1968 AFL Season

70 regular-season games · 3 playoff teams

Final

Champion

New York Jets

1st Title

Runner-Up

Oakland Raiders

2nd Appearance

Last Appearance: 1967

Biggest Overachiever

New York Jets

1.89 wins above expected

11 wins · 9.11 expected wins

Biggest Disappointment

Buffalo Bills

2.79 wins below expected

1 wins · 4.29 expected wins

Final Standings

Final regular season records. The vsSim column shows actual wins minus the simulation's mean wins - positive values indicate the team overachieved, negative values mean they underperformed.

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	PF	PA	PD	SimW	vsSim
1	New York Jets Division	11	3	0	.786	-	419	280	+139	9.11	+1.89
2	Houston Oilers	7	7	0	.500	4	303	248	+55	8.22	-1.22
3	Miami Dolphins	5	8	1	.393	5.5	276	355	-79	5.52	-0.02
4	Boston Patriots	4	10	0	.286	7	229	406	-177	4.28	-0.28
5	Buffalo Bills	1	12	1	.107	9.5	199	367	-168	4.29	-2.79

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	PF	PA	PD	SimW	vsSim
1	Kansas City Chiefs Division	12	2	.857	-	371	170	+201	10.87	+1.13
2	Oakland Raiders Playoffs	12	2	.857	-	453	233	+220	11.94	+0.06
3	San Diego Chargers	9	5	.643	3	382	310	+72	7.60	+1.40
4	Denver Broncos	5	9	.357	7	255	404	-149	4.62	+0.38
5	Cincinnati Bengals	3	11	.214	9	215	329	-114	3.56	-0.56

Playoff Bracket

Division Playoff

Oakland Raiders 41

Kansas City Chiefs 6

Dec 22

AFL Championship Game

New York Jets 27

Oakland Raiders 23

Dec 29

Season Summary

Every team's regular season finish compared against the simulated win totals. Click on any column header to sort. Luck is the team's actual total minus the simulation's mean. Positive values indicate the team outperformed the expected total; negative values indicate the team was unluckier than expected. Percentile represents where their actual result fell in the simulated distribution.

Team	Conference	Elo	Actual	Avg. Wins	Luck	Percentile	Min	5th	Q1	Median	Q3	95th	Max
Oakland Raiders	West	1873	12	11.94	+0.06	67.38%	5	10	11	12	13	14	14
Kansas City Chiefs	West	1823	12	10.87	+1.13	88.86%	4	8	10	11	12	13	14
New York Jets	East	1705	11	9.11	+1.89	94.76%	2	6	8	9	10	12	14
San Diego Chargers	West	1563	9	7.60	+1.40	90.05%	1	5	6	8	9	10	14
Houston Oilers	East	1552	7	8.22	-1.22	35.05%	1	5	7	8	9	11	14
Miami Dolphins	East	1397	5.5	5.52	-0.02	75.14%	0	3	4	5	6	8	12
Denver Broncos	West	1353	5	4.62	+0.38	73.94%	0	2	3	4	6	7	11
Cincinnati Bengals	West	1260	3	3.56	-0.56	52.49%	0	1	2	3	4	6	10
Boston Patriots	East	1236	4	4.28	-0.28	59.13%	0	2	3	4	5	7	12
Buffalo Bills	East	1236	1.5	4.29	-2.79	13.22%	0	2	3	4	5	7	11

Head-to-Head

Cells show each team's record against each opponent with the expected wins from the simulation below Gold-tinted cells indicate the team beat the model's expectations by more than a half-win while navy-tinted cells indicate they fell short by more than a half-win. The first table covers within-division games while the second covers games against teams outside the division.

Beat expectations Fell short Within expectations

Within East

Team	Patriots	Bills	Oilers	Dolphins	Jets
Boston Patriots	—	2-0 (0.7 exp.)	0-2 (0.5 exp.)	0-2 (0.8 exp.)	0-2 (0.5 exp.)
Buffalo Bills	0-2 (1.2 exp.)	—	0-2 (0.5 exp.)	0-1-1 (0.8 exp.)	1-1 (0.4 exp.)
Houston Oilers	2-0 (1.5 exp.)	2-0 (1.5 exp.)	—	1-1 (1.5 exp.)	0-2 (0.9 exp.)
Miami Dolphins	2-0 (1.1 exp.)	1-0-1 (1.2 exp.)	1-1 (0.5 exp.)	—	0-2 (0.3 exp.)
New York Jets	2-0 (1.5 exp.)	1-1 (1.6 exp.)	2-0 (1.1 exp.)	2-0 (1.6 exp.)	—

East vs. Outside Teams

Team	Bengals	Broncos	Chiefs	Raiders	Chargers
Boston Patriots	1-0 (0.4 exp.)	1-1 (1.0 exp.)	0-1 (0.1 exp.)	0-1 (0.1 exp.)	0-1 (0.1 exp.)
Buffalo Bills	0-1 (0.6 exp.)	0-1 (0.3 exp.)	0-1 (0.1 exp.)	0-2 (0.1 exp.)	0-1 (0.1 exp.)
Houston Oilers	1-0 (0.8 exp.)	1-0 (0.6 exp.)	0-2 (0.6 exp.)	0-1 (0.1 exp.)	0-1 (0.7 exp.)
Miami Dolphins	1-1 (1.3 exp.)	0-1 (0.6 exp.)	0-1 (0.1 exp.)	0-1 (0.1 exp.)	0-1 (0.2 exp.)
New York Jets	1-0 (0.9 exp.)	0-1 (0.8 exp.)	1-0 (0.3 exp.)	0-1 (0.2 exp.)	2-0 (1.0 exp.)

