The first scoring play of the Super Bowl is always a big one for prop purposes. It determines the winner of popular bets such as which player will score the first points, who will score the first touchdown and which team will score first. In this case though, we're more concerned with when that first score happens, not what player or what team gets the scoreboard moving first.
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The basic prop which can be found in every big game is whether there will be a score in the first 6:30 or 7:30 of the game. Because this is the Super Bowl, there are a few more options available to you as well.
If you think there's going to be a score early on in this one, you can bet on the first points coming before the 5:00 mark ( +210 ), the 6:30 mark ( -110 ), the 7:00 mark ( -130 ) and the 7:30 mark ( -150 ).
If you think the opening score is going to take a little bit of time, you can wager on there not being a score in the first 5:00 ( -270 ), 6:30 ( -120 ), 7:00 ( +110 ) and 7:30 ( +120 ).
By all accounts of what we've seen in the playoffs, there should be a score relatively early in this game, but it's not always as easy as it seems when you're talking about a sample set which is so darn small.
The Panthers have been scoring early and often in games in the postseason. It took just 2:30 to get the ball in the end zone for the first time against Seattle in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, and though it did take a little bit longer to strike against Arizona at 5:30, it should be noted that the Cardinals got the ball first and punted after three plays.
Denver's opening scores have come relatively early in the first quarter, too. The Broncos got in the end zone at the 7:32 mark of the first quarter against the Patriots, just barely beating the 7:30 prop, and that came on the heels of scoring off of a turnover at 11:21 of the first quarter against Pittsburgh.
Still, there's no real trend here in terms of who is getting the ball first, so you're basically flipping a coin whether you're going to see Cam Newton or Peyton Manning out there first. Newton and the Panthers would seem like the bet you want to have, but we've seen this team run three 8:00+ drives already here in the second season, and a drive like that to start this game would be a killer for those who think the timing of the first score of this game is a slam dunk.
Denver's opening scores have all come off of shorter than average fields, and it's unlikely that the Panthers, who only have one turnover in two postseason games, will turn the ball over early on.
Last year, the entire first quarter of the Super Bowl was scoreless en route to a 28-24 Patriots victory. In the previous two Super Bowls though, the opening score of the game was in the first five minutes, first on a Denver safety against Seattle, then on a Joe Flacco TD pass for Baltimore over the 49ers. For the most part though, the 7:30 mark seems to be about the breakeven point in Super Bowl recent history. Over the course of the last 12 Super Bowls, there are six examples where the first score came in the first 7:30 ( two of which, ironically enough were safeties ) and six where the first score came after the 7:30 mark.
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Mobile betting lines are updated by the minute, so click here to start gambling on thrilling live action at BookMaker Sportsbook! The matchup between the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos will take place Sunday, February 7, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. ET at Levi's Stadium. Super Bowl 50 will be televised on CBS.
