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Super Bowl LVI
DateFebruary 13, 2022[1]
StadiumSoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
FavoriteRams by 4[2]
RefereeRonald Torbert[3][4]
Ceremonies
National anthemMickey Guyton
Halftime showDr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar, with Sean Forbes and Warren Snipe[5][6]
TV in the United States
NetworkNBC
Telemundo (Spanish)[7]
AnnouncersAl Michaels (play-by-play)
Cris Collinsworth (analyst)
Michele Tafoya and Kathryn Tappen (sideline reporters)
Terry McAulay (rules analyst)
Cost of 30-second commercial$7 million[8]
Radio in the United States
NetworkWestwood One
AnnouncersKevin Harlan (play-by-play)
Kurt Warner (analyst)
Laura Okmin and Mike Golic (sideline reporters)
Gene Steratore (rules analyst)

Super Bowl LVI is the upcoming championship game of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2021 NFL season. It will be played between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Los Angeles Rams and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Cincinnati Bengals. The game is scheduled to take place on February 13, 2022, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, the home stadium of the Rams, marking the second-consecutive and second overall Super Bowl to feature a team playing in its home stadium.[a][1][9][10][11]

The Rams will seek their second Super Bowl title in their fifth appearance and their first title as a Los Angeles-based team. They last won 1999's Super Bowl XXXIV while based in St. Louis and last appeared in 2018's Super Bowl LIII. The Bengals will seek their first Super Bowl title in their third appearance after last appearing in 1988's Super Bowl XXIII. Each team finished the regular season as its respective conference's 4-seed, making this the first Super Bowl without a top-3 seed since seeding was introduced in 1975.[12]

Background

Host selection process

SoFi Stadium in November 2021

In contrast to previous Super Bowl bidding processes, no bids were accepted for Super Bowl LVI. The bids for Super Bowl LIII, Super Bowl LIV and Super Bowl LV were all drawn from the same pool of candidates in a meeting on May 24, 2016. Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, and Tampa Bay were the four candidates for the three contests; Atlanta received Super Bowl LIII, Miami received Super Bowl LIV, and Los Angeles (which declined to bid on Super Bowl LIV and was not eligible for Super Bowl LIII) was granted Super Bowl LV.[13]

On May 18, 2017, authorities announced that the opening of Los Angeles's new stadium, SoFi Stadium, originally scheduled for the start of the 2019 season, had been delayed a year to 2020. As a result, at the league's owners meetings in Chicago on May 23, 2017, the league re-awarded Super Bowl LV to the lone remaining candidate, Tampa Bay, and awarded Super Bowl LVI to Los Angeles.[14] As SoFi Stadium is also scheduled to host events in the 2028 Summer Olympics, it will be the second stadium, joining the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, to host both events.

The official logo for the game was unveiled on February 9, 2021, maintaining the standard design used since Super Bowl LI, but with the traditional Roman numerals containing imagery of palm trees to reflect the host city.[15]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

See also: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports and COVID-19 pandemic in California

In early January 2022, it was reported that AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (then Cowboys Stadium), was being considered as an alternate site for the game as a contingency due to a surge of COVID-19 infections in California attributed to the Omicron variant. The stadium last hosted Super Bowl XLV in 2011.[16] However, the NFL later confirmed on January 13 that the game would remain at SoFi Stadium.[17]

Unlike Super Bowl LV the previous year, attendance at the game will not be limited.[18] Super Bowl LV was played at 37% capacity.[19]

Fans in attendance at the Super Bowl festivities prior to and the game itself will receive a KN95 mask.[20] Fans attending the game are required to show proof of vaccination, a negative PCR test that was taken within 48 hours, or a negative antigen test that was taken within 24 hours.[18][21] The proof of vaccination requirement has been implemented for large outdoor events in Los Angeles County since October 2021.[22]

Teams

Los Angeles Rams

Main article: 2021 Los Angeles Rams season
Cooper Kupp was the first player since 2005 to obtain the receiving triple crown

The Los Angeles Rams finished the 2021 season with a 12–5 record under fifth-year head coach Sean McVay.[23] This will be their fifth Super Bowl appearance, third as a Los Angeles-based team, and second under McVay. The franchise holds a 1–3 Super Bowl record prior to this game, winning Super Bowl XXXIV in 1999 as the St. Louis Rams.[24] They also won two pre-Super Bowl era championships in 1945 as the Cleveland Rams and 1951 during their first stint in Los Angeles.

