When is the last time a dome team won 2+ games away (1 Viewer)

[ChrisCooleyFan]

The Rams The Colts and The Saints are the only dome teams to win a Super Bowl. I know the Saints the year they won, had home field advantage. Did the Colts and Rams as well? I know its fun to watch these teams, but it just seems like these teams can't win outside in the playoffs. The Falcons also a dome team played in the Super Bowl, but I believe they had home field as well.

 

[Joe Summer]

The '06 Colts won at Baltimore and "at" Dolphin Stadium. The '99 Rams had home field advantage through the playoffs. The '98 Falcons won both their games in domes (at home and at Minnesota).

 

[Joe Summer]

The 1978 Houston Oilers won playoff games at Miami and at New England before losing at Pittsburgh.

 

[Doug B]

Don't buy into this yet ... sample size isn't big enough. Plus, home teams are typically higher seeds and broadly better than any visiting teams -- that will make macro-level trends hard to analyze. How do you tease out "losing due to being a dome team" versus "losing because of playing away at a better opponent"?

 

[Shlon]

I remember the Falcons in 2002 being the first team ever to beat the Packers in Lambeau Field (with Vick) but they lost the following week against the Eagles. :(

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

1987 Vikings for sure; beat the Saints at NO and then the 9ers in SF:

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1987/

Made it to 10-10 in the 4th at WAS before losing 17-10.

 

[Shlon]

1987 Vikings for sure; beat the Saints at NO and then the 9ers in SF:http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1987/Made it to 10-10 in the 4th at WAS before losing 17-10.

Advantage of New Orleans game being a dome.

 

[Truman]

When is the last time a grass team won 2+ games away during the playoffs? It's quite hard to do.

It's not as if grass teams are going on the road and winning due to their familiarity with the field conditions.

A dome team may be at a disadvantage but playing on the road is a far greater disadvantage for any team.

 

[Limp Ditka]

When is the last time a grass team won 2+ games away during the playoffs? It's quite hard to do.

Last year

 

[Limp Ditka]

When is the last time a grass team won 2+ games away during the playoffs? It's quite hard to do.

Last year

and 2007and 2005Maybe it's not as hard as you think it is.

 

[Truman]

Or maybe there are just more grass teams. Remember when no dome team had ever won a superbowl and we heard about it every year? Kurt Warner put an end to that.

Just more talking head BS. It's definitely a factor, but the field conditions are really a minor factor compared to the actual talent, home/away and time zones.

 

[Truman]

Or maybe there are just more grass teams. Remember when no dome team had ever won a superbowl and we heard about it every year? Kurt Warner put an end to that.

Just more talking head BS. It's definitely a factor, but the field conditions are really a minor factor compared to the actual talent, home/away and time zones.

 

[Short Corner]

Or maybe there are just more grass teams. Remember when no dome team had ever won a superbowl and we heard about it every year? Kurt Warner put an end to that.Just more talking head BS. It's definitely a factor, but the field conditions are really a minor factor compared to the actual talent, home/away and time zones.

Just going through the last 4 post seasons (miinus the super bowls), dome teams are 0-6 on the road, while outdoor teams are 15-17. Wouldn't really call that a minor factor.

 

[Eminence]

Or maybe there are just more grass teams. Remember when no dome team had ever won a superbowl and we heard about it every year? Kurt Warner put an end to that.Just more talking head BS. It's definitely a factor, but the field conditions are really a minor factor compared to the actual talent, home/away and time zones.

Just going through the last 4 post seasons (miinus the super bowls), dome teams are 0-6 on the road, while outdoor teams are 15-17. Wouldn't really call that a minor factor.

That's really an unfair sample size:6 games to 32.

 

[Short Corner]

Or maybe there are just more grass teams. Remember when no dome team had ever won a superbowl and we heard about it every year? Kurt Warner put an end to that.Just more talking head BS. It's definitely a factor, but the field conditions are really a minor factor compared to the actual talent, home/away and time zones.

Just going through the last 4 post seasons (miinus the super bowls), dome teams are 0-6 on the road, while outdoor teams are 15-17. Wouldn't really call that a minor factor.

That's really an unfair sample size:6 games to 32.

That doesn't make any difference.

 

[cstu]

I remember the Falcons in 2002 being the first team ever to beat the Packers in Lambeau Field (with Vick) but they lost the following week against the Eagles. :(

It took 5 turnovers by the Packers for them to do it.

 

[cstu]

I wonder if there's a statistical difference in how dome teams perform on the road in December against teams with winning records versus the rest of the season? That would be more telling to me than the limited sample size we have on dome teams in the playoffs.

 

[rockaction]

I wonder if there's a statistical difference in how dome teams perform on the road in December against teams with winning records versus the rest of the season? That would be more telling to me than the limited sample size we have on dome teams in the playoffs.

Advanced NFL Stats is running a series on weather and outcomes as this thread happens. I've found this *their/his site and Football Outsiders to be really good sources of information for football-related things. Brian Burke - the proprietor of Advanced NFL Stats - also did a study about dome/southern teams on the road in Decemeber, which might directly answer your post.

http://www.advancednflstats.com/2007/11/nfl-home-field-advantage-by-climate-2.html

 

[Rick James]

Or maybe there are just more grass teams. Remember when no dome team had ever won a superbowl and we heard about it every year? Kurt Warner put an end to that.Just more talking head BS. It's definitely a factor, but the field conditions are really a minor factor compared to the actual talent, home/away and time zones.

Just going through the last 4 post seasons (miinus the super bowls), dome teams are 0-6 on the road, while outdoor teams are 15-17. Wouldn't really call that a minor factor.

That's really an unfair sample size:6 games to 32.

That doesn't make any difference.

it makes a huge difference.