Super Bowl LVI
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Date | February 13, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kickoff time | 3:40 p.m. UTC-8) | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Cooper Kupp, wide receiver | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Rams by 3.5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Ronald Torbert[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 70,048 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ceremonies | |||||||||||||||||||
National anthem | Mickey Guyton[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
Coin toss | Billie Jean King[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
Halftime show | Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar, featuring 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak[6][7] | ||||||||||||||||||
TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | NBC Telemundo | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Al Michaels (play-by-play) Cris Collinsworth (analyst) Michele Tafoya and Kathryn Tappen (sideline reporters) Terry McAulay (rules analyst) (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, the second consecutive and second overall Super Bowl with a team playing and winning in its home stadium. Currently, this is the latest date for a Super Bowl during the calendar year.[12]
The Rams' victory was their first since winning 1999's Super Bowl XXXIV. 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 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]
Background
Host selection process
In contrast to most previous Super Bowls, no bids were accepted for Super Bowl LVI. The bids for Super Bowl LIII, Super Bowl LIV, and Super Bowl LV were all drawn from the same pool of candidates in a meeting on May 24, 2016. Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, and Tampa Bay were the four candidates for the three contests; Atlanta received Super Bowl LIII, Miami received Super Bowl LIV, and Los Angeles (which declined to bid on Super Bowl LIV and was not eligible for Super Bowl LIII) was granted Super Bowl LV.[16]
On May 18, 2017, authorities announced that the opening of Los Angeles's new stadium, SoFi Stadium, originally scheduled for the start of the 2019 season, had been delayed a year to 2020. As a result, at the league's owners meetings in Chicago on May 23, 2017, the league re-awarded Super Bowl LV to the lone remaining candidate, Tampa Bay, and awarded Super Bowl LVI to Los Angeles.[17]
The official logo for the game was unveiled on February 9, 2021, maintaining the standard design used since
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
In early January 2022, it was reported that AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, was being considered as an alternate site for the game as a contingency plan due to an increase of COVID-19 infections in California attributed to the Omicron variant. The stadium last hosted Super Bowl XLV in 2011.[20] However, the NFL later confirmed on January 13 that the game would remain at SoFi Stadium.[21]
Attendance at the game was not limited, unlike Super Bowl LV in 2021, which was played with an audience at 37% of the capacity.
Those requesting media accreditation for the Super Bowl and playoffs were required to be fully vaccinated and have received at least one booster dose of vaccine.[27]
Teams
Los Angeles Rams
The Los Angeles Rams finished the 2021 season with a 12–5 record under fifth-year head coach Sean McVay.[28] This was their fifth Super Bowl appearance, third as a Los Angeles–based team, and second under McVay. The franchise held a 1–3 Super Bowl record prior to the game, winning Super Bowl XXXIV in 1999 as the St. Louis Rams.[29] They also won two pre-Super Bowl era championships in 1945 as the Cleveland Rams and 1951 during their first stint in Los Angeles.[30]
After the Rams lost 2018's
The Rams' offense ranked ninth in yards (6,325) and tied with the Bengals for eighth in points scored (460).[36] Stafford had career highs in touchdowns (41) and completion percentage (67.2), although he led the league in interceptions (17).[37] He also set franchise records for single-season pass completions (404) and passing yards (4,886), while tying the passing touchdowns record.[38] Wide receiver Cooper Kupp became the fourth NFL player and first since 2005 to obtain the receiving triple crown by leading the league in receptions (145), receiving yards (1,947), and receiving touchdowns (16).[39] The Offensive Player of the Year, his receiving yards and receptions were both the second-most in a season.[40][41] Kupp was joined by wide receiver Van Jefferson, who had 802 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns, and tight end Tyler Higbee, who had 560 receiving yards.[28] Beckham added 537 yards and 5 touchdowns.[42] The team's leading rusher at 845 yards was running back Sony Michel, who was acquired in a trade with the New England Patriots after Cam Akers missed most of the regular season with an Achilles tendon injury.[43][44] Akers returned to the active roster ahead of the playoffs.[45] Running back Darrell Henderson added 688 rushing yards until he suffered a season-ending injury in Week 16.[46] The Rams' offensive line was led by 16-year veteran tackle Andrew Whitworth, who spent his first 11 seasons with the Bengals.[47]
Defensively, the Rams ranked 17th in yards allowed (5,863) and 15th in points allowed (372).[48] Named to the Pro Bowl were defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who led the team in sacks (12.5), and cornerback Jalen Ramsey, whose 4 interceptions were tied with safety Taylor Rapp for the most on the team.[28] Linebacker Leonard Floyd complemented Donald with 9.5 sacks and Miller had 5 sacks after joining the team. The safety tandem of Rapp (64 solo tackles, 94 total) and Jordan Fuller (63 solo tackles, 113 total) had the most solo and combined tackles for the Rams, respectively.[44] After an injury in the regular season finale forced Fuller to miss the playoffs, Los Angeles signed six-time Pro Bowl safety Eric Weddle out of retirement, who last played for the Rams in 2019.[49][50] On special teams, placekicker Matt Gay earned Pro Bowl honors after leading the league in field goal percentage (94.1).[51]
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals finished the season with a 10–7 record under third-year head coach Zac Taylor.[52] This was their third Super Bowl appearance, following 1981's Super Bowl XVI and 1988's Super Bowl XXIII. After losing both, the Bengals saw little success and had not won a playoff game since the 1990 season, which was the longest active drought in the four major North American sports.[53]
Entering the 2021 season, the Bengals were considered unlikely to make the Super Bowl.
