2006 Super Bowl Facts
By: Q.
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January 23rd, 2006 - Page Updated at 9:15am
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The Steelers continue to make history,
becoming not only the first team since the 1985 Patriots
to win three road games en route to the Super Bowl
but the first sixth seed to advance to the Big Dance.
They did it with a resounding 34-17 triumph over the
Broncos, who lost for the first time this year at
Invesco Field at Mile High. Ben Roethlisberger threw
for two touchdowns and ran for another, while an opportunistic
defense came up with four takeaways. The Steelers
entered the contest having played five AFC title games
since 1994, all at home, and managed only one victory.
The Seahawks are on their way to their
very first Super Bowl after routing the visiting Panthers
34-14 in the NFC Championship Game. Seattle scored
10 first-quarter points and never looked back as Shaun
Alexander returned from last week's concussion to
rush for a team playoff-record 132 yards and two touchdowns,
while Matt Hasselbeck threw for 219 yards and two
scores. The Seahawks picked off three passes in winning
their 12th straight home game. It's Mike Holmgren's
third trip to the Super Bowl, where he was 1-1 as
head coach of the Packers in the 1990s.
| Site:
Ford Field - Detroit,
Mich. |
| Date: Feb. 5,
2006 |
| Game
time: 6 p.m. EST |
| Other Super Bowl host
cities: New Orleans (9: Tulane Stadium
3, Louisiana Superdome 6); Miami (8 times: Orange
Bowl 5, Pro Player Stadium [formerly Joe Robbie
Stadium] 3); Los Angeles (7: Los Angeles Coliseum
2, Rose Bowl 5); Tampa Bay (3); San Diego (3);
Atlanta (2); Houston (2); Arizona (1); Detroit
(1: Pontiac Silverdome); Minneapolis (1); Stanford
(1); Jacksonville (1). |
| Ford
Field seating capacity for SB XL: 65,000+ |
| NFL Headquarters:
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center |
| Media
Center: GM World Headquarters |
| AFC Team Hotel:
Detroit Marriott Pontiac at Centerpoint |
| AFC
Practice Site: Pontiac Silverdome (tentative) |
| NFC Team Hotel:
Hyatt Regency Dearborn |
| NFC
Practice Site: Detroit Lions Practice Facility
at Allen Park (Note: Practices closed to public) |
| Home team: AFC
Champion will wear its choice of jerseys. |
| Pregame
Entertainment: Aaron Neville |
| National Anthem:
TBD |
| Halftime
Entertainment: Rolling Stones |
| Cost of the Vince Lombardi
Trophy: $25,000 |
| Who
makes Super Bowl Trophy: Tiffany &
Co. of New York. |
| Cost of Super Bowl rings:
League pays for up to 150 rings at $5,000 per
ring (plus adjustments for increases in gold and
diamonds). League also pays for 150 pieces of
jewelry for the losing team, which may not cost
more than one-half the price set for the Super
Bowl ring. |
| TV/Radio
coverage: ABC will be televising its 7th
Super Bowl. CBS Radio-Westwood One will be broadcasting
its 19th consecutive Super Bowl, 32nd overall |
| Super Bowl XXXIX TV
audience: Last year's game was watched
by 133.7 million viewers. The 10 most-watched
programs in TV history are all Super Bowls. |
SB
XL ticket distribution
AFC Champion - 17.5 percent
NFC Champion - 17.5 percent
Host Team (Lions) - 5.0 percent
Other 29 Teams - 34.8 percent
NFL - 25.2 percent |
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Super Bowl Facts By:
Q.
Smyth
Sunday
January 23rd, 2006 - Page Updated at 9:15am
Senior Editor For WagerOnFootball.com Handicapping.
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