TALE OF THE TAPE
How does the upcoming Super Bowl in Minneapolis compare with the first one in 1992?
XXVI
Category
LII
Jan. 26, 1992
Date
Feb. 4, 2018
Metrodome,
$68 million
Stadium and approx. cost
To be named,
$1 billion
Indianapolis, Seattle, Detroit
Minneapolis' competition
Indianapolis, New Orleans
9.8 inches of snow depth, the most that winter in Minneapolis
Weather
Average temp. Feb. 4 in Minneapolis: 26 (high); 9 (low)
Mark Rypien (WAS) and
Jim Kelly (BUF)
Starting
quarterbacks
Johnny Manziel (CLEV) and Teddy Bridgewater (VIKES)?
MICHAEL RAND
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