The reunion of Burrow and Chase brought success to the Bengals, whose offense went from 29th in yards and points scored the previous season to 13th in yards (6,145) and tied for eighth in points scored (460).
Cincinnati's defense was 18th in yards allowed (5,964) and 17th in points allowed (376). Hendrickson ranked fifth in sacks (14), earning him his first Pro Bowl selection.[75] Rounding out the defensive line, Hill had 5.5 sacks and 50 combined tackles, Ogunjobi had 7 sacks and 49 combined tackles, and defensive end Sam Hubbard had 7.5 sacks and 62 combined tackles.[52] Linebacker Logan Wilson led the team in interceptions (4) and combined tackles (100), while safety Jessie Bates had the most solo tackles (62).[71] McPherson, who was named to the 2021 PFWA All-Rookie Team, set the franchise records for the most 50-yard field goals converted in a season (9) and the longest field goal converted (58).[76]
Playoffs
The Rams won their Wild Card matchup against the NFC West rival Arizona Cardinals in a 34–11 rout, marking the first career postseason win for Stafford.[77] In the Divisional Round, the Rams took a 27–3 lead against the defending Super Bowl LV champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but committed a series of fumbles that led to the Buccaneers tying the game with 42 seconds remaining. Nevertheless, Stafford drove the Rams 63 yards off two passes to Kupp, which allowed Gay to kick the game-winning field goal as time expired.[78] The NFC Championship Game pitted the Rams against the NFC West rival San Francisco 49ers, who swept them in the regular season and held a 6–0 record in games with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.[79] Los Angeles trailed 17–7 entering the fourth quarter, but scored 13 consecutive points to take the lead with under two minutes remaining. The rally was marked by San Francisco committing several miscues, including 49ers safety Jaquiski Tartt dropping a potential interception.[80] On the 49ers' final drive, Donald forced a pass from Garoppolo that was intercepted by linebacker Travin Howard to secure the 20–17 victory.[81] Higbee suffered a knee injury during the game that forced him to miss the Super Bowl.[82]
The Bengals defeated the Las Vegas Raiders 26–19 in the Wild Card Round for their first playoff victory since 1990, ending the longest drought in the four major North American sports.[83] However, Ogunjobi suffered a foot injury that ruled him out for the remainder of the postseason.[84] Their victory also came with controversy when a touchdown pass from Burrow to Boyd appeared to be whistled dead by an official before Boyd caught the ball.[85] Cincinnati defeated the top-seeded Tennessee Titans in the Divisional Round 19–16 off a last-second field goal by McPherson, which was the franchise's first away playoff win.[86] The victory occurred despite Burrow being sacked nine times, tying Warren Moon's 1993 postseason record and making him the most-sacked quarterback to win a playoff game.[87] McPherson also became the first kicker to convert four field goals in separate rounds of the same postseason.[88] In the AFC Championship Game against the two-time defending AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati fell into a 21–3 deficit during the first half, but rallied to take a 24–21 lead in the fourth quarter. The game went into overtime, in which safety Vonn Bell intercepted Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on the first drive and McPherson converted a 31-yard field goal to send the Bengals to their first Super Bowl since 1988.[89] Cincinnati's 18-point comeback was tied with the 2006 Indianapolis Colts for the largest in a conference championship.[90][91]
Pre-game notes
This was the first Super Bowl to be played on the second Sunday in February, following the adoption of a 17-game schedule in 2021. From the 2003 to 2020 seasons, all Super Bowls were played on the first Sunday in February.[92] This was the second warmest Super Bowl on record with a kickoff temperature of 82 °F (28 °C), behind Super Bowl VII.[93]
The Rams became the first NFL team to have their home stadium host both a conference championship game and the Super Bowl in the same season.[94] However, the Rams were the designated visiting team as the home team alternates between the two conferences annually. Nevertheless, they still used their home locker room. The Bengals used the home locker room of the Los Angeles Chargers, who share the stadium with the Rams.[95] This was the Rams' second Super Bowl in their home market, along with 1979's Super Bowl XIV, which was played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.[96]
