Exploring the Math Behind Super Bowl Squares Pools

Want to know the math behind Super Bowl squares pools? Take it from Anthony Zonfrelli, a former member of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective.
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[jamesklancke]

The introduction of the 2-pt conversion in the 90's impacts these occurrences. Data from the 80's should be tossed out. In the last 24 Super Bowls (96 quarters - there was one OT), the highest occurrence combinations were 3 & 7, 0 & 0, and 0 & 3. These three combined occurred a whopping 30 times out of 96! The 0 & 4 combination was a distant 4th place. 0 and 0 is by far the best square to get.

[NtwProductionsNow]

Not playing squares? C'mon! Very interesting. More than 75% of the grid has less than 1% chance of hitting.