From the number of viewers expected to tune into Super Bowl XLVI, to the number of birds flipped during Sunday’s half-time, we take a look at the big game by the numbers.
0: Number of times Peyton Manning was shown during the broadcast
1: Number of Super Bowl champions to be outscored during the regular season – Giants
1: Number of birds flipped during half-time show, by pop singer MIA
2: Super Bowl MVPs for Eli Mannning, joining Joe Montana (3), Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw and Tom Brady (2 each) as multiple winners of the award
4: Number of Super Bowl wins for the Giants
9: Most Consecutive Completions To Start a SB – Eli Manning *
16: Most Consecutive Completions in a SB- Tom Brady *
33: Most First Downs Passing, Game, Both Teams – (Giants 18, Pats 15) *
38.5 per cent: The probability of the Giants winning when they took possession of the ball with 3:46 left in the fourth quarter trailing 17-15
65 years and 158 days: Oldest Winning Head Coach – Tom Coughlin *
70: Number of television advertisers during SB XLVI
197: Most Passes, SB Career – Tom Brady *
1,277: Most Passing Yards, SB Career – Tom Brady *
10,000: Average of tweets per second in the final three minutes of the Super Bowl
68,658: Attendance for Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianaopolis
$172,000: Total cash earned by each Giants player during the playoffs
$3.5 million: Average cost of a 30-second commercial during SB XLVI
111 million-plus: Number of Americans that were expected to tune into SB XLVI
(* Super Bowl records set in Super Bowl XLVI)
