The NFL’s decisive game kicks off Sunday night at 6:30 ET when the Philadelphia Eagles face off against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. The Patriots are playing in their record tenth Super Bowl with eight coming during the past 17 years under the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era.
A win on Sunday would be the Patriots’ sixth Super Bowl title and tie the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most all time. It would also mark the ninth time in NFL history a team won back-to-back Super Bowls with the Pats the last time to pull the trick in 2004-05.
The Eagles are appearing in their third Super Bowl in franchise history and still chasing their first win (they lost games following the 1980 and 2004 seasons). Las Vegas has the Pats favored by 4 ½ points but at least one gambler placed a seven-figure bet on the Eagles.
Here are 25 numbers to know ahead of Super Bowl 52.
$0: Amount the NFL and halftime sponsor Pepsi will pay Justin Timberlake to be the headliner during the halftime show. JT will get plenty of exposure though for his new album which dropped on Friday and his upcoming tour kicking off in March. The halftime show was watched by 117.5 million people last year, more than the game itself.
1: The Eagles and Patriots were both the number one seeds in their respective conferences during the playoffs. It marks just the fifth time in 22 years both top seeds will meet in the Super Bowl, but it has now happened four of the past five seasons.
2: This is the second Super Bowl to take place in Minnesota. The previous one was in 1992 when the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills 37-24 at the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome.
3: The temperature is predicted to be 3 degrees at kickoff with winds that could drive the wind chill temps to -20. It will be the coldest Super Bowl ever. The previous low was 16 for Super Bowl XVI in Detroit. Players will be fine thanks to the dome covering U.S. Bank Stadium with temps a balmy 70 degrees indoors.
7-6: The Eagles lead the all-time series between the two Super Bowl teams. Their last meeting in 2015 featured the Eagles pulling a huge upset over the heavily favored Pats in Foxboro by a score of 35-28. This is the second time the teams have met in the Super Bowl with the Pats prevailing by a score of 24-21 in the 2005 Super Bowl.
7/10: Tom Brady is the overwhelming favorite to capture the Super Bowl MVP trophy ahead of the game. The next best odds are Nick Foles at 11/2. Brady already has four Super Bowl MVPs.
10: This is the tenth Super Bowl where Al Michaels is handling the play-by-play for the game.
27-9: Brady’s career playoff record. His 27 wins are 11 more than second-ranked Joe Montana.
28.6: The Eagles and Patriots both averaged 28.6 points per game during the regular season with the Pats total of 458 points one more than Philadelphia. Only the Los Angeles Rams scored more.
48.5: The over-under or total number of points oddsmakers think will be scored Sunday.
79.2: The Eagles had the NFL’s stingiest run defense, allowing only 79.2 yards per game during the regular season. The Pats ranked twentieth at 114.8 yards.
106: Cameras that Super Bowl broadcaster NBC will use at U.S. Bank Stadium for Sunday’s game.
394: Yards per game for the Pats offense during the regular season, tops in the sport. The Eagles ranked seventh at 366 yards.
488: Career touchdown passes for Tom Brady, tied for third all time with Drew Brees. Peyton Manning leads at 539.
$6,330: Average price of Super Bowl tickets on the resale market two days ahead of the game per TicketIQ. The list price on Super Bowl 52 tickets ranges from $950 to $5,000.
$112,00: Players on the winning side will receive $112,000, up $5,000 from last year. Players on the losing squad will get $56,000
$1 million: Tom Brady’s salary this season (he did get a $28 million signing bonus in his latest contract signed in 2016). No need to cry for Brady though. His career earnings of $197 million rank second among active players behind only Eli Manning,
$5+ million: The average price for a 30-second ad, according to Dan Lovinger, executive vice president of advertising sales for NBC Sports.
111.3 million: Average audience for last year’s Super Bowl, which was the first to ever go into overtime. It ranked fifth all time among Super Bowl audiences.
$220 million: Total naming rights commitment by U.S. Bank over 20 years to put its’ name on the Minnesota Vikings’ stadium.
$500 million: Total ad spending on Sunday for the game, pregame festivities, postgame and episode of “This Is Us” to air after the Big Game.
1.35 billion: The number of chicken wings projected to be eaten during Super Bowl weekend, according to the National Chicken Council.
$2.65 billion: Value of the Eagles. Jeffrey Lurie paid a then-record $185 million for the team in 1994.
$3.7 billion: Value of the Patriots. Bob Kraft paid $172 million for the team in 1994. The Dallas Cowboys are the only sports franchise in the world worth more.
$4.76 billion: Estimated amount to be gambled on the Super Bowl, according to the American Gaming Association. More than $4.6 billion will be bet illegally.