148 Fun Facts About Superbowl

Which team won Super Bowl LX, played in February 2026?

The Seattle Seahawks beat New England 29–13 at Levi's Stadium; Jason Myers kicked a record five field goals, four of them building a 12–0 lead before the game's first touchdown.

Which quarterback was named MVP of the very first Super Bowl in January 1967, then repeated the feat in Super Bowl II?

Bart Starr threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns against Kansas City, then beat Oakland a year later with the help of a 62-yard touchdown pass to Boyd Dowler.

Which backup Packers receiver caught the first touchdown in Super Bowl history?

Max McGee, who had caught only four passes all season, came on when Boyd Dowler was hurt and made a one-handed catch for a 37-yard touchdown, finishing with seven catches for 138 yards.

Which metropolitan area, with eleven, ties New Orleans for the most Super Bowls hosted as of Super Bowl LX?

Miami has staged eleven, five at the Orange Bowl and six at the Dolphins' current stadium; New Orleans drew level only by hosting Super Bowl LIX in 2025.

Through Super Bowl LX, which of these NFL teams has yet to play in a Super Bowl?

The Detroit Lions are one of four teams never to reach one; they came closest in January 2024, leading San Francisco 24–7 at halftime of the NFC title game before losing 34–31.

Which city hosted Super Bowl I, the only Super Bowl that failed to sell out?

Los Angeles: the Coliseum held about 94,000 and only 61,946 came; the AFL and NFL could not even agree on a ball, so each team's offense used its own league's.

Which stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals, hosted Super Bowl LVII in February 2023?

State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, drew complaints from both teams: players kept slipping on the grass, and one Eagle said that changing his cleats made no difference.

Who is the only Super Bowl Most Valuable Player to come from the losing team?

Chuck Howley, a Dallas linebacker, intercepted two passes in the 16–13 defeat in Super Bowl V, and is said to have felt the award meant little because his team had lost.

Which coach, winner of the first two Super Bowls, gives the trophy its name?

The Vince Lombardi Trophy was named for the Green Bay coach after his death in September 1970 and first presented under that name to the Super Bowl V winner in January 1971.

Which player holds the record for the most Super Bowl MVP awards?

Tom Brady won five, four with New England and the last at age 43 in his first season with Tampa Bay; Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes are next with three each.

Joe Namath's AFL New York Jets upset which heavily favored NFL team in Super Bowl III, in January 1969?

The Baltimore Colts, NFL champions with a 13–1 record, lost 16–7 to the Jets on January 12, 1969, days after Joe Namath publicly guaranteed a New York victory.

Which two networks both televised Super Bowl I, each with its own announcers?

CBS and NBC both televised the game because CBS held the NFL's rights and NBC the AFL's, and each sent its own announcers; together they drew about 51 million viewers.

Through Super Bowl LX, which NFL team has made the most Super Bowl appearances, with 12?

The New England Patriots have played in 12 and lost a record six of them; nine of those trips came in the 18 seasons from 2001 to 2018.

The Denver Broncos, an AFC wild card, upset which defending champion in Super Bowl XXXII, in January 1998?

Denver's 31–24 win over the Green Bay Packers was the Broncos' first Super Bowl title and snapped the NFC's 13-game Super Bowl winning streak.

Which team won Super Bowl LVII, played in February 2023?

The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38–35 on Harrison Butker's 27-yard field goal with eight seconds left, giving Patrick Mahomes his second title.

Which team led 28–3 in Super Bowl LI before losing in overtime?

The Atlanta Falcons still led 28–9 entering the fourth quarter, but New England scored the next 19 points to tie it in the final minute and won 34–28 in the first Super Bowl overtime.

Which quarterback was MVP of Super Bowl XLII, where the Giants ended the Patriots' perfect season bid?

Eli Manning was MVP of Super Bowl XLII after leading the late drive that Plaxico Burress finished, beating the 18–0 Patriots 17–14 and ending their perfect-season bid.

The 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only NFL team to complete a perfect season, were coached by whom?

Don Shula coached the 1972 Miami Dolphins to a 17–0 season capped by a 14–7 win over Washington in Super Bowl VII; Tom Landry's Cowboys had beaten them in Super Bowl VI a year earlier.

Which Dolphins were the first teammates to each rush for 1,000 yards, in 1972?

Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris: Csonka ran for 1,117 yards, while Morris was first credited with 991 until the league reviewed a fumbled lateral and gave him the nine more he needed.

Apple's celebrated '1984' Macintosh commercial, aired during Super Bowl XVIII, was directed by whom?

