Super Bowl XLII Facts

Super Bowl XLII Facts (from NFL.com):

Super Bowl in General:
• This is the 42nd Super Bowl and the second time it has been held in Arizona
• The NFC leads 21-20 all-time but the AFC has won eight of the last 10 games after losing 13 straight
• The AFC is the home team in this year’s Super Bowl
• No Super Bowl has ever gone to overtime
• To date 3,205,733 people have attended Super Bowl games
• 21 Quarterbacks have been named MVP of the Super Bowl, the most of any position
• The Giants-Patriots Super Bowl is only the second time that the two Super Bowl participants have met in the final regular season game
• The Giants-Patriots Super Bowl is the 12th Super Bowl to feature two teams that met during the regular season. The team that lost the regular-season meeting has won six of the previous 11 match-ups
• The team that has won the coin toss is 19-22 all-time in the Super Bowl and has lost the past four straight and nine of the last 11 games

Coaches:
• Bill Belichick is the eighth head coach to appear in four Super Bowls and one of four to win three Super Bowls. The others are Chuck Noll (4-0), Bill Walsh (3-0) and Joe Gibbs (3-1)
• Bill Belichick (15) and Tom Coughlin (7) have 22 postseason victories combined, tied for the second most in Super Bowl history among opposing coaches and surpassed only by the 25 combined playoff wins by Tom Landry and Chuck Noll in Super Bowl XIII
• Tom Coughlin has coached 205 career games, including the playoffs. That is the most games coached before making a Super Bowl debut as a head coach.
• Tom Coughlin is coaching in his first Super Bowl as a head coach. Head coaches making their Super Bowl debut are 20-22

Players:
• The Patriots have 20 players with Super Bowl experience on their current roster; the Giants have three
• Tom Brady is the 23rd NFL MVP to play in the Super Bowl in the same season. The last MVP to win a Super Bowl the same season was Kurt Warner in Super Bowl XXXIV in 1999.
• Tom Brady is 1 of 4 players with three Super Bowl wins as a starting QB, and one of four players with multiple Super Bowl MVP awards
• Tedy Bruschi will be playing in his fifth Super Bowl; he is the 15th player to play in five Super Bowls
• Junior Seau is making his second Super Bowl appearance; the first since Super Bowl XXIX. The 13 years between Super Bowl appearances is the longest span in the game’s history

• Eli Manning is the seventh No. 1 overall pick to start the Super Bowl at quarterback
• 18 sets of brothers to have reached the Super Bowl. Eli and Peyton Manning are the first set of brothers at quarterback
• Eli Manning is the only quarterback in the 2007 playoffs yet to throw an interception
• Jeff Feagles will be the oldest Super Bowl participant at 41 years, 335 days

Team:
• The Patriots are the third team to win 18 games in a season, including playoffs. The ’85 Bears (18-1) and ’84 49ers (18-1) also won 18 games
• The Patriots are the 11th team to go 10-0 at home, including the playoffs. Of the previous 10 to accomplish the feat, 8 of them won the Super Bowl
• The Patriots led the NFL with 36.8 PPG this season, the highest in the Super Bowl era
• The Patriots lost the coin toss in each of their three Super Bowl wins
• The Patriots are making their sixth Super Bowl appearance –- and fourth in last seven years. The Patriots are the fourth franchise to make six Super Bowl appearances, joining the Cowboys (8), Steelers (6) and Broncos (6)

• The Giants' 18 NFL championship game appearances are the most in NFL history. The Giants have won five NFL championships in their history –- including two Super Bowls.
• The Giants are the only team in NFL history to win 10 straight road games in a season
• The Giants are the fourth team to reach the Super Bowl following a 0-2
• The Giants are the ninth wild-card team to reach the Super Bowl. Wild-card teams are 4-4 in the Super Bowl
• The Giants are the third team to reach the Super Bowl by winning three straight road games