Super Bowl LVII: The numbers you need to know today
Before the 6:30 PM kickoff, here are 25 news, notes, and storylines to follow in Super Bowl LVII:
• Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes were both in the Top 3 of several key passing categories this season, including QB rating (Mahomes 105.2, Hurts 101.5), yards per attempt (Mahomes 8.1, Hurts 8.05), and TD/INT ratio (Hurts 3.67, Mahomes 3.42).
• Super Bowl LVII will feature the youngest QB matchup between Hurts (24 years, 189 days) and Mahomes (27 years, 148 days).
• The Eagles scored a franchise-record 477 points in 2022, including team records in total TDs (59), scrimmage TDs (57), and rushing TDs (32).
• The Eagles ranked first in the NFL defensively in sacks (70), passing yards allowed (179.8 per game), and yards per play allowed (4.78).
• The Eagles are the first NFL team to allow 7-or-fewer points multiple times in a single postseason since the 2000 Baltimore Ravens.
• The Eagles became the first team in NFL history to have four players with 10+ sacks in a single season, led by Haason Reddick, who had 16 in the regular season and added a franchise-record 3.5 in the playoffs.
• Philadelphia totaled the fourth-highest third-down conversion rate (45.9%), a franchise record.
• Miles Sanders rushed for a career-high 1,269 yards and was one of only three running backs to post 1,200+ rushing yards and 11+ rushing touchdowns.
• A.J. Brown (4th, franchise-record 1,496) and DeVonta Smith (9th, 1,196) both finished in the top 10 of receiving yards this season while becoming the first 1,000-yard receiving duo in franchise history.