Super Bowl XXXVIII facts & figures
Super Bowl XXXVIIIfacts & figuresAt stake: -- Vince Lombardi Trophy for the National Football League championship.
Participants: Carolina Panthers (NFC) and New England Patriots (AFC); it's the fourth appearance for New England and the first for Carolina.
Site: Reliant Stadium, Houston. This is the second game hosted by Houston (Super Bowl VIII at Rice Stadium).
Seating capacity: 70,000-plus.
Date: Tomorrow.
Kickoff: 6:25 p.m. EST.
Network coverage: By CBS-TV to more than 200 stations throughout the United States, plus Bermuda and Guam. By CBS Radio/Westwood One to 500 stations within the United States. Armed Forces Television will also provide broadcast throughout the world. The game will be distributed internationally by the NFL and NFL International to 230 countries and territories in 28 languages.
Players' shares: Winners get $68,000 per man, losers $36,500 each.
Player uniforms: The Patriots will be the home team, will use the West bench, and will wear their home blue uniforms. The Panthers will wear white.
Sudden death: If the game is tied at the end of 60 regulation minutes, it will continue in sudden-death overtime. The team scoring first (by safety, field goal, or touchdown) will win. At the end of regulation, 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 Panthers (visiting team) will call the toss. Following a three-minute intermission after the end of regulation, play will continue by 15-minute periods with a two-minute intermission between each such overtime period. The teams will change goals between each period; there will be a two-minute warning at the end of each period.
Official time: The scoreboard clock will be official.
Officials: There will be seven officials and two alternates appointed by the commissioner's office.
Trophy: The winning team receives permanent possession of this year's 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 Vince Lombardi 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 3/4 inches tall and weighs 6.7 pounds. The words "Vince Lombardi" and "Super Bowl XXXVIII" are engraved on the base along with the NFL emblem.
Attendance: To date, 2,912,493 have attended Super Bowl games. The largest crowd was 103,985 for Super Bowl XIV at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.
