Super Bowl XLV Facts And Weird Super Bowl Statistics

Some facts about the upcoming Super Bowl between The Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers, plus a few interesting statistics and facts from Super Bowls gone by.

Super Bowl XLV Date

• Sunday, February 6, 2011

Time

•  6:30pm

Network

• FOX

• Stay Off The Highways: More drivers are involved in alcohol related accidents on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year

Players Pay For The First Super Bowl

•  The winning team Green Bay received $15,000 per player, the losing team Kansas City received $7,500 per player

Players Pay For Super Bowl  XLV

• Winners $83,000 per player, losers  $42,000 per player

Super Bowl Sunday Is Party Time For Most Folks But...

• 5% of Americans will watch the game alone

• Number of teams that have never won a super bowl: 14

 Number of teams that have never won a super bowl but played in one or more and lost every time: 10 Minnesota Vikings •Buffalo Bills •Cincinnati Bengals •Philadelphia Eagles •San Diego Chargers •Atlanta Falcons •Tennessee Titans •Carolina Panthers •Seattle Seahawks •Arizona Cardinals

And These Last 4 Teams That Have Never Played In A Super Bowl 

•Cleveland Browns

•Detroit Lions

•Houston Texans

•Jacksonville Jaguars

Team with the most Super Bowl wins

• Pittsburgh Steelers: 6 wins

Only Team To Win Back-To-Back Super Bowls Twice

• Pittsburgh Steelers

Fewest Passing Attempts In A Super Bowl

• The Miami Dolphins beat the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl VIII 24-7 passing only 7 times

What Team Made Four Straight Super Bowl Appearances?

• The Buffalo Bills

What Team Lost Four Straight Super Bowl Appearances?

• The Buffalo Bills

What Team Played In Four Super Bowls and Never Led In Scoring At Any Point?

•  The Minnesota Vikings never led at any point in any of their 4 Super Bowl appearances

 Last Time The Pittsburgh Steelers Played In A Super Bowl:

• Super Bowl XLIII, a 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals (2009)

Last time Green Bay Packers played in a Super Bowl And Won:

  Super Bowl XXXI in 1996 (they lost in a 1997 Super Bowl appearance, a 31-24 loss to the Denver Broncos)

The Only Non-Profit, Community-Owned Franchise In American Professional Sports Major Leagues:

The Green Bay Packers

Spreading It Around

• In the last ten years there have been ten NFC Teams In The Super Bowl : The Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals, New York Giants, St. Louis Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Chicago Bears

1st Super Bowl Was Played 

• January 15, 1967

Two Biggest Days Each Year For U.S. food consumption:

• #1  Thanksgiving Day
• #2 Super Bowl Sunday

Steeler's Super Bowl record wearing their white jerseys 3-0

Television Ratings

• Of the top 20 most watched television broadcasts of all time, 10 of them are Super Bowls

Scalping

• Tickets that sold for $800 to $1,200 are being offered by Ticketmaster for re-sale on the official NFL Ticket Exchange at prices ranging from $3,000 to $20,000

Winner of Super Bowl XLV:

• Woops, Time Just Ran Out!