The highest consumption of Pizza occurs during Super Bowl week.

Don Shula, who coached with the Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Colts, won 347 games in his career. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997.Joe Namath signed a $400,000 contract with the New York Jets in January 1965, becoming the richest rookie in pro football.

ABC's Monday night football premiered in September 1970 with Keith Jackson, Don Meredith, and Howard Cosell.

The NFL granted the Cleveland Rams a franchise in Los Angeles in 1946.

Running bac Jim Brown led the NFL in rushing more times than any other running back. He led the league in rushing eight times from 1957 to 1965 in his amazing career.Because of a football's resemblance to an olive, the Chinese often call the American game of football "olive ball."

In the NFL the home team is required to provide 24 footballs for each game, although only around 10 are normally used.

For the 2000 Super Bowl, about a third of the TV commercial spots were purchased by dot-com companies.

Soldier Field in Chicago is the oldest stadium still in use in the NFL.

Former Chicago Bears All-Pro running back Walter Payton ran for more than 16,000 yards in his 13-year career.At greatest risk of injury to a professional football player's anatomy is the knee.

In 1910, a football team was penalized 15 yards for an incomplete forward pass.

The Grey Cup, the super bowl of the Canadian Football League, is given to the champion of the Canadian Football League.

Richard Nixon once tried to offer tactics to an American Football team.

Beattie Feathers was the first player in NFL history who rushed for 1,000 yards in a season. He accomplished this in 1934 with the Chicago Bears.
Did you know that a football is eleven inches long and the distance around the football is 28 inches.

The first football ever used was round.

Jay Berwanger was the first winner of the Heisman trophy.

A football weighs between 14 and 15 ounces.

Also did you know that a blitz is when the defensive fullbacks, the halfbacks, and the safeties run toward the line of scrimmage trying to knock down the quarterback before he can throw a pass. When the linebackers and the halfbacks run through the line of scrimmage they are blitzing.

A fly is a play that the wide receiver runs. The fly is when the wide receiver runs down the side line and catches a pass and keeps on running until a man catches him.

Another play for the wide receiver is the button hook. The button hook is when the wide receiver runs straight and then turns around so he's facing the quarterback. Then he takes a few steps backward and waits for the pass.

A down and out play is run by the receiver. First the receiver runs straight and then he turns and runs toward the nearest side line.

In 2001, Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes became the first undrafted player to lead the NFL in rushing.

An End Sweep is a simple play. A running back takes the ball and either runs either right or left. The last play is call an I formation. It's an offensive formation where three men are lined up one behind the other.

Did you know that the players are assigned certain numbers to represent their positions.

• 1 to 19 for quarterbacks and kicker20 to 49 for running backs and defensive backs
• 50 to 59 for centers and linebackers
• 60 to 79 for linemen
• 80 to 89 for wide receivers and tight ends
• Centers may also be assigned numbers up to 79 and defensive linemen and linebackers, 90 to 99
• Defensive players can have any number.

Some players that carry or catch the ball wear very tight pants so that when they are running no one can grab their pants to stop them.

For each play there are 11 players for each team on the field.

Only 2 players can use their feet to move the ball. (Kickers and Punters)

2 types of kicks can score points. Field goals for 3 points. Extra points for 1 point.

P.A.T. stands for Point After Touchdown.

If offense doesn't make a first down after 3 plays, the team punts the ball to the other team.

The quarterback starts all the plays.