As the designated home team, the Bengals chose to wear their home black jerseys with white pants. The Rams selected newly unveiled alternate white jerseys with yellow pants.[97]
The Bengals were the third team to make the Super Bowl after having the league's worst record two years earlier, following the 1981 San Francisco 49ers and the 2003 Carolina Panthers.[54]
With McVay at age 36 and Taylor at age 38, Super Bowl LVI featured the youngest pair of head coaches in Super Bowl history and was the first to have both under 40.[98] They were the two youngest head coaches in the league during the 2021 season. Taylor served on the Rams coaching staff under McVay from 2017 to 2018 and was hired as Cincinnati's head coach after Super Bowl LIII.[99] Whitworth, at age 40, was the first player in a Super Bowl to be older than both head coaches.[100]
This was the first Super Bowl in which both starting quarterbacks held career losing records.
Entertainment
Pre-game ceremonies
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Halftime show
This was the final halftime show to be sponsored by
Broadcasting
United States
Television
Super Bowl LVI was televised by NBC, as part of a one-time modification to the annual cycle among the three main broadcast television partners of the NFL.[112] Under the normal cycle the game would have been televised by CBS. However, in order to avoid counterprogramming the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing—which are televised exclusively by NBC—the NFL announced on March 13, 2019, that NBC had agreed to swap 2021's Super Bowl LV to CBS in exchange for Super Bowl LVI.[113][114] This swap gave NBC the rights to both events and the network planned to maximize the advertising revenue from both events (as it did for Super Bowl LII prior to the 2018 Olympics).[113][114] NBC subsequently announced in November 2021 that a block of primetime coverage for the Winter Olympics would air after Super Bowl LVI in lieu of new entertainment programming.[115]
This situation was also codified in the NFL's new 11-year media contracts taking effect in the
NBC's broadcast featured Al Michaels as the lead broadcaster with Cris Collinsworth as the analyst. Michele Tafoya reported from the Rams' sideline with Kathryn Tappen reporting from the Bengals’ sideline. This was Michaels' eleventh Super Bowl as a broadcaster, tying him with Pat Summerall for the most Super Bowls on television play-by-play. Collinsworth worked his fifth Super Bowl as an analyst, and his fourth since replacing John Madden as lead analyst. This would be the final game at NBC for both Michaels and Tafoya; following the game, Tafoya announced that she would be leaving her position to pursue other interests outside of sports broadcasting,[119] and Amazon Prime Video announced that Michaels would move to Thursday Night Football in the 2022 season.[120] NBC employed additional goal line, sideline and end zone camera angles, and a new on-air graphics package. The broadcast featured a special introduction starring actress Halle Berry.[121]
As Mike Tirico was the studio host for both the NFL and the Olympics, he traveled back from Beijing part-way through the Games' opening week, and briefly hosted its primetime coverage from NBC Sports' headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut (using a redecorated version of the Football Night in America set) before flying out to Los Angeles for Super Bowl weekend. Tirico then presented the Games' primetime coverage from NBC's lakeside set on the SoFi Stadium grounds, before returning to Stamford after the Super Bowl.[122][123][124]
The game was broadcast in Spanish by NBC's sister network
Advertising
NBC charged $6.5–$7 million for a 30-second
The advertising during the game stood out for a high number of celebrity cameos and advertisements for futuristic technology, particularly for products like
The Super Bowl Ad Meter survey conducted by USA Today was won by Rocket Mortgage for their ad featuring Anna Kendrick advertising a Barbie toy house while facing the grim realities of the modern housing and real estate market.[141]
Streaming
Super Bowl LVI was streamed on NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, and
Radio
The nationwide radio coverage was carried by
Ratings and viewership
