The amount of data generated by such a big sporting event is huge. We analyzed Super Bowl’s historical data to unveil some interesting insights that you would love to know.

2. The Super Bowl games are nothing
short of spectacular.

3. The Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles in
the Super Bowl XLII and won their first ever
Super Bowl title.

4. Apart from the intriguing games, there
are pre-game & half-time
performances by popular artists, some
of the best advertisements are played
during the commercials airtime, and
attracts large attendance & millions of
viewers worldwide.

5. The amount of data generated by
such a big sporting event is huge.
We analyzed Super Bowl’s
historical data to unveil some
interesting insights that you would
love to know.

6. The data set includes information
like date, attendance, winner,
MVP, winning pts, loosing pts,
stadium, etc.

7. 1. Most number of MVP won by a player

8. Tom Brady has won the most number
of MVPs.
It goes without saying that him along
side his coach have been dominating
other teams for a long time.

9. 2. Most number of wins by a team

10. The Pittsburgh Steelers have won the Super
Bowl title 6 times, making them the team
with highest number of super bowl victories.
The Dallas Cowboys and The New England
Patriots have both won 5 titles each.

11. 3. Top winners by average of point difference

12. The Chicago Bears have won most
matches with highest point difference
(36) compared to rest of the teams.
The Seattle Seahawks rank second
with the average of 35 points followed
by the Los Angeles Raiders who have
an average of 29 points.

13. Fun fact: In Super Bowl XXIV, The San
Francisco 49ers won the match against
Denver Broncos with a 45 point
difference, which is the highest till date.

14. 4. Average match attendance by state

15. The state of California has
witnessed the highest number of
attendees with an average
attendance of 85,634.
New Jersey has an average of 82,529
attendees and Texas ranks 3rd with
an average of 79,358 attendees.

16. 5. Attendance vs Years

17. The Super bowl had the best attendance
between the year 1976 to 1988.
The year of 1977, 1980, 1983, and 1987
had an average attendance of 103,038.

18. It is observed that every year, the average
attendance decreases by about 196.

19. 6. Top 5 stadiums to host most number of super bowls

20. The Louisiana Superdome, the Orange
Bowl, and the Rose Bowl have each hosted
5 Super Bowls.
This ties them for the top stadium spot.

21. 7. Most number wins by a quarterback

22. Tom Brady became the first quarterback
ever to win 5 Super Bowls.
Terry Bradshaw holds the record of second
highest Super Bowl wins with 4 victories.

23. Just like the on & off-field Super Bowl
extravaganza, the data from the event
also offers equally interesting insights.

24. These are just few examples of what can
be easily achieved by analyzing large data
sets from different sporting events.

25. Have you encountered similar
findings from Super Bowl?
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