Winning by any margin is possible in American football (except for a 1 point difference where the score is 2-1).
Unlike other sports, the betting lines in the National Football League (NFL) are relatively simple. Typically a line is set with a plus or minus line to denote how much a team is favored or an underdog based on the game's expected score. A better bets whether or not a team will cover that line, which is to say exceed the number of points they are expected to win or lose by. So if a team is favored by 8 1/2 points, for a better to win, the team would have to win by nine or more points.
Yes it just depends on if they are in the wild card and if a team has to win to let them go.
Traditional scoring is this: 1st game goes to 25 points and you must win by 2 points. 2nd game also goes to 25 points and you must win by 2 points. 3rd game happens if one team one the 1st match and the other team won the 2nd match. Teams play to 15 points in the 3rd game and switch sides at 8 points. You must win by 2 points.
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The last team to win a division tile without posting a winning record was the 2008 San Diego Chargers, who won the weak AFC West Division Title, with a record of 8-8. Prior to the 2008 season, the last team to win a division without a winning record was the 1985 Cleveland Browns, who won the AFC Central Division with a record of 8-8 as well.
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The Bears defeated the Washington Redskins, 73-0, in the NFL championship game on December 8, 1940. The 73 points is an NFL record for most points scored in a game and the 73 point margin of victory is also an NFL record.
No, and there would be no need for a tiebreaker in this situation. The team with a 9-7 record has more victories and therefore is ranked higher than a team with an 8-6-2 record.The first is wrong. In the NFL, ties are statistically counted as half a game won, half a game lost. Therefore, 8-6-2 is exactly the same, in terms of winning percentage, as 9-7.The 8-6-2 team would thus not win a tiebreaker by virtue of its record alone, but neither would the 9-7 team. The teams would be considered to have equal records, and the usual NFL tiebreakers would go into effect to determine divisional standings, playoff seedings, and so on.
A team will need 9 points to absolutely ensure at least 4th place.
When you look at the NHL standings in the newspaper or online, you will see columns for W (wins), L (losses), and OL (overtime losses). A team gets 2 points for each win, 0 points for each loss, and 1 point for each overtime loss. To determine how many points a team has, multiply the number of wins by 2 and add to the number of overtime losses. Example: An NHL team's record is 40-30-8 (40 wins, 30 losses, 8 overtime losses). Multiply the number of wins (40) by 2 which gives you 80, then add that to the number of overtime losses (8). An NHL team with a record of 40-30-8 has 88 points.
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