Checkdowns: Worst. Monday Night Football Matchup. Ever. (By combined winning percentage)

by Neil Paine on October 21, 2013

in Checkdowns, Data Dump, History, Totally Useless, Trivia

(I originally posted this at the S-R Blog, but I thought it would be very appropriate here as well.)

Just a quick hit of a post to let you know that tonight’s MNF matchup between the 0-6 Giants and the 1-4 Vikings is, in fact, the worst ever this late in the season by combined winning percentage:

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game_id	home	W	L	T	PF	PA	road	W	L	T	PF	PA	year_id	week_num	game_date	comb_wpct	comb_pt_diff	winner

game_id	home	W	L	PF	PA	road	W	L	PF	PA	year_id	week_num	game_date	comb_wpct	comb_pt_diff	winner
201310210nyg	nyg	0	6	103	209	min	1	4	125	158	2013	7	10/21/2013	.091	-12.6	NULL
197512150sdg	sdg	1	11	148	282	nyj	3	9	221	378	1975	13	12/15/1975	.167	-12.1	sdg, 24-16
199411210oti	oti	1	9	147	218	nyg	3	7	171	220	1994	12	11/21/1994	.200	-6.0	nyg, 13-10
197211060nwe	nwe	2	5	92	220	clt	1	6	94	145	1972	8	11/6/1972	.214	-12.8	clt, 24-17
197011020pit	pit	2	4	71	94	cin	1	5	93	156	1970	7	11/2/1970	.250	-7.2	pit, 21-10
198110190det	det	2	4	118	126	chi	1	5	89	133	1981	7	10/19/1981	.250	-4.3	det, 48-17
199710200clt	clt	0	6	88	155	buf	3	3	122	159	1997	8	10/20/1997	.250	-8.7	buf, 9-6
201211260phi	phi	3	7	162	252	car	2	8	184	243	2012	12	11/26/2012	.250	-7.5	car, 30-22
200001030atl	atl	4	11	251	351	sfo	4	11	266	419	1999	17	1/3/2000	.267	-8.4	atl, 34-29
200512190rav	rav	4	9	171	253	gnb	3	10	255	255	2005	15	12/19/2005	.269	-3.2	rav, 48-3

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It is not, however, the worst by combined PPG margin. That honor belongs to this 1972 game between the 2-5 Patriots and the 1-6 Colts (Baltimore ended up winning 24-17):

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game_id	home	W	L	PF	PA	road	W	L	PF	PA	year_id	week_num	game_date	comb_wpct	comb_pt_diff	winner
197211060nwe	nwe	2	5	92	220	clt	1	6	94	145	1972	8	11/6/1972	.214	-12.8	clt, 24-17
201310210nyg	nyg	0	6	103	209	min	1	4	125	158	2013	7	10/21/2013	.091	-12.6	NULL
197512150sdg	sdg	1	11	148	282	nyj	3	9	221	378	1975	13	12/15/1975	.167	-12.1	sdg, 24-16
199710200clt	clt	0	6	88	155	buf	3	3	122	159	1997	8	10/20/1997	.250	-8.7	buf, 9-6
200001030atl	atl	4	11	251	351	sfo	4	11	266	419	1999	17	1/3/2000	.267	-8.4	atl, 34-29
201011290crd	crd	3	7	188	292	sfo	3	7	160	219	2010	12	11/29/2010	.300	-8.2	sfo, 27-6
199211300sea	sea	1	10	73	218	den	7	4	175	207	1992	13	11/30/1992	.364	-8.0	sea, 16-13
198310240crd	crd	2	5	137	218	nyg	2	5	126	156	1983	8	10/24/1983	.286	-7.9	tie (20-20)
201112120sea	sea	5	7	216	246	ram	2	10	140	296	2011	14	12/12/2011	.292	-7.8	sea, 30-13
201211260phi	phi	3	7	162	252	car	2	8	184	243	2012	12	11/26/2012	.250	-7.5	car, 30-22

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