Odds for Gatorade Color at the Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is always an exciting time. The game is one of the biggest sporting events in the entire world, with millions upon millions of people tuning in to see the end of the NFL season. There are many exciting plays, a great halftime show, and of course, one iconic celebration.

Winning a Super Bowl means many things for the victorious team, but few are as well known as the Gatorade bath. That happens when the winning players grab the Gatorade jug on the sideline and pour it over their coach.

(Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

While the event is highly televised, and usually shown in highlight reels for years to come, it’s not typically something sports fans pay much attention to. That is, unless they care about the color of the Gatorade itself.

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Understanding the Bath

The Gatorade bath first started back in the 1980’s, when Giants’ defensive tackle Jim Burt dumped the liquid on head coach Bill Parcells after New York beat Washington during the 1985 season.

However, the move wasn’t a celebration. Burt did it in retaliation for Parcells criticizing him before the game.

Even so, the Giants enjoyed the bath and the victory. They kept up the tradition for the rest of the year and brought it to the world’s stage when they won Super Bowl 21. From that point on, almost all Super Bowl winners marked their victory with a bath.

Despite that long standing tradition, being able to bet on the Gatorade itself is a fairly recent addition to Superbowl betting. It first became a legal bet in the  2019 Super Bowl between the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots.

Though predicting the gatorade color poured on the winning head coach may be one of the silliest prop bets in the Super Bowl, the gamble has become more and more popular since that time. It adds some extra fun to the game and gives all fans something to root for, whether their team won or lost.

The Gatorade Odds (and Favorites) for Super Bowl 2025

There may be no set formula for predicting the Super Bowl Gatorade color, but that doesn’t mean it’s entirely hopeless. Everyone knows that blind guessing takes skill, especially when looking at the hard data. That data, of course, being the Gatorade Color Super Bowl Odds.

Purple currently sits at +210, Yellow/Lime/Green is +220, Orange is +500, Blue is +600, Red/Pink +700, and Water/Clear +1000.

While it’s almost impossible to know what’s going to be chosen, unless you’re the guy in charge of supplying the Gatorade of course, those numbers don’t come out of nowhere. There is a little bit of method to that madness.

A Tradition of Purple

The Chiefs have won the past two Super Bowls, and in both contests they’ve had purple Gatorade. Whether that’s because it’s a team favorite, or simply because it’s their lucky color, is impossible to say. Either way, they seem to like it.

Kansas City is favored to win, and if they do it seems likely they will choose purple yet again. NFL teams are nothing if not superstitious. There’s no reason to assume the Chiefs would break from such a proven method now.

If you think the Chiefs are going to come out on top this year, then purple seems like the best bet. Just be aware that the two winners before the Chiefs had blue Gatorade. In addition, orange, which the Chiefs used in Mahomes’ first Super Bowl win, has also been extremely popular with past teams.

Past Popularity of Colors

So, is predicting the Gatorade color of the Super Bowl just pure luck? Of course not! There are many totally proven ways to make an educated guess about the nuances behind its color. All it takes is looking back at the past.

Since Super Bowl 35, orange has been the most used Gatorade color with 5. Right behind is purple with (4), clear (4), blue (4), and yellow (3). Water has also been used four times. Looking at that…It’s even more of a crapshoot.

The final prediction largely comes down to how the game might go. If the Chiefs win, purple is the most likely color. But why bet on the Gatorade if not to have a little bit of fun? They also used orange in their first victory, so that’s on the table too.

Just be aware that no team has ever won three straight Super Bowls, meaning the odds are not in their favor. If the Eagles come out on top, all bets are off. Smart money says they opt for yellow/green since that’s what they used when they won Super Bowl 52, but that all depends on how superstitious they are this season.

Red has been reported to be the most popular Gatorade flavor as well. It has yet to be used for a Super Bowl bath, but anything is possible.