Within West

Team	Bengals	Broncos	Chiefs	Raiders	Chargers
Cincinnati Bengals	—	1-1 (0.8 exp.)	0-2 (0.1 exp.)	0-2 (0.1 exp.)	0-2 (0.5 exp.)
Denver Broncos	1-1 (1.1 exp.)	—	0-2 (0.2 exp.)	0-2 (0.1 exp.)	0-2 (0.5 exp.)
Kansas City Chiefs	2-0 (1.9 exp.)	2-0 (1.8 exp.)	—	1-1 (0.9 exp.)	2-0 (1.4 exp.)
Oakland Raiders	2-0 (1.9 exp.)	2-0 (1.8 exp.)	1-1 (1.1 exp.)	—	1-1 (1.7 exp.)
San Diego Chargers	2-0 (1.4 exp.)	2-0 (1.5 exp.)	0-2 (0.5 exp.)	1-1 (0.3 exp.)	—

West vs. Outside Teams

Team	Patriots	Bills	Oilers	Dolphins	Jets
Cincinnati Bengals	0-1 (0.6 exp.)	1-0 (0.3 exp.)	0-1 (0.2 exp.)	1-1 (0.6 exp.)	0-1 (0.1 exp.)
Denver Broncos	1-1 (1.0 exp.)	1-0 (0.6 exp.)	0-1 (0.4 exp.)	1-0 (0.4 exp.)	1-0 (0.2 exp.)
Kansas City Chiefs	1-0 (0.9 exp.)	1-0 (0.9 exp.)	2-0 (1.4 exp.)	1-0 (0.9 exp.)	0-1 (0.7 exp.)
Oakland Raiders	1-0 (0.9 exp.)	2-0 (1.9 exp.)	1-0 (0.8 exp.)	1-0 (0.9 exp.)	1-0 (0.8 exp.)
San Diego Chargers	1-0 (0.8 exp.)	1-0 (0.9 exp.)	1-0 (0.3 exp.)	1-0 (0.8 exp.)	0-2 (1.0 exp.)

Scoreline Distribution

Cells represent the percentage of games that ended with a team's points in the row and its opponent's points in the column. Cells below the diagonal are wins (gold), and cells above are losses (blue). Totals along the edges show the marginal percentages for that row or column.

Win Loss Same range

View:

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0–6	7–13	14–20	21–27	28–34	35–41	42+	Total
0–6	—	0.71%	0.71%	1.43%	1.43%	1.43%	1.43%	7.14%
7–13	0.71%	2.86%	2.14%	5.00%	5.00%	1.43%	0.71%	17.86%
14–20	0.71%	2.14%	5.71%	6.43%	2.14%	2.86%	1.43%	21.43%
21–27	1.43%	5.00%	6.43%	4.29%	2.14%	1.43%	2.14%	22.86%
28–34	1.43%	5.00%	2.14%	2.14%	2.86%	—	1.43%	15.00%
35–41	1.43%	1.43%	2.86%	1.43%	—	1.43%	—	8.57%
42+	1.43%	0.71%	1.43%	2.14%	1.43%	—	—	7.14%
Total	7.14%	17.86%	21.43%	22.86%	15.00%	8.57%	7.14%	100%

Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	22.16	22.16	+0.00
SD	12.10	12.10	19.34
CV	0.55	0.55	—
Max	55	55	+45
Min	0	0	-45

Games Played: 70

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0–6	7–13	14–20	21–27	28–34	35–41	42+	Total
0–6	—	—	7.14%	—	—	—	—	7.14%
7–13	—	—	—	—	7.14%	14.29%	—	21.43%
14–20	—	7.14%	7.14%	7.14%	7.14%	7.14%	14.29%	50.00%
21–27	7.14%	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.14%
28–34	—	—	7.14%	—	—	—	7.14%	14.29%
35–41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
42+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	7.14%	7.14%	21.43%	7.14%	14.29%	21.43%	21.43%	100%

Boston Patriots — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	16.36	29.00	-12.64
SD	8.76	14.64	17.95
CV	0.54	0.50	—
Max	33	48	+19
Min	0	6	-34

Games Played: 14

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0–6	7–13	14–20	21–27	28–34	35–41	42+	Total
0–6	—	—	—	14.29%	—	7.14%	7.14%	28.57%
7–13	—	7.14%	14.29%	—	7.14%	—	—	28.57%
14–20	—	—	7.14%	7.14%	—	—	—	14.29%
21–27	—	—	—	7.14%	7.14%	—	—	14.29%
28–34	—	—	—	—	7.14%	—	—	7.14%
35–41	—	—	—	—	—	7.14%	—	7.14%
42+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	7.14%	21.43%	28.57%	21.43%	14.29%	7.14%	100%

Buffalo Bills — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	14.21	26.21	-12.00
SD	10.42	10.10	12.42
CV	0.73	0.39	—
Max	37	48	+2
Min	6	13	-42

