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One of the highest-scoring seasons in NFL history culminates Sunday with a matchup of high-octane offenses in Super Bowl LIII. The game between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams is a rematch of the Super Bowl 17 years ago—won by the Pats, 20-17, on a 48-yard Adam Vinatieri field goal as time expired—that kicked off New England's dynasty.
The Patriots are appearing in their ninth Super Bowl of the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era and their 11th overall. A victory would pull them even with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the record of six wins overall. The Rams are playing in their fourth Big Game and are looking for a second trophy to add to their win in Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000.
The game matches up the NFL's youngest head coach (Sean McVay, 33) with its second-oldest (Belichick, 66). The Rams opened as slight favorites before Pats money flooded sportsbooks, pushing the line to Patriots by 2 1/2 points.
Here are 25 numbers to know ahead of Super Bowl 53.
$0: Amount the NFL and halftime sponsor Pepsi will pay Maroon 5 to be the headline act during the halftime show. The halftime show was watched by 106 million people last year, more than watched the game itself. It serves as one long commercial for the band to help goose tour ticket sales and digital downloads.
$2: Concessions are usually a big story at the Super Bowl because of sky-high pricing. Not this year. The Atlanta Falcons kept their rock-bottom prices on concessions for the Super Bowl. A hot dog is only $2. It was $15 last year in Minnesota. Other $2 bargains: pretzels, bottled water and popcorn.
3: This is the third Super Bowl to take place in Atlanta. The most recent one was in 2000 at the Georgia Dome when the Rams, then based in St. Louis, defeated the Tennessee Titans, 23-16.
5: This is the fifth Super Bowl with Jim Nantz handling play-by-play duties. It is CBS's 20th Super Bowl broadcast overall, one more than NBC's total.
8-5: The Patriots lead the all-time series between these teams. Their last meeting was in 2016, during Jared Goff’s rookie season. New England won that December game, 26-10, on their way to a Super Bowl title three months later. It marked the fifth straight win for the Patriots in the series.
29-10: Tom Brady’s career playoff record. His 29 wins are 13 more than second-ranked Joe Montana had in his career.
30: The Rams forced the third-most turnovers this season. The Patriots, meanwhile, tied for fifth with 28.
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56.5: The over-under, or the total number of points oddsmakers think will be scored Sunday. The figure started at 58.5 after the conference championship games before heavy action on the under pushed it down. The Super Bowl over-under record of 57 was set two years ago.
60: The high temperature expected in Atlanta on Sunday is 60 degrees, with a 60% chance of rain. Regardless, fans at the game will be cozy thanks to the dome on the $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
115: The number of cameras that CBS will use for Sunday’s game. The Super Bowl broadcaster promises “four cameras (including the SkyCam) with live augmented reality graphics, plus an additional 10 cameras with trackable first-down-line technology.” CBS will also employ multiple 8K cameras, in addition to 14 4K cameras.
421: Yards per game for the Rams offense during the regular season, the second-best mark in the sport, behind the Kansas City Chiefs. The Pats ranked fourth at 393 yards.
517: Career touchdown passes for Brady, the third-best total ever. Peyton Manning leads at 539.
$3,861: The average purchase price of Super Bowl tickets on the resale market a week ahead of the game, per TickPick.
$118,000: Players on the winning side will receive $118,000, up $6,000 from last year. Players on the losing squad will get $59,000. Rams and Pats players have earned $83,000 so far during the 2019 postseason.
$5.2 million: The cost of a 30-second Super Bowl ad ranges from $5.1 million to $5.3 million, according to research firm Kantar Media. Prices are flat from a year ago, after a decade of gains.
$15 million: Brady and cornerback Stephon Gilmore are the top earners on the Patriots this season, with matching total paychecks from the team of $15 million.
$40 million: Star defensive tackle Aaron Donald of the Rams got a $40 million signing bonus as part of the six-year, $135 million contract extension he signed in August.
103.4 million: The average linear TV audience for last year’s Super Bowl, down 7% from the previous year and the lowest since 2009.
$310 million: The total naming rights commitment by Mercedes-Benz over 27 years to put its name on the Atlanta Falcons’ stadium.
1.38 billion: The number of chicken wings projected to be eaten during Super Bowl weekend, according to the National Chicken Council.
$3.2 billion: The value of the Rams, the fourth-highest in the NFL. Stan Kroenke paid a grossed-up value of $750 million to take full control of the Rams in 2010.
$3.8 billion: The value of the Patriots. Bob Kraft paid $172 million for the team in 1994. The Dallas Cowboys are the only NFL franchise worth more.
$5 billion: The cost of the real estate project Kroenke is developing in Inglewood, California. It includes a new $2.6 billion stadium for the Rams, set to open in 2020. It will be the most expensive football stadium ever built and will host the 2022 Super Bowl.
$6 billion: The estimated amount to be gambled on the Super Bowl, according to the American Gaming Association. Traditionally, almost all Super Bowl bets are placed illegally, but this year is different with legal sportsbooks now operating in eight states.
$8.5 billion: Kroenke’s net worth. In addition to massive real estate holdings, his sports empire includes the Rams, the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche and Arsenal Football Club in the U.K. His wife is Walmart heiress Ann Walton-Kroenke, niece of the retailer's founder, Sam Walton.
