How long is the Super Bowl 2025? Game length and expected end time
The Super Bowl is almost here – but how long do we have left to go?
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- Michael Potts
Published: Sunday, 9 February 2025 at 10:30 pm
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For those outside of North American timezones, the Super Bowl is not for the faint-hearted.
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The game time is optimised for a primetime audience on the west side of the Atlantic, while British fans will need to make a big call about their body clock.
UK fans must brave the time difference once more to soak up the big game, and while plenty may tune in for the opening throws, one would suspect great numbers will drop off as the night wears on into the early hours of Monday morning.
Only the foolhardy and the brave will last until the early hours, but when will the Super Bowl actually draw to a conclusion?
RadioTimes.com brings you all the details on how long you can expect Super Bowl 2025 to run.
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How long is the Super Bowl?
The Super Bowl is divided into four equal quarters of 15 minutes apiece. That brings the game time to one hour.
However, like everything else in the NFL, the answer to the question just isn't that simple.
The clock stops at various points in an NFL game, including when teams line up for first downs and when players take the ball out of bounds.
All of the stoppages add up, so you can expect one 15-minute quarter to last approximately 45 minutes in real time.
In total, one hour of action will take over three hours to complete, on average.
When will the Super Bowl end?
Any Brits braving the 'night shift' to stay up for the Super Bowl should buckle up, there's plenty of road left to run in this one.
The Super Bowl in 2025 should be over by 3am. Settle in, pour a coffee, you're going nowhere soon.
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Michael PottsSport Editor
Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.
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