Super Bowl LVI

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Super Bowl LVI
DateFebruary 13, 2022
Kickoff time3:34 p.m. PST (UTC-8)
StadiumSoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
MVPCooper Kupp, wide receiver
FavoriteRams by 3.5[1]
RefereeRonald Torbert[2][3]
Attendance70,048
Ceremonies
National anthemMickey Guyton[4]
Coin tossBillie Jean King[5]
Halftime showDr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar, featuring 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak[6][7]
TV in the United States
NetworkNBC
Telemundo
Peacock
AnnouncersAl Michaels (play-by-play)
Cris Collinsworth (analyst)
Michele Tafoya and Kathryn Tappen (sideline reporters)
Terry McAulay (rules analyst)
Carlos Mauricio Ramirez (play-by-play Spanish)
Jorge Andres (analyst Spanish)
Rolando Cantu (analyst Spanish)
Ariana Figuera (sideline Spanish)
Nielsen ratings36.9 (national)
36.7 (Los Angeles)
46.1 (Cincinnati)
U.S. TV viewership: 112.3 million[8][9]
Cost of 30-second commercial$6.5–7 million[10]
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[11] 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 with a team playing and winning in its home stadium.[12]

The Rams' victory was their second overall, first as a Los Angeles-based team, and first since winning 1999's Super Bowl XXXIV when they were based in St. Louis. Finishing with a 12–5 record, the Rams reached their fifth Super Bowl 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 Super Bowl 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.[13]

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,[14] the game's ratings were up 8% from the previous Super Bowl.[15]

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