This Week in Sports Betting by the Numbers
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 1/16/2014
There are four teams left standing in the NFL, and looking at the preseason Super Bowl odds, we should have known. The four teams pegged by Las Vegas as Super Bowl favorites are the last four standing. Here are some more numbers that may be just as telling.
3: Consecutive road wins by San Francisco entering their game Sunday at Seattle. San Francisco won Week 17 at Arizona, won in the NFC wild-card round at Green Bay and won in the NFC divisional playoff round at Carolina.
0: NFL teams to have won four consecutive road games.
13,000: Approximate amount of miles San Francisco has traveled since Week 17 having played at Arizona, at Green Bay, at Carolina and at Seattle this week.
1,063: Combined rushing yards by Russell Wilson and Colin Kaepernick this season.
-13. Combined rushing yards by Tom Brady and Peyton Manning this season.
1. Coaches in the history of the NFL to have taken their team to an AFC or NFC Championship Game in their first three seasons. Jim Harbaugh became the first to do so this season when the 49ers qualified for the NFC Championship Game for the third consecutive year.
33.1 million. Viewers who watched the San Francisco/Carolina game on FOX on Sunday.
31.1 million. Viewers who watched the New Orleans/Seattle game on FOX on Saturday.
14. Games this season where the Denver Broncos offense has gained over 400 yards of total offense or more.
3. Games this season where the Denver Broncos offense has gained fewer than 400 yards of total offense, aka all three games against the San Diego Chargers.
68,387. Previous attendance record at 12-year old CenturyLink Field. It was set on Dec. 2, 2013 when Seattle hosted New Orleans on “Monday Night Football”.
68,388. Attendance in Seattle for the Seahawks’ NFC divisional round game against New Orleans, breaking the previous record by one person.
10-4. Tom Brady’s record against Peyton Manning in 14 regular and postseason meetings.
7-5-2. Tom Brady’s record against the spread versus Peyton Manning in their 14 meetings.
108. High temperature on the second day of the Australian Open this week.
2: Coaches to have won an NFL Super Bowl and a college football championship, Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer. Pete Carroll (USC) is attempting to become the third.
13-5. Toronto Raptors’ record from Dec. 8 (the first game after the Rudy Gay trade) to Jan. 14. It was the best record of any Eastern Conference team during that time span.
109: Penalty minutes in Monday night’s Los Angeles Kings/Vancouver Canucks game. Of the 109 penalty minutes, 103 were called in the first two periods.
1: Goals scored in the Kings/Canucks game, a 1-0 Los Angeles win.
1: Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks to have won a single NFL playoff game in the past 16 years. Tim Tebow is the only one to accomplish the feat (against Pittsburgh in 2012). Prior to Tebow, Vinny Testaverde won a playoff game as the New York Jets quarterback in 1998.
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