Super Bowl tidbits
• • PARTICIPANTS -- The Bears (NFC) and Indianapolis Colts (AFC). This is the second appearance for the Bears and the third appearance for the Colts.
• • SITE -- Dolphin Stadium, Miami. This is the ninth Super Bowl played in southern Florida and the fourth at Dolphin Stadium.
• • SEATING CAPACITY -- 70,000.
• • NETWORK COVERAGE -- By CBS-TV (Ch. 2 in Chicago) to more than 200 stations throughout the United States plus Bermuda and Guam.
By CBS Radio/Westwood One to 500 stations within the U.S. Also, Armed Forces Television will provide the broadcast to 180 countries throughout the world.
The game will be distributed by the NFL and NFL International to 230 countries.
• • PLAYERS SHARE -- Winners: $73,000 each; losers: $38,000 each.
• • UNIFORMS -- The Bears will be the home team and will use the south bench at Dolphin Stadium. They have their choice of uniforms and will be wearing their home navy jerseys.
• • SUDDEN DEATH -- If the game is tied at the end of regulation, it will continue in sudden-death overtime. The team scoring first (by safety, field goal or touchdown) will win.
At the end of regulation playing time, the referee will toss a coin at the center of the field, in accordance with rules pertaining to the usual pregame toss. The captain of the visiting team will call the toss. Following a three-minute intermission after the end of the regular game, play will continue by 15-minute periods with a two-minute intermission between each such overtime period with no halftime intermission. The teams will change goals between each period; there will be a two-minute warning at the end of each period.
• • OFFICIALS -- Super Bowl officials are assigned according to a season-long evaluation system. Each must have five years of NFL experience and have worked previous playoffs.
Brothers will officiate in the Super Bowl for the first time Sunday, with umpire Carl Paganelli and back judge Perry Paganelli working the game.
Tony Corrente will referee his first Super Bowl. Corrente is concluding his 12th season in the league. Carl Paganelli is in his eighth NFL season and has worked six postseason matches. His brother is in his ninth year and also has done six playoff games.
Also on the officiating crew are head linesman George Hayward, line judge Ron Marinucci, field judge Jim Saracino and side judge John Parry.
The Super Bowl officiating crew collectively has 73 years of NFL experience and 52 combined postseason game assignments.
• • TROPHY -- The winning team receives permanent possession of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, a sterling silver trophy created by Tiffany & Company and presented annually to the winner of the Super Bowl. The trophy was named after the late coach of the two-time Super Bowl-champion Green Bay Packers prior to the 1971 Super Bowl. The trophy is a regulation silver football mounted in a kicking position on a pyramid-like stand of three concave sides. The trophy stands 20 inches tall, weighs 6.7 pounds and is valued at more than $25,000. The words ''Vince Lombardi'' and ''Super Bowl XLI'' are engraved on the base along with the NFL shield.
• • RINGS -- The NFL pays for up to 150 rings at $5,000 per ring (plus adjustments for increases in gold and diamonds). The 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.
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2: Indianapolis' Adam Vinatieri is making his fifth Super Bowl appearance. Who is the only player to make six appearances? (5 points).
3: The winning team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. What is the name of the trophy presented to the MVP? (5 points).
4: True or false: Since 1990, Indianapolis is the only No. 3 seed to reach the Super Bowl. (5 points).
5: Which Bear was named the MVP in the 1986 Super Bowl? (5 points).
a) Dan Hampton
b) Walter Payton
c) Richard Dent
d) Mike Singletary
6: Indianapolis set a conference-championship record by overcoming an 18-point deficit in the AFC title game against New England. What's the largest deficit a team had to overcome to win the Super Bowl? (5 points).
7: True or false: A Super Bowl never has gone into overtime. (5 points).
8: Last year Hines Ward became the fifth wide receiver to receive the Super Bowl MVP award. Name the first. (5 points).
9: True or false: The Colts are the first franchise to represent two different cities in the Super Bowl. (5 points).
10: Which Super Bowl received the highest TV rating? (5 points).
11: Who has the most career passing yards in the Super Bowl? (5 points).
a) Tom Brady, New England
b) John Elway, Denver
c) Joe Montana, San Francisco
d) Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh
12: True or false: No punt has ever been returned for a Super Bowl touchdown. (5 points).
13: Who is the last player to return a kickoff for a touchdown in the Super Bowl? (5 points).
14: Peyton Manning of Indianapolis led the league in passing with a 101.0 passer rating. Who is the last quarterback to lead the NFL in passing and win the Super Bowl in the same season? (5 points).
a) Brett Favre, Green Bay
b) Brad Johnson, Tampa Bay
c) Steve Young, San Francisco
d) Kurt Warner, St. Louis
15: Name the only kick returner to win the MVP award. (5 points),
16: Only one player has won the MVP while playing on the losing team. Who is he? (5 points).
17: Adam Vinatieri has kicked four field goals in his Super Bowl career. Who holds the record with five in a career? (5 points).
a) Roy Gerela, Pittsburgh
b) Efren Herrera, Dallas
c) Ray Wersching, San Francisco
d) Jeff Wilkins, St. Louis
18: The team with fewer turnovers has won 28 Super Bowls, and in eight others, the turnovers were equal. Name one of the four teams to finish with more turnovers and still win the Super Bowl. (5 points).
19: True or false: This is the first time the Colts and Bears have met in the postseason. (5 points).
20: Who scored the first points in Super Bowl history? (5 points).
a) Don Chandler
b) Curtis McClinton
c) Max McGee
d) Elijah Pitts
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1. The AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
2. Mike Lodish, Buffalo (1991-94) and Denver (1998-99).
3. Pete Rozelle Trophy.
4. False. Carolina, the NFC South division winner, reached the 2004 Super Bowl.
5. c) Richard Dent.
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6. 10 points. Washington trailed Denver 10-0 after the first quarter of its 42-10 victory in the 1988 Super Bowl.
7. True.
8. Lynn Swann, Pittsburgh, 1976.
9. False. Raiders (Oakland 1968, 1977, 1981, 2003; Los Angeles 1984) and Rams (Los Angeles 1980; St. Louis 2000, 2002).
10. The 1982 Super Bowl between San Francisco and Cincinnati had a 49.1 rating.
11. c) Joe Montana, San Francisco, with 1,142 yards in four games.
12. True. The longest return is 45 yards by San Francisco's John Taylor against Cincinnati in 1989.
13. Jermaine Lewis, Baltimore vs. N.Y. Giants in the 2001 Super Bowl. Lewis' 84-kickoff return followed Ron Dixon's 97-yard kickoff return in the third quarter.
14. d) Kurt Warner, St. Louis, 1999 season.
15. Desmond Howard, Green Bay, in the 1997 Super Bowl.
16. Chuck Howley, Dallas vs. Baltimore Colts in the 1971 Super Bowl.
17. c) Ray Wersching, San Francisco.
18. 1971timore Colts; Pittsburgh 1980; N.Y. Giants 1987; Pittsburgh 2006.
19. True.
20. c) Max McGee on a 37-yard pass from Bart Starr vs. K.C., 1967 Super Bowl.