55 Fun Delusion Sizable Bowl Facts

It be Sizable Bowl week! Will Patrick Mahomes make a selection home his 2nd straight title, or will Tom Brady acquire his seventh Lombardi Trophy? It be going to be a bunch of fun to look, to make certain. The Sizable Bowl has a long and storied historical previous, for certain, and I love having a stare on the statistical aspect as it pertains to, what else, memoir aspects. Nonetheless first, right here’s a few fun info referring to the very most practical carrying match on this planet.

Beget you know that a single worth to Sizable Bowl I between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Green Bay Packers fee fans as small as $6 to attend? What’s more, the sport did now not promote out! The U.S. Department of Agriculture reviews that Sizable Bowl Sunday is the “2nd-largest meals consumption day” within the attend of only Thanksgiving. Final one year, a Bloomberg file urged more than 75 million kilos of avocado shipped all the procedure in which thru the border the week of January 19 attributable to the Sizable Bowl.

That’s a bunch of guacamole!

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There would possibly possibly be only been one player named the Sizable Bowl MVP who did now not play for the successful team. That used to be Dallas Cowboys LB Chuck Howley, who won the award no matter his team shedding to the Baltimore Colts, 16-13, in Sizable Bowl V. The fewest aspects scored by a team in a Sizable Bowl is three, by the Miami Dolphins in a 24-3 loss to the Cowboys in Sizable Bowl VI and by the Los Angeles Rams in a 13-3 loss to Brady and the Novel England Patriots in Sizable Bowl LIII. 

There would possibly possibly be by no procedure been a shutout in a Sizable Bowl. 

In 1983, nearly 106 million folk watched the closing episode of M*A*S*H, making it essentially the most-watched tv display within the historical previous of The US. That file used to be broken by Sizable Bowl XLIV, as 106.5 million viewers watched the Novel Orleans Saints defeat the Indianapolis Colts. Sizable Bowl XLIX is mainly the most-watched Sizable Bowl, as the Seattle Seahawks and Novel England Patriots played in entrance of 114.4 million folk.

To commemorate Sizable Bowl LV, right here are 55 fun memoir info for the Sizable Bowl!

QUARTERBACKS 

1. Three gamers possess scored 100+ mixed memoir aspects in Sizable Bowls: Brady (172.5), Jerry Rice (141.4), and Joe Montana (112.2). Roger Craig, who has 85 memoir aspects in three Sizable Bowls, is a far-off fourth.

2. The most memoir aspects scored by a quarterback in a single Sizable Bowl game used to be Steve Young, who threw for 325 yards, rushed for 49 yards, and threw six landing passes in a acquire over the San Diego Chargers (Sizable Bowl XXIX). He completed with 41.9 memoir aspects.

3. Brady has scored 20+ memoir aspects in four Sizable Bowls, essentially the most in NFL historical previous. Completely four varied gamers possess completed so more than twice, including Rice, Montana, Craig, and Kurt Warner. Each of them has hit the 20-level keep three instances.

4. Brady has thrown for 18 profession touchdowns in Sizable Bowls, essentially the most in NFL historical previous. The one varied signal-caller with double-digit landing passes is Montana (11).

5. Brady has played in more than twice as many Sizable Bowls (10, including Sizable Bowl LV) as Montana (4).

6. Brady set up the Sizable Bowl file for essentially the most passing yards in a single game with 505 in Sizable Bowl LII. That broke the file of 466 yards he set up the outdated season in Sizable Bowl LI. 

7. Brady has thrown for 300+ yards in four varied Sizable Bowls, essentially the most in NFL historical previous. The one varied player to attain so more than twice is Warner, who reached that keep three instances in his three Sizable Bowl appearances.

8. Brady has thrown for 2,838 yards in Sizable Bowls, essentially the most in NFL historical previous. No longer only does he defend the file, nevertheless he has more than double the yardage of any varied quarterback. Warner is 2nd (1,156).

9. Brady tried 62 passes in Sizable Bowl LI, essentially the most ever in a Sizable Bowl. 

10. On the flip aspect, one other Patriots signal-caller, Tony Eason, tried honest six passes in Sizable Bowl XX. That is the fewest ever by a starting quarterback within the championship game. Eason used to be benched in prefer of Steve Grogan after failing to dwell his first six passes while being sacked three instances and shedding a fumble. 

11. Despite taking part in in nine Sizable Bowls, Brady has thrown honest six interceptions. John Elway (8), Jim Kelly (7), and Craig Morton (7) possess all thrown more in Sizable Bowls.

12. Morton performed 4-of-15 passes for 39 yards and threw four interceptions on his technique to a 0.0 passer rating towards the Dallas Cowboys in Sizable Bowl XII. That is the worst ever recorded by a starting quarterback.

13. Morton’s -6.44 aspects is the fewest by a starting quarterback in a Sizable Bowl.

14. In 5 Sizable Bowl appearances, Elway had three landing passes and eight interceptions. Nonetheless, he did shuffle for four touchdowns, including one in four of his 5 championship video games.

