Quote Originally Posted by volunteer View Post
The balls belong to the organization. They in turn give the balls out to the players & staff after the game. Each team is provided 108 Super Bowl marked footballs. 54 for practice and 54 for the game.
That is correct, but I've seen several instances in the past where players have kept notable touchdown balls they got TDs with. In Super Bowl 20, when the Bears demolished the Pats 46-10, one of the Bears scores was a defensive TD by a backup defensive player, Henry Waechter. It was his first TD ever, and I recall watching him cradle the ball and carry it off the field after the score.

Dave Miedema