Super Bowl Coin Toss History, Pick and Prediction (How to Bet on the Coin Toss in Super Bowl 58)
By Peter Dewey
One of the most exciting prop bets. to wager on in the Super Bowl is the coin toss, and it could set the tone for the game -- and for your betting night.
There are plenty of trends involving the coin toss, including one the Kansas City Chiefs snapped last season, becoming the first team since 2014 to win the toss and the game.
It's a true 50/50 proposition, and this year's Super Bowl appears to be too with the odds coming closer and closer to a pick'em.
Here's everything you need to know about the history of the coin toss and how to bet on it this year.
Super Bowl Coin Toss Odds
Super Bowl Coin Toss Results
Through the first 57 editions of the Super Bowl, we've seen a pretty even split in the coin toss results.
- Heads: 27 times (47.4%)
- Tails: 30 times (52.6%)
- Longest Heads Streak: 5
- Longest Tails Streak: 4 (three times)
Since 2014 (10 years), the coin toss has been tails six times to just four heads. Here's the full history of the coin toss:
Super Bowl | Teams | Heads or Tails | Toss Winner | Game Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
LVII | KC vs. PHI | Tails | Kansas City | Kansas City |
LVI | LAR vs. CIN | Heads | Cincinnati | LA Rams |
LV | KC vs. TB | Heads | Kansas City | Tampa Bay |
LIV | KC vs. SF | Tails | San Francisco | Kansas City |
LIII | NE vs. LAR | Tails | LA Rams | New England |
LII | NE Vs. PHI | Heads | New England | Philadelphia |
LI | ATL vs. NE | Tails | Atlanta | New England |
L | CAR vs. DEN | Tails | Carolina | Denver |
XLIX | SEA vs. NE | Tails | Seattle | New England |
XLVIII | SEA vs. DEN | Tails | Seattle | Seattle |
XLVII | BAL vs. SF | Heads | Baltimore | Baltimore |
XLVI | NE vs. NYG | Heads | New England | NY Giants |
XLV | GB vs. PIT | Heads | Green Bay | Green Bay |
XLIV | NO vs. IND | Heads | New Orleans | New Orleans |
XLIII | ARZ vs. PIT | Heads | Arizona | Pittsburgh |
XLII | NYG vs. NE | Tails | NY Giants | NY Giants |
XLI | CHI vs. IND | Heads | Chicago | Indianapolis |
XL | SEA vs. PIT | Tails | Seattle | Pittsburgh |
XXXIX | PHI vs. NE | Tails | Philadelphia | New England |
XXXVIII | CAR vs. NE | Tails | Carolina | New England |
XXXVII | TB vs. OAK | Tails | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay |
XXXVI | STL vs. NE | Heads | St Louis | New England |
XXXV | NYG vs. BAL | Tails | NY Giants | Baltimore |
XXXIV | STL vs. TEN | Tails | St. Louis | St. Louis |
XXXIII | ATL vs. DEN | Tails | Atlanta | Denver |
XXXII | GB vs. DEN | Tails | Green Bay | Denver |
XXXI | NE vs. GB | Heads | New England | Green Bay |
XXX | DAL vs. PIT | Tails | Dallas | Dallas |
XXIX | SF vs. SD | Heads | San Francisco | San Francisco |
XXVIII | DAL vs. BUF | Tails | Dallas | Dallas |
XXVII | BUF vs. DAL | Heads | Buffalo | Dallas |
XXVI | WAS vs. BUF | Heads | Washington | Washington |
XXV | BUF vs. NYG | Heads | Buffalo | NY Giants |
XXIV | DEN vs. SF | Heads | Denver | San Francisco |
XXIII | SF vs. CIN | Tails | San Francisco | San Francisco |
XXII | WAS vs. DEN | Heads | Washington | Washington |
XXI | DEN vs. NYG | Tails | Denver | NY Giants |
XX | CHI vs. NE | Tails | Chicago | Chicago |
XIX | SF vs. MIA | Tails | San Francisco | San Francisco |
XVIII | LA Raiders vs. WAS | Heads | LA Raiders | LA Raiders |
XVII | MIA vs. WAS | Tails | Miami | Washington |
XVI | SF vs. CIN | Tails | San Francisco | San Francisco |
XV | PHI vs. OAK | Tails | Philadelphia | Oakland |
XIV | LAR vs. PIT | Heads | LA Rams | Pittsburgh |
XIII | DAL vs. PIT | Heads | Dallas | Pittsburgh |
XII | DAL vs. DEN | Heads | Dallas | Dallas |
XI | OAK vs. MIN | Tails | Oakland | Oakland |
X | DAL vs. PIT | Heads | Dallas | Pittsburgh |
IX | PIT vs. MIN | Tails | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
VIII | MIA vs. MIN | Heads | Miami | Miami |
VII | MIA vs. WAS | Heads | Miami | Miami |
VI | MIA vs. DAL | Heads | Miami | Dallas |
V | DAL vs. BAL | Tails | Dallas | Baltimore |
IV | MIN vs. KC | Tails | Minnesota | Kansas City |
III | NYJ vs. BAL | Heads | NY Jets | NY Jets |
II | GB vs. OAK | Tails | Oakland | Green Bay |
I | GB vs. KC | Heads | Green Bay | Green Bay |
Super Bowl Coin Toss Prediction
This is literally a 50/50 chance, even though tails has technically won more times in the history of the Super Bowl coin toss. The bigger key is the team that wins the toss had lost the Super Bowl in every year dating back to 2015, until the Chiefs broke that streak last season.
I wouldn't place a bet on a team simply off of the toss, but it's interesting nonetheless. Kansas City has won two of three coin tosses in the Patrick Mahomes era, but the one they lost was to the 49ers, who called tails.
Kansas City also called tails last season and won.
Tails never fails. that's my pick for this year's game.
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