After the Rams lost 2018's Super Bowl LIII, quarterback Jared Goff suffered a decline in production, which led to tension between Goff and McVay.[25] Ahead of the 2021 season, Goff, two first-round picks, and a third-round pick were traded to the Detroit Lions in exchange for 12-year veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford.[26] Selected first overall by the Lions in the 2009 NFL Draft, Stafford held an 0–3 playoff record, but ranked in the top 20 of major passing categories and was considered more suited to Los Angeles' offense.[27] The Rams made another significant acquisition midway through the season when they traded a second- and third-round draft pick to the Denver Broncos for eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller.[28] A few weeks later, they signed free agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., a three-time Pro Bowl selection, after he was released by the Cleveland Browns.[29]

The Rams offense ranked ninth in yards (6,325) and tied with the Bengals for eighth in points scored (460).[30] Stafford had career highs in touchdowns (41) and completion percentage (67.2), although he led the league in interceptions (17).[31] He also set franchise records for single-season pass completions (404), and passing yards (4,886), while tying the passing touchdowns record.[32] Wide receiver Cooper Kupp became the fourth NFL player and first since 2005 to obtain the receiving triple crown by leading the league in receptions (145), receiving yards (1,947), and receiving touchdowns (16).[33] The Offensive Player of the Year, his receiving yards and receptions were both the second-most in a season.[34][35] Kupp was joined by wide receiver Van Jefferson, who had 802 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns, and tight end Tyler Higbee, who had 560 receiving yards.[23] Beckham added 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, helping fill the absence of the injured Robert Woods.[36] The team's leading rusher at 845 yards was running back Sony Michel, who was acquired in a trade with the New England Patriots after Cam Akers missed most of the regular season with an Achilles tendon injury.[37][38] Akers returned to the active roster ahead of the playoffs.[39] Running back Darrell Henderson added 688 rushing yards until he suffered a season-ending injury in Week 16.[40] The Rams' offensive line was led by 16-year veteran tackle Andrew Whitworth, who played his first 11 seasons with the Bengals.[41]

Defensively, the Rams ranked 17th in yards allowed (5,863) and 15th in points allowed (372).[42] Named to the Pro Bowl were defensive tackle Aaron Donald (eighth selection), who led the team in sacks (12.5), and cornerback Jalen Ramsey (fifth selection), whose 4 interceptions were tied with safety Taylor Rapp for the most on the team.[23] Linebacker Leonard Floyd complemented Donald with 9.5 sacks and Miller had 5 sacks after joining the team. The safety tandem of Rapp (64 solo tackles, 94 total) and Jordan Fuller (63 solo tackles, 113 total) had the most solo and combined tackles for the Rams, respectively.[38] After an injury in the regular season finale forced Fuller to miss the playoffs, Los Angeles signed six-time Pro Bowl safety Eric Weddle, who had been retired for two seasons.[43][44] On special teams, Matt Gay earned Pro Bowl honors after leading the league in field goal percentage (94.1).[45]

Cincinnati Bengals

Main article: 2021 Cincinnati Bengals season
Ja'Marr Chase set the Super Bowl era record for rookie receiving yards

The Cincinnati Bengals finished the season with a 10–7 record under third-year head coach Zac Taylor.[46] This will be their third Super Bowl appearance, following 1981's Super Bowl XVI and 1988's Super Bowl XXIII. After losing both, the Bengals saw little success and had not won a playoff game since the 1990 season, which was the longest active drought in the four major North American sports.[47]

