Super Bowl LI
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| Date | February 5, 2017 | ||
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| Stadium | NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas | ||
| Favorite | Patriots by 3 | ||
| Referee | Carl Cheffers | ||
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| National anthem | Luke Bryan | ||
| Halftime show | Lady Gaga | ||
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| Network | Fox | ||
| Announcers |
Joe Buck (play-by-play) Troy Aikman (analyst) Erin Andrews and Chris Myers (sideline reporters) |
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| Cost of 30-second commercial | $5.02 million | ||
Super Bowl LI will be the 51st Super Bowl and the 47th modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots will play the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Atlanta Falcons to decide the league champion for the 2016 season.
The event will mark the 50th anniversary year of the first Super Bowl, which was played on January 15, 1967. Super Bowl LI is the Patriots' ninth Super Bowl appearance, the most Super Bowl appearances of any team. It is also their second appearance in three years and their seventh under the leadership of head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. The Falcons are making their second appearance as a franchise and will have the chance to win their first Super Bowl, having lost in their only previous Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXIII.
Super Bowl LI is scheduled for Sunday, February 5, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, and will be the third time the Super Bowl has been played in Houston, after Super Bowl VIII in 1974 and Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004. It will also be the second Super Bowl to be held at NRG Stadium, the other being Super Bowl XXXVIII, which also featured the New England Patriots. Super Bowl LI will be televised nationally in the United States by Fox and Fox Deportes.
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