Games Played: 14

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0–6	7–13	14–20	21–27	28–34	35–41	42+	Total
0–6	—	7.14%	—	—	7.14%	—	—	14.29%
7–13	—	7.14%	7.14%	—	21.43%	—	—	35.71%
14–20	—	—	—	14.29%	7.14%	—	—	21.43%
21–27	—	7.14%	—	7.14%	—	—	—	14.29%
28–34	—	—	—	7.14%	—	—	—	7.14%
35–41	—	—	—	7.14%	—	—	—	7.14%
42+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	21.43%	7.14%	35.71%	35.71%	—	—	100%

Cincinnati Bengals — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	15.36	23.50	-8.14
SD	10.91	8.35	14.58
CV	0.71	0.36	—
Max	38	34	+17
Min	0	10	-34

Games Played: 14

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0–6	7–13	14–20	21–27	28–34	35–41	42+	Total
0–6	—	—	—	—	7.14%	—	—	7.14%
7–13	—	7.14%	—	7.14%	7.14%	—	7.14%	28.57%
14–20	—	—	7.14%	—	—	7.14%	—	14.29%
21–27	—	7.14%	7.14%	—	7.14%	—	14.29%	35.71%
28–34	—	—	—	—	7.14%	—	—	7.14%
35–41	—	—	7.14%	—	—	—	—	7.14%
42+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	14.29%	21.43%	7.14%	28.57%	7.14%	21.43%	100%

Denver Broncos — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	18.21	28.86	-10.64
SD	10.12	14.21	17.65
CV	0.56	0.49	—
Max	35	55	+21
Min	2	7	-36

Games Played: 14

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0–6	7–13	14–20	21–27	28–34	35–41	42+	Total
0–6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7–13	—	—	—	21.43%	—	—	—	21.43%
14–20	7.14%	—	7.14%	7.14%	7.14%	—	—	28.57%
21–27	—	7.14%	7.14%	7.14%	—	—	—	21.43%
28–34	—	7.14%	—	—	—	—	—	7.14%
35–41	7.14%	—	7.14%	—	—	—	—	14.29%
42+	—	—	7.14%	—	—	—	—	7.14%
Total	14.29%	14.29%	28.57%	35.71%	7.14%	—	—	100%

Houston Oilers — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	21.64	17.71	+3.93
SD	11.94	8.94	17.92
CV	0.55	0.50	—
Max	45	30	+29
Min	7	0	-19

Games Played: 14

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0–6	7–13	14–20	21–27	28–34	35–41	42+	Total
0–6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7–13	7.14%	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.14%
14–20	—	14.29%	7.14%	—	—	—	—	21.43%
21–27	—	14.29%	7.14%	7.14%	—	7.14%	—	35.71%
28–34	7.14%	7.14%	7.14%	—	—	—	—	21.43%
35–41	7.14%	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.14%
42+	7.14%	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.14%
Total	28.57%	35.71%	21.43%	7.14%	—	7.14%	—	100%

Kansas City Chiefs — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	26.50	12.14	+14.36
SD	9.60	10.08	15.89
CV	0.36	0.83	—
Max	48	38	+45
Min	13	2	-17

Games Played: 14

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0–6	7–13	14–20	21–27	28–34	35–41	42+	Total
0–6	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.14%	7.14%
7–13	—	—	—	7.14%	7.14%	—	—	14.29%
14–20	—	—	7.14%	7.14%	—	7.14%	—	21.43%
21–27	—	7.14%	7.14%	7.14%	—	7.14%	7.14%	35.71%
28–34	—	7.14%	—	—	7.14%	—	—	14.29%
35–41	—	7.14%	—	—	—	—	—	7.14%
42+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	21.43%	14.29%	21.43%	14.29%	14.29%	14.29%	100%

Miami Dolphins — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	19.71	25.36	-5.64
SD	9.83	13.82	20.70
CV	0.50	0.54	—
Max	38	48	+31
Min	3	7	-45

Games Played: 14

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0–6	7–13	14–20	21–27	28–34	35–41	42+	Total
0–6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7–13	—	—	—	7.14%	—	—	—	7.14%
14–20	—	—	14.29%	—	—	—	—	14.29%
21–27	—	7.14%	14.29%	7.14%	—	—	—	28.57%
28–34	—	7.14%	—	—	—	—	7.14%	14.29%
35–41	—	—	14.29%	—	—	7.14%	—	21.43%
42+	—	—	7.14%	—	7.14%	—	—	14.29%
Total	—	14.29%	50.00%	14.29%	7.14%	7.14%	7.14%	100%

New York Jets — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	29.93	20.00	+9.93
SD	10.02	10.46	13.00
CV	0.33	0.52	—
Max	48	43	+34
Min	13	7	-11

Games Played: 14

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0–6	7–13	14–20	21–27	28–34	35–41	42+	Total
0–6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7–13	—	7.14%	—	7.14%	—	—	—	14.29%
14–20	—	—	—	7.14%	—	—	—	7.14%
21–27	—	—	7.14%	—	—	—	—	7.14%
28–34	7.14%	7.14%	—	14.29%	—	—	—	28.57%
35–41	—	7.14%	—	7.14%	—	—	—	14.29%
42+	7.14%	7.14%	—	7.14%	7.14%	—	—	28.57%
Total	14.29%	28.57%	7.14%	42.86%	7.14%	—	—	100%

Oakland Raiders — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	32.36	16.64	+15.71
SD	12.65	9.61	16.87
CV	0.39	0.58	—
Max	48	32	+42
Min	10	0	-14

