PICKING SUPER BOWL WINNER AGAINST THE SPREAD....

[extreem]

IN THE LAST 11 YEARS THE TEAM WHO HAS COVERED THE SUPER BOWL AGAINST THE SPREAD HAS COVERED EVERY GAME LEADING UP TO THE SUPER BOWL.

 

[wilheim]

Here is a list of Super Bowl winners if you notice the winner on the field almost always covers the spread.

Game Date Result
XXXVII Jan. 26, 2003 Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21
XXXVI Feb. 3, 2002 New England 20, St. Louis 17
XXXV Jan. 28, 2001 Baltimore 34, N.Y. Giants 7
XXXIV Jan. 30, 2000 St. Louis 23, Tennessee 16
XXXIII Jan. 31, 1999 Denver 34, Atlanta 19
XXXII Jan. 25, 1998 Denver 31, Green Bay 24
XXXI Jan. 26, 1997 Green Bay 35, New England 21
XXX Jan. 28, 1996 Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 17
XXIX Jan. 29, 1995 San Francisco 49, San Diego 26
XXVIII Jan. 30, 1994 Dallas 30, Buffalo 13
XXVII Jan. 31, 1993 Dallas 52, Buffalo 17
XXVI Jan. 26, 1992 Washington 37, Buffalo 24
XXV Jan. 27, 1991 N.Y. Giants 20, Buffalo 19
XXIV Jan. 28, 1990 San Francisco 55, Denver 10
XXIII Jan. 22, 1989 San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16
XXII Jan. 31, 1988 Washington 42, Denver 10
XXI Jan. 25, 1987 N.Y. Giants 39, Denver 20
XX Jan. 26, 1986 Chicago 46, New England 10
XIX Jan. 20, 1985 San Francisco 38, Miami 16
XVIII Jan. 22, 1984 L.A. Raiders 38, Washington 9
XVII Jan. 30, 1983 Washington 27, Miami 17
XVI Jan. 24, 1982 San Francisco 26, Cincinnati 21
XV Jan. 25, 1981 Oakland 27, Philadelphia 10
XIV Jan. 20, 1980 Pittsburgh 31, L.A. Rams 19
XIII Jan. 21, 1979 Pittsburgh 35, Dallas 31
XII Jan. 15, 1978 Dallas 27, Denver 10
XI Jan. 9, 1977 Oakland 32, Minnesota 14
X Jan. 18, 1976 Pittsburgh 21, Dallas 17
IX Jan. 12, 1975 Pittsburgh 16, Minnesota 6
VIII Jan. 13, 1974 Miami 24, Minnesota 7
VII Jan. 14, 1973 Miami 14, Washington 7
VI Jan. 16, 1972 Dallas 24, Miami 3
V Jan. 17, 1971 Baltimore 16, Dallas 13
IV Jan. 11, 1970 Kansas City 23, Minnesota 7
III Jan. 12, 1969 N.Y. Jets 16, Baltimore 7
II Jan. 14, 1968 Green Bay 33, Oakland 14
I Jan. 15, 1967 Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10

 

[extreem]

all i'm saying is in past 11 years each of the teams who covered in the super bowl has covered all their playoff games reaching the super bowl. so if this holds true CAROLINA will cover against the spread.

 

[RobFunk]

thats good wil. too bad we couldnt get the closing # for each of those. i tried doing a search a lot of different ways to no avail.

 

[oldmanTED]

RobFunk:

In the order presented by Wil:

TB +4
NE +14
Balt -3
St. Louis -7
Den -7.5
Den +11
GB -14
Dal -13.5
SF -18.5
Dal -10.5
Dal -6.5
Wash -7
NYG +7
SF -12
SF -7
Wash +3
NYG -9.5
Chi -10
SF -3.5
LAR +3
Wash +3
SF Ev
Oak +3
Pitt -10.5
Pitt -3.5
Dal -6
Oak -4.5
Pitt -7
Pitt -3
Mia -6.5
Mia +1.5
Dal -6
Balt +2.5
KC +12
NYJ +18
GB -13.5
GB -14

 

[blueedwards]

are you sure the giants were +7 against the bills in 1991? that's pregambling days for me but that doesn't seem right.

 

[wilheim]

I memory serves that game was around -2.5 Bills. Regardless, thanks for the info Ted, good stuff.


wil.

 

[oldmanTED]

My pleasure Wil. You do a great job and I enjoy helping whenever I can.


I've been lucky enough to have seen all 37 Superbowls and have information on all of them. The answer to the question is yes, the Giants were +7.

 

[Horseshoe]

The Giants were definitely +7, because I loved the NFC getting a TD in this spot, just due to the NFC(physical) over the AFC(finesse) dominance that was happening in this era.

Besides the G-Men had come to far to not win it, as they had beaten a proud 49ers in Candlestick(I lost that one)..they had me sold now!

Plus they both being from the same state, meant that there was a bit of familiarity in closing the gap for the dog(I believe they had scrimmaged in preseasons back then also?).

I always bet against the Bills in the SB's..yep the full 7 was available there & then.

 

[UncleMoneybags]

I'm thinking that it was 2.5 as well. Maybe I'm tired.

 

[UncleMoneybags]

After looking at those spreads, I think more than one are off (most by 1 point) because I remember getting better spreads than those.

 

[PanchoSanza]

Giants were +7 for sure.

I can't believe Miami was +1.5 VS Washington, wasn't that the year they went unbeaten?