The broadcast of Super Bowl LVI drew the
11.2 million viewers watched via streaming services (including co-viewing from connected devices), nearly doubling the record set by Super Bowl LV the year before which had 5.7 million viewers via streaming.[144]
While viewership was up
International
- ESPN International carried the game in many countries.[146]
- In Canada, CTV and TSN televised this game in English and RDS in French.[147] As with most past editions (except from 2017 to 2019), CTV was permitted to invoke simultaneous substitution over NBC's affiliate stations available on Canadian TV providers.[148] It was also on TSN Radio.[149]
- In the UK and Ireland, the game was televised on the free-to-air network BBC One and paid-subscription networks Sky Sports Main Event and NFL (as well as its sister channel Sky Showcase). It was carried on radio via BBC Radio 5 Live and Talksport.[150]
- In Australia, the game was televised by the Ben Graham.[152]
- In Turkey, the game was televised by S Sport.[146]
- In Latin America, the game was televised on ESPN and on the streaming service Star+.[146]
- In France, the game was televised on beIN Sports and on La Chaîne L'Équipe.[153]
- In Germany, the game was broadcast free-to-air on ProSieben, ran and Joyn. The subscription video streaming service DAZN broadcasts the game on its platform.[154]
- In Austria, the game was broadcast free-to-air on Puls 4 and on the German channels above who are all broadcast in Austria too.[155]
- In Italy, Free-to-air channel Rai 1 and streaming platform DAZN televised the game.[146]
- In Mexico, the game was televised on
- In Brazil, the game was televised on RedeTV!, ESPN and on the streaming service Star+.[156]
- In Russia, Ukraine and the CIS, the game was televised on Viasat Sport.[157]
- In Belgium and Portugal, the game was televised on paid-subscription channel Eleven Sports.[158]
- In Spain, the game was broadcast by Movistar+ and televised on #Vamos por M+.[146]
- In the Philippines, the game was televised on TapDMV.[146]
- In the Balkans, the game was televised on Sport Klub.[159]
- In Japan, the game was televised on DAZN and on Nippon TV.[146]
- Indonesian streaming service Timor Leste, Malaysia and Singapore.[160]
- In Denmark, the game was broadcast on TV3 Sport.[161]
- In Poland, the game was televised on TVP Sport.[162]
- In Puerto Rico, the game was carried live on Telemundo Puerto Rico in Spanish and on NBC Puerto Rico in English.[163]
Game summary
First half
The Bengals won the
The Rams started the second quarter facing 2nd-and-11 on their own 24-yard-line. An unsuccessful deep pass from Stafford to Kupp was immediately followed by a 35-yard pass to Beckham and a 25-yard pass to Henderson. Now inside the red zone at the Cincinnati 16-yard-line, Henderson rushed for five yards before Stafford passed to Kupp for an 11-yard touchdown. The extra point was unsuccessful as Hekker mishandled the snap, then threw an interception to Germaine Pratt, keeping the Rams lead at 13–3. The ensuing kickoff was a touchback, and the Bengals advanced the ball 75 yards in 14 plays, with Burrow completing 5/5 passes for 38 yards while Joe Mixon rushed 6 times for 26 yards. On the last play, Mixon took a pitch from Burrow and then passed to Tee Higgins with a halfback pass for a 6-yard-touchdown. Another touchback followed and the Rams began their drive with a pair of plays totaling 19 yards, which got them to their own 44-yard-line. After a knee injury to Beckham Jr., which sidelined him for the rest of the game,[166] a false start penalty backed them up five yards. The drive ended on 3rd-and-14 at the Bengals' 43-yard-line, when Stafford's pass downfield was intercepted by Jessie Bates in the end zone for a touchback. The Bengals got possession at their own 10-yard-line (backed up ten yards as the result of an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty). The short drive was unsuccessful, and they punted with 42 seconds remaining. The Rams responded with a drive that was even shorter, as they went three-and-out in 26 seconds and punted back to Cincinnati; Burrow then took a knee to end the half.[164]
Second half
