Super Bowl 2012 kickoff will probably occur a little after 6:30 PM Eastern Standard Time on Sunday, February 5, 2012.
The Super Bowl 2012 hosting committee's website has a countdown clock and estimates the start time will be 6:30 pm Eastern time.
In previous years, various sites listed various start times, usually down to the specific minute. For Super Bowl 42, FOX (which was broadcasting the game) announced a kickoff time of 6:17 p.m.; the NFL said 6:18 p.m.; and the site hosting the Super Bowl said 6:30 p.m. It turned out that the actual kickoff was at 6:32 p.m.
So if you'd like to catch some of the pre-game hype, turn on your TVs by 6 p.m. But don't expect the game to actually start before 6:30 p.m.
United States times by region:
6:30 p.m. Eastern
5:30 p.m. Central
4:30 p.m. Mountain
3:30 p.m. Pacific
Quick additional tidbits for 2012 Super Bowl:
(Also see the Related Questions below.)
Super Bowl XLVI (Super Bowl 2012) is scheduled to begin at 6:30 EST on February 5, 2012. Super Bowl XLVI will be aired on NBC and streamed online at NBC.com.
After the game clock in the second quarter displays 0:00
6:30 p.m
if your in central time zone the super bowl game starts at 5 pm on Fox
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Super Bowl XLV begins at 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Eastern.
Approximately 6:25 EST
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The last time the Dallas Cowboys made to the Super Bowl was 1995 Super Bowl XXX. The played the Pittsburgh Steelers and won. This was the 5th Dallas Super Bowl win and 8th trip to the big game.
That was Super Bowl V played January 17, 1971.
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Los Angeles, California for Super Bowl VII ... the game time temperature was 84.