Super Bowl facts and figures

By Associated Press, 01/28/02

AT STAKE
National Football League Championship for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

PARTICIPANTS
New England Patriots (AFC) and St. Louis Rams (NFC). This is the third appearance for New England and the second appearance for St. Louis.

SITE
Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans. This is the 9th game hosted by New Orleans and the 6th played here.

SEATING CAPACITY
72,000.

KICKOFF -- 6:21 p.m. EST.

NETWORK COVERAGE -- By FOX-TV to more than 200 stations throughout the United States plus Bermuda, and Guam.

By CBS Radio to 290 stations within the United States. The Armed Forces Televison will also provide broadcast throughout the world.

The game will be distributed internationally by the NFL and NFL International to more than 175 countries.

PLAYERS SHARE -- Winners: $63,000 per man. Losers: $34,500 per man.

PLAYER UNIFORMS -- AFC will be the home team, will use the West bench, and will have its choice of wearing its colored or white jersey. NFC will be the visiting team and will use the East bench.

SUDDEN DEATH -- If the game is tied at regulation time 60 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 playing time, the referee will immediately toss a coin at the center of the field, in accordance with rules pertaining to the usual pre-game toss. The captain of NFC team (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.

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 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 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 20.75 inches tall, weighs 6.7 pounds. The words "Vince Lombardi" and "Super Bowl XXXVI" are engraved on the base along with the NFL emblem.

ATTENDANCE -- To date, 2,772,890 have attended Super Bowl games. The largest crowd was 103,985 the 14th Super Bowl at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

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