Facebook Users Were Ready for Some Football

The 2014 National Football League season kicked off Thursday night, with the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks routing the visiting Green Bay Packers, 36-16. Facebook said the opening game resulted in nearly 15 million interactions (posts, comments and likes) from more than 8.5 million users.

NFLFandomMap650The 2014 National Football League season kicked off Thursday night, with the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks routing the visiting Green Bay Packers, 36-16. Facebook said the opening game resulted in nearly 15 million interactions (posts, comments and likes) from more than 8.5 million users.

The social network also shared the map above, which displays the favorite NFL team of each county in the U.S.

According to Facebook, the top five social moments from Thursday night’s game were:

  1. A two-yard touchdown run by John Kuhn gives the Packers a 7-3 lead.
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