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RE: What 8-0 Teams Have Done (16 Game Schedule) - CincyProduct - 11-05-2015
(11-05-2015, 04:16 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: The Bengals have a golden opportunity to reach the 8-0 mark tonight against the Brownies. It got me to wondering how other 8-0 starts have fared in a 16 game season. Here's what I found...
Since the league moved to a 16 game schedule in '78, 15 teams have started the season 8-0.
Of those 15, only 2 ('o6 Colts, '13 Chiefs) finished with fewer than 13 wins.
9 of the 15 reached the Super Bowl and 2 others made it to their conference championship game.
6 of the 9 that made the SB...won it.
Going 8-0 has meant a SB appearance 60% of the time, and a SB Title 40% of the time.
That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with this season, or this team...and they still have to go out and win the game tonight to become 8-0. However, if they win tonight...it is fun to look at previous history and imagine how this season could play out.
Who Dey!!!
those stats are awesome, but we have 3 teams in the afc that are or will be 8-0. three teams from afc cant make superbowl.