Super Bowl Fun Facts

by | Jan 24, 2017

superdome - modified 2Pictured at left: UBU Speed series S5-M turf before gameplay at Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The 2017 Super Bowl LI is quickly approaching… less than two weeks to go! The finalists have been decided – the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons are going to Houston to play on our UBU Speed Series turf!

Have you ever wondered how much a Super Bowl ring is worth? Who makes that giant trophy? And why’s it called the Super Bowl? Answers to these questions and more Super Bowl fun facts below!

  • Roman numerals were first used for the fifth year of the Super Bowl – since then, the only year Roman numerals weren’t used in its title was Super Bowl 50, played in 2016.
  • The game was created as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its then-rival league, the American Football League. After the merger, each league was redesignated as a conference.
  • The National Football Conference, better known as the NFC, leads the league with 26 Super Bowl wins, while the American Football Conference, or AFC, has 24.
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers have the most Super Bowl victories – six.
  • Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, behind Thanksgiving.
  • The seven most-watched broadcasts in U.S. television history are Super Bowls.
  • In a July 25, 1966 letter to NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, owner of the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs Lamar Hunt wrote, “I have kiddingly called it the ‘Super Bowl,’ which obviously can be improved upon.” (No improvement was needed.)
  • The Lombardi Trophy, made every year by world-renowned jewelry maker Tiffany & Co., is worth approximately $25,000. Its namesake is Vince Lombardi, head coach of the Green Bay Packers, who were victorious in the first two Super Bowls.
  • The 2015 Super Bowl XLIX holds the record for total number of U.S. television viewers with a final number of 114.4 million, making the game the most-viewed television broadcast of any kind in American history.
  • No team has ever played the Super Bowl in its own stadium – but two teams have reached a Super Bowl hosted in their home market.
  • No Super Bowl games have gone into overtime.
  • The game is broadcast around the world in 34 different languages.
  • The Super Bowl rings run about $5000 apiece, plus adjustments for increases in gold and diamonds.

Be sure to tune into Super Bowl LI on February 5 on FOX to see our UBU Speed Series turf at work!

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