The Super Bowl has been an annual tradition since 1967 when the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs clashed at Memorial Coliseum in front of 62,000 frenzied fans. Much has changed in the world of football – as well as the world at large – since then, but the NFL’s championship game has continued unabated, powering through global conflicts and pandemics without skipping a beat.
Get ready for Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, February 11 with this collection of scintillating stats and facts about the biggest spectacle in sports.
0: Number of interceptions thrown by Patrick Mahomes during the 2024 NFL Playoffs. Mahomes has been picked off just seven times in 17 career postseason games.
1: Number of times the Chiefs and 49ers have faced each other on football’s biggest stage. Kansas City defeated San Francisco 31-20 the first time these franchises met at Super Bowl LIV in 2020.
1.15: Amount, in millions, wagered by Drake on Super Bowl LVIII. The rapper and general sports superfan is banking on the Chiefs to defeat the Niners.
2.5: The opening spread, in favor of San Francisco, for Super Bowl LVIII. The line was announced just minutes after the 49ers defeated the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game. The spread has since dipped to as low as -1 for San Francisco at select sportsbooks.
4: Number of Super Bowl appearances made by the Chiefs since 2020. Kansas City is just the third franchise to reach the Super Bowl four times in five years.
5: Number of different QBs who will have started a Super Bowl for the 49ers. The list includes Joe Montana, Steve Young, Colin Kaepernick, Jimmy Garoppolo, and now Brock Purdy.
6: Number of times the 49ers have hit the first quarter moneyline in their last 13 games, including the playoffs.
14: Experience, in years, of 49ers offensive tackle Trent Williams, the longest tenured player in this year’s Super Bowl. The 35-year-old will be appearing in his 11th postseason game when he takes the field on Super Bowl Sunday.
27: Number of different venues that have hosted a Super Bowl since 1967.
31: Number of teams that passed over Brock Purdy in the 2022 NFL Draft. The Iowa State product was eventually selected by the 49ers with the 262nd and final pick, earning him the label of "Mr. Irrelevant."
37: Number of players on San Francisco's roster who were not even alive when the 49ers won their last Super Bowl championship in 1995.
47.5: The opening total for Super Bowl LVIII. According to Covers Consensus, 69% of early total bets are taking the Over, and BetMGM sportsbook was reporting 82% of bets on the Over early in the week as well.
65: Percentage of times the team that has scored first in the Super Bowl has gone on to win the game. This trend has hit in eight of the previous 12 games.
68: Millions of Americans who are expected to place at least one wager on Super Bowl LVIII. That's a 35% jump from a year ago.
84.5: Opening Over/Under length, in seconds, of the singing of the National Anthem. The song will be performed this year by award-winning singer and actress Reba McIntyre, who has previously sung "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a number of sporting events. Our own Jason Logan expects Reba to run long, citing her slower vocal pacing and need for "a bigger balance of voice use versus voice rest/breathing."
108: Number of footballs given to each competing team prior to the Super Bowl. 54 are designed for use in practices while the remaining 54 are designed for the game itself.
162: Millions of pounds of chicken wings Americans will scarf down on Super Bowl Sunday.
204: The record for most rushing yards in a Super Bowl, established by Washington running back Timmy Smith in 1988 against the Denver Broncos. DraftKings is offering +3,000 odds that any player will have 205 rushing yards or more in Super Bowl LVIII.
505: The record for most passing yards in a Super Bowl, established by Patriots QB Tom Brady in 2018 against the Philadelphia Eagles. DraftKings is offering +15,000 odds that any player will have 506 passing yards or more in Super Bowl LVIII.
1,060: The odds that Travis Kelce will propose to Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl. The power couple have been dating since July 2023 and Swift is expected to be in attendance in Vegas to cheer on her favorite tight end.
6,059: The starting cost, in dollars, for a single ticket to Super Bowl LVIII. Front row tickets on the 50-yard line, meanwhile, will set you back over $43,000.
40,000: Amount, in dollars, wagered on the outcome of the Super Bowl Super Coin toss by a single BetMGM customer. The bet was placed on Tails at -105.
157,000: Amount, in dollars, rewarded to each player on the winning Super Bowl team. Players on the losing team will still get to keep all of the bonuses they earned for advancing through each round of the postseason, including the $73,000 they made for winning the Conference Championship.
321,067: Average number of Google searches per month for Travis Kelce in California. The All-Pro tight end is the most popular NFL player in the Golden State according to search volume, far ahead of Brock Purdy, Deebo Samuel, and Christian McCaffrey.
7,000,000: Cost, in dollars, of a 30-second commercial spot during the official Super Bowl broadcast on CBS. That’s a 18,566% increase from the inaugural Super Bowl in 1967, when a commercial spot cost just $37,500.
1,969,600,000: Cost, in dollars, required to build Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. The state-of-the-art facility seats 65,000 and features a roll-in natural grass field, a translucent roof, and a massive 93-foot-tall torch named in honor of former owner and general manager Al Davis.