Games Played: 14

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0–6	7–13	14–20	21–27	28–34	35–41	42+	Total
0–6	—	—	—	—	—	7.14%	—	7.14%
7–13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14–20	—	—	—	14.29%	—	7.14%	—	21.43%
21–27	7.14%	—	14.29%	—	7.14%	—	—	28.57%
28–34	—	14.29%	7.14%	—	7.14%	—	—	28.57%
35–41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
42+	—	—	—	14.29%	—	—	—	14.29%
Total	7.14%	14.29%	21.43%	28.57%	14.29%	14.29%	—	100%

San Diego Chargers — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	27.29	22.14	+5.14
SD	12.80	10.35	18.65
CV	0.47	0.47	—
Max	55	40	+31
Min	3	6	-37

Games Played: 14

Wins vs. Points Scored, Allowed, and Differential

Wins plotted against points scored, allowed, and differential. Use the buttons to switch views; hover a team for exact values. The table gives each fit's R² and slope (the change in wins per 10 points).

Fit Metrics

	R²	Slope
Scored	0.92	+0.4
Allowed	0.64	-0.4
Differential	0.92	+0.2

Home-Field Advantage Edge

A measure of how well each team has taken advantage of home-field advantage during the season. For each team, sum the win probabilities for home games and compare against the team's actual performance at home. Repeat for games on the road. Positive values indicate the team has played comparatively better at home than on the road. Negative values indicate the team is not utilizing home field advantage.

Top Overachievers & Disappointments

The teams that deviated the most from the simulated results.

Top Overachievers

#	Team	Actual	Sim	Luck
1	New York Jets	11	9.11	+1.89
2	San Diego Chargers	9	7.60	+1.40
3	Kansas City Chiefs	12	10.87	+1.13
4	Denver Broncos	5	4.62	+0.38
5	Oakland Raiders	12	11.94	+0.06

Biggest Disappointments

#	Team	Actual	Sim	Luck
1	Buffalo Bills	1.5	4.29	-2.79
2	Houston Oilers	7	8.22	-1.22
3	Cincinnati Bengals	3	3.56	-0.56
4	Boston Patriots	4	4.28	-0.28
5	Miami Dolphins	5.5	5.52	-0.02

Top Streaks

The most unlikely streaks achieved by teams throughout the season according to the model's probabilities. Calculated by using the pregame win/tie/loss probabilities for all the games in each team's streak.

Most Unlikely Winning Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	Denver Broncos	2	Oct 6 – Oct 13	1 in 12
2	Cincinnati Bengals	2	Sep 15 – Sep 22	1 in 10
3	San Diego Chargers	3	Sep 6 – Sep 29	1 in 7
4	Kansas City Chiefs	6	Sep 22 – Oct 27	1 in 6
5	New York Jets	4	Oct 20 – Nov 10	1 in 5

Most Unlikely Losing Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	Oakland Raiders	2	Oct 13 – Oct 20	1 in 23
2	Houston Oilers	3	Sep 21 – Oct 6	1 in 17
3	Buffalo Bills	8	Oct 20 – Dec 7	1 in 15
4	Cincinnati Bengals	7	Sep 29 – Nov 10	1 in 7
5	Denver Broncos	3	Sep 15 – Sep 29	1 in 7

Finish Position Heatmaps

Cells represent the percentage of the time a team finished in a given position in the simulation.

Team	1	2	3	4	5
New York Jets	61.81%	30.55%	5.99%	1.36%	0.29%
Houston Oilers	34.00%	48.39%	12.84%	3.79%	0.97%
Miami Dolphins	2.68%	12.26%	41.67%	27.06%	16.32%
Buffalo Bills	0.69%	4.23%	20.28%	35.38%	39.41%
Boston Patriots	0.81%	4.56%	19.23%	32.40%	43.00%

Team	1	2	3	4	5
Oakland Raiders	67.34%	30.79%	1.84%	0.02%	-
Kansas City Chiefs	31.61%	60.10%	8.04%	0.25%	<0.01%
San Diego Chargers	1.04%	8.79%	76.62%	11.48%	2.08%
Denver Broncos	<0.01%	0.27%	9.74%	57.92%	32.06%
Cincinnati Bengals	<0.01%	0.05%	3.76%	30.34%	65.86%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Oakland Raiders	63.40%	27.59%	7.11%	1.56%	0.31%	0.03%	<0.01%	<0.01%	-	-
Kansas City Chiefs	29.49%	42.33%	18.25%	6.92%	2.44%	0.46%	0.09%	0.03%	-	-
New York Jets	4.49%	16.14%	35.20%	23.69%	13.37%	4.72%	1.60%	0.55%	0.21%	0.05%
Houston Oilers	1.73%	8.69%	22.09%	30.46%	20.82%	9.29%	4.08%	1.86%	0.74%	0.24%
San Diego Chargers	0.88%	4.80%	14.07%	24.88%	30.69%	14.03%	6.38%	2.72%	1.17%	0.39%
Miami Dolphins	0.02%	0.28%	1.85%	5.88%	13.31%	25.48%	20.48%	15.29%	10.62%	6.78%
Denver Broncos	<0.01%	0.07%	0.52%	2.47%	6.78%	15.01%	21.00%	20.86%	18.29%	15.00%
Buffalo Bills	<0.01%	0.04%	0.38%	1.59%	4.75%	12.20%	17.90%	21.67%	22.12%	19.37%
Boston Patriots	<0.01%	0.05%	0.46%	1.94%	5.18%	12.23%	16.80%	19.34%	21.41%	22.60%
Cincinnati Bengals	-	<0.01%	0.08%	0.63%	2.36%	6.56%	11.67%	17.69%	25.44%	35.57%

Win Totals in Context

How each team's actual results compared to their simulated results, Elo rating, average opponent Elo, and percentile within simulated outcomes? Click a division name in the legend to toggle it on or off.