15. No quarterback has more mixed speeding yards within the Sizable Bowl than Montana (105). Elway is 2nd on the list with 86 yards.

16. The quarterback with essentially the most speeding yards in a Sizable Bowl game is Steve McNair. He rushed for 64 yards towards the St. Louis Rams in Sizable Bowl XXXIV. 

17. Phil Simms performed 22 of 25 passes towards the Denver Broncos in Sizable Bowl XXI, which used to be honest for an 88.0 completion percent. That is the supreme in a Sizable Bowl in NFL historical previous. His 150.9 passer rating in that contest is the supreme ever by a starting quarterback in a Sizable Bowl.

18. Drew Brees, who had an 82.1 completion percentage in Sizable Bowl XLIV, is the only real varied self-discipline commonplace to attain a Sizable Bowl with a completion percentage over 80 (min. 10 pass attempts).

19. Peyton Manning scored 3.6 memoir aspects in Sizable Bowl 50. That’s tied with Bob Griese (Sizable Bowl VIII) for the the fewest aspects scored by a successful quarterback within the monumental game. Manning completed 13 of 23 with 141 passing yards, no touchdowns, one interception and one lost fumble.

20. Cam Newton used to be sacked six instances in Sizable Bowl 50, which tied Joe Theismann (Sizable Bowl XVIII) for essentially the most instances a quarterback has been sacked in a Sizable Bowl. 

21. Jim Kelly threw 30 incompletions towards the Washington Redskins in Sizable Bowl XXVI, essentially the most in NFL historical previous. No varied quarterback has thrown more than 25 incompletions in a Sizable Bowl.

22. Cut Foles is the lone player in NFL historical previous to throw a landing pass and make a selection a landing pass within the same Sizable Bowl. His make a selection used to be on a 1-yard pass from Trey Burton (“The Philly Particular”) in Sizable Bowl LII.

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RUNNING BACKS

23. Completely two non-quarterbacks possess scored more than 40 memoir aspects in a Sizable Bowl. One used to be Jerry Rice, who scored 43.9 aspects in Sizable Bowl XXIX. The more than a few used to be James White! He had 14 catches, 139 complete yards, three touchdowns, and a Sizable Bowl file 47.9 aspects within the Patriots’ 34-28 comeback acquire over the Falcons.

24. White also holds the file for essentially the most receptions by a working attend in a Sizable Bowl game (Sizable Bowl LI – 14). One other Patriots working attend, Shane Vereen, is 2nd on the list. He had 11 catches in Sizable Bowl XLIX.

25. Roger Craig has scored essentially the most memoir aspects (85) in Sizable Bowls among working backs. He had 20 catches, 410 scrimmage yards, and 4 touchdowns in his three appearances.

26. Thurman Thomas build up 30 memoir aspects in Sizable Bowl XXV, which is mainly the most by a working attend in a loss in Sizable Bowl historical previous. He seemed in four Sizable Bowls at some stage in his profession, racking up a mixed 20 catches, 348 scrimmage yards (fifth-most within the Sizable Bowl), and 4 touchdowns.

27. The lone working attend to attain more profession touchdowns within the Sizable Bowl than Thomas is Emmitt Smith. He had 5 complete touchdowns in three appearances.

28. Franco Harris compiled a mixed 354 profession speeding yards in four Sizable Bowls, essentially the most in NFL historical previous. He is the only real runner with more than 300 profession yards on the ground on the NFL’s grandest stage. 

29. The subsequent-closest working attend in profession Sizable Bowl speeding yards is Larry Csonka (297). Emmitt Smith ranks third all-time with 289 speeding yards.

30. Smith is the lone player to attain plenty of speeding touchdowns in plenty of Sizable Bowls (2). He build up 11 catches in three profession appearances, over 300 scrimmage yards, and 5 speeding touchdowns.

31. Smith, Csonka, and Terrell Davis are the only real backs in Sizable Bowl historical previous to shuffle for 100+ yards in plenty of Sizable Bowls. They every did it twice.

32. Davis is the only real player in Sizable Bowl historical previous to ever shuffle for three touchdowns in a single game. He finished that feat in Sizable Bowl XXXII.

33. Timmy Smith has rushed for more yards in a Sizable Bowl than any working attend in NFL historical previous, striking up 204 yards in Sizable Bowl XXII.

34. Smith also can be the only real working attend in NFL historical previous to ever shuffle for 200+ yards in a single Sizable Bowl contest. 

35. The subsequent closest player used to be Marcus Allen, who had 191 speeding yards for the Los Angeles Raiders in Sizable Bowl XVIII.

36. Smith’s 204 speeding yards are tied for the sixth-most all-time in Sizable Bowl video games. The six working backs forward of him, Harris (354), Csonka (297), E. Smith (289), Davis (259), John Riggins (230), and Thurman Thomas (204). 

