One of the biggest sporting events is happening this weekend here in Florida. Over across the state in Tampa, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are playing the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV. This Super Bowl will be the first time these two franchises will face each other in the ultimate game.
While the players and teams are getting ready to play the championship game, here are some fun and interesting facts about the game and the Super Bowl.
The fewest points ever scored by a team in the Super Bowl is three points. Three points was scored by the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI and the Rams in Super Bowl LIII.
The Buccaneers will be the first team this year to ever play a Super Bowl game in their home stadium.
Four Franchises have failed to make it to the Super Bowl: the Browns, Jaguars, Lions, and Texans. All but the Texans have made it as far as the conference championship game at least once.
The Vince Lombardi Trophy weighs seven pounds and stands 22 inches tall and is made entirely of sterling silver.
Tom Brady has six Super Bowl rings, Patrick Mahomes has one Super Bowl ring. Mahomes and the Chiefs won the Super Bowl last year in Miami, which marked the team’s first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years.
Tom Brady will be the oldest player to play in the Super Bowl at age 43. When Brady won his first Super Bowl in 2002 with the Patriots, Patrick Mahomes was only six years old.
Dominos usually sells around 2 million pizzas on Super Bowl Sunday. An increase of 30% from a normal Sunday.
Americans are expected to consume about 1.4 billion chicken wings during the game, according to the National Chicken Council. At three wings per minute, that would take one person more than 900 years to eat.
According to DoorDash, the food delivery service, Mozzarella sticks are predicted to be the most ordered food of the night. Followed closely by chicken wings, chips and salsa, Caesar salad, and pepperoni pizza. Brownies, cookies, churros, flan, and banana pudding are the most ordered game day desserts. According to news sources, the most ordered food in Florida is chicken wings.
Super Bowl LV will kick off at 6:30 pm this Sunday, February 6th at the Raymond James Stadium on CBS. The national anthem will be performed by country singer Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan with a special halftime performance by The Weekend.
