The Atlanta Falcons are in the Super Bowl for just the second time in franchise history, in Houston to play the four-time champion New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI Sunday at NRG Stadium.
If you’re looking for some reasons to think the Falcons can get the win, here are 15:
- Experience doesn’t count in the Super Bowl. Seven of the last 10 champions had fewer players with Super Bowl experience than their opponent (this doesn’t count Super Bowl XLVII, where both teams had an equal number of players who had been to Super Bowls).
- The combined record of the Patriots’ opponents (division foes’ records only counted once) was 89-166-3, a .