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Inside the Wilson factory: Here’s how Super Bowl footballs are made so quickly

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As soon as this year’s Super Bowl matchup was set, workers at the Wilson Sporting Goods football factory jumped into action.

The factory in the rural village of Ada, Ohio, makes the game balls used by every NFL team along with many of the nation’s top college programs and high schools.

But this time of year it’s all about the Super Bowl. The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs will face off for the Lombardi Trophy for the second time in three years on Feb. 9 in New Orleans.

Here’s a look at the footballs, by the numbers:

The two teams will each get a shipment of 108, plus a dozen more for the kickers, all stamped with the Super Bowl logo and team........

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