Ridley Scott, fresh off Blade Runner, directed Apple's '1984' commercial, which aired nationally only once, during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984.

The classic 1980 Super Bowl ad 'Hey Kid, Catch!' starred which Pittsburgh Steelers player?

Mean Joe Greene, the Steelers' defensive tackle, drinks the boy's Coke in one gulp and tosses him his jersey; the spot debuted in October 1979 and aired again during Super Bowl XIV.

Roughly how much did a 30-second commercial cost at Super Bowl I in 1967?

$37,500 was the going rate for a 30-second spot at Super Bowl I, with some accounts putting it a little higher; by 2025 Fox was charging about $8 million for the same half-minute.

Which company's 1970s Super Bowl ad showed a monk, Brother Dominic, secretly copying a manuscript by machine?

Xerox's 'Monks' has Brother Dominic, asked to copy a manuscript by hand, slip out to a Xerox 9200 copier instead, sparing himself decades of work.

Which padlock maker's 1970s Super Bowl ads showed its product surviving a rifle shot in slow motion?

Master Lock first ran the ad in 1974: a sharpshooter's bullet tears into the padlock in slow motion, gashing the body but leaving it locked, under the slogan 'Tough Under Fire'.

Volkswagen's 2011 Super Bowl ad 'The Force' stars a child dressed as which Star Wars character?

Darth Vader: the boy's 'powers' fail on the dog and the washing machine until his father quietly starts the car by remote; Volkswagen posted the ad online days before the game.

Whose 'Star-Spangled Banner' before Super Bowl XXV in 1991, during the Gulf War, was released as a hit single?

Whitney Houston's performance at Tampa Stadium on January 27, 1991 was released as a single that reached the Billboard top 20 and was reissued after 9/11, when it went top 10.

Which surname did both head coaches share in Super Bowl XLVII, the first coached by two brothers?

Harbaugh: John's Ravens beat Jim's 49ers 34–31 after stopping San Francisco on fourth-and-goal from the 5-yard line with under two minutes left.

The 1985 Bears rolled to the Super Bowl XX title using which then-revolutionary defensive scheme?

The 46 defense, which coordinator Buddy Ryan named after safety Doug Plank's jersey number, produced seven sacks and held New England to seven rushing yards in a 46–10 win.

The Super Bowl MVP trophy, first presented at Super Bowl XXV, is named after which NFL commissioner?

The Pete Rozelle Trophy honors the commissioner who ran the NFL from 1960 to 1989 and oversaw the Super Bowl's creation; Ottis Anderson received the first one after Super Bowl XXV.

Which two Cowboys were the only co-MVPs in Super Bowl history, in Super Bowl XII?

Harvey Martin and Randy White, Dallas's defensive linemen, shared the Super Bowl XII MVP award after the Cowboys forced eight Denver turnovers in a 27–10 win in January 1978.

Which Fox show's live special lured viewers away from the 1992 halftime show, prompting the NFL to book pop stars?

In Living Color aired a live football-themed episode on Fox during halftime of Super Bowl XXVI and drew viewers away from the game broadcast; the NFL answered by booking Michael Jackson for the next year.

During the Super Bowl's first decade, the halftime show was typically performed by what?

A college marching band, such as Grambling's at Super Bowl I, filled most early halftimes; pop headliners became the rule only in the 1990s, booked to stop viewers switching channels.

Whose 2025 halftime show drew 133.5 million viewers, beating Michael Jackson's 1993 record?

Kendrick Lamar's set, with SZA and Samuel L. Jackson as Uncle Sam, edged Jackson's 133.4 million and even outdrew the game around it, which averaged 127.7 million viewers.

Which team's 40–22 win in Super Bowl LIX drew a then-record 127.7 million US viewers?

The Philadelphia Eagles led 24–0 at halftime and sacked Patrick Mahomes six times without calling a single blitz, in front of the largest US television audience recorded to that point.

Where was Joe Namath speaking when he guaranteed a Jets win three days before Super Bowl III?

Joe Namath made his guarantee at the Miami Touchdown Club on January 9, 1969; three days later the Jets led 16–0 before giving up a late touchdown and winning 16–7.

Which quarterback came off the bench in Super Bowl III but could not rescue the heavy favorites?

Johnny Unitas, sidelined for most of the season by a bad arm, replaced Earl Morrall with his team trailing and led its only touchdown drive, but the Jets held on 16–7.

What was the halftime score of Super Bowl I (Green Bay listed first), before the eventual 35-10 blowout?

Green Bay led only 14–10 at halftime; Willie Wood's interception early in the third quarter set up a touchdown, and the Packers scored 21 unanswered points to win 35–10.