Entering the 2021 season, the Bengals were considered unlikely to make the Super Bowl.[48] They finished the previous three seasons at the bottom of the AFC North and had not made the playoffs since 2015. Cincinnati was also only two years removed from a league-worst 2–14 record during Taylor's first season. This finish granted the Bengals the first overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft, which they used to select Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow.[49][50] Burrow posted strong numbers as a rookie, but won only two games before his season was cut short by a knee injury. In the following year's draft, Cincinnati used the fifth overall pick on wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase, who was Burrow's teammate at LSU.[51][52] The team also drafted placekicker Evan McPherson in the fifth round.[53] On defense, the Bengals signed free agent defensive end Trey Hendrickson, who was coming off a breakout season with the New Orleans Saints.[54] Defensive tackles Larry Ogunjobi and B. J. Hill were also acquired through free agency and a trade with the New York Giants, respectively.[55][56][57]

The reunion of Burrow and Chase brought new success to the Bengals, whose offense went from 29th in yards (5,116) and points scored (311) the previous season to 13th in yards (6,145) and eighth (tied with the Rams) in points scored (460).[58][30] In his first full season, Burrow led the league in completion percentage (70.4) and average yards per attempt (8.9), despite also leading the league in sacks taken (51).[59][60] He set the season franchise records for passing yards (4,611) and touchdowns (34), along with the franchise record for single-game passing yards (525), and was named Comeback Player of the Year.[61][35] Chase was fourth in receiving yards (1,455) and third in receiving touchdowns (13), both of which led the AFC.[62] The Offensive Rookie of the Year, his receiving yards were the most for a rookie in the Super Bowl era and he set the rookie record for receiving yards in a game (266).[63][64] Complementing Chase was wide receiver Tee Higgins, who obtained 1,081 receiving yards, making the Bengals one of only five teams with two 1,000 yard-receivers.[65][62] Wide receiver Tyler Boyd further bolstered the receiving corps with 828 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns.[66] Tight end C. J. Uzomah, who missed most of the previous year with a torn Achilles, had a breakout season by setting career highs in receiving yards (493) and touchdowns (5).[67] Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon was third in the NFL in rushing yards (1,205) and fourth in rushing touchdowns (13), while also recording 314 receiving yards and 3 receiving touchdowns.[68]

Cincinnati's defense was 18th in yards allowed (5,964) and 17th in points allowed (376). Hendrickson ranked fifth in sacks (14), earning him his first Pro Bowl selection.[69] Rounding out the defensive line, Hill had 5.5 sacks and 50 combined tackles, Ogunjobi had 7 sacks and 49 combined tackles, and defensive end Sam Hubbard had 7.5 sacks and 62 combined tackles.[46] Linebacker Logan Wilson led the team in interceptions (4) and combined tackles (100), while safety Jessie Bates had the most solo tackles (62).[65] McPherson, who was named to the 2021 PFWA All-Rookie Team, set the franchise records for the most 50-yard field goals converted in a season (9) and the longest field goal converted (58).[70]

Playoffs

Main article: 2021–22 NFL playoffs

The Rams won their Wild Card matchup against the NFC West rival Arizona Cardinals in a 34–11 rout, marking the first career postseason win for Stafford.[71] In the Divisional Round, the Rams took a 27–3 lead against the defending Super Bowl LV champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but a series of costly fumbles led to the Buccaneers tying the game with 42 seconds remaining. Nevertheless, Stafford drove the Rams 63 yards off two passes to Kupp, which allowed Gay to kick the game-winning field goal as time expired.[72] The NFC Championship Game pitted the Rams against the NFC West rival San Francisco 49ers, who swept them in the regular season and held a 6–0 record in games with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.[73] Los Angeles trailed 17–7 entering the fourth quarter, but scored 13 unanswered points to take the lead with under two minutes remaining. The rally was marked by San Francisco committing several miscues, including 49ers safety Jaquiski Tartt dropping a potential interception.[74] On the 49ers' final drive, Donald forced a pass from Garoppolo that was intercepted by linebacker Travin Howard to secure the 20–17 victory.[75] Higbee suffered a knee injury during the game that forced him to miss the Super Bowl.[76]

