Super Bowl Notebook: Weather for Jersey game may be OK
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INDIANAPOLIS -- It's still two years away, but there should be optimism that a cold-weather Super Bowl in northern New Jersey in 2014 won't be a frigid one -- at least based on the past two years.
Once again, the weather Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., was perfect for a Super Bowl: sunny, with temperatures around 40 degrees and almost no wind.
The weather was even better a year ago. It was sunny, with a high of 46 and winds out of the northwest at 10-15 mph -- and that happened during one of the worst winters in the New York metropolitan area.
As for the game between the Giants and Patriots, it was a pleasant, sunny day with temperatures in the mid 40s in Indianapolis. Then again, Lucas Oil Stadium has a roof and MetLife Stadium doesn't.
League owners voted in May 2010 to play the title game in the $1.6 billion stadium co-owned by the Jets and Giants, deciding to play the first outdoor title game at a northern site.
The coldest kickoff temperature in Super Bowl history was 39 degrees at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans for Super Bowl VI, when Dallas beat Miami, 24-3. It's been at least 57 degrees for every outdoor Super Bowl since 1975, when it was 46 degrees in Super Bowl IX, also at Tulane Stadium, between the Steelers and Vikings.
Wide receiver Tiquan Underwood wished the Patriots good luck after they cut him on the eve of the game. Underwood, who had three catches this season, would have been eligible for a championship ring if the Patriots would have won. Underwood tweeted that he would use his release as motivation, thanked his supporters and wished the Patriots luck. The team filled his roster spot with defensive end Alex Silvestro. Both played at Rutgers.
First Published February 6, 2012 12:00 am