Through Super Bowl LX, which feat has still eluded every franchise?

A three-peat is still unclaimed: Green Bay's three straight NFL titles in the 1960s took in only the first two Super Bowls, and no repeat champion since has added a third.

Which team appeared in four consecutive Super Bowls, XXV through XXVIII in the early 1990s, and lost all four?

The Buffalo Bills lost to the Giants, Washington and Dallas twice, the last after leading the Cowboys 13–6 at halftime; no other team has reached four straight Super Bowls.

How much was each Green Bay Packer paid for winning the 1966 NFL Championship, two weeks before Super Bowl I?

The losing Chiefs' AFL title shares were $5,308 each.

Which beer brand's Super Bowl commercials have long starred a team of Clydesdale horses?

Budweiser's Clydesdales won USA Today's Ad Meter poll three years running from 2013, the middle one with 'Puppy Love', about a puppy that keeps slipping away to visit one of the horses.

From 2017 to 2019, a regulator let viewers in which country watch the American Super Bowl ads instead of local substitutes?

Canada: its broadcast regulator, the CRTC, stopped Canadian channels swapping in local ads during the game, until the Supreme Court of Canada struck the policy down in December 2019.

The 1985 Bears' Super Bowl XX win ended a Chicago championship drought of how many years?

The Bears' previous title was the 1963 NFL Championship, so the 46–10 rout of New England on January 26, 1986 ended a 23-year wait for a Chicago champion.

How many parking spaces must a Super Bowl host provide within one mile of the stadium?

The NFL's host-city specifications, made public through Minneapolis's bid for Super Bowl LII, require 35,000 parking spaces within a mile of the stadium along with thousands of hotel rooms.

Which three-time Super Bowl host city lost its NFL team in 2017?

San Diego staged three Super Bowls at its Mission Valley stadium, the last in 2003; after the Chargers left for Los Angeles the stadium was demolished and a college football ground now stands on the site.

Which 68-year-old coach became the oldest to win a Super Bowl, with Tampa Bay in LV?

Bruce Arians had retired after the 2017 season and spent a year as a broadcaster before Tampa Bay lured him back; two years later, at 68, his team beat Kansas City 31–9.

Since Super Bowl XII in 1978, who traditionally takes part in the coin-toss ceremony?

Since Red Grange flipped the coin at Super Bowl XII in January 1978, a former player or special guest has handled the ceremony, which the referee alone had performed at the first eleven games.

Which network was added to the Super Bowl rotation with Super Bowl XIX in 1985?

ABC, which had carried Monday Night Football since 1970, televised its first Super Bowl with XIX in January 1985; Fox's first came with XXXI after it took the NFC package in 1994.

Which Rams linebacker stopped Kevin Dyson one yard short to end Super Bowl XXXIV?

Mike Jones wrapped up Kevin Dyson at the one-yard line as time expired, saving a 23–16 win for a Rams team that had let a 16–0 lead slip; the play is known simply as 'The Tackle'.

Which undrafted quarterback, who once stocked grocery shelves, was MVP of Super Bowl XXXIV?

Kurt Warner hit Isaac Bruce for a 73-yard touchdown with under two minutes left to break a 16–16 tie, the winning points in a 23–16 game.

Which Steeler returned an interception 100 yards to end the first half of Super Bowl XLIII?

James Harrison, undrafted and released three times by Pittsburgh early in his career, stepped in front of a pass at the goal line and ran 100 yards, then the longest play in Super Bowl history.

Who caught the winning touchdown with 35 seconds left in Super Bowl XLIII?

Santonio Holmes' toe-tapping six-yard catch in the corner of the end zone with 35 seconds left capped a 78-yard drive and gave Pittsburgh a 27–23 win over Arizona; he was named MVP.

Which Patriots cornerback made the goal-line interception that sealed Super Bowl XLIX?

Malcolm Butler, an undrafted rookie, jumped Russell Wilson's goal-line slant in the final half-minute to seal a 28–24 win; Seattle had chosen to pass rather than hand the ball to Marshawn Lynch.

Kicker Scott Norwood's famous last-second miss in Super Bowl XXV went which way?

Scott Norwood's 47-yard attempt with eight seconds left sailed wide right, preserving the Giants' 20–19 win; the miss has been known simply as 'Wide Right' ever since.

Who exposed Janet Jackson in the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime 'wardrobe malfunction'?

Justin Timberlake pulled away part of Jackson's costume at the end of 'Rock Your Body', exposing her for less than a second; 'wardrobe malfunction' later entered Merriam-Webster's dictionary.

