Super Bowl 57 Coin Toss: Will It Be Heads or Tails at State Farm Stadium?

Super Bowl 57 Coin Toss: Will It Be Heads or Tails at State Farm Stadium?
Fact Checked by Michael Peters

The moment hundreds of millions of football fans eagerly await is immediately preceded by one for which few bat an eye. 

The coin toss that determines which side gets the ball first in the Super Bowl has an outsized impact when it comes to which team eventually wins.

Bonus Bets Expire in 7 Days. One New Customer Offer Only. Must be 21+ to participate & present in AZ. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-NEXT-STEP. Visit BetMGM.com for Terms & Conditions. US promotional offers not available in NY, NV, or Puerto Rico.

Of the previous 55 Super Bowls, only 25 teams that won the pregame coin toss went on to victory — the last team to do both was Seattle in 2014.

Although the coin toss seems small, it will likely be a heavily wagered prop bet that bettors will make when taking advantage of  Super Bowl 57 free bets offered at sportsbooks in Arizona and across the US.

Here’s a look at the odds for the pregame coin toss when this year’s Super Bowl in Arizona kicks off next month.

Super Bowl 57 Coin Toss Odds

Heads Tails
-105-105


Looking for the best Arizona sports betting promo codes in advance of the Super Bowl? Keep up to date at BetArizona.com.

Super Bowl Coin Toss Wins

Heads Tails
2729


Through the playoffs, come to BetArizona.com for all the latest on Arizona NFL betting sites.

Must be 21+ and present in AZ. T&Cs apply.

What Stats Say About Super Bowl Coin Toss

There are a lot of data points that can be extrapolated from the previous 56 coin flips for those who might wager on the game using Arizona sports betting apps.

Four of the last five Super Bowls have had  â€śheads” be the winner of the coin toss, while all three of the games played in Arizona have been “tails.”

In total, the opening toss has gone in favor of “tails” 29 times to “heads” 27 times.

Each of the last two Super Bowls have seen “heads” as the call, while the two before that went for “tails.”

How the Coin Toss Has Gone in Arizona

The last Super Bowl in Glendale (Super Bowl XLVIII in 2015) had “tails” as the call, with the Seahawks coming away victorious pregame, but on the losing end in the contest itself, 28-24, to the Patriots.

The other two instances in which Arizona hosted the Super Bowl were in 1996, when the Cowboys won the coin toss (“tails”) and the game itself, vanquishing the Steelers, 27-17, from Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe.Twelve years later, the Giants had the same luck in Arizona’s second brush with the Big Game, winning the coin toss on “tails,” before knocking off the then-unbeaten Patriots, 17-14.

Come Feb. 12, captains from both teams will once again meet at the midfield logo at State Farm Stadium for the age-old tradition.

quote

Author

Christopher Boan is the lead writer at BetArizona.com after covering sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.

Cited by leading media organizations, such as: