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Including the playoffs, the Colts were 6-0 against teams with 10 wins or more, but only 10-4 against teams with 9 wins or less (losses to each team in their division and also to the Cowboys).
The four losses to teams 9-7 or worse equals the most ever by a Super Bowl champion. The 1988 49ers were 5-4 against similar competition (and the 1987 Redskins were 11-4 against teams with nearly identical qualifications, but this was a strike year: 15 game season and replacement players).
The Colts played 11 teams that were .500 or better in the regular season, tying the 1980 Raiders for the most ever by a Super Bowl champion.
The Colts played 8 teams that were above .500 in the regualr season, tying for the second most ever by a Super Bowl champion. (The 1979 Steelers played ten games against teams that finished above .500 in the regular season.)
The Colts are the seventh Super Bowl champion whose opponents combined for a regular season record of .500 or better, and the first since the 1996 Packers:
The four losses to teams 9-7 or worse equals the most ever by a Super Bowl champion. The 1988 49ers were 5-4 against similar competition (and the 1987 Redskins were 11-4 against teams with nearly identical qualifications, but this was a strike year: 15 game season and replacement players).
The Colts played 11 teams that were .500 or better in the regular season, tying the 1980 Raiders for the most ever by a Super Bowl champion.
The Colts played 8 teams that were above .500 in the regualr season, tying for the second most ever by a Super Bowl champion. (The 1979 Steelers played ten games against teams that finished above .500 in the regular season.)
The Colts are the seventh Super Bowl champion whose opponents combined for a regular season record of .500 or better, and the first since the 1996 Packers:
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1979 Pittsburgh Steelers 135-121 .527 12-41988 San Francisco 49ers 131-125 .512 10-61980 Oakland Raiders 130-126 .508 11-51991 Washington Redskins 129-127 .504 14-21996 Green Bay Packers 129-127 .504 14-21990 New York Giants 128-128 .500 13-32006 Indianapolis Colts 128-128 .500 12-4
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