SB LIV Fun Facts
- San Francisco and Kansas City teams last met to determine a major sports championship in the 2014 World Series. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals, four games to three.
- For the first time in Super Bowl history, the primary color of both teams is red. For the big game, the Chiefs will wear red jerseys and the 49ers will wear white jerseys.
- Upcoming Super Bowl locations are Tampa (2021), Los Angeles (2022), Glendale, Arizona (2023) and New Orleans (2024).
- Fox will be broadcasting the Super Bowl for a ninth time. Fox also will air the 2023 Super Bowl, the last game under the current broadcasting agreement between the NFL and the broadcast networks. The three networks pay about $3 billion each year.
- Joe Buck will provide play-by-play and Troy Aikman color commentary for the game on Fox. Both will be broadcasting the game for a sixth time. Pat Summerall all announced 11 Super Bowls, more than anyone else, followed by Al Michaels at ten. Michaels is expected to tie Summerall next year when NBC televises Super Bowl LV.
- One in seven Americans orders take-out food, with 60% of the orders being pizza.
- Super Bowl weekend is the second biggest week of grilling after the Fourth of July.
- On Super Sunday, there are 325.5 gallons of beer consumed and 1.25 billion chicken wings, eight million pounds of popcorn and 28 million pounds of potato chips eaten.
- 47% of males say watching the game is the most important part of Super Bowl LIV compared to 19% for females. Females are more likely than males to say the commercials (20% to 13%), the half-time show (14% to 7%) and fun food that is prepared (6% to 4%) are the most important part of the Super Bowl. 11% of males and females responded that getting together with friends is the most important part of the game.
- NFC/NFL teams have won 27 Super Bowls and AFC/AFL teams have won 26.
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Noticed Getch had a post that gave some interesting info in his thread title "Info"...
Super Bowl History
First team to score…
The team that scored first has won eight of the last nine and 10 of the last 12 Super Bowls.
The team that scored first has won 67.9 percent of the time (36-17).
When the first score was a TD (25 times), the team won 68.0 percent of the time (17-8).
When the first score was a FG (25 times), the team won 64.0 percent of the time (16-9).
When the first score was a safety (3 times), the team won 100 percent of the time (3-0).
Kansas City has scored first in the Super Bowl only once in their two appearances (1-0 on FG as the first score).
The San Francisco 49ers have scored first in the Super Bowl four times in their six appearances, going 4-0 in those games (3-0 on TD as the first score, 1-0 on FG as the first score).
Team When Scoring First....When Not Scoring First
49ers 9-3 SU (+14)........6-0 SU (+5.83)
Chiefs 6-3 SU (+9.44).......8-1 SU (+9.89)Comment -
End of First Quarter
The team leading at the end of the first quarter has won 71.8 percent of the time, including the last six Super Bowls and eight of the last nine.
No team leading by more than 10 points at the end of the first quarter has EVER lost a Super Bowl.
Teams that had a lead at the end of the first quarter have won six straight Super Bowls. (Note this does not include years when the score was tied at the end of the first quarter.)
Teams that are scoreless at the end of the first quarter and whose opponents are not are 6-20 SU (23.1%).
Teams leading by less than seven points at the end of the first quarter are 11-7 SU (61.1%).
Teams leading by seven points or more at the end of the first quarter are 17-4 SU (81.0%).
Teams leading by three points or less at the end of the first quarter are 8-5 SU (61.5%).
Teams leading by more than three points at the end of the first quarter are 20-6 SU (76.9%).
Team Leading at End of 1st Quarter.....Not Leading at End of 1st Quarter
49ers 7-1 SU (+19)......4-0 SU (+4.75)
Chiefs 6-2 SU (+14)......7-2 SU (+6.56)Comment -
HalfTime
The team leading at halftime has won 78.0 percent of the time (39-11 SU).
Only one team leading by more than seven points at halftime has EVER lost a Super Bowl (Falcons vs Patriots).
No team has EVER come back to win when held scoreless in the first half.
Teams leading by three points or less at half have lost five of nine times.
Teams leading by four points or less at half have lost seven out of 14 times.
Team Leading at Halftime.......Not Leading at Halftime
49ers 10-1 SU (+14.82).......3-1 SU (+6.25)
Chiefs 12-1 SU (+14.08).....0-2 SU (-6.50)Comment -
End of Third Quarter
The team leading at the end of the third quarter has won 80.4 percent of the time.
Teams leading by seven points or more at the end of the third are 33-4.
Teams leading by three points or less at the end of the third quarter have only won the Super Bowl once (1-4).
Teams leading by more than three points at the end of the third are 40-6.
Teams leading by less than seven points at the end of the third quarter are 8-6.
Team Leading at End of 3rd Quarter.......Not Leading at End of 3rd Quarter
49ers 13-1 SU (+14.00).......2-1 SU (+3.33)
Chiefs 13-2 SU (+12.20)......1-1 SU (-1)
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You guys must really love those wings.Comment -
Keep em coming ...more info the better for all of usComment -
They won't show us.
Chicken farms often have their contracts threatened if they allow any insight into the part of the chicken industry. And since it's so much of the market is owned by so few companies, they can keep the public relations mess under wraps.
Better luck getting a video documentary of N Korea than the inside of a chicken farm...lol...although both have obviously been done.
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Did you know Costco is in the Chicken farming business?
Costco to Open $440 Million Chicken Farm to Avoid Chicken Monopoly
Costco Builds Nebraska Supply Chain For Its $5 Rotisserie Chickens
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