Playoff Seed Probabilities

Cells represent the percentage of the time a team earned a given playoff seed in the simulation. Teams are sorted by likelihood of earning the top seed. Teams that missed the playoffs more often sit toward the bottom.

Team	1 Seed	Missed Playoffs
New York Jets	61.81%	38.19%
Houston Oilers	34.00%	66.00%
Miami Dolphins	2.68%	97.32%
Boston Patriots	0.81%	99.19%
Buffalo Bills	0.69%	99.31%

Team	1 Seed	Missed Playoffs
Oakland Raiders	67.34%	32.66%
Kansas City Chiefs	31.61%	68.39%
San Diego Chargers	1.04%	98.96%
Denver Broncos	<0.01%	99.99%
Cincinnati Bengals	<0.01%	100.00%

Wins Required to Clinch Each Seed

The empirical cumulative distribution that shows the probability that a team earning that seed finished the regular season with at most a given number of wins. The point where each line passes through 50% is roughly the median wins for that seed.

Edges & Scoring

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Home Edge: Percentage of games won by the home team - percentage of games won by the away team
No Edge: under 2% · Slight Edge: 2% to 6% · Clear Edge: 6% to 10% · Fortress: 10% and up.
Elo Value: Number of Elo rating points that 1 point is worth. A team this many Elo ratings points better than another would be expected to defeat their opponent by 1 point at a neutral location.
Scoring Tilt: Average home points - average away points per game. The gold line represents the expected home points edge according to the scoring value of a point of Elo and the number of Elo rating points home advantage is worth.
Road-Tilted: under -3.2 · Lean Road: -3.2 to 0 · Lean Home: 0 to 3.2 · Home-Tilted: 3.2 and up.

Home Edge

HomeTieAway

-1.43%

No Edge

48.57%1.43%50.00%

Elo Value

Home Edge: -4.96 Elo pts.

22 Elo

0.046 points per Elo point

060

Scoring Tilt

Expected

-1.06 points

Lean Road

-8-0.23+8

Title Race

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Title-Race Openness: Effective number of preseason title contenders. Calculated by taking 1 divided by the sum of squared preseason title odds. Higher numbers indicate more parity in the league while 1 indicates that the preseason favorite is a near-lock.
Front-Runner: under 2 · Few Contenders: 2 to 4 · Open Race: 4 to 8 · Wide Open: 8 and up.
Champion Preseason Odds: Preseason probability that the eventual champion would win the title based on the simulated results. Location of the dot marks their rank across all teams, ranging from longshot to favorite.
Preseason Favorite: 1st · Among the Favorites: 2nd · Middle of the Pack: 3rd to 5th · Longshot: 6th or lower.
Title Run Odds: Given that actual playoff bracket, the probability that the champion would win the exact series/games they faced in reality. The gold line represents their odds of winning if every series/game was a toss-up.
Long Shot: under 25% · Tough Road: 25% to 50% · Favored: 50% to 100% · Heavy Favorite: 100% and up.

Title-Race Openness

2.7

Few Contenders

124810

Champion Preseason Odds

19%

New York Jets, 3rd of 10

LongshotFavorite

Title Run Odds

Coin-flip

27.5%

Tough Road

050.00%100%

Simulation-Based Surprises

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Luck Spread: Average standard deviation of the difference between each team's actual wins total and their simulated average wins total. The gold line is the standard deviation the model expected from random chance alone.
Subdued: under 1.23 · As Expected: 1.23 to 1.7 · Elevated: 1.7 to 2.31 · High Variance: 2.31 and up.
Average Finish Error: Average gap in the rank of the final standings between where each team finished in the standings and where the model projected them to finish.
Pinpoint: under 0.92 · Close: 0.92 to 1.24 · Off Target: 1.24 to 1.61 · Well Off Target: 1.61 and up.
Biggest Overachiever: The team whose record finished in the highest percentile within its own simulated range of outcomes. The gold line indicates where the top team in a league of 10 teams typically lands.
Biggest Underachiever: The team whose record finished in the lowest percentile within its own simulated range of outcomes. The gold line indicates where the bottom team in a league of 10 teams typically lands.
Season Outliers: Number of teams that finished either above the 95th percentile or below the 5th percentile. Even with a well-calibrated model, 10% of teams are expected to land in the extremes of their distributions.
Minimal Outliers: under 0.5 · As Expected: 0.5 to 1.2 · Several Outliers: 1.2 to 2.2 · Many Outliers: 2.2 and up.
Unexpected Playoff Teams: Number of teams that actually made the playoffs but were not in the model's projected field.The gold line represents how many playoff teams the simulation missed on average.
Fewer Than Expected: under 0.53 · As Expected: 0.53 to 0.89 · More Than Expected: 0.89 to 1.42 · Far More Than Expected: 1.42 and up.

