Let’s hear it for the PA-TRI-OTS! Whoo-hoo! The New England Patriots are in the Super Bowl, baby! Sorry—I always get a little excited about the biggest, baddest football game of the year, especially when my home team is playing!
This year’s Super Bowl should be super exciting because the Patriots are currently undefeated! They won the American Football Conference (AFC) championship, making their record a perfect 18 wins and 0 losses—that’s the first time any team has gone 18-0 in National Football League (NFL) history!
The Pats will be up against the New York Giants, who are on a 10-game winning streak. These guys are tough as nails, too—they defeated the Green Bay Packers in the National Football Conference (NFC) championship when it was one degree BELOW ZERO. Aughh!
So, to get YOU ready for the most exciting football game of the year, the Ave has put together everything you need to know about Super Bowl XLII.
THE TEAMS
New England Patriots
Record: 18 wins, 0 losses
Key Players: Tom Brady (quarterback), Randy Moss (wide receiver), Laurence Maroney (running back), and Kevin Faulk (running back)
Fun Fact: This is the fourth time the Patriots have played in the Super Bowl in the last seven years.
New York Giants
Record: 10 wins, 6 losses
Key Players: Eli Manning (quarterback), Brandon Jacobs (running back), Ahmad Bradshaw (running back), and Plaxico Burress (wide receiver)
Fun Fact: The Giants played their first game in October of 1925.
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THE GAME
Name: Super Bowl XLII (means “Super Bowl 42,” or the 42nd Super Bowl ever played)
Date: February 3, 2008
Location: University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
Kick-off: 6:30 p.m. eastern standard time
National Anthem: sung by American Idol Jordin Sparks
Halftime Show: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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FUN SUPER BOWL FACTS
• The first Super Bowl was held January 15, 1967, between the Green Bay Packers (Wisconsin) and the Kansas City Chiefs (Missouri). The Green Bay Packers won 35-10.
• The term “Super Bowl” was coined by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt after watching his daughter play with a “super ball.”
• An estimated 50 million American women will watch the Super Bowl (yeah!).
• Tickets to the first Super Bowl game cost between $6 and $12. Today, tickets can be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars!
• Last year’s Super Bowl drew in 93.1 million viewers, making it the third most-watched TV program in history.
• Football fans looove their guacamole on Super Bowl Sunday. An estimated eight million pounds of it will be eaten by Americans using 14,500 tons of chips. Plus, 4,000 tons of popcorn will be gobbled up, too.
• In all, football fans will spend about $50 million on food for Super Bowl parties.
• The cost of one Super Bowl ring (what the players get if they win) is $5,000.
• Another reason to watch the Super Bowl? The awesome commercials! Last year, some companies paid an average of $2.6 million for one 30-second commercial. That’s a record!
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