DOLPHINS: 500

[Richie Wohlers]

Oh, OK.  In that case Miami is still the #1 NFL franchise:

   Team Div W L T Pct  MIA AFCE 380 272 4 0.582  DAL NFCE 423 309 6 0.577
CHI NFCN 686 498 42 0.577  CLE AFCN 475 376 13 0.557  OAK AFCW 405 324 11
0.555  GB NFCN 643 513 36 0.555  SF NFCW 495 402 15 0.551  MIN NFCN 395 322
9 0.550  NYG NFCE 618 510 33 0.547  DEN AFCW 386 344 10 0.528  JAC AFCS 118
106 0 0.527  IND AFCS 427 388 7 0.524  KC AFCW 381 347 12 0.523  WAS NFCE
537 494 27 0.520  STL NFCW 503 468 20 0.518  BAL AFCN 107 100 1 0.517  PIT
AFCN 520 488 20 0.516  NE AFCE 377 354 9 0.516  SD AFCW 362 367 11 0.497
TEN AFCS 363 371 6 0.495  CAR NFCS 109 115 0 0.487  SEA NFCW 250 266 0 0.484
PHI NFCE 488 530 26 0.480  BUF AFCE 348 384 8 0.476  DET NFCN 488 569 32
0.463  NYJ AFCE 331 401 8 0.453  CIN AFCN 272 354 2 0.435  ARI NFCW 473 674
39 0.415  NO NFCS 262 375 5 0.412  ATL NFCS 267 383 6 0.412  TB NFCS 205 310
1 0.398  HOU AFCS 40 72 0 0.357

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Mark L. Diana <mdiana at tulane.edu> wrote:

> Good question. I always understood that stat to mean over the life of each
> franchise. In other words, the comparison would be Miami's overall record
> vs. Dallas' overall record vs. New England's overall record, and so on, from
> the time each was formed.
>
> On Feb 5, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Richie Wohlers wrote:
>
>  I wonder what that stat was exactly.  By my research there was no point in
>> which Miami had the best winning percentage in the NFL since 1966.  If I
>> start in 1969 (and eliminate Miami's expansion years) then I can find many
>> ranges where Miami had the best record.
>>
>> From 1966-1981 Dallas had a .741 winning percentage. Wow.
>>
>> By comparison, in the short stretch from 2001-2008 New England has a .758
>> winning percentage.  Dallas was almost as good, but for twice as long.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Mark L. Diana <mdiana at tulane.edu> wrote:
>> I agree. As suspiring as it might be, that single statistic--best overall
>> record in all of sports, or most winning franchise in all of sports--made me
>> more proud than anything else the team had achieved. Maybe we can get back
>> there. At least no one can take away the perfect season.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 5, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Bruce Burden wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 07:51:57AM -0600, Salas, Randy wrote:
>>
>> It used to be the best record in all of professional sports until the'
>> Wanny era sent things south. :-/
>>
>>       That is why I find the moniker "trashman" so appropos.
>>  How jimmah ever got to the trashman's ear, I will never
>>  know. But, that insidious influence went far, far beyond
>>  his reign as coach and the 'broom.
>>
>>                                                       Bruce
>> --
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>  "I like bad!"                         Bruce Burden    Austin, TX.
>>      - Thuganlitha
>>      The Power and the Prophet
>>      Robert Don Hughes
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