Luck Spread

Expected

1.19 wins

Subdued

01.544

Average Finish Error

Expected

0.70

Pinpoint

01.082.5

Biggest Overachiever

Expected 95.00%

94.76%

New York Jets

50100

Biggest Underachiever

Expected 5.00%

13.22%

Buffalo Bills

050

Season Outliers

Expected

0 of 10

Minimal Outliers

01.010

Unexpected Playoff Teams

Expected

0 of 2

Fewer Than Expected

00.72

Parity

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Gini Index: Measures how evenly wins were distributed across the league. Lower scores indicate there was less variability across the actual wins totals .Higher scores are an indication of more imbalance in the league with a few unusually strong or unusually weak teams.
Highly Balanced: under 0.08 · Balanced: 0.08 to 0.15 · Top-Heavy: 0.15 to 0.24 · Concentrated: 0.24 and up.
Noll-Scully: Measures how more times spread out the final standings were in reality compared to standings that were generated by flipping a coin for each game. The gold line at 1 indicates as much variability in the standings as s coin flip. Above it, talent gaps in team composition stretched the standings more than the variability produced by luck alone. Below it, the league was more competitive than coin flips alone would yield.
Compressed: under 0.9 · Coin-Flip Spread: 0.9 to 1.15 · Moderate Separation: 1.15 to 1.45 · Stratified: 1.45 and up.
Interquartile Edge: The probability that the team in the 75th percentile of the league's Elo ratings would defeat the team in the 25th percentile at a neutral site. The higher the probability, the larger the gap between the top teams and bottom teams in the league.
Even: under 58% · Competitive: 58% to 65% · Tilted: 65% to 73% · Lopsided: 73% and up.
Best vs. Worst: The probability that the team with the highest Elo rating would defeat the team with the lowest Elo rating at a neutral site.The higher the probability, the larger the gap between the top teams and bottom teams in the league. The gold line represents how high this probability is expected to be in a league of this size. A blue dot to the right indicates an unusually dominant team or an unusually weak team.
Tight: under 65% · Clear Edge: 65% to 78% · Lopsided: 78% to 88% · No Contest: 88% and up.
Close Games: Actual percentage of games decided by 3 run/points or fewer. The gold line indicates the proportion of close games you would expect after considering the Elo ratings of the involved teams and the scoring value of a single Elo point.
Mostly Decisive: under 25% · Some Drama: 25% to 38% · Often Close: 38% to 50% · Nail-Biters: 50% and up.
Blowouts: Actual percentage of games decided by 17 runs/points or more. The gold line indicates the proportion of blowouts you would expect after considering the Elo ratings of the involved teams and the scoring value of a single Elo point.
Rare: under 10% · Occasional: 10% to 20% · Frequent: 20% to 30% · Routine: 30% and up.

Gini Index

0.28

Concentrated

00.080.150.240.5

Noll-Scully

Coin-flip

1.59

Stratified

01.003

Interquartile Edge

90%

Lopsided

50%58%65%73%100%

Best vs. Worst

Baseline 99%

98%

No Contest

50%100%

Close Games

Expected

13%

Mostly Decisive

0%14%100%

Blowouts

Expected

43%

Routine

0%40%100%

Predictability

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Brier Score: How close the pregame win probabilities aligned with the actual game result, averaged over the entire season. Picks that were both confident and correct are rewarded the most, while incorrect predictions and/or uncertain predictions are penalized more. Lower scores are better. 0 indicates every game was perfectly predicted with maximum confidence. For sports with where wins and losses are the only outcomes, Brier scores less than 0.25 indicate the model did better than random predictions. For sports where ties are possible, 0.67 is the cutoff for which the Brier score must be lower to beat random predictions. The lower the Brier score, the easier and more accurately the games were to predict.
Highly Predictable: under 0.18 · Predictable: 0.18 to 0.22 · Hard to Predict: 0.22 to 0.25 · Coin-Flip: 0.25 and up.
Matchup Imbalance: How lopsided the matchups were on paper, calculated by averaging the difference in the win probabilities divided by the sum of the win probabilities. Lower scores indicate more parity in the league. 0 indicates that every game was a 50-50 toss-up between evenly matched teams. 1 means every game pitted a heavy favorite against a huge underdog.
Evenly Matched: under 0.12 · Slight Separation: 0.12 to 0.22 · Wide Gaps: 0.22 to 0.34 · Lopsided: 0.34 and up.
Strangeness: How extreme the actual final standings were compared to what the model expected. A value of 0 would indicate that the simulated results perfectly matched the actual standings. A score of 1 indicates that the actual results were scattered around the projections by exactly the variance the model predicted. (i.e. The projections missed the actual standings by 1 standard deviation on average. Scores larger than 1 mean the season was wilder to forecast with more overperforming and underperforming teams than expected. Scores less than 1 indicate the season was more predictable.
Tighter Than Modeled: under 0.85 · As Expected: 0.85 to 1.15 · Volatile: 1.15 to 1.5 · Chaotic: 1.5 and up.
Repeatability: How closely the order of the final standings aligned with the ranked preseason Elo ratings as calculated by the Spearman rank correlation. Larger values indicate that the preseason Elo ratings were a strong predictor of the team's final rank in the standings while values near 0 mean.
Reshuffled: under 0.3 · Weak Alignment: 0.3 to 0.6 · Strong Alignment: 0.6 to 0.85 · Closely Aligned: 0.85 and up.
Upset Rate: The percentage of the time the underdog won the game in reality. The gold line measures how often the model expected the underdog to win when considering the outcome probabilities. A blue dot to the right of the gold line means upsets were more prevalent than left. A dot to the left indicates that favorites won more often than expected.
Chalk Held: under 30% · As Expected: 30% to 40% · Upset-Prone: 40% to 46% · Bedlam: 46% and up.
Clear Favorite Upset Rate: The percentage of the time the underdog won the game in reality, but only including games with a clear favorite, one at least 60% likely to win once a draw is set aside. This metrics ignores games that could be considered toss-ups. The gold line is how often the model expected these heavy favorites to lose. A dot to the right means the big favorites were upset more than expected; to the left means they took care of business.
Favorites Held: under 22% · As Expected: 22% to 32% · Shaky Favorites: 32% to 42% · Bedlam: 42% and up.

