SUPER BOWL
There is only one flaw to the NFL‘s current Super Bowl Sunday setup – most people have to go to work the day after the big game.
That might not always be the case. If the NFL extends its season to 18 games, the Super Bowl would likely fall the day before Presidents’ Day. That would make the day following the Big Game a holiday.
Until then, many will be keeping one eye on their watch as they watch the end of the game. When does the Super Bowl end? Here’s what to know about the game’s start time and when the game might finish up.
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Super Bowl 59 start time
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Super Bowl 59 is set to kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET. Fox has the broadcast rights to the game this year and will begin its pregame coverage of the event at 1 p.m. ET.
What time will the Super Bowl end?
- End time (rough estimate): 10-10:15 p.m. ET
The Super Bowl doesn’t have a set end time, but the game seems likely to wrap up between 10 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. ET, if it starts on time.
The average length of the last 20 Super Bowls has been about 3 hours and 37 minutes. If Super Bowl 59, holds to form, that would put the game on schedule to end at exactly 10:07 p.m. ET.
The shortest Super Bowl since 2005 came in Super Bowl 44 when the New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts, 34-17. That game lasted 3 hours and 14 minutes.
The longest Super Bowl was Super Bowl 47, which saw the Baltimore Ravens defeat the San Francisco 49ers, 34-31, in a game that took 4 hours and 14 minutes to play. That was thanks to a 34-minute delay in the second half that occurred when the lights went out at the Superdome.
Super Bowl 59 is being played at the Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans, so some might wonder whether we might be in for another long Super Bowl. After all, Super Bowl 58 went into overtime and lasted 4 hours and 6 minutes in duration. A similar game length would put the contest on track to run just past 10:30 p.m. ET.
That said, Super Bowl 57 – which also featured a battle between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles – lasted just 3 hours and 31 minutes in duration. A similar run time in the sequel would put the game on track to end around 10 p.m. ET.
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