The NFL Super bowl is one of the most viewed sporting event in America. In fact it is probably the most viewed event on television altogether, as around 90 million Americans tune in to the game, and approximately 140 million more watch at least parts of it. Because of its undisputed ratings, the price of a 30 second commercial ad during the Super bowl can cost over 2.5 million Dollars, and it is a famous fact that some people flip to the Super bowl broadcast only to watch these lavish productions delivered.
For those super bowl fans out there, here are some indispensable football trivia you need to know:
 The first Super bowl was held in January 1967 between the National Football League champions, the Green Bay Packers, and the newly created American Football League champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, as a part of a merging attempt between the two leagues. In 1970, the leagues finally fully merged, making the Super bowl the championship game of the NFL. Super bowls are marked by their numbers rather than the years they were played since the Super bowl is held at the beginning of a year to conclude the preceding year’s season.
Where is it going down? Out of 41 Super bowl matches held, 25 were held in three city areas; New Orleans, Miami and Los Angeles, with nine, nine and seven events accordingly. It takes place in a National Football Conference stadium and an American Football Conference alternately, and the venues are chosen about five years in advance.
And which teams made the Super Bowl records? 3 teams have won the Super bowl 5 times each: the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers, with the Dallas Cowboys holding the most appearances record of eight.
3 teams have the dubious honor of losing 4 times each: the Denver Broncos, the Minnesota Vikings and the Buffalo Bills, with the Broncos being the receiver of the record largest margin victory by San Francisco in Super bowl XXIV (55-10), which is the highest record Super bowl score as well.
The smallest margin Super bowl victory was the New York Giants’ 20-19 victory over Buffalo in Super bowl XXV. The Cowboys are also the highest scoring team, with 31 points in Super bowl XIII, to lose the match, receiving 35 from Pittsburgh.
What is a sport without huge players? Joe Montana achieved a record of 3 Super bowl Most Valuable Player awards, when playing for San Francisco, he also holds numerous career Super bowl records: 1,142 yards passed, 83 completed passes and 11 touchdowns passed. Rich Gannon of the Oakland Raiders, on the other hand, threw a record of five intercepted passes on Super bowl XXXVII.
Franco Harris (Steelers), Thurman Thomas (Bills) and John Elway (Broncos), are the only three players to score four rushing Super bowl touchdowns, out of which Elway is the only one who isn’t a running back, but a quarter back.
Jerry Rice of San Francisco is the record monarch of the wide receiver’s section, with 215 yards, received between 11 receptions in Super bowl XXXIII, 589 career yards received, and 8 career touchdowns, scoring a shared record of 3 touchdowns in two different Super bowl matches each.
Despite of the exciting achievements of these amazing athletes, the most famous (or should we say infamous) Super Bowl piece of news originates in the entertainers featured during half-time, which just had to steal the show.. During Super Bowl XXXVIII, Justin Timberlake pulled Janet Jackson’s top, exposing her breasts causing an indecency incident which resulted in a $225,000 fine to the broadcasting company, and lot of PR for those two, and the birth of a new euphemism: "Wardrobe malfunction".
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