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For the last 14 years, there are patterns for whether a playoff game was won by the home (H) or the visiting (V) teams:
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Wildcard Rounds
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| 2000 Winners |
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H
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Miami 23, Indianapolis 17 (OT) |
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H
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Baltimore 21, Denver 3 |
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H
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New Orleans 31, St. Louis 28 |
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H
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Philadelphia 21, Tampa Bay 3 |
| 2001 Winners |
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H
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Oakland 38, NY Jets 24 |
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V
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Baltimore 20, Miami 3 |
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H
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Philadelphia 31, Tampa Bay 9 |
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H
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Green Bay 25, San Francisco 15 |
| 2002 Winners |
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H
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NY Jets 41, Indianapolis 0 |
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H
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Pittsburgh 36, Cleveland 33 |
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V
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Atlanta 27, Green Bay 7 |
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H
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San Francisco 39, NY Giants 38 |
| 2003 Winners |
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V
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Tennessee 20, Baltimore 17 |
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H
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Indianapolis 41, Denver 10 |
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H
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Carolina 29, Dallas 10 |
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H
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Green Bay 33, Seattle 27 |
| 2004 Winners |
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V
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St. Louis 27, Seattle 20 |
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V
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NY Jets 20, San Diego 17 (OT) |
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H
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Denver 24, Indianapolis 49 |
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V
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Minnesota 31, Green Bay 17 |
| 2005 Winners |
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V
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Washington 17, Tampa Bay 10 |
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H
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Jacksonville 3, New England 28 |
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V
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Carolina 23, NY Giants 0 |
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V
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Pittsburgh 31, Cincinnati 17 |
| 2006 Winners |
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H
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Kansas City 8, Indianapolis 23 |
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H
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Dallas 20, Seattle 21 |
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H
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NY Jets 16, New England 37 |
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H
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NY Giants 20, Philadelphia 23 |
| 2007 Winners |
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V
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New York Giants 24, Tampa Bay 14 |
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H
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Washington 14, Seattle 35 |
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V
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Jacksonville 31, Pittsburgh 29 |
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H
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Tennessee 6, San Diego 17 |
| 2008 Winners |
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H
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Indianapolis 17, San Diego 23 |
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V
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Baltimore 27, Miami 9 |
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V
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Philadelphia 26, Minnesota 14 |
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H
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Atlanta 24, Arizona 30 |
| 2009 Winners |
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V
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New York Jets 24, Cincinnati 14 |
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V
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Baltimore 33, New England 14 |
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H
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Philadelphia 14, Dallas 34 |
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H
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Green Bay 45, Arizona 51 |
| 2010 Winners |
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H
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New Orleans 36, Seattle 41 |
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V
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NY Jets 17, Indianapolis 16 |
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V
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Baltimore 30, Kansas City 7 |
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V
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Green Bay 21, Philadelphia 16 |
| 2011 Winners |
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H
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Cincinnati 10, Houston 31 |
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H
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Detroit 28, New Orleans 45 |
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H
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Atlanta 2, New York Giants 24 |
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H
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Pittsburgh 23, Denver 29 |
| 2012 Winners |
|
H
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Indianapolis 9, Baltimore 24 |
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H
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Cincinnati 13, Houston 19 |
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H
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Minnesota 10, Green Bay 24 |
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V
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Seattle 24, Washington 14 |
| 2013 Winners |
|
H
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Kansas City 44, Indianapolis 45 |
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V
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San Francisco 23, Green Bay 20 |
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V
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New Orleans 26, Philadelphia 24 |
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V
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San Diego 27, Cincinnati 10 |
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The wild card round saw two road teams each year for a streatch before all the home teams won in 2011 (the strike year) and then only Seattle won in 2002. And then back to at least two road teams winning last year when three visitors won. |
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Divisional Rounds
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| 2000 Winners |
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H
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Oakland 27, Miami 0 |
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V
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Baltimore 24, Tennessee 10 |
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H
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Minnesota 34, New Orleans 16 |
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H
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NY Giants 20, Philadelphia 10 |
| 2001 Winners |
|
H
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New England 16, Oakland 13 |
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H
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Pittsburgh 27, Baltimore 10 |
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H
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St. Louis 45, Green Bay 17 |
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V
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Philadelphia 33, Chicago 19 |
| 2002 Winners |
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H
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Oakland 30, NY Jets 10 |
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H
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Tennessee 34, Pittsburgh 31 |
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H
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Philadelphia 20, Atlanta 6 |
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H
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Tampa Bay 31, San Francisco 6 |
| 2003 Winners |
