Super Bowl LVIII is just around the corner, and football fans all over the world are eagerly awaiting the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. To get you ready for the big game, here are 21 interesting facts about Super Bowl LVIII.
1. This will be the second Super Bowl matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers in the past four years.
2. Las Vegas is hosting the Super Bowl just four years after opening in 2020. The NFL is developing a rotation of stadiums to host its Super Bowls, including Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami, and Phoenix. Vegas could join this group if its inaugural run goes well.
3. Reba McEntire will be singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl, while Andra Day will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” and Post Malone will perform “America the Beautiful.”
4. The national anthem has been played at every Super Bowl. The first solo performance was by Lloyd Geisler on the trumpet, and Charley Pride was the first to sing it solo.
5. Usher will be performing in the Apple Music Halftime Show. Before Michael Jackson’s solo halftime show in 1993, the Halftime Show was dominated by college marching bands and bizarre bit acts.
6. Through the first 57 Super Bowls, the coin toss has a slight edge toward tails, winning 31 out of 57 times.
7. Americans spend around $1 billion on beer during Super Bowl Sunday and an additional $1.3 billion in the two weeks leading up to the game.
8. In 2020, Americans ate an estimated 1.4 billion chicken wings during Super Bowl weekend, according to the National Chicken Council.
9. A 30-second ad during Super Bowl LVIII costs an average of $7 million.
10. The NFL began using Roman numerals to distinguish Super Bowls after Super Bowl V to eliminate confusion around the event’s timing.
11. There will be a children’s-themed Super Bowl broadcast simulcast on Nickelodeon, with Spongebob Squarepants characters co-hosting alongside Nate Burleson and Noah Eagle.
12. The NFC Championship between the Lions and 49ers drew 56 million viewers, the largest TV audience since Super Bowl LVII. The Ravens-Chiefs AFC Championship drew 55.47 million viewers, the most-watched AFC Championship ever.
13. The NFL is barring players on either team from betting in any form during Super Bowl week, despite being in the gambling capital of the country.
14. The Chiefs are this year’s home team, which means they get to decide the uniforms they wear and call the coin toss. They will also get to use the Raiders’ home practice facility.
15. Kansas City is looking to become the ninth team in NFL history to win back-to-back Super Bowls, the first team to do so since the 2003-04 New England Patriots.
16. Patrick Mahomes has extended his record for most playoff wins before the age of 30, with 14 wins. He also has the best win percentage of any quarterback with a minimum of 17 playoff appearances.
17. Travis Kelce broke Jerry Rice’s record for most playoff receptions (151) and tied Rice for most 100-yard receiving games in the playoffs (8) during the AFC Championship.
18. Rashee Rice is five receptions away from tying the record for most playoff receptions by a rookie (Ja’Marr Chase, 25).
19. Andy Reid currently has the second-most playoff victories among head coaches with 25. He needs six more wins to tie current leader Bill Belichick.
20. Kyle Shanahan enters Super Bowl LVIII with an 8-3 playoff record, the highest playoff win percentage of any head coach to have never won a Super Bowl.
21. The San Francisco 49ers’ eighth trip to the Super Bowl ties the Dallas Cowboys for the second-most all-time. They also hold the record for the most playoff victories in NFL history with 38.
With these facts in mind, football fans can gear up for an exciting Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.