Play in Super Bowl XLVII was halted for 34 minutes because of what?

A partial power outage darkened half the Superdome early in the third quarter with Baltimore ahead 28–6; when play resumed the 49ers scored 17 straight points before losing 34–31.

Which quarterback saw Super Bowl XLVIII's first snap fly past him for a safety?

Peyton Manning was stepping forward to change the play when the snap flew past him; the safety, 12 seconds in, was still the fastest score to open a Super Bowl through 2026, and Denver went on to lose 43–8.

Which linebacker was MVP of Super Bowl XLVIII after a 69-yard interception return?

Malcolm Smith, a seventh-round draft pick, returned an interception 69 yards for a touchdown and later recovered a fumble as the Seahawks won 43–8.

Which team opened the second half of Super Bowl XLIV with a surprise onside kick?

The New Orleans Saints trailed 10–6 at halftime when rookie punter Thomas Morstead's onside kick caught Indianapolis off guard; they recovered it, took the lead on that drive and won 31–17.

Who became the first wide receiver named Super Bowl MVP, in Super Bowl X?

Lynn Swann, hospitalized with a concussion two weeks earlier, caught just four passes in Super Bowl X, but they went for 161 yards, including a 64-yard touchdown.

Scenes for which 1977 thriller about a blimp attack were filmed during Super Bowl X?

Black Sunday, John Frankenheimer's 1977 thriller, sends a bomb-laden blimp toward the Orange Bowl; Goodyear lent its real airships, and scenes were shot during the actual Super Bowl X.

Who caught Joe Montana's winning touchdown with 34 seconds left in Super Bowl XXIII?

John Taylor's 10-yard catch was his only reception of the game; it finished a 92-yard drive and beat Cincinnati 20–16, with Jerry Rice named MVP for 215 receiving yards.

Which was the first Super Bowl played in February?

Super Bowl XXXVI was moved from January 27 to February 3, 2002 after the September 11 attacks postponed a week of games; it was also the first Super Bowl designated a National Special Security Event.

Which band's Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans paid tribute to the victims of 9/11?

U2 performed 'Beautiful Day', 'MLK' and 'Where the Streets Have No Name' while the names of the September 11 victims scrolled on a screen behind the band at the Superdome in February 2002.

Which company has made every Super Bowl trophy, starting from a cocktail-napkin sketch?

Tiffany & Co. vice president Oscar Riedner sketched the design over lunch with the NFL commissioner in 1966, and the company still makes a new trophy by hand each year.

The seven-pound Super Bowl trophy is made entirely of which material?

Sterling silver, shaped as a regulation-size football in kicking position; unlike hockey's Stanley Cup, a new one is made every year and the winning team keeps it for good.

Which Eagles quarterback caught a touchdown on the 'Philly Special' in Super Bowl LII?

Nick Foles caught Trey Burton's pass on fourth-and-goal just before halftime; a statue of Foles and coach Doug Pederson discussing the call now stands outside Lincoln Financial Field.

What went wrong for about 1,250 ticket holders at Super Bowl XLV in Arlington, Texas?

Their temporary seats weren't ready: about 1,250 were ruled unsafe hours before kickoff, so 850 ticket holders were moved elsewhere and some 400 were left without a view of the field.

Which singer flubbed a line of the national anthem before Super Bowl XLV in 2011?

Christina Aguilera sang a variant of the second line in place of 'O'er the ramparts we watched' and apologised afterward; the Packers then beat the Steelers 31–25.

Which team won Super Bowl XXXV 34–7 in January 2001?

The Baltimore Ravens' Duane Starks scored on an interception, the Giants' Ron Dixon answered with a 97-yard kickoff return, and Jermaine Lewis ran the next kickoff back 84 yards, all in 36 seconds.

Which artist's halftime show at Super Bowl XLI went ahead in a downpour, the first Super Bowl played in rain?

Prince closed with 'Purple Rain' as the downpour fell; warned about the weather beforehand, he had asked whether the producers could make it rain harder.

Who returned the opening kickoff of Super Bowl XLI 92 yards for a touchdown?

Devin Hester's 92-yard return gave Chicago a lead just 14 seconds in, the first opening-kickoff touchdown in Super Bowl history, but the Colts recovered to win 29–17.

Who was the first African-American quarterback to start a Super Bowl, in XXII?

Doug Williams and Washington trailed 10–0 after one quarter; he then threw four touchdown passes in the second quarter alone and was named MVP of a 42–10 win.

Which rookie set a Super Bowl rushing record of 204 yards in Super Bowl XXII?