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H
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New England 17, Tennessee 14 |
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V
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Indianapolis 38, Kansas City 31 |
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V
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Carolina 29, St. Louis 23 (2 OT) |
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H
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Philadelphia 20, Green Bay 17 |
| 2004 Winners |
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H
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NY Jets 17, Pittsburgh 20 (OT) |
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H
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St. Louis 17, Atlanta 47 |
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H
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Minnesota 14, Philadelphia 27 |
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H
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Indianapolis 3, New England 20 |
| 2005 Winners |
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H
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Washington 10, Seattle 20 |
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H
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New England 13, Denver 27 |
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V
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Pittsburgh 21, Indianapolis 18 |
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V
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Carolina 29, Chicago 21 |
| 2006 Winners |
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H
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Seattle 24, Chicago 27 |
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V
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Indianapolis 15, Baltimore 6 |
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V
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New England 24, San Diego 21 |
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H
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Philadelphia 24, New Orleans 27 |
| 2007 Winners |
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H
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Jacksonville 20, New England 31 |
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V
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San Diego 28, Indianapolis 24 |
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H
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Seattle 20, Green Bay 42 |
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V
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New York Giants 21, Dallas 17 |
| 2008 Winners |
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V
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Baltimore 13, Tennessee 10 |
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V
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Arizona 33, Carolina 13 |
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V
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Philadelphia 23, New York Giants 11 |
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H
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San Diego 24, Pittsburgh 35 |
| 2009 Winners |
|
H
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Baltimore 3, Indianapolis 20 |
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V
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New York Jets 17, San Diego 14 |
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H
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Arizona 14, New Orleans 45 |
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H
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Dallas 3, Minnesota 34 |
| 2010 Winners |
|
H
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Baltimore 24, Pittsburgh 31 |
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V
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Green Bay 48, Atlanta 21 |
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H
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Seattle 24, Chicago 35 |
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V
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NY Jets 28, New England 21 |
| 2011 Winners |
|
H
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New Orleans 32, San Franciso 36 |
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H
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Denver 10, New England 45 |
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H
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Houston 13, Baltimore 20 |
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V
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NY Giants 37, Green Bay 20 |
| 2012 Winners |
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V
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Baltimore 38, Denver 35 |
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H
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Houston 28, New England 41 |
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H
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Seattle 28, Atlanta 30 |
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H
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Green Bay 31, San Francisco 45 |
| 2013 Winners |
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H
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New Orleans 15, Seattle 23 |
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H
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Indianapolis 22, New England 43 |
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V
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San Francisco 23, Carolina 10 |
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H
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San Diego 17, Denver 24 |
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The divisional round always witnesses at least one road team win and in past years there could be two. The most recent trend has been three of four years with just one visitor winning.
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Championship Rounds
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| 2000 Winners |
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V
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Baltimore 16, Oakland 3 |
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H
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NY Giants 41, Minnesota 0 |
| 2001 Winners |
|
V
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New England 24, Pittsburgh 17 |
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H
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St. Louis 29, Philadelphia 24 |
| 2002 Winners |
|
H
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Oakland 41, Tennessee 24 |
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V
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Tampa Bay 27, Philadelphia 10 |
| 2003 Winners |
|
H
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New England 24, Indianapolis 14 |
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V
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Carolina 14, Philadelphia 3 |
| 2004 Winners |
|
H
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Atlanta 10, Philadelphia 27 |
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V
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New England 41, Pittsburgh 27 |
| 2005 WInners |
|
V
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Pittsburgh 34, Denver 17 |
|
H
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Carolina 14, Seattle 34 |
| 2006 WInners |
|
H
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New Orleans 14, Chicago 39 |
|
H
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New England 34, Indianapolis 38 |
| 2007 WInners |
|
H
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San Diego 12, New England 21 |
|
V
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New York Giants 23, Green Bay 20 |
| 2008 WInners |
|
H
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Philadelphia 25, Arizona 32 |
|
H
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Baltimore 14, Pittsburgh 23 |
| 2009 WInners |
|
H
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New York Jets 17, Indianapolis 30 |
|
H
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Minnesota 28, New Orleans 31 |
| 2010 WInners |
|
H
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NY Jets 19, Pittsburgh 24 |
|
V
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Green Bay 21, Chicago 14 |
| 2011 WInners |
|
H
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Baltimore 20, New England 23 |
|
V
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NY Giants 20, San Francisco 17 |
| 2012 WInners |
|
V
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49ers 28, Falcons 24 |
|
V
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Ravens 28, Patriots 13 |
| 2013 WInners |
|
H
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New England 16, Denver 26 |
|
H
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Seattle 23, San Francisco 17 |
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Considering that these pit the best records in the NFL at home against lesser teams, the incidence of a road team winning is extremely high. In the last 13 seasons, nine times there was one road team win and three times both home teams won. The only time that both road teams won was just last year – very rare.
What will be interesting to see is that the Championship game is at least favored to be played in either Denver or New England, Seattle or Carolina. The AFC game is very likely to have at least cold weather if not inclement. The NFL should be decent enough barring say the Eagles or Packers advancing that far.
Safest bet is one vistor wins in this round.
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