When Were Wild Card Game Times Set?

[BFritz21]

(01-09-2019, 05:59 PM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: Okay, Brad, here you go.  I got through 2013:

For 2018:
Early games:
The Chargers won at the Ravens with a 1:00 pm start time.  (1-0)

Late games:
The Seahawks lost at the Cowboys in a primetime game.  (0-1)

For 2017:
No games fit the criteria.  The only west coast team was the Rams, and they lost in the first round at home, so that doesn't count.  

For 2016:
Early games:
None that fit the criteria

Late games:
Raiders lost to the Texans, 4:35 start (0-2)
Seahawks lost at the Falcons, 4:35 start (0-3)

For 2015:
Early games:
Seahawks won at Minnesota, 1:05 start (2-0)
Seahawks lost at Carolina, 1:06 start (2-1)

Late games:
Cardinals lost at Carolina, prime time start (0-4)

For 2014:
Early games:
None that fit the criteria

Late games:
Cardinals lost at Carolina, 4:20 start (0-5)
Seattle won at Green Bay, 3:06 start (1-5)

For 2013
Early Games:
Chargers won at Cincy, 1:05 start (3-1)
SF won at Carolina, 1:05 start (4-1)

Late games:
SF won at GB, 4:40 start (2-5)


Early games, the western team was 4-1.  Late games, they were 2-5.  I think that the gap narrowed a bit with a few more years (I didn't document those earlier, so you'll have to check for yourself), but clearly, playing early did not affect six years' worth of teams too badly.

EDIT: You can check these pretty easily with Google.  Note that the years given were for the appropriate season, not the year the game was played in.  

Except not all of those are the two time zones on the opposite ends of the country and aren't as big of a jump.  

So those results really aren't all valid or telling much.