Not too difficult late night NFL trivia (1 Viewer)

[Chase Stuart]

There have been five playoff games since 1990 where the home team had a worse record than the road team. Name them.

 

[trader jake]

I'll assume the Super Bowls account for most of these.

 

[Chase Stuart]

I'll assume the Super Bowls account for most of these.

I mean actual home teams.

 

[trader jake]

I'll assume the Super Bowls account for most of these.

I mean actual home teams.

Gotcha. I could see two teams having the same record entering the playoffs. Team A wins the tiebreaker and gets a bye. Team B wins their first playoff game and enters the next round with "a better record" than the home team.

 

[Chase Stuart]

I'll assume the Super Bowls account for most of these.

I mean actual home teams.

Gotcha. I could see two teams having the same record entering the playoffs. Team A wins the tiebreaker and gets a bye. Team B wins their first playoff game and enters the next round with "a better record" than the home team.

There aren't any tricks here. I mean real live home games and final regular season records, based on 16 game schedules.

 

[trader jake]

I'll assume the Super Bowls account for most of these.

I mean actual home teams.

Gotcha. I could see two teams having the same record entering the playoffs. Team A wins the tiebreaker and gets a bye. Team B wins their first playoff game and enters the next round with "a better record" than the home team.

There aren't any tricks here. I mean real live home games and final regular season records, based on 16 game schedules.

The only thing left is a division winner hosting a 2nd place team from a different division.If that's not the scenario I'm :shuked:

 

[Chase Stuart]

Two of the five I knew off the top of my head; two of them I hadn't remembered, and the fifth one I never knew about. What's interesting about that last one is two very interesting pieces of NFL history are tied around that one.

 

[JohnDoe]

IIRC one of them is when the Jets beat the Colts in the Divisional playoff game just a few years ago. I think the score was 41-0.

 

[JohnDoe]

In 2005 NE hosted Jacksonville in a playoff game.

 

[code]

These all have to be wildcard games right?...so we're looking for weak divisional winners facing strong wildcards (who just happened to be in a division with an even stronger team)?...no?

ETA: I guess technically pre-realignment this could occur in a Divisional Playoff game as well, right?

 

[Hairy Snowman]

I want to say the Detroit Lions played at Phili one year, and then I want to say the "Greatest Comeback" game with Frank Reich - Bills vs Oilers?

These are just guesses - but they are my guesses.

 

[Chase Stuart]

IIRC one of them is when the Jets beat the Colts in the Divisional playoff game just a few years ago. I think the score was 41-0.

In 2005 NE hosted Jacksonville in a playoff game.

Correct. Those were the two I knew off the top of my head.

 

[Chase Stuart]

I want to say the Detroit Lions played at Phili one year, and then I want to say the "Greatest Comeback" game with Frank Reich - Bills vs Oilers?These are just guesses - but they are my guesses.

In 1995, both Philadelphia and Detroit were 10-6.In 1992, Houston was 10-6 and Buffalo was 11-5 (and, of course, at home).

 

[code]

These all have to be wildcard games right?...so we're looking for weak divisional winners facing strong wildcards (who just happened to be in a division with an even stronger team)?...no?ETA: I guess technically pre-realignment this could occur in a Divisional Playoff game as well, right?

Boy, I had this analysis all wrong...there's even a division championship game in there (where a wildcard from a strong division made the championship against a division winner)...JAX(12-4) @ NEP(10-6) was 2005IND(10-6) @ NYJ(9-7) was 2002The others were in 2003, 1997, and ??? (I honestly can't find the 5th)

 

[RonMexico]

1993 SF (10-6) beat NY Giants (11-5) at SF. Ricky Watters scored 5 TDs. Not sure what the other historical achievement was.

ETA: Lawrence Taylor's final game.

 

[Chase Stuart]

1993 SF (10-6) beat NY Giants (11-5) at SF. Ricky Watters scored 5 TDs. Not sure what the other historical achievement was.ETA: Lawrence Taylor's final game.

There's a third one (I forgot about it being LT's last game).Why was that game in SF? Because the Giants lost the division. Why did the Giants lose the division? The Emmitt Smith shoulder game the week before.

 

[code]

Man this has been a slow roller...so we've got:

2005: JAX(12-4) @ NEP(10-6)

2002: IND(10-6) @ NYJ(9-7)

1993: NYG(11-5) @ SF(10-6)

Still looking for:

2003: AFC

1997: AFC

 

[code]

Seeing as this has slipped onto the third page I figured I'd go ahead and post the complete answer...

2005: JAX(12-4) @ NEP(10-6)

2003: TEN(12-4) @ BAL(10-6)

2002: IND(10-6) @ NYJ(9-7)

1997: DEN(12-4) @ PIT(11-5)

1993: NYG(11-5) @ SF(10-6)