Super Bowl 59: Ben's Stats to Know

We kick off our Super Bowl blogs with Ben’s 5 most important stats. We will have more Super Bowl content as the week rolls on along with a full game preview and touchdown prediction! Let’s dive in…

#1: Andy Reid vs Nick Sirianni 

This will be the fifth time in the history of the Super Bowl that we are getting a Head Coach rematch. In the previous four match-ups – the HC that won the first time also won the second meeting. 

#2: Super Bowl Against the Spread

If you’re choosing to bet on a team to win this year, it makes the most sense to bet them to cover as well. In the history of the Super Bowl, the winning team has covered the spread 88% of the time. If the spread is four points or less, those winners have covered 100% of the time. 

#3: Captain Clutch 

Patrick Mahomes already has 17 play-off wins – the second most of all-time behind only Tom Brady. He has come back to win 6 of those 17 wins after trailing at some point in the 4th quarter. Furthermore, he’s led 7 game winning drives this season alone. 

#4: Starting Fast 

In the history of the Super Bowl, the team that scores first wins 63% of the time. However, that wasn’t the case in the 2022 Super Bowl between these two teams. Jalen Hurts scored a touchdown from one yard out on the Eagles opening drive. 

#5: Super Bowl MVP 

In this history of the Super Bowl, QB is far and away the most common MVP winner with QB’s taking it home 33 of the 58 times. Over the last 10 years, we have seen QB’s win the award 7 times, with WR’s winning it twice and a defensive player once. Patrick Mahomes has won the award in all three of his Super Bowl wins. A RB hasn’t won the award since 1998. Patrick Mahomes (+105) has the shortest odds for Super Bowl MVP we’ve seen in the last 20 years.

Written by Ben Hossler