Tails has been the slightly more frequent outcome in Super Bowl coin tosses over the first 58 games.
Here’s a breakdown of the Super Bowl coin toss history:
- Heads: 28 times (47%)
- Tails: 30 times (52%)
- Super Bowl 59: Tails (Kansas City Chiefs won the toss)
- Super Bowl 58: Heads (Kansas City Chiefs won the toss)
- Super Bowl 57: Tails (Kansas City Chiefs won the toss)
- Super Bowl 56: Heads (Cincinnati Bengals won the toss)
- Super Bowl 55: Heads (Kansas City Chiefs won the toss)
Historically, the team that wins the coin toss has gone on to win the Super Bowl 26 times, and lost 32 times. However, there have been some interesting trends:
- Prior to Super Bowl LVII, the winner of the coin toss had lost the game in eight consecutive Super Bowls.
- The Kansas City Chiefs bucked this trend in 2023 (Super Bowl LVII) and 2024 (Super Bowl LVIII), winning both the coin toss and the Super Bowl.
- Heads: Longest streak of heads was five consecutive Super Bowls (XLIII-XLVII).
- Tails: Tails has had three separate streaks of four consecutive Super Bowls.
- The visiting team makes the call for the coin toss.
- Super Bowl coin tosses have become a popular prop bet.
- The odds for the Super Bowl coin toss are typically set at -105 for both heads and tails, representing a near 50/50 proposition with a slight sportsbook edge (or “juice”).
- Some research suggests a slight bias towards the side of the coin that is facing up before the flip.
What was the coin toss at the Super Bowl?
Tonight here’s the coin that we will use for the toss. The side with the Super Bowl 59 commemorative logo is heads. The side with the s the Kansas City.
Was the Super Bowl coin toss head or tail 2025?
Thanks for asking. The odds for the coin toss were truly a 50/50 shot at FanDuel Sportsbook this year. Since the Chiefs are technically the visiting team in this year’s Super Bowl, they called the toss between them and the Eagles and ended up winning after calling tails.
What time is the coin toss for the Super Bowl?
The coin toss typically happens three minutes before the game begins, adding a brief but important ritual before the real action starts. Usually, the coin is a standard quarter, but sometimes referees bring custom coins or even special Super Bowl-themed designs.
Who’s calling the coin toss in the Super Bowl?
Thanks for asking. Who chooses the Super Bowl coin toss? While the Super Bowl is played at a neutral site each year, there are still “home” and “away” teams. Just like all other NFL games, the away team gets to choose between heads and tails for the opening coin toss.