The Bengals defeated the Las Vegas Raiders 26–19 in the Wild Card Round for their first playoff victory since 1990, ending the longest drought in the four major North American sports.[77] However, Ogunjobi suffered a foot injury that ruled him out for the remainder of the postseason.[78] Their victory also came with controversy when a touchdown pass from Burrow to Boyd appeared to be whistled dead by an official before Boyd caught the ball.[79] Cincinnati defeated the top-seeded Tennessee Titans in the Divisional Round 19–16 on of a last-second field goal by McPherson, which was the franchise's first away playoff win.[80] The victory occurred despite Burrow being sacked nine times, tying Warren Moon's 1993 postseason record and making him the most-sacked quarterback to win a playoff game.[81] McPherson also became the first kicker to kick four field goals in separate rounds of the same postseason.[82] In the AFC Championship Game against the two-time defending AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati fell into a 21–3 deficit during the first half, but rallied to take a 24–21 lead in the fourth quarter. The game went into overtime, in which safety Vonn Bell intercepted Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on the first drive and McPherson converted a 31-yard field goal to send the Bengals to their first Super Bowl since 1988.[83] Cincinnati's 18-point comeback was tied with the 2006 Indianapolis Colts for the largest in a conference championship.[84][85]

Pre-game notes

This will be the first Super Bowl to be played on the second Sunday in February, following the adoption of a 17-game schedule in 2021. From the 2003 to 2020 seasons, all Super Bowls were played on the first Sunday in February.[86]

The Rams will be the first NFL team to have their home stadium host a conference championship and the Super Bowl in the same season.[87] They will also be the second team to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium, following the 2020 Buccaneers. However, the Rams will be the designated visiting team as the home team alternates between the two conferences annually. Nevertheless, they will still use their locker room. The Bengals will use the home locker room of the Los Angeles Chargers, who share the stadium with the Rams.[88] This will be the Rams' second Super Bowl in their home market along with 1979's Super Bowl XIV, which was played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

As the designated home team, the Bengals chose to wear their home black jerseys with white pants. The Rams selected newly-unveiled alternate white jerseys with yellow pants.[89]

The Bengals are the third team to make the Super Bowl after having the league's worst record two years earlier, following the 1981 San Francisco 49ers and the 2003 Carolina Panthers.[48]

With McVay at age 36 and Taylor at age 38, Super Bowl LVI features the youngest pair of head coaches in Super Bowl history and is the first to have both under 40.[90] They were the two youngest head coaches in the league during the 2021 season. Taylor served on the Rams coaching staff under McVay from 2017 to 2018 and was hired as Cincinnati's head coach after Super Bowl LIII.[91] Whitworth, at age 40, will be the first player in a Super Bowl to be older than both head coaches.[92]

This is the second Super Bowl in which both starting quarterbacks were first overall selections in the NFL Draft, along with Super Bowl 50. Burrow also reached the Super Bowl faster than any previous quarterback taken first overall by doing so in his second season.[93]

Entertainment

Pre-game ceremonies

Country singer Mickey Guyton will perform the "The Star-Spangled Banner" making her the first black female country singer to perform the national anthem at the game. Jhené Aiko will perform "America the Beautiful." Mary Mary, accompanied by the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing". Electronic music producer Zedd will DJ during pre-game warmups. The flyover will be conducted by a 5-plane formation by the USAF Air Combat Command demonstration teams, comprising an A-10 Thunderbolt II, an F-16 Fighting Falcon, an F-22 Raptor and an F-35 Lightning II as well as a P-51 Mustang representing the Air Force Heritage Flight. [94]

