Normally it takes three days from start to finish. But the first batch of footballs must be sent to the Super Bowl teams Monday, within about 18 hours, so they have enough time to break them in for practices and the game. That’s why the workers start production right away the night of the conference title games.

The Wilson Football Factory is busy all year around, handcrafting footballs for all levels of play - from the pee-wees to the pros. Now that the biggest game of the year will be played between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs,

One of the NFL's partners shows how they craft the perfect football for the Super Bowl. 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.