Having a party for the big game? Here are some interesting facts and figures to dazzle your guests with (most of it is totally useless, but it's interesting no the less.)

• 98.7 million: People who watched last year's Super Bowl
• 151.6 million: Number of people who are expected to watch at least part of the game.
• $2.6 million: Cost for a 30-second ad spot in Sunday's game
• 239: Yards Colts quarterback Peyton Manning passed for the last time he played in a Super Bowl. Manning averaged 300 yards per game this season; Saints quarterback Drew Brees averaged 274
• 75: Longest run, Willie Parker, Pittsburgh vs. Seattle, 2006. The entire Colts team only averaged 80 yards rushing per game this regular season; the Saints, meanwhile, averaged 132.
• 55: Most points by one team, San Francisco vs. Denver, 1990. Neither the Colts nor the Saints scored 55 points in a game this season, though the Saints led the league in scoring, averaging 38 points per game.
• 9: Times the Super Bowl has been played in New Orleans. This year in Miami, though, is the Saints' first appearance.
• 7: Lifetime field goals, Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri. He hit three in the Colts' win in 2007.
• 6: Most Super Bowl wins, Pittsburgh Steelers (IX, X, XIII, XIV, XL, XLIII)
• 6: Passing touchdowns in a game, Steve Young, San Francisco vs. San Diego, 1995. Manning threw just one touchdown in his only Super Bowl. Brees has never appeared in a Super Bowl.
• 4: Most Super Bowl losses, three-way tie: Denver Broncos (XII, XXI, XXII, XXIV); Buffalo Bills (XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII); Minnesota Vikings (IV, VIII, IX, XI)
• 3: Fewest points by one team, Miami vs. Dallas, 1972
• 1: Smallest margin of victory, New York Giants vs. Buffalo (20-19), 1991, thanks to Scott Norwood wide right
• 5: Number of years The Who's Pete Townshend was on the registered sex offender list.
• 194 million: Approximate number of blades of grass on the football field.
• 232: Number of countries and territories in which the game will be broadcast.
• 34: Number of languages the game is broadcast in.
• 1: Number of languages in which the word "football" doesn't mean "soccer."
• 8 million: Total pounds of popcorn consumed on Super Bowl Sunday.
• 28 million: Pounds of potato chips consumed.
• 53.5 million: Pounds of avocados consumed.
• 222,792: Number of football field's worth of farmland to grow all that corn, potatoes, and avocados.
• 11.8: Depth, in feet, of guacamole consumed if it were spread across the football field.
• 293,000: Number of miles of potato chips, laid end to end, consumed during the game.
• 1 billion: Number of chicken wings consumed on Super Bowl Sunday.
• 325.5 million: Gallons of beer drank by Americans that day.
• 493: Number of Olympic-sized swimming pools that could be filled with all that beer.
• 20%: Increase in ant-acid sales the Monday after the game.
• 7 million: Number of employees who will not show up to work Monday.
• 0,780: Kilograms of Oxygen required to sustain the audience during the game.
• 4,800: Kilograms of Oxygen produced by the grass on the field during the game.
• 310,000: Pounds of carbon emissions generated by the Super Bowl.
• 1,000: Number of NFL defensive linemen to equal that weight.
• 187,000: Kilowatt/hours of energy estimated to be spent at the Super Bowl stadium.
• 10,004,603: Kilowatt/hours of power consumed by home TVs tuned in to the game.
• 9,000,000: Current Kilowatt/hours of solar power generated in the US.
• 22,000: Number of parking spaces at the stadium.
• $5.6 billion: Amount consumers will spend on Super Bowl related items.
• $400 million: Amount of money added to the local economy because of the game.
• 35%: Ticket holders writing-off the game as a business expense.
• $12,500: Price Tiffany charges to produce the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
• $2.8 million: Cost for a 30-second advertisement slot during the game.
• 20.5: Number of minutes worth of ads it would take to pay for a new Sun Stadium at that rate.
• 45: Number of minutes worth advertisements during last year's game.
• 41%: Percent of Super Bowl viewers surveyed who will re-watch this year's ads online.
• 2.9 million: Number of HD TVs bought for the Super Bowl in 2009.
• 41: Days in advance, on average, Super Bowl plans are made.
• 20 million: Number of Americans attending a Super Bowl party.
• 17: Average number of people attending each party.
• 5%: Percent of people who watch the big game alone.
• 40%: Percent of Super Bowl viewers who are not football fans.
• 25%: Percent of women who watch the game and enjoy it.
• 10 million: Number of man-hours spent preparing food for the Super Bowl party.
• 1:57: Length of time it took me to put this together. Enjoy the game. - Jason Lockhart

Jason is an aspiring sports journalist currently enrolled at Stanford University.

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