The History Of The Superbowl

THE HISTORY OF THE BOWL SUPER The First Super Bowl was held on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. It started as part of the merger between the NFL and the AFL as a way for the champions of each league to compete for the AFL-NFL 'World Championship Game'. Since then the Super Bowl has become the largest sporting event in the United States; with 106.5 million viewers for Super Bowl XLIV. VINCE LOMSA TROPHY SUPER BOWL I WHERE THE SUPER BOWL HAS BEEN HELD: NFL 1968, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1989, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2010 1970, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1997, 2002 1967, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1993 1984, 1991, 2001, 2009 1988, 1998, 2003 1974, 2004 1982, 2006 1994, 2000 1996, 2008 1992 Miami Area 10 New Orleans Greater Los Angeles Area Tampa San Diego 7 3 Houston Detroit Area Atlanta Phoenix Area 2 COMMISSIONER Minneapolis Jacksonville 2005 XLI San Francisco Bay Area 1985 "THE DUKE Wilson SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS O 6 WINS 5 WINS Pittsburgh O Steelers San Francisco 49ers * E 5 WINS 3 WINS 3 WINS C 3 WINS E 3 WINS 3 WINS 2 WINS Dallas Cowboys Green Bay Packers New York y Giants ny Washington O Redskins LA/Oakland Raiders New England Patriots Baltimore/Ind Colts Dolphins 2 WINS 2 WINS I WIN I WIN I WIN I WIN I WIN I WIN I WIN Miami Denver a Broncos New York Jets Baltimore Ravens Tampa Bay Buccaneers New Orleans Saints Kansas City Chiefs Chicago Bears Steelers L.A./St. Louis Rams Head Coaches with the most Super Bowl appearances Don Shula 6 Tom Landry 5 Bud Grant 4 Chuck Noll 4 Joe Gibbs 4 Marv Levy 4 Dan Reeves 4 Bill Belichick 4 Bill Walsh 3 Bill Parcells 3 Mike Holmgren 3 STARTING QUARTERBACKS WITH MOST SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES John Elway. .. Terry Bradshaw Joe Montana Tom Brady.. Roger Staubach Jim Kelly.. Troy Aikman. Ben Roethlisberger. Bob Griese.. Kurt Warner.. 3 3 Fran Tarkenton.. QUARTERBACKS WITH MOST PASSING YARDS IN THE SUPER BOWI Kurt Warner.... 1156 Joe Montana 1142 John Elway. Tom Brady. 1128 1001 Terry Bradshaw Jim Kelly 932 829 Roger Staubach Troy Aikman. Peyton Manning. 734 689 580 Brett Favre 502 PLAYERS WITH THE MOST SUPER BOWL RECEIVING YARDS Jerry Rice.. Lynn Swann 589 364 Andre Reed 323 Deion Branch 276 John Stallworth 268 Michael Irvin. 256 Ricky Sanders. 234 Antonio Freeman 231 Isaac Bruce 218 Roger Craig. 212 PLAYERS WITH THE MOST RUSHING YARDS 32 Franco Harris 354 Larry Csonka. . 297 Emmitt Smith 289 Terrell Davis. 259 John Riggins.. 230 Thurman Thomas. 204 Timmy Smith. 204 Roger Craig 201 Marcus Allen.. 191 Antowain Smith 175 SINGLE GAME SUPER BOWL RECORDS Drew Brees 32 Completions Passes Completed: (tie) Tom Brady 414 yards Passing Yards: Longest Pass: Passing TD: Rushing Yards: Longest Rush: Receptions: (4 way tie) Wes welker, Deion Branch, Jerry Rice, Dan Ross Receiving Yards: Kurt Warner Jake Delhomme 85 yards (TD) Steve Young Timmy Smith Willie Parker 6 TD Passes 204 yards 75 yards (7D) Jerry Rice 49ers receptions 215 yards Ss points Most Points: SUPER BOWL TRIVIA Of the top 10 most watched television programs of all time, 9 of them are Super Bowls. Super Bowl Sunday is the second largest day of food consumption behind only Thanksgiving. Super Bowl fans spend more than $50 million on food during the 4 days prior to the Super Bowl. 8 million pounds of guacamole is consumed on Super Bowl Sunday. 14,500 tons of chips are eaten along with that guacamole. 13% of Americans order takeout/delivery food from a restaurant for a Super Bowl gathering. Antacid sales increase 20% on Monday after the Super Bowl. With 51,713,004 cases of Beer sold, Super Bowl Sunday ranks as the 8th biggest day of the year for beer consumption Six percent of people call in sick to work on Monday after the Super Bowl. A single 30 second commercial costs a total of $3 million dollars on average during the game. No NFL team has ever played the Super Bowl in their own stadium. BROUGHT TO YOU BY: INFO GRAPHIC WORLD www.InfographicWorld.com