regulation-size silver football mounted in a kicking position on a pyramid like stand of three concave sides. The trophy stands 20.75 inches tall, weighs 107.3 ounces, and is valued in excess of $25,000. The words Vince Lombardi and Super Bowl 50 are engraved on the base along with the NFL shield.
- To date, 3,805,226 have attended Super Bowl games. The largest crowd was 103,985 at Super Bowl XIV (1980), which was played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
- Super Bowl XLIX (2015) was watched by an average of 114.4 million viewers, making it the most-watched telecast in television history.
- The use of Roman numerals to designate Super Bowls began with game V (1971), won by the Baltimore Colts over the Dallas Cowboys.
- Super Bowl XXXVI (Feb, 2002) was the first sporting event to be tagged a “National Special Security Event,” a designation by the Federal Government that makes the Secret Service the coordinating agency.
- Super Bowl 50 Ad Rate: $5 million for 30 seconds.
ESPN: By the Numbers
- 104.1 Million—Number of viewers expected to tune into the network’s various Super Bowl platforms this week.
- 117—Number of countries that will be watching
- 150—Number of hotel rooms occupied by ESPN and its subcontractors
- 90—Number of hours of coverage
- 25—Number of on-air commentators
On Super Bowl Sunday, Americans will eat 30 million pounds of snacks including:
- 11.2 million pounds of potato chips
- 8.2 million pounds of tortilla chips
- 4.3 million pounds of pretzels
- 3.8 million pounds of popcorn
- 2.5 million pounds of nuts
- An estimated 189 million Americans are expected to watch Super Bowl 50, according to the National Retail Federation.
- According to the National Chicken Council’s 2016 Wing Report, 3 billion wings will be eaten next weekend leading up to and during Super Bowl 50, a figure that is up 3 percent or 37.5 million wings, from last year’s big game.
According to Information Resources Inc. (IRI), a market research company:
- $54.8 million was spent on dips and spreads during the week leading up to the Super Bowl last year.
- Beer is the No. 1 product category by sales dollars, generating $583 million in sales, outpacing liquor, which drove sales of $109 million.
- Salty snacks constitute the leading category by units, generating $438 million in sales.
- With $277 million in sales, natural cheese accounts for the majority of cheese sales during the week leading up to the Super Bowl.
According to an estimate released by the American Gaming Association (AGA), Americans will bet $4.2 billion on Super Bowl 50 between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers, up eight percent over last year.
In 2015 during the Super Bowl, there were 28 million tweets and 65 million users generated 265 million posts, comments, and likes on Facebook.
Individual Super Bowl Records
Most Super Bowl Appearances
9-Dan Reeves: Running Back for Dallas Cowboys (Super Bowl V and VI) Cowboys assistant coach (Super Bowls X, XI, XIII), Denver Broncos head coach (Super Bowls XI, XII, XXIV) and Atlanta Falcons head coach (Super Bowl XXXIII).
Most Touchdowns in a Super Bowl
Jerry Rice-8, over 4 games with San Francisco and Oakland.
Most Touchdowns in a Game
3-Roger Craig, San Francisco vs Miami, Super Bowl XIX
Completions: Most Passes Completed Career
164-Tom Brady, New England over 6 games
Most Passes Completed Game
37 -Tom Brady, New England vs Seattle XLIX
Most Consecutive Completions, Game
16 Tom Brady vs NY Giants XLVI
Most Yards Gained, Career
354 Franco Harris, Pittsburgh over 4 games
Most Points, Game
55 San Francisco vs Denver Super Bowl XXIV
- 48 players have won Super Bowls with more than one team.
- 29 coaches have won Super Bowls with more than one team.
- 20 have won Super Bowls both as a player and coach.
- 16 father and sons have reached the Super Bowl
- 25 sets of brothers of reached the Super Bowl
-Bill Lucey
February 3, 2016
Source: NFL, National Retail Federation, GroceryHeadquarters.com
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