Superbowl stat pack
- If the the Patriots win on Sunday, Bill Belichick & Tom Brady will have twice as many playoff wins as any other head coach/starting quarterback combination in NFL history.
- Entering SuperBowl Lll, Tom Brady has played in 7 Super Bowls in his career, as many as the entire Eagles roster combined (7)
- Entering Super Bowl LII, the Patriots have 404 games of combined playoff experience, while the Eagles have 164 such games.
- Bill Belichick will take part in his 11th Super Bowl as a head coach or assistant, the most among any coach in NFL history. That amounts to 21.2% of all Super Bowls in NFL history and 34.4% of all Super Bowls since his first appearance as the Giants defensive coordinator in 1986.
SUPER BOWL CONSPIRACY THEORY CIRCLES
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SUPER BOWL conspiracy theory
is circling after easy kicks were missed at the US Bank Stadium.
Philadelphia Eagles kicker Jake Elliott failed to convert in the first quarter after his side took a 9-3 lead with an early touchdown.
And it appeared the missed-kick bug then took over the Patriots when Stephen Gostkowski couldn’t convert a 26-yarder, hitting the left upright himself.
The match is being played indoors, meaning wind is not a problem for the special teams.
And now a commentator from the host broadcaster in the US has a theory as to why they were missed.
It concerns the three logos painted on the field at the US Bank Stadium and the effect those have on a kicker.
The commentator says the way they were painted on made the kickers 'unsteady' and contributed to them missing.
Super Bowl in numbers
4 - total touchdowns for MVP Nick Foles, the Eagles' back-up quarterback pressed into action after Carson Wentz's injury - three passing and one as a receiver on a trick play just before half-time.
1 - Foles became the first player to both throw for and catch a touchdown in the same Super Bowl.
5 - London-born running back Jay Ajayi is the fifth British-born player to win the Super Bowl - Lawrence Tynes and Osi Umeyiora won two rings apiece with the New York Giants, while Scott McCready (New England Patriots, 2001) and Marvin Allen (Pittsburgh Steelers, 2008) won as practice squad players.
57 - Ajayi's rushing yards, on nine carries.
0 - defensive snaps played by Malcolm Butler, the Patriots' Super Bowl match-winner against the Seattle Seahawks three years ago. The cornerback appeared for just one special teams play against the Eagles.
505 - even in defeat, the Patriots' Tom Brady set a Super Bowl record for passing yards. He is also the first quarterback in his 40s to throw for 500 yards in a game.
1,151 - the total offensive yardage in the game, meanwhile, was an all-time record for any NFL game.
-16.1 - temperature in degrees Celsius in Minneapolis for the game.
67,612 - official attendance at US Bank Stadium.
5million - cost in US dollars of a 30-second advertising slot during the television broadcast.
100million - television viewing figures in the United States are estimated to be in nine figures.
3billion - estimated cost to employers in America of absenteeism on the Monday following the game. Food and beverage company Kraft Heinz has even petitioned unsuccessfully to have the day designated a national holiday.
213 - days until the opening day of the 2018 NFL season.
LII - this year was the 52nd Super Bowl since the championship game was branded as such.