37. All of these working backs played in plenty of Sizable Bowl video games. Timmy Smith played in exactly one.

38. The pinnacle 15 performances among working backs by essentially the most speeding yards in a Sizable Bowl entails honest three gamers from the final 20 years. Michael Pittman (124 yards – Sizable Bowl XXXVII), Dominic Rhodes (113 yards – Sizable Bowl XLI), and Thomas Jones (112 yards – Sizable Bowl XLI) all unsuitable within the pinnacle 15.

39. Perfect concept to be this kind of performances, Pittman’s 124 speeding yards, ranks within the pinnacle 10. The more than a few nine performances had been all in 1997 or later. No longer concept to be one of the most top four speeding performances possess reach within the previous 30 seasons.

40. The Sizable Bowl file for the longest shuffle came in Sizable Bowl XL when Willie Parker busted a 75-yard landing versus the Seattle Seahawks. His 13.5 memoir aspects on that escape are essentially the most recorded on a single speeding play in Sizable Bowl historical previous. 

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WIDE RECEIVERS & TIGHT ENDS

41. Rice had 589 profession receiving yards in Sizable Bowls, essentially the most in NFL historical previous. The subsequent closest receiver is Lynn Swann, with 364 yards. That’s 225 fewer yards.

42. Rice ranks 2nd in memoir aspects in Sizable Bowls, honest 31.1 aspects within the attend of Brady. Take into anecdote that–Brady has played in 5 more Sizable Bowls, he is a quarterback, and he is barely 31 memoir aspects forward of what Rice did in Sizable Bowls.

43. Rice scored 39 or more memoir aspects in every of his first three Sizable Bowls. In all, he averaged 35.4 memoir aspects in his four appearances. That’s more aspects than all nevertheless what 12 gamers possess scored mixed in Sizable Bowls.

44. Vast receivers possess scored 30+ memoir aspects in a Sizable Bowl seven instances in 54 video games. Rice did it three instances. The four others are Ricky Sanders (39.9 aspects), Larry Fitzgerald (31.7), Antonio Freeman (31.6), and Deion Branch (30.3).

45. Rice is the only real player in NFL historical previous with 100+ receiving yards in three varied Sizable Bowls. Branch, Freeman, John Stallworth, Julian Edelman, and Swann are the only real varied gamers to hit that keep in plenty of Sizable Bowls, doing it twice.

46. Rice posted 215 receiving yards in Sizable Bowl XXIII, essentially the most ever in a Sizable Bowl. It be the lone 200+ receiving yard performance within the monumental game in NFL historical previous. 

47. Since 2000, honest one wideout has topped 150 receiving yards in a single Sizable Bowl: Danny Amendola. He had 152 towards the Eagles in Sizable Bowl LII.

48. Andre Reed used to be section of 4 Sizable Bowl groups in Buffalo, finishing with a mixed 27 catches. That is the 2nd-most among wideouts in Sizable Bowl historical previous. Reed did now not fetch a single landing in a Sizable Bowl, alternatively.

49. 5 varied Patriots wideouts are among the pinnacle seven receivers in mixed Sizable Bowl receptions. Branch (24) and Edelman (24) are tied for third, Amendola (21) is fifth, Wes Welker (18) is fifth, and Troy Brown (16) is tied for seventh.

50. The file for essentially the most catches by a huge receiver in a single Sizable Bowl game is held by Demaryius Thomas, who had 13 catches in Sizable Bowl XLVIII.

51. The single-game file for essentially the most receiving yards per make a selection among Sizable Bowl wideouts with as a minimum three catches is 40.3. That file is held by teammates Swann (Sizable Bowl XIV) and Stallworth (Sizable Bowl X). Stallworth also build up a median of 38.3 yards per make a selection in Sizable Bowl XIII.

52. Bear cease Gronkowski has essentially the most mixed receptions (23), receiving yards (297), touchdowns (3), and memoir aspects (70.7) among tight ends in Sizable Bowl historical previous. He also can be tied for essentially the most Sizable Bowl appearances from a tight dwell (4). 

53. The more than a few tight ends with four appearances are Don Warren, Pete Metzelaars, Keith McKeller, and Randy Grossman. These gamers possess scored a mixed 48.4 memoir aspects or 22.3 fewer aspects than Gronkowski on my own.

54. The tight dwell with essentially the most memoir aspects in a single Sizable Bowl game is rarely always Gronkowski, Jay Novacek, or Zach Ertz. It be Dan Ross. He build up 11 catches for 104 yards with two touchdowns and completed with 33.4 memoir aspects for the Cincinnati Bengals in Sizable Bowl XVI.

55. Burton’s landing pass to Foles, that can even objective forever be is most incessantly known as the “Philly Particular,” used to be no longer the considerable time a non-quarterback threw a landing pass in a Sizable Bowl. Fullback Robert Newhouse, working attend Lawrence McCutcheon, and big receiver Antwaan Randle-El possess also completed it within the monumental game.

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