Super Bowl LVI facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Super Bowl LVI

Los Angeles Rams (4) (NFC) (12–5) Cincinnati Bengals (4) (AFC) (10–7) 23 20 Head coach: Sean McVay Head coach: Zac Taylor
1 2 3 4 Total LAR 7 6 3 7 23 CIN 3 7 10 0 20
Date	February 13, 2022
Stadium	SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
MVP	Cooper Kupp, wide receiver
Favorite	Rams by 3.5
Referee	Ronald Torbert
Attendance	70,048
Ceremonies
National anthem	Mickey Guyton
Coin toss	Billie Jean King
Halftime show	Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar featuring 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak
TV in the United States
Network	NBC Telemundo (Spanish)
Announcers	Al Michaels (play-by-play) Cris Collinsworth (analyst) Michele Tafoya and Kathryn Tappen (sideline reporters) Terry McAulay (rules analyst)
Nielsen ratings	40.1 (national) 36.7 (Los Angeles) 46.1 (Cincinnati) U.S. TV viewership: 101.1 million
Cost of 30-second commercial	$6.5–7 million
Radio in the United States
Network	Westwood One
Announcers	Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) Kurt Warner (analyst) Laura Okmin and Mike Golic (sideline reporters) Gene Steratore (rules analyst)
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Super Bowl LVI was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2021 season. The National Football Conference (NFC) champion Los Angeles Rams defeated the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Cincinnati Bengals, 23–20. The game was played 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 and winning in its home stadium.

The Rams' victory was their second, first as a Los Angeles-based team, and first since 1999's Super Bowl XXXIV when they were based in St. Louis. Finishing with a 12–5 record, the Rams reached their fifth appearance after acquiring veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford, who had not won a playoff game in his previous 12 years with the Detroit Lions. The Bengals, who finished with a 10–7 record, were seeking their first Super Bowl title following several decades of losing seasons and playoff struggles. They won their first playoff game since 1990, ending the longest drought in the four major North American sports, en route to their third appearance and first since 1988's Super Bowl XXIII. Each team finished the regular season as their respective conference's 4-seed, making this the first Super Bowl without a top-3 seed since seeding was introduced in 1975.

The game had three lead changes and mostly kept within a one-possession margin. Los Angeles led 13–10 at halftime, but the Bengals scored 10 straight points on their first two drives in the third quarter. Trailing 20–16 in the fourth, the Rams scored a touchdown to retake the lead with under two minutes remaining and stopped Cincinnati's final drive on downs. Wide receiver Cooper Kupp, who converted a fourth down on the Rams' final drive and scored the game-winning touchdown, was named Super Bowl MVP.

NBC's broadcast of Super Bowl LVI was the second-most watched in the game's history, marking a shift from several years of declining ratings. Seen by an average of 112.3 million total viewers on both NBC and its streaming platforms, the game's ratings were up by 8% from the previous Super Bowl.

Images for kids

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  SoFi Stadium in November 2021

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  Cooper Kupp was the first player since 2005 to obtain the receiving triple crown

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  Ja'Marr Chase set the Super Bowl era record for rookie receiving yards

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  Pre-game warmups

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  Running back Joe Mixon threw the Bengals' first touchdown pass

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  Defensive tackle Aaron Donald sealed the Rams' victory by forcing Cincinnati's final pass to go incomplete

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  Joe Burrow tied the Super Bowl record for sacks taken

See also

In Spanish: Super Bowl LVI para niños