Human Mascots Typically Triumph Over Animal Mascots In Super Bowls

Wed 01-26-05

Human Mascots Typically Triumph Over Animal Mascots In Super Bowls

SAN DIEGO (Wireless Flash) – The New England Patriots are in luck: History shows that when a team with an animal mascot opposes a team with a human mascot in the Super Bowl, the two- legged mammal usually beats the four-legged one.

According to sports journalist Peter Kennelly, in the last 38 Super Bowls, teams with an animal mascot have played against a team with a human mascot 25 times, with the human mascot team winning 18 of those battles.

That’s good news for the Patriots, who will line up against the Philadelphia Eagles Feb. 6.

The most successful animal-beaters over the last four decades are the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers, who have both been victorious four times.

On the flip side, the teams with an animal mascot that have taken the biggest whupping from the humans have been the Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos, with four losses each.

Still, the Eagles have some hope this year, because animal mascot teams have triumphed over human mascot teams three out of the last six times they went head to head in the Super Bowl.