NFL Fun Facts

If you asked a sports connoisseur what their favorite sporting event of the year was I guarantee a majority of those votes would go to the annual professional football championship game, or better known as the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is played every year around mid-January to early February between the top two teams in the NFL (National Football League). According to USA Today, “the Super Bowl is the biggest spectacle in sports, from the pre-game hype to the parties to the annual traditions that fans have around it to the halftime show to the game itself.” There are 13 fun facts that many don’t know about this legendary game coming from USA Today, the first includes the game has only gone into overtime once. This was Super Bowl LI, better known as the championship game in which the Falcons blew a 28-3 lead to the Patriots. Number two is the AFC-NFC title game, the Super Bowl, got its name from the Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt daughter and son. They played with a toy called the super ball, giving the name the Super Bowl to the football tradition. Number three is that a total of 12 teams have NEVER won a Super Bowl. These teams are the Browns, Jaguars, Texans, Chargers, Titans, Cardinals, Panthers, Falcons, Bengals, Bills, and the Vikings. Of that group, the Browns, Jaguars, and Texans have never made it to the big game in their existence. I know for myself; it would be a very long and difficult season to sit through if the chances of a championship were slim to none. Number four is that there is only one starting quarterback who has won a Super Bowl title with two different teams. This quarterback is better known as the only and only Peyton Manning. He won the two titles with the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos. Fun fact number five is there is only one man who has been named MVP for the losing team. His name is Chuck Howley with the Dallas Cowboys who lost to Baltimore in Super Bowl V. Howley had two interceptions voting him on the MVP list. Number six is that the AFC team and the NFC team takes turns being the home team in the Super bowl despite the fact that it is played at a neutral site. Number seven is that the New England Patriots have appeared in the most Super Bowls. As of the 2019 season they have 11, three more than the Steelers, Cowboys, and the Broncos. Number eight accompanies number seven being that the Patriots also have the most Super Bowl losses along with the Broncos at five each. Number nine is that the reason behind using roman numerals for the Super Bowl is because of Lamar Hunt adopted them to remove any confusion in future NFL championship games. The roman numerals are to keep the games in chronological order for each season. Fact number ten is that Super Bowl 50 used numbers and not an “L” for the roman numeral count. Number eleven is that Super Bowl LIII was the lowest scoring Super Bowl game in all history. The score was 13-3, the Patriots beating the Rams. Number 12 is that this championship game has been played in a total of 10 different states. The states include Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas. The thirteenth and final fun fact is that Vince Lombardi Trophy is a football “mounted in a kicking position.” That is according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which tells this great story about then-NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle reaching out to tiffany and Co. to make the trophy. The chief of design for Tiffany knew nothing about football so he watched, learned, and constructed this trophy for the NFL. Overall, the NFL Super Bowl is one of the most celebrated sporting events in all of history and it will continue to be played and celebrated by fans all over the world.