Timmy Smith, starting only because George Rogers was hurt, ran for a Super Bowl-record 204 yards including a 58-yard touchdown; his best NFL season was 470 yards in 1988.

Which team lost Super Bowl XXIV 55–10, a record 45-point margin?

The Denver Broncos lost to San Francisco 55–10 in January 1990, their third Super Bowl defeat in four years, with Joe Montana throwing five touchdown passes.

Which team lost to Pittsburgh in Super Bowls X and XIII, the first Super Bowl rematch?

The Dallas Cowboys lost 21–17 in Super Bowl X and 35–31 in the rematch, where Jackie Smith dropped a touchdown pass alone in the end zone and Dallas settled for a field goal.

Whose botched kick and pass gave Washington its only points in Super Bowl VII?

Garo Yepremian's 42-yard field-goal try was blocked; he picked the ball up and tried to throw, and Mike Bass returned the fumble 49 yards, turning a likely 17–0 shutout into a 14–7 Dolphins win.

Which Dolphins defender was named MVP of Super Bowl VII, capping the 17-0 season?

Jake Scott, Miami's safety, intercepted two passes, the second in the end zone in the fourth quarter, and the Dolphins completed a 17–0 season with a 14–7 win over Washington.

Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 was the first played in which state?

Nevada got its first Super Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, beside Las Vegas; because the stadium is small, its crowd of 61,629 was the lowest for any Super Bowl without attendance limits.

Which receiver scored the winning touchdown and was named MVP of Super Bowl LVI?

Cooper Kupp caught the one-yard winning touchdown with 1:25 left in the Rams' 23–20 win over Cincinnati, capping a season in which he led the NFL in catches, yards and touchdowns.

Who was MVP of Super Bowl 50, the first branded with Arabic numerals?

Von Miller, the Broncos linebacker, had 2.5 sacks and forced two fumbles from Cam Newton in a 24–10 win on February 7, 2016, Peyton Manning's final game.

Opposition tied to which rivalry sank the NFL's bid to trademark 'The Big Game'?

Stanford-California, first played in 1892, has been called the Big Game since the early 1900s, before the NFL existed; the league applied to trademark the phrase in 2006, both universities moved to oppose it, and it withdrew in 2007.

Which commentator called Super Bowls for all four major US broadcast networks, ending with Super Bowl XLIII?

John Madden, who had already won Super Bowl XI as the Raiders' head coach, spent three decades in the booth and called his last game at Super Bowl XLIII in 2009.

Which Giants quarterback was first to say 'I'm going to Disney World!' in 1987?

Phil Simms, who had just completed 22 of 25 passes in the Giants' 39–20 win in Super Bowl XXI, delivered the line for Disney's first 'What's Next?' commercial in January 1987.

Who ran down Leon Lett and stripped him short of the goal line in Super Bowl XXVII?

Don Beebe ran down a showboating Leon Lett from behind and slapped the ball away just short of the goal line, even though his own team trailed by 35 points at the time.

Who was the first special-teams player named Super Bowl MVP, after a 99-yard return?

Desmond Howard returned a kickoff 99 yards moments after New England had closed to 27–21, and his 244 total return yards made him MVP of the 35–21 win in Super Bowl XXXI.

Which quarterback retired after being named MVP of Super Bowl XXXIII at 38, then the oldest ever?

John Elway threw for 336 yards in the 34–19 win, beating a team coached by Dan Reeves, his former head coach in Denver, and announced his retirement three months later.

Super Bowl XXXVII was the 'Gruden Bowl' because Jon Gruden had just left which team?

Tampa Bay sent two first-round picks, two second-round picks and $8 million to the Oakland Raiders for Gruden in 2002, then beat them 48–21 in his first season.

Which Steelers receiver threw a Super Bowl XL touchdown pass, a first for the position?

Antwaan Randle El, a quarterback at Indiana, took a reverse and hit Hines Ward for a 43-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, clinching Pittsburgh's 21–10 win over Seattle in Super Bowl XL.

Whose 'Helmet Catch' kept the Giants' winning drive alive in Super Bowl XLII?

David Tyree pinned the ball to his helmet with one hand for 32 yards on third-and-5 with about a minute left, on the drive that turned a 14–10 deficit into a 17–14 Giants win.

Whose Super Bowl LIX pick-six was the first Super Bowl touchdown scored on a birthday?

Cooper DeJean returned a Patrick Mahomes pass 38 yards for a touchdown on his 22nd birthday, having gone the whole regular season without an interception.

Which Raiders receiver was Super Bowl XI MVP despite totalling only 79 receiving yards?