Cincinnati had their first lead of the game on the first play of the second half, when Burrow threw a deep pass to Higgins on near the left sideline, who was tangled up with defensive back Jalen Ramsey. Ramsey fell down just before Higgins caught a pass, leaving him wide open. Higgins ran to the end zone scoring a 75-yard touchdown. Replays showed Higgins grabbing Ramsey's facemask before the catch, but no penalty flag was thrown and the touchdown stood, giving the Bengals a 17–13 lead.[167] Things got worse for the Rams, as Stafford threw a pass that bounced off the hand of receiver Ben Skowronek and was intercepted at the Rams' 32-yard-line by Chidobe Awuzie. Cincinnati was able to capitalize with a 38-yard field goal made by McPherson, after being pushed back nine yards by a sack by Aaron Donald on the previous play. Now leading by seven points, the Bengals kicked off for a touchback. Shortly into the drive, the Rams faced a 3rd-and-8, which they converted for 15 yards with a pass from Stafford to Henderson. Overall, the drive covered 11 plays and 52 yards, with Stafford completing 4/5 passes for 44 yards before Matt Gay's 41-yard field goal made the score 20–16 with 6:02 left in the third quarter. Four consecutive three-and-outs followed, with the Bengals punting with 43 seconds remaining in the quarter and the Rams running a single play, a five-yard Akers rush to the Cincinnati 47-yard-line, before the third quarter came to an end.[164]
The Rams punted three plays into the fourth quarter, giving the Bengals the ball at their own 16-yard-line. A 16-yard pass from Burrow to Boyd on second down went for a 16-yard gain, but from there the Cincinnati offense stalled and an
Box score
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Rams (NFC) | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
Bengals (AFC) | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
- Date: February 13, 2022
- Game time: 3:34 p.m. PST
- Game weather: Clear, 82 °F (28 °C)
- Game attendance: 70,048
- Referee: Ronald Torbert
- TV announcers (NBC): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya and Kathryn Tappen
- Recap, Game Book
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Final statistics
Statistical comparison
Statistic | Los Angeles Rams | Cincinnati Bengals |
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First downs | 18 | 15 |
First downs rushing | 2 | 5 |
First downs passing | 14 | 10 |
First downs penalty | 2 | 0 |
Third down efficiency | 6–15 | 3–14 |
Fourth down efficiency | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Total net yards | 313 | 305 |
Net yards rushing | 43 | 79 |
Rushing attempts | 23 | 20 |
Yards per rush | 1.9 | 4.0 |
Yards passing | 270 | 226 |
Passing–completions/attempts | 26–41 | 23–34 |
Times sacked–total yards | 2–13 | 7–43 |
Interceptions thrown | 2 | 0 |
Punt returns–total yards | 4–25 | 2–28 |
Kickoff returns–total yards | 1–17 | 0–0 |
Interceptions–total return yards | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Punts–average yardage | 6–43.5 | 6–43.3 |
Fumbles–lost | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Penalties–yards | 2–10 | 4–31 |
Time of possession | 30:47 | 29:13 |
Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
Records set[171][172][173] (Unless noted as "NFL Championships", "Single Postseason" or "Pro Football History", all records refer only to Super Bowls) | ||
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Youngest head coach, winning team | 36 years, 20 days | Sean McVay (Los Angeles) |
Lowest yards per carry, winning team | 1.9 | Los Angeles |
Most sacks in any quarter | 5 (third quarter) | Los Angeles |
Records tied | ||
Most sacks, team | 7 | Los Angeles |
Fastest second half touchdown | 0:12 | Tee Higgins (Cincinnati) |
Most sacks, player, career[174] | 4.5 | Von Miller (Los Angeles) |
Individual statistics
Rams passing | |||||
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C/ATT1 | Yds | TD | INT | Rating | |
Matthew Stafford | 26/40 | 283 | 3 | 2 | 89.9 |
Cooper Kupp | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Rams rushing | |||||
Car2 | Yds | TD | Lg3 | Yds/Car | |
Cam Akers | 13 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 1.6 |
Cooper Kupp | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 |
Darrell Henderson | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1.8 |
Matthew Stafford | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2.0 |
Sony Michel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 |
Rams receiving | |||||
Rec4 | Yds | TD | Lg3 | Target5 | |
Cooper Kupp | 8 | 92 | 2 | 22 | 10 |
Brycen Hopkins | 4 | 47 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
Van Jefferson | 4 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 8 |
