• Between 1962 and 2008, in 94.7 percent of NFL football games, the last offensive play by the losing team was an incomplete pass.

• In 1960, the average NFL player used a single pair of cleats for 14.23 games. In 2005, the average NFL player used 19 different pairs of athletic shoes in a 16 game season.

• During the 2009 regular season, six NFL teams had leather helmets in stock in their equipment rooms.

• Of the players in the NFL between 1960 and 2000, 99.1 percent were born in the contintental United States.

• New Zealand has the second higest ratings for the NFL's Super Bowl, on a per capita basis, after the United States.