Since the 1980s, when the New York Giants implemented the fashion of soaking head coach Bill Parcells to celebrate an important victory, the Gatorade bath at the end of championship games in the NFL has become a tradition.
The Gatorade shower for the winning Super Bowl coach is as striking as the commercials or the halftime show itself in the NFL’s championship game, to the point that there are already statistics and even bets on the particular moment.
For example, for Super Bowl LVIII, purple Gatorade became the favorite color for the bath to Andy Reid, coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.
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This is because a year earlier that color was the one received by the coach who already has three titles with the team.
It’s incredible to say, but the color of the teams playing on Super Sunday has influenced betting statistics since Super Bowl LIII, when the New England Patriots won.
The history of Gatorade shower colors in the Super Bowl
This is the list of colors that have been used since Super Bowl XXXV, when Gatorade replaced the water in the jugs with which they bathe the winning coach of a game for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
- 2026 Seattle Seahawks Yellow
- 2025 Philadelphia Eagles Orange
- 2024 Kansas City Chiefs: Purple
- 2023 Kansas City Chiefs: Purple
- 2022 LA Rams: Blue
- 2021 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Blue
- 2020 Kansas City Chiefs: Orange
- 2019 New England Patriots: Blue
- 2018 Philadelphia Eagles Yellow
- 2017 New England Patriots: There was none
- 2016 Denver Broncos: Orange
- 2015 New England Patriots: Blue
- 2014 Seattle Seahawks: Orange
- 2013 Baltimore Ravens: None
- 2012 New York Giants: Purple
- 2011 Green Bay Packers: Orange
- 2010 New Orleans Saints: Orange
- 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers: Amarillo
- 2008 New York Giants: Transparent
- 2007 Indianapolis Colts: Transparent
- 2006 Pittsburgh Steelers: Transparent
- 2005 New England Patriots: Transparent
- 2004 New England Patriots: There was none
- 2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Purple
- 2002 New England Patriots: There was none
- 2001 Baltimore Ravens: Yellow
How does this betting tradition started and what colors are the most common?
This tradition was born in 1985 during a regular season game between the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins, when tackle Jim Burt threw Gatorade over the head of his coach Bill Parcells.
The winning color is orange, as it has predominated since the 2001 edition, and since that year there have also been four occasions when the shower has been conspicuous by its absence.
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