Super Bowl 50 Prop Bets: 1st-Touchdown Odds Have Panthers’ Newton as Favorite

January 29, 2016   ·   OddsShark.com   ·   Jump to comments

Maybe the most popular Super Bowl prop bet to wager on is the player to score the first touchdown of the game. In Super Bowl 50, a wide variety of candidates for both the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos could find their way into the end zone first.
One player who accounted for more touchdowns than anyone this season is the plus-700 favorite (bet $100 to win $700) at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark, as Carolina quarterback Cam Newton threw for 35 touchdowns and ran for 10 more during the regular season in helping his team finish 15-1.
But keep in mind passing touchdowns do not count for this prop bet because those are awarded to the wide receiver instead. Only a Newton rushing or receiving touchdown would count here, giving many other players a decent shot to score first as well.
For example, Panthers wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. scored 10 touchdowns during the regular season to tie Newton for the team lead. Ginn is listed at plus-1,000 to score the first touc...

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