The NFL’s global popularity coupled with the spectacle that is the Super Bowl year-in and year-out and the legalization of sports betting across the United States has made it so.
So with the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles one week away from kicking off Super Bowl LVII from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., FrontPageBets is taking a look at historical betting trends for the Big Game. Super Bowl betting historyThe second-largest spread in Super Bowl history, according to ProFootballNetwork.com, was Super Bowl III when the Colts were 18-point favorites over the New York Jets. We all know how that ended with Broadway Joe Namath leading the Jets to a 16-7 win.
Chiefs Super Bowl historyThe Chiefs are playing in their third Super Bowl in the last four years. They are 1-1 straight up and against the spread. Both of those games – the win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV and the loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV – were under the point total.