Fred Biletnikoff's four catches for 79 yards set up three Oakland touchdowns in a 32–14 win; no receiver won the award with fewer than 100 yards again until 2022.

Whose 74-yard touchdown run in Super Bowl XVIII was then a Super Bowl record?

Marcus Allen started left, found no room, cut back and ran 74 yards on the last play of the third quarter, finishing with 191 yards as the Raiders routed Washington 38–9.

Which quarterback threw a Super Bowl-record six touchdown passes in Super Bowl XXIX?

Steve Young broke the record of five set by Joe Montana, his predecessor in San Francisco, and as the clock ran down shouted for someone to take the monkey off his back.

Which Cowboys cornerback, a 12th-round pick, was MVP of Super Bowl XXX after two interceptions?

Larry Brown intercepted Neil O'Donnell twice in the second half, setting up two Dallas touchdowns in a 27–17 win, and three weeks later signed a five-year, $12.5 million deal with the Raiders.

Which Super Bowl XXXII MVP missed most of the second quarter with a migraine?

Terrell Davis returned after the migraine to finish with 157 yards and three touchdowns, the last a one-yard run with 1:45 left that broke a 24–24 tie.

In Katy Perry's beach-themed Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, dancers dressed as which animal, one of them becoming a meme?

Sharks danced beside palm trees and beach balls during 'Teenage Dream'; the one on the left, out of step, became the 'Left Shark' meme, and Perry's lawyers later tried to trademark it.

Which team scored just three points in Super Bowl LIII, in February 2019?

The Los Angeles Rams punted nine times and never reached the end zone, losing 13–3 in what was still the lowest-scoring Super Bowl through 2026; the game's only touchdown, by New England's Sony Michel, came with seven minutes left.

Which website's co-founder said trouble finding clips of the 2004 Super Bowl halftime incident inspired the site?

YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim could not easily find footage of the incident online, which led to the idea of a video-sharing site. It launched the following February.

Which sports drink do Super Bowl winners traditionally dump over their coach, a ritual the 1986 Giants made famous?

The Gatorade shower is traced to Giants nose tackle Jim Burt, who emptied a cooler over coach Bill Parcells in revenge for a punishing week of practice.

Super Bowl Sunday is America's second-largest food consumption event, behind the dinner on which holiday?

Thanksgiving is the only occasion when Americans eat more. Many pizza delivery businesses see their orders double on Super Bowl Sunday.

Which cable channel has aired the Puppy Bowl, a canine game with a kitten halftime show, opposite the Super Bowl?

Animal Planet's producers took the idea from the Yule Log, the Christmas broadcast of a burning fireplace. The puppies all come from shelters, and the show exists to promote adoption.

Which children's network carried a youth-oriented alternate telecast of Super Bowl LVIII, the first of its kind?

Nickelodeon titled its version Live from Bikini Bottom, with SpongeBob SquarePants as an analyst and Sandy Cheeks as the sideline reporter.

Which NFL star, later a college head coach, is the only athlete to play in a Super Bowl and a World Series?

Deion Sanders won two Super Bowl titles and batted .533 in the 1992 World Series despite a broken bone in his foot. He also hit a home run and scored a touchdown in the same week.

Which Golden Girls star played backyard football in a Snickers commercial voted the best of Super Bowl XLIV?

Betty White shared the ad with fellow veteran actor Abe Vigoda, and it topped the annual Ad Meter survey of Super Bowl commercials.

Which singer headlined the Super Bowl LVII halftime show while pregnant, her first live performance in five years?

Rihanna had last performed live at the 2018 Grammy Awards. It was confirmed after the show that she was expecting her second child.

Which US president performed the Super Bowl XIX coin toss live by satellite from the White House?

Ronald Reagan had been sworn in privately for his second term that day, because Inauguration Day fell on a Sunday. No other Super Bowl has been played on an inauguration day.

Which sitcom's guest-packed episode after Super Bowl XXX drew 52.9 million viewers, a record for a post-game show?

Friends filled the hour with guests including Julia Roberts, Brooke Shields and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Shields impressed so much that she was handed her own sitcom, Suddenly Susan.

Which AFL founder suggested the name 'Super Bowl' in a 1966 letter, inspired by his children's bouncy toy?

Lamar Hunt wrote that he had kiddingly called it that and that the name could obviously be improved upon. The media seized on it anyway, and it became official with the third game.

Which company, the NFL's official ball supplier since 1941, makes the footballs used in the Super Bowl?

Wilson calls its NFL ball The Duke and builds each one from four panels of cowhide supplied by the Horween Leather Company.

Which keepsake does each player on a Super Bowl–winning team receive, customized with his name and uniform number?

