I said highest rated superbowl: The highest-rated game according to Nielsen was Super Bowl XVI in 1982, which was watched in 49.1 percent of households (73 share) or 40,020,000 households at the time funny you chose Big Ben as your hero since he owns the record for lowest QB passer rating for the winning team in superbowl history!!!! 22.6 not to mention he's the #1 squid-liest pro with kellen winslow jr and jay williams at a distant #2 & #3 who's next?