When was the last time the road team was favored in a Championship game?
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Why? You think those Iggles are gonna win? Probably so, but they lose in the big one:mj07: :mj07:
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Cardinals the biggest home underdog in a conference-title game since '79 Bucs
Depending where you look, the Cardinals are 3?- or 4-point home underdogs in Sunday's NFC Championship game vs. Philadelphia.
Any way you look at it, it's rare we see the home team being an underdog in this round. And rarer still is the home underdog getting this many points.
The Cardinals are the biggest underdog in this round since the 1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who were getting 3? points from the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC title game. The Rams won and covered, 9-0. The previous year, the Rams were 4-point home underdogs to the NFC title game to the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas prevailed, 28-0.
In the last 30 years, there have been 11 home underdogs in the conference-championship round, and they have posted a 4-6-1 record against the spread. All of the teams that covered won outright.
Here's a chart with all 11 underdogs in that span.
Depending where you look, the Cardinals are 3?- or 4-point home underdogs in Sunday's NFC Championship game vs. Philadelphia.
Any way you look at it, it's rare we see the home team being an underdog in this round. And rarer still is the home underdog getting this many points.
The Cardinals are the biggest underdog in this round since the 1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who were getting 3? points from the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC title game. The Rams won and covered, 9-0. The previous year, the Rams were 4-point home underdogs to the NFC title game to the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas prevailed, 28-0.
In the last 30 years, there have been 11 home underdogs in the conference-championship round, and they have posted a 4-6-1 record against the spread. All of the teams that covered won outright.
Here's a chart with all 11 underdogs in that span.
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Season Underdog Spread Favorite Score ATS W/L
1978 Los Angeles +4 Dallas 0-28 L
1979 Tampa Bay +3.5 L.A. Rams 0-9 L
1980 Philadelphia +2 Dallas 20-7 W
1981 San Francisco +2.5 Dallas 28-27 W
1982 Washington +2 Dallas 31-17 W
1988 Chicago +1 San Francisco 3-28 L
1992 Miami +2.5 Buffalo 10-29 L
1997 Pittsburgh +3 Denver 21-24 PUSH
1997 San Francisco +2.5 Green Bay 10-23 L
2000 N.Y. Giants +3 Minnesota 41-0 W
2005 Pittsburgh +3 New England 27-41 L