A ring goes to each winner, and the NFL helps pay for up to 150 of them per team. Players on the losing side receive rings of their own.

Which comedian's 1994 film character tracks an NFL team's stolen dolphin mascot before the Super Bowl?

Jim Carrey's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective co-stars real quarterback Dan Marino, whom the villain, a former kicker, blames for a missed Super Bowl field goal.

Which state hosted Super Bowl XLVIII, the first played outdoors in a cold-weather city?

New Jersey's MetLife Stadium won the owners' vote over warm-weather bids from Florida. Earlier Super Bowls in cold-weather cities had all been played indoors.

Which Puerto Rican star headlined the Super Bowl LX halftime show, performing almost entirely in Spanish?

Bad Bunny was the first Latino solo artist to headline the show. A couple who had once invited him to their wedding were legally married on stage, and he signed the certificate as a witness.

Which singer headlined Super Bowl XLVII's halftime show days after singing at a presidential inauguration?

Beyoncé had been accused of lip-syncing at the inauguration; a New York Times critic wrote that her halftime set silenced the doubters. Her Destiny's Child bandmates joined her on stage.

Which pop star opened her 2017 Super Bowl halftime show on the stadium roof, backed by a fleet of 300 drones?

Lady Gaga's drones formed an image of the American flag behind her. It was the first time the light-show drones had been used as part of a television broadcast.

Which snack brand's 'Crash the Super Bowl' contest invited viewers to film its commercials themselves?

Doritos began the contest in 2006. In 2009 a fan-made ad, in which an office worker smashes a vending machine with a crystal ball, topped the Ad Meter survey.

Which singer celebrated her 43rd birthday by co-headlining the Super Bowl LIV halftime show with Jennifer Lopez?

Shakira was born on 2 February 1977, and the show fell on 2 February 2020. Jennifer Lopez's daughter Emme joined them on stage to sing Let's Get Loud.

Which Bears running back nicknamed 'Sweetness' failed to score a touchdown in the team's Super Bowl XX rout?

Walter Payton drew such heavy coverage that his team-mates got the chances instead. Even rookie defensive lineman William 'The Refrigerator' Perry ran in a touchdown.

Which receiver caught three touchdown passes in each of two Super Bowls, XXIV and XXIX, five years apart?

Jerry Rice set the Super Bowl record for touchdown catches in the first of those games, then matched it in the second after scoring from 44 yards on the third play of the opening drive.

Which quarterback, mocked by a Cowboys linebacker as unable to spell 'cat', was named MVP of Super Bowl XIII?

Terry Bradshaw threw for a then-record 318 yards and four touchdowns in a 35–31 win, then took the award again a year later.

Which Steelers running back, scorer of the 'Immaculate Reception' touchdown, was named MVP of Super Bowl IX?

Franco Harris ran for 158 yards on 34 carries in a 16–6 win. He was the first African American, and the first Italian American, to be named Super Bowl MVP.

Which Ravens linebacker, MVP of Super Bowl XXXV, ended his career by winning Super Bowl XLVII?

Ray Lewis led a defence that allowed only 165 points in the 2000 season, a record for a 16-game schedule. He announced his retirement before the 2012 playoffs and went out a champion.

Which kicker won two Super Bowls in three seasons with field goals in the final seconds, from 48 and 41 yards?

Adam Vinatieri's first winner came on the final play and delivered his franchise's first championship. The second, with four seconds left, came after he had missed one kick and had another blocked.

Which quarterback, a Naval Academy graduate who served a tour in Vietnam, was named MVP of Super Bowl VI?

Roger Staubach's four-year military commitment meant he did not play professionally until he was a 27-year-old rookie. He was the first Heisman Trophy winner to be named Super Bowl MVP.

Which Cowboys running back, later the NFL's all-time leading rusher, was named MVP of Super Bowl XXVIII?

Emmitt Smith won the rushing title, the league MVP award, the Super Bowl and the Super Bowl MVP award all in that one season, the only running back ever to do so.

Which quarterback became the youngest to win a Super Bowl when he took Super Bowl XL two years into his NFL career?

Ben Roethlisberger added a second title three years later, when the Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII.

Which quarterback was MVP of Super Bowl XLIV, delivering the New Orleans Saints their first championship?

Drew Brees had moved to New Orleans not long after Hurricane Katrina, which had left the Saints unable to play in the city for the whole 2005 season.

Which coach won two Super Bowls as the Giants' defensive coordinator, then more as a head coach than anyone else?