Brier Score

Expected

0.16

Highly Predictable

00.171

Matchup Imbalance

0.50

Lopsided

00.120.220.340.5

Strangeness

Expected

0.59

Tighter Than Modeled

01.002

Repeatability

0.77

Strong Alignment

00.30.60.851

Upset Rate

Expected

24%

Chalk Held

0%24%50%

Clear Favorite Upset Rate

Expected

22%

As Expected

0%20%50%

Calibration

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Probability calibration: An all-in-one chi-square test of the model's probabilities. Games are sorted into bins according to how confident the model was. Within each bin, the predicted number of wins, losses, and ties are compared against the actual counts. The p-value of this test is plotted below. Values above 0.05 indicate that the model's probabilities are well-calibrated for the season.
Clear Misfit: under 0.01 · Misfit: 0.01 to 0.05 · Borderline: 0.05 to 0.1 · Well Calibrated: 0.1 and up.
Calibration slope: Checks whether the spread of the model's probabilities is correct. Each probability is turned into their log-odds. A line is fit that predicts the actual results from the log-odds. The slope of this line is the calibration slope.A slope of 1.00 is perfect, indicating that the model's confidence matches the actual outcomes of the games. Slopes less than 1.00 indicate overconfidence. The model assigned higher probabilities to the favorites than was appropriate given the matchup, causing more losses by favored teams. Slopes greater than 1.00 indicate under-confidence. The model is more uncertain about too many results, assigning them lower probabilities when in reality the favorites should have had higher probabilities.
Overconfident: under 0.85 · Calibrated: 0.85 to 1.15 · Underconfident: 1.15 and up.
Calibration error (ECE): Calibration error (ECE) checks whether the model's probabilities mean what they say. ECE is calculated as the average weighted gap between the model's stated chances and how often the predicted outcome actually occurred. The smaller the ECE, the more confident we are about the model's probabilities. The gold line represents the noise ceiling, which is the amount of error that luck can produce on its own even if the probabilities are perfectly calibrated. Values below the noise ceiling indicate that the model's error is no larger than chance alone would produce. Values above the noice ceiling point to a genuine calibration issue since the error is larger than luck could explain.
Well Within Noise: under 0.09 · Within Noise: 0.09 to 0.18 · Above Noise: 0.18 to 0.35 · Well Above Noise: 0.35 and up.

Probability calibration

0.94

Well Calibrated

0.010.050.11

Calibration slope

Ideal

1.12

Calibrated

0.51.001.5

Calibration error (ECE)

Noise ceiling

0.115

Within Noise

00.1770.4

Season Trends

How each metric evolved across the season - Elo rating, actual wins, simulated final wins, playoff probability, and division-title probability - day by day. Select a division to see all five charts for its teams.

Elo Through the Playoffs

How each playoff team's Elo rating evolved as the postseason unfolded. Elo Progression traces each team's game-by-game Elo rating through their playoff run. Net Elo Change summarizes the difference in Elo rating between the beginning and end of the playoffs for each team.

Stochastic Playoff Outcomes

How we would have expected the postseason to play out at the beginning of the season according to the simulation. The table summarizes each team's chances of advancing to each round. Individual matchup heat maps for each round are displayed using the subsequent buttons. The top percentage in each cell represents each team's winning percentage against the corresponding opponent. The bottom percentage represents how often that specific matchup occurred during that round in the simulation.

Team	Made Playoffs	Won Championship Game
Oakland Raiders	67.34%	52.72%
Kansas City Chiefs	31.61%	23.06%
New York Jets	61.81%	18.51%
Houston Oilers	34.00%	5.05%
San Diego Chargers	1.04%	0.42%
Miami Dolphins	2.68%	0.18%
Buffalo Bills	0.69%	0.03%
Boston Patriots	0.81%	0.03%
Denver Broncos	<0.01%	<0.01%
Cincinnati Bengals	<0.01%	-

Loser → ↓ Winner	Cincinnati Bengals	Denver Broncos	Kansas City Chiefs	Oakland Raiders	San Diego Chargers	Boston Patriots	Buffalo Bills	Houston Oilers	Miami Dolphins	New York Jets
Boston Patriots			3.6%0.28%	2.3%0.52%	50.0%<0.01%
Buffalo Bills			2.7%0.22%	4.1%0.46%	27.3%0.01%
Houston Oilers		50.0%<0.01%	16.5%10.20%	13.5%23.40%	51.1%0.40%
Miami Dolphins			9.1%0.83%	5.5%1.84%	36.4%0.02%
New York Jets	100.0%<0.01%	80.0%<0.01%	33.7%20.08%	27.6%41.13%	66.2%0.59%
Cincinnati Bengals										0.0%<0.01%
Denver Broncos								50.0%<0.01%		20.0%<0.01%
Kansas City Chiefs						96.4%0.28%	97.3%0.22%	83.5%10.20%	90.9%0.83%	66.3%20.08%
Oakland Raiders						97.7%0.52%	95.9%0.46%	86.5%23.40%	94.5%1.84%	72.4%41.13%
San Diego Chargers						50.0%<0.01%	72.7%0.01%	48.9%0.40%	63.6%0.02%	33.8%0.59%

