Interesting statistical trend of the last 10 Superbowl winners

[Wild_x_Card]

Was just messing around looking up different statistics going over the last 10 (or so) Superbowl winners just to see if I could find some trends and or commonalities.

Surprisingly (sort of) the trend that stood out the most was each of the past 10 Superbowl winners were all top 10 in scoring defense, The Rams came in at the 9th spot last season.

It's not terribly surprising but I went into it expecting bigger trends on the offensive side of the ball. Obviously you have to score to win in this league. But the one constant is limiting the opposing teams point total.


Season Super Bowl winner Opponent points per game Rank
2020
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
21.7
Rank-7

2019
Kansas City Chiefs
20.2
Rank-10

2018
New England Patriots
20.4
Rank-6

2017
Philadelphia Eagles
18.2
Rank-4

2016
New England Patriots
16.4
Rank-1

2015
Denver Broncos
17.9
Rank-4

2014
New England Patriots
19.5
Rank-7

2013
Seattle Seahawks
14.6
Rank-1

2012
Baltimore Ravens
21.1
Rank-9

 

[HeHateMe]

Was just messing around looking up different statics going over the last 10 (or so) Superbowl winners just to see if I could find some trends and or commonalities.

Surprisingly (sort of) the trend that stood out the most was each of the past 10 Superbowl winners were all top 10 in scoring defense, The Rams came in at the 9th spot last season.

It's not terribly surprising but I went into it expecting bigger trends on the offensive side of the ball. Obviously you have to score to win in this league. But the one constant is limiting the opposing teams point total.


Season Super Bowl winner Opponent points per game Rank
2020
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
21.7
Rank-7

2019
Kansas City Chiefs
20.2
Rank-10

2018
New England Patriots
20.4
Rank-6

2017
Philadelphia Eagles
18.2
Rank-4

2016
New England Patriots
16.4
Rank-1

2015
Denver Broncos
17.9
Rank-4

2014
New England Patriots
19.5
Rank-7

2013
Seattle Seahawks
14.6
Rank-1

2012
Baltimore Ravens
21.1
Rank-9

thanks

 

[Wild_x_Card]

thanks

 

[Black Rainbow]

Good find...and ppl are crying about drafting secondary.

 

[Wild_x_Card]

Good find...and ppl are crying about drafting secondary.

Yeah. The Bears aren't going anywhere if they can't score. So I can understand the frustration of the fans on that side of the fence. Reality is you need both sides to be good to have a consistent winner. I'm not mad at the draft like some of the others. Definitely think he filled some needs with quality players, but understand where the support Fields crowd is coming from.

They were never going to fix this mess in one off-season. Hopefully moving forward there's a bigger sense of urgency to get offense up to snuff. I'm pretty confident that will be the case next off-season.

Having a D that leaks like a siv putting the offense behind the 8-ball also doesn't do Fields and co. Any favors, as seen last year.

 

[Black Rainbow]

Yeah. The Bears aren't going anywhere if they can't score. So I can understand the frustration of the fans on that side of the fence. Reality is you need both sides to be good to have a consistent winner. I'm not mad at the draft like some of the others. Definitely think he filled some needs with quality players, but understand where the support Fields crowd is coming from.

They were never going to fix this mess in one off-season. Hopefully moving forward there's a bigger sense of urgency to get offense up to snuff. I'm pretty confident that will be the case next off-season.

Having a D that leaks like a siv putting the offense behind the 8-ball also doesn't do Fields and co. Any favors, as seen last year.

We went very heavy on offense last year and many posters were happy with the picks and trade ups.

...but for some reason it's been predetermined those picks cannot perform because we didn't draft even more offense this year.

I think Fields will have a much better year, and I'm keeping track of all the cry babies who've already written him off.

 

[HeHateMe]

We went very heavy on offense last year and many posters were happy with the picks and trade ups.

...but for some reason it's been predetermined those picks cannot perform because we didn't draft even more offense this year.

I think Fields will have a much better year, and I'm keeping track of all the cry babies who've already written him off.

Are you going to put these "cry babies" on your ignore list too?

 

[nvanprooyen]

Yeah. The Bears aren't going anywhere if they can't score. So I can understand the frustration of the fans on that side of the fence. Reality is you need both sides to be good to have a consistent winner. I'm not mad at the draft like some of the others. Definitely think he filled some needs with quality players, but understand where the support Fields crowd is coming from.

They were never going to fix this mess in one off-season. Hopefully moving forward there's a bigger sense of urgency to get offense up to snuff. I'm pretty confident that will be the case next off-season.

Having a D that leaks like a siv putting the offense behind the 8-ball also doesn't do Fields and co. Any favors, as seen last year.

Yep. In reality, addressing the secondary DOES help Fields. No matter what they did this offseason to help the offense, going to be pretty hard to compete with the secondary giving up too many points every week.

 

[PickSix]

How many offenses weren’t ranked in the top 10 on those SB winners? Just curious.

 

[PrideisBears]

We went very heavy on offense last year and many posters were happy with the picks and trade ups.

...but for some reason it's been predetermined those picks cannot perform because we didn't draft even more offense this year.

I think Fields will have a much better year, and I'm keeping track of all the cry babies who've already written him off.

Nobody even brought up Fields

 

[PrideisBears]

How many offenses weren’t ranked in the top 10 on those SB winners? Just curious.

Wild guess but probably the Broncos. I believe that’s the year the defense dragged Peyton Manning’s corpse to the SB

 

[PrideisBears]

@nvanprooyen when CCS Hall of fame? @Wild_x_Card deserves a nomination

 

[Anytime23]

Good defense means absolutely nothing when accompanied by mediocre offense. Bears had 2 top 5 scoring defenses in 2018 and 2019.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Nobody even brought up Fields

He’s trying to cover up all his dipshit takes from 2021

 

[Wild_x_Card]

Wild guess but probably the Broncos. I believe that’s the year the defense dragged Peyton Manning’s corpse to the SB

Correct, and Baltimore the year Flacco got hot late.

 

[Wild_x_Card]

Good defense means absolutely nothing when accompanied by mediocre offense. Bears had 2 top 5 scoring defenses in 2018 and 2019.

Trubinskiiii da gawd.

 

[Wild_x_Card]

@nvanprooyen when CCS Hall of fame? @Wild_x_Card deserves a nomination

Thanks, good sir. But I like being on the Fringe. I'd probably give my gold jacket to Goodwill so a homeless man can show out.

 

[Warrior Spirit]

How many offenses weren’t ranked in the top 10 on those SB winners? Just curious.

Broncos and Ravens. Broncos weren't even close to top 10 but Ravens were #12 and then Flacco just got red hot in playoffs.

 

[nc0gnet0]

Not sure about the last 10, but I read that of the last 4 SB winners, none of them had a 1,000 yard rusher.

 

[HeHateMe]

Not sure about the last 10, but I read that of the last 4 SB winners, none of them had a 1,000 yard rusher.

This thread isn't about that though, PrimeTime .