Bill Belichick's total of titles is the most of any individual in NFL history. His defensive game plan from the Giants' Super Bowl XXV win is kept in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Which coach became the first African American head coach to win a Super Bowl, beating the Bears in Super Bowl XLI?

Tony Dungy won 29–17. He had already earned a championship as a player, as a Steelers defensive back in the season that ended with Super Bowl XIII.

Which Rams coach, hired at the age of 30, became the youngest head coach ever to win a Super Bowl?

Sean McVay had lost his first Super Bowl at 33, when he was the youngest head coach ever to reach one. He won at his second attempt, in Super Bowl LVI.

Which coach of the Super Bowl XX champion Bears had earlier caught a touchdown pass for Dallas in Super Bowl VI?

Mike Ditka also won Super Bowl XII as a Cowboys assistant. Only he and Tom Flores have won the game as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach.

Which Cowboys coach was the first to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl?

Jimmy Johnson won consecutive Super Bowls with Dallas, then left after the second amid conflict with owner Jerry Jones, his old college team-mate.

Which 49ers coach, nicknamed 'The Genius', won three Super Bowls in the 1980s with his West Coast offense?

Bill Walsh took over a 49ers team that had just gone 2–14, went 2–14 again in his first season, and was a champion two years after that.

Who became the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl, working as the down judge at Super Bowl LV?

Sarah Thomas had been hired in 2015 as the NFL's first full-time female official. She had earlier been the first woman to officiate a college bowl game.

Which National Youth Poet Laureate recited an original poem before kickoff at Super Bowl LV?

Amanda Gorman's poem honoured the game's three honorary captains, a teacher, a nurse and a Marine veteran, who stood for essential workers during the pandemic.

Which 49ers offensive assistant became the first woman to coach in a Super Bowl, at Super Bowl LIV?

Katie Sowers had started with the team as a seasonal intern before being made a full-time assistant. She was also the first openly gay coach in Super Bowl history.

Which team reached four Super Bowls under coach Bud Grant between 1970 and 1977 and lost every one?

The Minnesota Vikings made Bud Grant the first coach to lead a team to four Super Bowls. He was also the first to guide teams to both Canada's Grey Cup and the Super Bowl.

Which team's rookie Ickey Woods danced his 'Ickey Shuffle' after touchdowns on the way to Super Bowl XXIII?

The Cincinnati Bengals saw Woods run for 1,066 yards and 15 touchdowns that year. Decades later he revived the dance at a deli counter in a national insurance commercial.

Whose 108-yard kickoff return for the Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII is the longest play in Super Bowl history?

Jacoby Jones had already caught a touchdown pass that night, making him the first player with a receiving score and a return score in the same Super Bowl.

Which Eagles receiver defied his doctors to play in Super Bowl XXXIX seven weeks after fracturing his fibula?

Terrell Owens caught 9 passes for 122 yards, more than any team-mate, although the Eagles lost. A horse-collar tackle had caused the injury, and the NFL later banned that kind of tackle.

Which Washington running back's 43-yard run on fourth down put his team ahead for good in Super Bowl XVII?

John Riggins shrugged off a tackler on fourth-and-inches with ten minutes left and outran the defence to the end zone. He finished with 166 rushing yards and the MVP award.

Which dot-com retailer put its sock puppet mascot in a Super Bowl XXXIV ad, then folded within the year?

Pets.com was one of many internet advertisers in what critics dubbed the Dot-com Super Bowl, when a fifth of the ad time went to dot-com firms.

Which groundskeeper nicknamed the 'Sodfather' prepared the field for every Super Bowl from 1967 to 2023?

George Toma was hired for the first game by owners from both leagues on the strength of his reputation. He was 94 when he prepared his last Super Bowl field.

Which coach secretly wore an NFL Films microphone during Super Bowl IV, a Super Bowl first for a head coach?

Hank Stram agreed with Ed Sabol of NFL Films the night before to keep the microphone secret, though some of his players noticed him acting out of character.

Which Rams receiver caught a 73-yard touchdown pass to break a 16–16 tie late in Super Bowl XXXIV?

Isaac Bruce caught the long pass in Titans territory on the first play of the drive and outran the defence. Tennessee had only just levelled the game with 16 straight points.

Which Saints cornerback sealed Super Bowl XLIV by returning a fourth-quarter interception for a touchdown?

Tracy Porter's return with just over three minutes left came on the game's only takeaway and put the Saints two scores clear.

Which rock group shared the Super Bowl XXXV halftime stage with NSYNC, with Britney Spears joining for the closing song?

Aerosmith and NSYNC traded songs in a back-and-forth medley before uniting on Walk This Way. It was the first halftime show with fans standing on the field around the stage.