Halftime show

Main article: Super Bowl LVI halftime show

The halftime show will be headlined by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar.[5] Deaf rappers Sean Forbes and Warren Snipe will perform in American Sign Language during the show, making this the first time that American Sign Langauge will be used in a halftime show at the Super Bowl.[6]

Media coverage

United States

Super Bowl LVI will be televised by NBC, as part of a one-time modification to the annual cycle among the three main broadcast television partners of the NFL.[95][96][97] The game will be broadcast in Spanish by NBC's sister network Telemundo, marking the first time that a dedicated Spanish-language telecast will air on broadcast television.[98] The network plans to employ additional goal line, sideline, and end zone camera angles, and a new on-air graphics package. The broadcast will feature a special intro starring actress Halle Berry.[99]

Under the normal cycle, the game would have been televised by CBS. However, in order to avoid counterprogramming the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing—which are televised exclusively by NBC—the NFL announced on March 13, 2019 that NBC had agreed to swap 2021's Super Bowl LV to CBS in exchange for Super Bowl LVI. This will be the first Super Bowl to occur during the timeframe of an ongoing Olympic Games: primetime coverage of the Olympics would have had to compete with the Super Bowl—diluting viewership and advertising revenue for CBS and NBC,[96][97] and there is an unsaid gentleman's agreement between the NFL's broadcasters to not air competing original programming against the Super Bowl.[100] This swap gives NBC rights to both events, and the network plans to maximize the advertising revenue from both events (as it did for Super Bowl LII, which began prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics).[95][96][97]

NBC subsequently announced in November 2021 that a block of primetime coverage of the Games will air after Super Bowl LVI in lieu of new entertainment programming.[101][102] Unlike 2018, where he skipped Super Bowl LII in order to prepare for his first Olympics as primetime host,[103] Mike Tirico will host both Super Bowl LVI and the Olympics: he will anchor the Games remotely from outside SoFi Stadium over Super Bowl weekend, before returning to NBC Sports' headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut for the remainder of the Games.[104][105][106]

Continuing the NFL's deal with Verizon, the game will also be available on the NFL mobile app and the Yahoo! Sports mobile app. The game will also be available on NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, and Peacock Premium.[107]

Advertising

NBC charged an estimated cost of $7 million for a 30-second commercial at Super Bowl LVI, more than the $5.5 million that CBS charged during the previous year.[108] Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Hyundai, and Pepsi are among the sponsors that return after skipping the previous Super Bowl due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[109]

International

Game summary

Box score

Los Angeles Rams vs. Cincinnati Bengals — Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Rams (NFC) 0 0 000
Bengals (AFC) 0 0 000

at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California

Officials

Super Bowl LVI will feature seven officials. Continuing the practice instituted the previous year, there is an alternate official assigned for every position on the field and the replay official. The numbers in parentheses below indicate their uniform numbers.[3]

  • Referee: Ron Torbert (62)
  • Umpire: Bryan Neale (92)
  • Down judge: Derick Bowers (74)
  • Line judge: Carl Johnson (101)
  • Field judge: Rick Patterson (15)
  • Side judge: Keith Washington (7)
  • Back judge: Scott Helverson (93)
  • Replay official: Roddy Ames
  • Replay assistant: Sean McKee
  • Alternate officials:
    • Referee: Bill Vinovich (52)
    • Umpire: Paul King (121)
    • Down judge: Ed Camp (134)
    • Line judge: Greg Bradley (98)
    • Field judge: Aaron Santi (50)
    • Side judge: Jonah Monroe (120)
    • Back judge: Greg Steed (12)
    • Replay official: Mark Butterworth

Notes

  1. ^ The Tampa Bay Buccaneers played Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium, their home stadium. Unlike the Buccaneers, the Rams will be designated the visiting team because even-numbered Super Bowls are hosted by the AFC.

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