Super Bowl 2021: What number is LV and what’s up with using Roman numerals?
It’s almost time for the Super Bowl LV, a matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs. And yes, we’re all thinking the same thing: what the heck is LV?! It’s a Roman numeral. Yes, the NFL is still use Roman numerals instead of numbers.
LV is the Roman numeral for 55. The Roman numeral for 50 is L and five is V. So: LV. (It’s not always that simple, but we won’t bore you with the details. If you want them, you can check out this explanation.)
Per the NFL, “The Roman numerals were adopted to clarify any confusion that may occur because the NFL Championship Game—the Super Bowl—is played in the year following a chronologically recorded season.” But that doesn’t really explain why they didn’t just use numbers. Maybe it’s more official-sounding?
The NFL has always used Roman numerals with one exception, Super Bowl 50, which should have been Super Bowl L, if not for the NFL deciding it was too unattractive and unremarkable.
Roman numerals are a numeral system, which started in ancient Rome. It stuck around in Europe until the middle ages. We still see it often in clocks (like Big Ben in England), architecture (sometimes from Roman times), outline documents and, of course, in Super Bowls.
Yes, it’s weird. No, the NFL probably won’t change it anytime soon.
What’s In a Number When It Comes to Super Bowl LV?
There are always plenty of facts and figures when it comes to the biggest game of the season in the National Football League.
As the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers prepare for their clash in Super Bowl LV, there will be a bevy of numbers offered up in terms of trends, trivia and history. Defending NFL champions are 8-5 in the Super Bowl when they look to repeat, as is the case with the Chiefs in 2020. Kansas City won at Tampa Bay earlier this year, but the winning club during the regular season is just 6-7 on Super Sunday in the rematch.
Quarterbacks have been named Super Bowl MVP an impressive 30 times and both Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady have already had that honor. But make no mistake. Perhaps the biggest number to keep an eye on Sunday is how many mistakes each team makes or doesn’t make.
Only five times in the previous 54 Super Bowls has a team committed more turnovers in the game and still walked away with the Lombardi Trophy: The Baltimore Colts coughed up the seven times to the Dallas Cowboys’ four miscues in Super Bowl V but came away with a 16-13 victory. In Super Bowl IV, Terry Bradshaw threw three interceptions to one by Rams’ quarterback Vince Ferragamo but Pittsburgh won, 31-19. Bill Cowher’s wild card Steelers (2 turnovers) knocked off the Seattle Seahawks (1). This was also the case for the New England Patriots in their wins over the Seahawks (XLIX) and Falcons (LI), when Bill Belichick’s team lost the turnover battle, 2-1.
All told, the combined turnover differential for the 54 winning teams in Super Bowl history is a mind-boggling plus-99. That’s 62 turnovers by the winners and 161 miscues by the clubs that came up short. An impressive 18 times, the NFL champion did not give up the football in a winning effort on Super Sunday. Meanwhile, only twice out of 54 times did the Super Bowl loser – the Buffalo Bills in XXV and the Tennessee Titans in XXXIV – player turnover-free football.
All told, teams committing the fewest turnovers are 37-5 on Super Sunday. But it’s also worth noting that in each of the past three Super Bowls, both teams have committed the same amount of turnovers. Still, it’s a number that bears watching as both clubs vie for the Lombardi Trophy.
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The championship game pits the Kansas City Chiefs, the defending Super Bowl champs, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 8:30 p.m. ET. NFL Network will be providing more than 70 hours of live Super Bowl Week coverage. Get ready for Super Bowl LV with NFL Network as we bring you all the coverage ahead of the big game. You can also watch the Super Bowl Live Stream FREE Access.
The game pits league MVP and three-time Pro Bowler Patrick Mahomes against six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, who will be appearing in a record 10th Super Bowl. Brady is 6-3 in his nine prior Super Bowl appearances, though, all nine came when Brady was with the New England Patriots.
The two teams met on this same field during the regular season, with the Chiefs holding on for a 27-24 victory. This time, the stakes are much higher, with the Super Bowl on the line, as well as potential bragging rights in the battle between generational quarterbacks in Tom Brady of the Buccaneers and Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs.
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2021 Super Bowl start time
We know what time Super Bowl LV will kick off in the United States on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. That’s easy. The AFC champion and the NFC champion will meet at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL at 6:30 p.m. EST, or 5:30 CST, 4:30 MST, 3:30 PST, 2:30 p.m. in Alaska or 1:30 p.m. in Hawaii.
Where is the Super Bowl in 2021?
Super Bowl 55 will be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa in 2021. The NFL had originally planned to hold Super Bowl 55 in Los Angeles.
The 65,000+ capacity stadium will welcome a limited number of fans to the game as the US continues to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the league now having confirmed that around 20,000 will be in attendance at Super Bowl LV, with a number of tickets reserved for key workers.
Who will play in the Super Bowl 2021?
Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will play in the Super Bowl 2021. The Kansas City Chiefs are back to the Super Bowl after defeating the Buffalo Bills, 38-24, in the A.F.C. championship game behind a magisterial performance by quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who held off the top-seeded Green Bay Packers to win the N.F.C. championship game, 31-26, at Lambeau Field. The Buccaneers, led by quarterback Tom Brady, will be the first team to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium, on Feb. 7.
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What is the weather for Super Bowl 55?
The weather forecast at kickoff calls for partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid 60s with a 5%-10% chance of rain, according to NFLweather.com. As the game progresses, temperatures should fall to around 60.
What’s the best way to watch Super Bowl 2021?
The CBSSports app will live stream Super Bowl LV for free. The old school method of using a TV antenna is another option if you don’t have an Internet connection.
If you want to watch the game and other Super Bowl-related events or coverage, fuboTV will have all the key channels such as CBS, NFL Network, Animal Planet and Hallmark Channel. The streaming service has a free 7-day trial.
Super Bowl 2021 TV guide from anywhere in the world
While Covid has forced the NFL to make a number of changes to the usual Super Bowl Week schedule in 2021, most of the usual events and formalities are going ahead in one way or another.
Super Bowl Media Day, for instance, became Super Bowl Opening Night on Monday, February 1 and saw select players interviewed over Zoom – not the usual circus that ensues at the start of the week.
USA: CBS is offering coverage of the Super Bowl this year, which means you’ll be able to easily tune in from 6.30pm ET / 3.30pm PT if you currently receive the channel through your cable package or through the CBS website.
UK: UK viewers can tune into BBC1 on TV from 11:30pm tonight, or at 11pm on BBC if you want a bit of pre-game build-up. Both of these options are available on the app/website, BBC IPlayer too.
Canada: TSN and CTV are both offering free linear coverage of the Super Bowl in Canada this year, with kickoff scheduled for 6.30pm ET / 3.30pm PT. However, if you’re after more sports content, there’s another option out there. Watch Super bowl Live stream from Canada
Australia: There are a few options if you’re looking to watch the Super Bowl in Australia. Foxtel is the biggest provider of sports content in Oz, and will be showing the game on ESPN. It’s also available on the Foxtel Go app as well. However, we’d also keep an eye on Kayo Sports fixtures as well as free live streams on Channel 7 as well. Watch Super Bowl Live stream from Australia
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