Octopus Odds for 2024 Super Bowl – What’s an ‘Octopus’ & Should You Bet It?
- Odds are +1400 that there will be an octopus recorded in this year’s Super Bowl
- An octopus occurs when a player scores a TD as well as the ensuing two-point conversion
- Eagles QB Jalen Hurts recorded the first octopus in Super Bowl history in last year’s game
There’s plenty of interest in the octopus odds at this year’s Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers and it has nothing to do with purchasing some calamari at one of the concession stands.
History was made in last year’s big game when Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts recorded the first octopus in Super Bowl history. The betting odds of it happening then were +1400 and the same betting line is being offered on an octopus occurring in this year’s game.
What’s an octopus? Should you bet on it? Have either the Chiefs or 49ers recorded one this season?
Read on to find out all this and more.
Will There Be a Super Bowl Octopus?
| Prop | Odds |
|---|---|
| Yes | +1400 |
| No | -4000 |
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The 49ers are currently set as 2-point favorites over the Chiefs in the latest Super Bowl odds.
What Is an Octopus Bet In Sports Betting?
In the NHL, there is an octopus tradition. When the Detroit Red Wings make the Stanley Cup playoffs, fans throw octopus on the ice. This ritual started in the 1950s, when it took eight wins to capture the Cup. The eight tentacles of octopus represented those eight wins, or so legend has it.
An NFL octopus is an entirely different animal. In 1994, the league introduced the option to go for a two-point conversion following a touchdown. An octopus occurs when a player scores a TD, and also scores the ensuing two-point conversion for a total of eight points.
It’s only been a recent development that an octopus wager is being included in the vast array of types of Super Bowl props surrounding Super Bowl Sunday.
Super Bowl Octopus Odds
There have been more Super Bowl games played with the chance to record an octopus (29) than in the pre-octopus era (28). Yet it’s only happened once in those 29 games. That works out to a 3.448% chance of the octopus occurring on Super Bowl Sunday.
Going into last year’s big game, the chances of it happening seemed to be better. Both the Chiefs (Patrick Mahomes) and Eagles (Hurts) had a player record an octopus during regular-season play in 2022. The elusive Hurts certainly was the type of player capable of doing it again, and as it turned out, he would in fact be the player who broke the octopus goose egg.
I just wanna know who getting the octopus in this year #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/ZBwzaxKq3R
— Marty Chamberlain (@party_marty13) January 29, 2024
This season, though, neither team playing in the Super Bowl has recorded an octopus during the 2023 regular season or playoffs. San Francisco hasn’t even attempted the two-point play.
Mahomes scored his octopus on November 6, 2022 against the Tennessee Titans. Christian McCaffrey is the only 49ers player with an octopus on his resume. He recorded his eight-point play while a member of the Carolina Panthers on October 27, 2019, oddly enough, against the 49ers.
Both players ran for their TDs and for their two-point conversions.
Should You Bet the Octopus in Super Bowl 58?
In 272 NFL regular-season games this season, 11 octopus scores were recorded. That works out to a 4.044% chance of it happening. Through 12 postseason games, there’s not been an octopus.
Over the course of NFL history, the octopus has happened seven times during postseason play.
Jalen Hurts scored the first octopus in Super Bowl history 🐙 (8 points)
Touchdown (6 points) immediately followed by a 2 point conversion
He also tied the SuperBowl rushing touchdown record.pic.twitter.com/VQd9nI4mv0
— Adam Kahle 🥬 (@adamkahle) February 13, 2023
If you want to place a small stipend on an octopus occurring at your choice of Super Bowl betting apps – no more than $5-$10 – then go ahead. The potential return might make it worth the risk.
Let’s be brutally honest, though. The chances of seeing an octopus in this year’s big game are only slightly better than the chances of you seeing an octopus en route to the game.
An industry veteran, Bob literally taught the course on the history of sports at Elder College. He has worked as a Sports Columnist for Postmedia, appeared as a guest on several radio stations, was the Vice President of the Society For International Hockey Research in Ontario, and written 25 books.