Darrell Henderson | 3 | 43 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
Cam Akers | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
Odell Beckham Jr. | 2 | 52 | 1 | 35 | 3 |
Ben Skowronek | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
Matthew Stafford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bengals passing | |||||
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C/ATT1 | Yds | TD | INT | Rating | |
Joe Burrow | 22/33 | 263 | 1 | 0 | 100.9 |
Joe Mixon | 1/1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 131.2 |
Bengals rushing | |||||
Car2 | Yds | TD | Lg3 | Yds/Car | |
Joe Mixon | 15 | 72 | 0 | 14 | 4.8 |
Ja'Marr Chase | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 |
Joe Burrow | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.5 |
Samaje Perine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Bengals receiving | |||||
Rec4 | Yds | TD | Lg3 | Target5 | |
Ja'Marr Chase | 5 | 89 | 0 | 46 | 8 |
Tyler Boyd | 5 | 48 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
Joe Mixon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Tee Higgins | 4 | 100 | 2 | 75 | 7 |
C. J. Uzomah | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Mike Thomas | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
Chris Evans | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Samaje Perine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1Completions/attempts
2Carries
3Long gain
4Receptions
5Times targeted
Starting lineups
Los Angeles | Position | Cincinnati | |
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Offense | |||
Cooper Kupp | WR | Ja'Marr Chase | |
Kendall Blanton | TE | C. J. Uzomah | |
Andrew Whitworth | LT | Jonah Williams | |
David Edwards | LG | Quinton Spain | |
Brian Allen | C | Trey Hopkins | |
Austin Corbett | RG | Hakeem Adeniji | |
Rob Havenstein | RT | Isaiah Prince | |
Odell Beckham Jr. | WR | Tee Higgins | |
Van Jefferson | WR | Tyler Boyd | |
Matthew Stafford | QB | Joe Burrow | |
Cam Akers | RB | Joe Mixon | |
Defense | |||
A'Shawn Robinson | LDE | Sam Hubbard | |
Greg Gaines | NT | D. J. Reader | |
Aaron Donald | RDE | DT | B. J. Hill |
Leonard Floyd | LOLB | RDE | Trey Hendrickson |
Ernest Jones | MLB | LB | Logan Wilson |
Von Miller | ROLB | LB | Germaine Pratt |
Jalen Ramsey | CB | Chidobe Awuzie | |
Darious Williams | CB | Eli Apple | |
David Long | CB | NCB | Mike Hilton |
Eric Weddle | FS | Jessie Bates III
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Nick Scott | SS | Vonn Bell |
Officials
Super Bowl LVI featured seven officials. Continuing a practice instituted the previous year an alternate official was assigned for each position of an official on the field and the replay official. The numbers in parentheses below indicate their uniform numbers.[2]
- Referee: Ronald Torbert (62), first Super Bowl
- Umpire: Bryan Neale (92), first Super Bowl
- Down judge: Derick Bowers (74), second Super Bowl (XLIII)
- Line judge: Carl Johnson (101), third Super Bowl (XLII, LIV)
- Field judge: Rick Patterson (15), third Super Bowl (XXXVII, XXXIX, both as side judge)
- Side judge: Keith Washington (7), first Super Bowl
- Back judge: Scott Helverson (93), third Super Bowl (XLII, XLV)
- Replay official: Roddy Ames, first Super Bowl
- Replay assistant: Sean McKee
- Alternate officials:
- Referee: Bill Vinovich (52)
- Umpire: Paul King (121)
- Down judge: Ed Camp (134)
- Line judge: Greg Bradley (98)
- Field judge: Aaron Santi (50)
- Side judge: Jonah Monroe (120)
- Back judge: Greg Steed (12)
- Replay official: Mark Butterworth
Aftermath
The 2022 Rams finished 5–12, setting the records for the most losses, lowest winning percentage (.294), and longest losing streak (six games) for a defending Super Bowl champion.[175][176] They were also the first defending Super Bowl champion to miss the playoffs since the 2016 Denver Broncos and first to have a losing record since the 2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The 2022 Bengals tied their franchise-best 12–4 record[a] and clinched the franchise's first consecutive division title. They won a playoff game in consecutive seasons, another franchise first, before being defeated by the eventual Super Bowl LVII champion Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game.
Notes
- ^ Cincinnati's Week 17 game against Buffalo Bills was ruled a no contest after Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and the remainder of the game was canceled.
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