David Yudkin
Footballguy
* Only 3 of the past 12 Top Seeds in the AFC have advanced tot he Super Bowl. In the NFC, the #1 Seed made the Super Bowl 9 times in the same timeframe.
* No Super Bowl winning team ever won the Super Bowl with worse than a 2-2 record over their last 4 games. Records of SB winners in their last 4 games:
4-0: 19 times
3-1: 16 times
2-2: 5 times
(NOTE: IND 2-2, NO 2-2, SEA 1-3)
* The last time a SB team DID NOT rank in the Top 10 in fewest points allowed was the 1983 Raiders. IIRC, only one other time did a team rank outside the Top 10 in points allowed and won the championship.
(NOTE: NO 13, PHI 15, SEA 19, IND 23 in points allowed)
* No Super Bowl winning team ever won the Super Bowl with worse than a 2-2 record over their last 4 games. Records of SB winners in their last 4 games:
4-0: 19 times
3-1: 16 times
2-2: 5 times
(NOTE: IND 2-2, NO 2-2, SEA 1-3)
* The last time a SB team DID NOT rank in the Top 10 in fewest points allowed was the 1983 Raiders. IIRC, only one other time did a team rank outside the Top 10 in points allowed and won the championship.
(NOTE: NO 13, PHI 15, SEA 19, IND 23 in points allowed)
