The Patriots played the Oakland Raiders (winning 16-13 in overtime), the Pittsburgh Steelers (winning 24-17) and the St. Louis Rams (winning Superbowl XXXVI 20-17).
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By winning a few games, getting to the playoffs, winning all the playoff games, & then by winning the AFC conference championship game.
Most teams
Winning 8 straight games will do it.
dirk nowitzski
Yankees 54-62
Oilers in '88 went 16-2
Karl Malone played 193 playoff games in his career, with two teams, without a championship.
No. When Favre starts the January 17, 2010 playoff game for the Minnesota Vikings against the Dallas Cowboys, he will become the oldest QB to start a playoff game. Prior to Favre, the oldest was Phil Simms of the New York Giants who was 39 years, 74 days old when he started in the Division round against the San Francisco 49ers on January 15, 1994. Simms is also the oldest QB to start and win a playoff game, winning the Wildcard round game against the Minnesota Vikings six days earlier on January 9, 1994.
894 Goals 1963 Assists 2857 points 577 Penalty Minutes +518 +/- 204 Powerplay Goals 73 Shorthanded goals 91 game-winning goals 122 Playoff Goals 260 Playoff Assists 382 Playoff Points
If a mouse were to win a fight with a cat, it would be against "overpowering odds". The cat can easily overpower the mouse. "Winning out" is just an idiom that means the same as just "winning".So, "The mouse team is winning out against the cats against overpowering odds."