Super Bowl coin toss history: Winners, heads or tails, final game results
Super Bowl Sunday is upon us! The world will be waiting to see who wins between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, but even before the game gets going, the two sides will conduct the coin toss. It will determine who starts with the ball, and the spotlight is as bright as can be on the Super Bowl.
The coin toss does not guarantee anything, but it can put a team in position to get some momentum at a key time. More and more we’re seeing teams that win the toss choose to defer and receive the ball in the second half to get a double-dip at the end of the second quarter and the beginning of the third quarter. However, if a team feels like their offense can get out hot, they might choose to receive first to get early momentum.
Sports betting has been legal in much of the United States for most of the past seven years. Prior to that, it was legal in Nevada dating to well before the Super Bowl history. Even when sports betting was illegal across most of the country, people would visit offshore sportsbooks or their local bookie to place their Super Bowl wagers.
One such bet is the coin toss result prop bet. Dating back to defensive lineman William “The Refrigerator” Perry getting odds to score a touchdown in Super Bowl 20, prop bets have turned into all the rage. For the coin toss, one can bet on whether it will turn up heads or tails, which team will win it, whether that winning team called the toss, and if the winner of the coin toss will go on to win the game.
Looking back through history up through Super Bowl 59, the coin toss has resulted in heads 28 times and tails 31 times. Although the choice is viewed as a 50/50 proposition, the Stanford Mathematics and Statistics departments conducted a study that showed a coin toss is actually more like a 51/49 proposition based on whatever side is up before the flip. The study assumed the coin was caught, but in the Super Bowl, the referee lets the coin hit the ground and bounce to its final position.
The Chiefs won the toss each of the past three years, with tails coming up twice and heads coming up once. The Chiefs lost last year as the coin toss winner, but prior to that the coin toss winner lost the Super Bowl eight straight years. Heading into Super Bowl 60,, the coin toss winner has won the game 25 times and lost the game 34 times.
Here’s a full list of the Super Bowl coin toss history, including heads or tails, the coin toss winner, and the game winner.
Super Bowl Teams Heads or tails Toss winner Game winner 60 Seahawks vs. Patriots TBD TBD TBD 59 Eagles vs. Chiefs Tails Chiefs Eagles 58 49ers vs. Chiefs Heads Chiefs Chiefs 57 Chiefs vs. Eagles Tails Chiefs Chiefs 56 Rams vs. Bengals Heads Bengals Rams 55 Chiefs vs. Buccaneers Heads Chiefs Buccaneers 54 49ers vs. Chiefs Tails 49ers Chiefs 53 Patriots vs. Rams Tails Rams Patriots 52 Eagles vs. Patriots Heads Patriots Eagles 51 Patriots vs. Falcons Tails Falcons Patriots 50 Panthers vs. Broncos Tails Panthers Broncos 49 Patriots vs. Seahawks Tails Seahawks Patriots 48 Seahawks vs. Broncos Tails Seahawks Seahawks 47 Ravens vs. 49ers Heads Ravens Ravens 46 Giants vs. Patriots Heads Patriots Giants 45 Steelers vs. Packers Heads Packers Packers 44 Saints vs. Colts Heads Saints Saints 43 Steelers vs. Cardinals Heads Cardinals Steelers 42 Giants vs. Patriots Tails Giants Giants 41 Colts vs. Bears Heads Bears Colts 40 Seahawks vs. Steelers Tails Seahawks Steelers 39 Patriots vs. Eagles Tails Eagles Patriots 38 Panthers vs. Patriots Tails Panthers Patriots 37 Raiders vs. Buccaneers Tails Buccaneers Buccaneers 36 Rams vs. Patriots Heads Rams Patriots 35 Ravens vs. Giants Tails Giants Ravens 34 Rams vs. Titans Tails Rams Rams 33 Broncos vs. Falcons Tails Falcons Broncos 32 Packers vs. Broncos Tails Packers Broncos 31 Patriots vs. Packers Heads Patriots Packers 30 Cowboys vs. Steelers Tails Cowboys Cowboys 29 Chargers vs. 49ers Heads 49ers 49ers 28 Cowboys vs. Bills Tails Cowboys Cowboys 27 Bills vs. Cowboys Heads Bills Cowboys 26 Washington vs. Bills Heads Washington Washington 25 Bills vs. Giants Heads Bills Giants 24 49ers vs. Broncos Heads Broncos 49ers 23 Bengals vs. 49ers Tails 49ers 49ers 22 Washington vs. Broncos Heads Washington Washington 21 Broncos vs. Giants Tails Broncos Giants 20 Bears vs. Patriots Tails Bears Bears 19 Dolphins vs. 49ers Tails 49ers 49ers 18 Washington vs. Raiders Heads Raiders Raiders 17 Dolphins vs. Washington Tails Dolphins Washington 16 49ers vs. Bengals Tails 49ers 49ers 15 Raiders vs. Eagles Tails Eagles Raiders 14 Rams vs. Steelers Heads Rams Steelers 13 Steelers vs. Cowboys Heads Cowboys Steelers 12 Cowboys vs. Broncos Heads Cowboys Cowboys 11 Raiders vs. Vikings Tails Raiders Raiders 10 Cowboys vs. Steelers Heads Cowboys Steelers 9 Steelers vs. Vikings Tails Steelers Steelers 8 Vikings vs. Dolphins Heads Dolphins Dolphins 7 Dolphins vs. Washington Heads Dolphins Dolphins 6 Cowboys vs. Dolphins Heads Dolphins Cowboys 5 Colts vs. Cowboys Tails Cowboys Colts 4 Vikings vs. Chiefs Tails Vikings Chiefs 3 Jets vs. Colts Heads Jets Jets 2 Packers vs. Raiders Tails Raiders Packers 1 Chiefs vs. Packers Heads Packers Packers
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