volsunghawk
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I expect us to go 8-0 at home again this season, but how realistic is that expectation?
Since realignment in 2002, only 20 teams have gone 8-0 at home (less than 2 per season). Here's the breakdown:
The only teams to accomplish this feat more than once in the past 11 years are the Pats (5), the Seahawks (3), and the Packers (2).
And the only team that was able to do it in consecutive seasons was the Pats - who managed to do it TWICE.
Of those 20 teams, all of them made the playoffs, but 9 of them lost their first game. 9 others made it to the conference championship. Only 5 actually made it to the SB, with 3 of them winning the championship (the '03 and '04 Pats and the '06 Colts).
The least amount of total wins for those perfect-at-home teams was 10, shared by the '09 Pats and the '03 Seahawks, meaning each team was only 2-6 on the road.
Okay, so all of that is just a bunch of factoids about a small group of teams. But the takeaway from this is that putting up a perfect season at home is HARD, doing it more than once is even HARDER, and doing it in consecutive years, well, that's Patriots Dynasty stuff right there.
Since realignment in 2002, only 20 teams have gone 8-0 at home (less than 2 per season). Here's the breakdown:
- 2008 Carolina Panthers
2006 Indianapolis Colts
2005 Denver Broncos
2002 Green Bay Packers
2011 Green Bay Packers
2003 Kansas City Chiefs
2009 Minnesota Vikings
2011 New Orleans Saints
2003 New England Patriots
2004 New England Patriots
2007 New England Patriots
2009 New England Patriots
2010 New England Patriots
2004 Pittsburgh Steelers
2003 St. Louis Rams
2011 Baltimore Ravens
2006 San Diego Chargers
2003 Seattle Seahawks
2005 Seattle Seahawks
2012 Seattle Seahawks
The only teams to accomplish this feat more than once in the past 11 years are the Pats (5), the Seahawks (3), and the Packers (2).
And the only team that was able to do it in consecutive seasons was the Pats - who managed to do it TWICE.
Of those 20 teams, all of them made the playoffs, but 9 of them lost their first game. 9 others made it to the conference championship. Only 5 actually made it to the SB, with 3 of them winning the championship (the '03 and '04 Pats and the '06 Colts).
The least amount of total wins for those perfect-at-home teams was 10, shared by the '09 Pats and the '03 Seahawks, meaning each team was only 2-6 on the road.
Okay, so all of that is just a bunch of factoids about a small group of teams. But the takeaway from this is that putting up a perfect season at home is HARD, doing it more than once is even HARDER, and doing it in consecutive years, well, that's Patriots Dynasty stuff right there.