
Whether you’re a big fan of the game, the commercials, or the food, Super Bowl Sunday has something for almost everyone. In 55 years, the football game has amassed a lot of history and controversies. But no matter who you are cheering for, we’ve got some little-known super bowl facts that will give you a winning edge at any Super Bowl party.

1. Super Bowl Sunday is one of America’s biggest eating days of the year, coming in second only to Thanksgiving Day.

2. The First Super Bowl, played in 1967, was nowhere close to a sell-out event. Even though the most expensive tickets only cost $12 (today’s equivalent price being $89). Tickets today range anywhere from $2,800 to over $500,00 for an indoor box seating bank.

3. The First Super Bowl was not slated to be a big success so they aired it on the West Coast the next day suspecting people would not watch an off-peak time game.

4. The Vince Lombardi trophies handed out to the winners of the Super Bowl each year are made by Tiffany & Co.

5.There is no complete copy of the first Super Bowl. Unlike today, the big game was not recorded for posterity. In fact, the most complete version was found in an attic in Pennsylvania. The tape, which is missing the half-time show and part of the 3rd Quarter, is currently the subject of a legal battle between the owner of the tape and the NFL.

6. “I’m going to Disney World!” this famous phrase uttered by winning team members was just not a seemingly spontaneous marketing tagline as it looked. Phil Simms of the Giants and John Elway of the Broncos were both paid $75,000 to say the catchphrase, just in case the other team won.

7. How does the Super Bowl determine who is the “Home Team” when neither team actually plays at home? In odd-numbered Super Bowls, the NFC team is the designated home team while the AFC teams are considered home team during the even-numbered Super Bowls.

8. In 1983, 105.97 million people tuned in to the final episode of M*A*S*H, making it the most-watched TV broadcast in American history. It took more than a quarter-century, but in February 2010, Super Bowl XLIV finally beat that record when 106.5 million people watched the big game. Several games since then have gone on to beat the live views.

9. The Super Bowl is a big gambling day for the U.S. It was estimated that in 2020, over $325 Million Dollars was wagered legally.

10. There has never been a team that didn’t score during the Super Bowl. The lowest score record of any game is held by the Miami Dolphins in 1972, scoring just 3 points against the Dallas Cowboys who scored 24 points.