Super Bowl champions satisfying ?The Formula?
1966: Jim Taylor, GB ? 3.4 yards per carry (Elijah Pitts also averaged 11.5 carries per game)
1967: Donny Anderson, GB ? 3.1 yards per carry (Travis Williams also averaged 10 carries per game)
1968: Matt Snell, NYJ ? 3.9 yards per carry (Emerson Boozer also averaged 10.5 carries per game)
1969: Mike Garrett, KC ? 3.5 yards per carry (Kansas City had 2 other players, Wendell Hayes and Robert Holmes, who averaged over 8 carries per game)
1970: Norm Bulaich, BAL ? 3.3 yards per carry (Tom Nowatzke also averaged 10.3 carries a game)
1971: Duane Thomas, DAL ? 3.7 yards per carry (Dallas also had 2 other players, Walt Garrison and Calvin Hill, who averaged 10 carries per game)
1972: Larry Csonka, MIA ? 4.2 yards per carry
1973: Larry Csonka, MIA ? 4.1 yards per carry
1974: Franco Harris, PIT ? 3.9 yards per carry (Rocky Bleier also averaged 16.3 carries per game)
1975: Franco Harris, PIT ? 3.9 yards per carry (Rocky Bleier also averaged 12.3 carries per game)
1976: Mark van Eeghen, OAK ? 3.5 yards per carry (Clarence Davis also averaged 11.3 carries per game)
1977: Tony Dorsett, DAL ? 4.4 yards per carry
1978: Franco Harris, PIT ? 3.5 yards per carry
1979: Franco Harris ? 3.5 yards per carry (Rocky Bleier also averaged 9.0 carries per game)
1980: Mark van Eeghen, OAK ? 3.5 yards per carry (Kenny King also averaged 10.5 carries per game)
1981: Earl Cooper, SF ? 5.0 yards per carry
1982: John Riggens, WSH ? 4.5 yards per carry
1983: Marcus Allen, LA ? 8.0 yards per carry
1984: Wendell Tyler, SF ? 4.5 yards per carry
1985: Walter Payton, CHI ? 2.8 yards per carry
1986: Joe Morris, NYG ? 4.4 yards per carry
1987: Timmy Smith, WSH ? 6.7 yards per carry
1988: Roger Craig, SF ? 4.9 yards per carry
1989: Roger Craig, SF ? 4.6 yards per carry
1990: Ottis Anderson, NYG ? 4.0 yards per carry
1991: Earnest Byner, WAS ? 3.7 yards per carry (Ricky Ervins also averaged 16.3 carries per game)
1992: Emmitt Smith, DAL ? 4.7 yards per carry
1993: Emmit Smith, DAL ? 4.2 yards per carry
1994: Ricky Waters, SF ? 4.3 yards per carry
1995: Emmitt Smith, DAL ? 4.0 yards per carry
1996: Edgar Bennett, GB ? 3.7 yards per carry (Dorsey Levens also averaged 13.0 carries per game)
1997: Terrell Davis, DEN ? 5.2 yards per carry
1998: Terrell Davis, DEN ? 6.0 yards per carry
1999: Marshall Faulk, STL ? 2.2 yards per carry
2000: Jamal Lewis, BAL ? 3.3 yards per carry
2001: Antowain Smith, NE ? 4.0 yards per carry
2002: Michael Pittman, TB ? 3.4 yards per carry (Mike Alstott also averaged 14.7 carries per game)
2003: Antowain Smith, NE ? 4.0 yards per carry
2004: Corey Dillon, NE ? 4.5 yards per carry
2005: Jerome Bettis, PIT ? 3.2 yards per carry (Willie Parker also averaged 14.2 carries per game)
2006: Joseph Addai, IND ? 3.9 yards per carry (Dominic Rhodes also had 15.5 carries per game)
2007: Brandon Jacobs, NYG ? 3.2 yards per carry (Ahmad Bradshaw also averaged 12 carries per game)
2008: Willie Parker, PIT ? 3.5 yards per carry
2009: Pierre Thomas, NO ? 4.0 yards per carry
2010: James Starks, GB ? 4.0 yards per carry
2011: Ahmad Bradshaw, NYG ? 4.3 yards per carry
2012: Ray Rice, BAL ? 3.6 yards per carry (Bernard Pierce also averaged 10 carries per game)
2013: Marshawn Lynch, SEA ? 4.4 yards per carry
The 10 Statistics That Determine the Super Bowl
The Seahawks Have the Edge in the Numbers That Matter the Most
With Las Vegas going back and forth on who is going to win?Seattle opened as a one-point favorite?the Count studied the previous 48 Super Bowls with the goal of determining which 10 statistics have been most meaningful in deciding the game?s winner, based on what actually happened in each game. We then looked at how the Seahawks and Patriots performed in those statistics during the regular season to get a rough sense of who might win those areas on Sunday.
In total, Seattle had a bigger edge over regular-season opponents this year in six of these crucial stats.
Some of the statistics that correlate to winning the Super Bowl are what you would expect. For example, teams that win the turnover battle in the Super Bowl are 36-3?that is advantage Patriots, who ranked second best in turnover differential versus fourth for Seattle. But out-passing your opponent on a per-play basis is almost as important as turnovers, with the better team in yards per pass play winning 40 of the 48 games. Seattle out-passed opponents far more decisively (third-best) than New England (15th).
Seattle was also the league?s best in the third- and fourth-most important in-game stats: first downs by rushing (teams that were better went 35-9) and more total yards (38-10) than opponents, while New England was 15th and 10th, respectively. The Patriots take two stats at the bottom of our top 10?higher completion percentage (those teams have gone 33-14) and generating more sacks (29-15).
Equally interesting are the stats that don?t really matter. For example, Super Bowl history says committing more penalties for more penalty yards makes you more likely to win. And this seems to apply to getting to the Super Bowl, too, as the Patriots and Seahawks ranked 31st and 32nd in both categories, respectively.
see the table here:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-10-statistics-that-determine-the-super-bowl-1422487891
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BOSTON - New England Patriot Brandon Browner is urging his teammates to try and break Richard Sherman's elbow and Earl Thomas' injured shoulder when they meet the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday, according to media reports.
In an interview with ESPN, Browner said injuring the two key Seahawks should be part of the Patriots' strategy for winning the game.
?Those dudes are tough, like watching the game you see Sherman was holding that arm like he had a sling on it," Browner said in an interview with ESPN's Josina Anderson. "But at the end of the day this is about the Super Bowl. I?m going to tell my teammates to go hit that elbow, go hit that shoulder. Try to break it if you can, you know?"
He added: ?You?re going to be my best friend after the game, but at the end of the day I know you want the Super Bowl just as bad as me.?
Browner, 30, was on the Seahawks team that made it to the Super Bowl last year, but missed the big game himself because he had been suspended in November of 2013 for violating the league?s substance-abuse policy. He ended up watching the Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos last year with his family.
Browner was reinstated in March 2014 and signed with New England.
?It?s crazy, man,? Browner said, said in an interview with the Boston Herald. ?I really had that vision when I signed here. Hopefully, we?d meet up with my old boys and it happened to work out that way.?
as if Seahawks already had enough motivation this douche bag lights more fire to fuel them.
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