Actual Bracket Simulation

Team	Won Championship Game	Actual Outcome
Oakland Raiders	72.51%	Eliminated in Championship Game
New York Jets	27.49%	Won Championship Game

Loser → ↓ Winner	Oakland Raiders	New York Jets
New York Jets	27.5%100.00%
Oakland Raiders		72.5%100.00%

Most-Likely Championship Paths

For each playoff team, what was the most likely path they had to the championship across all simulations? Tiles represent the opponent they faced and defeated the most often in each round.

Oakland Raiders 72.51% chance to win

Championship Game

vs. New York Jets

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

72.51%

New York Jets 27.49% chance to win

Championship Game

vs. Oakland Raiders

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

27.49%

Regular Season Games

Summary of every regular-season game played this season.

Filter by Team:

Date	Opponent	Score	Pre Elo	Opp Elo	Win %	Loss %	Elo Δ	Record
1968-09-08	@ Buffalo Bills	W 16-7	1329.21	1461.64	31.04%	67.18%	+42.73	1-0
1968-09-22	New York Jets	L 31-47	1371.94	1564.40	24.24%	74.20%	-20.74	1-1
1968-09-29	@ Denver Broncos	W 20-17	1351.20	1325.77	52.64%	45.35%	+16.77	2-1
1968-10-06	@ Oakland Raiders	L 10-41	1367.97	1873.18	5.13%	94.41%	-6.02	2-2
1968-10-13	Houston Oilers	L 0-16	1361.95	1480.34	32.78%	65.40%	-28.07	2-3
1968-10-20	Buffalo Bills	W 23-6	1333.88	1378.91	42.58%	55.43%	+48.62	3-3
1968-10-27	@ New York Jets	L 14-48	1382.50	1555.60	26.32%	72.05%	-32.85	3-4
1968-11-03	Denver Broncos	L 14-35	1349.65	1382.98	44.22%	53.77%	-43.29	3-5
1968-11-10	San Diego Chargers	L 17-27	1306.36	1612.16	14.40%	84.51%	-9.69	3-6
1968-11-17	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 17-31	1296.67	1762.03	6.36%	93.08%	-5.02	3-7
1968-11-24	Miami Dolphins	L 10-34	1291.65	1337.78	42.42%	55.59%	-44.42	3-8
1968-12-01	Cincinnati Bengals	W 33-14	1247.23	1321.00	38.61%	59.45%	+55.06	4-8
1968-12-08	@ Miami Dolphins	L 7-38	1302.29	1367.79	39.74%	58.30%	-47.32	4-9
1968-12-15	@ Houston Oilers	L 17-45	1254.97	1533.73	16.40%	82.40%	-18.50	4-10
1968-09-08	Boston Patriots	L 7-16	1461.64	1329.21	67.18%	31.04%	-42.74	0-1
1968-09-15	Oakland Raiders	L 6-48	1418.90	1847.37	7.73%	91.61%	-10.59	0-2
1968-09-22	@ Cincinnati Bengals	L 23-34	1408.31	1306.23	63.27%	34.86%	-44.54	0-3
1968-09-29	New York Jets	W 37-35	1363.77	1585.15	21.36%	77.20%	+23.09	1-3
1968-10-05	Kansas City Chiefs	L 7-18	1386.86	1728.27	12.08%	86.96%	-8.51	1-4
1968-10-12	@ Miami Dolphins	T 14-14	1378.35	1416.11	43.60%	54.40%	+0.56	1-4
1968-10-20	@ Boston Patriots	L 6-23	1378.91	1333.88	55.43%	42.58%	-48.61	1-5
1968-10-27	Houston Oilers	L 7-30	1330.30	1484.54	28.45%	69.84%	-29.21	1-6
1968-11-03	@ New York Jets	L 21-25	1301.09	1588.45	15.74%	83.09%	-6.71	1-7
1968-11-10	Miami Dolphins	L 17-21	1294.38	1380.16	37.00%	61.09%	-15.84	1-8
1968-11-17	San Diego Chargers	L 6-21	1278.54	1621.85	11.97%	87.09%	-9.84	1-9
1968-11-24	@ Denver Broncos	L 32-34	1268.70	1377.38	34.01%	64.14%	-10.30	1-10
1968-11-28	@ Oakland Raiders	L 10-13	1258.40	1860.44	3.01%	96.70%	-1.10	1-11
1968-12-07	@ Houston Oilers	L 6-35	1257.30	1512.70	18.30%	80.41%	-21.02	1-12
1968-09-06	@ San Diego Chargers	L 13-29	1275.00	1444.23	26.75%	71.60%	-22.90	0-1
1968-09-15	Denver Broncos	W 24-10	1252.10	1393.20	30.00%	68.25%	+54.13	1-1
1968-09-22	Buffalo Bills	W 34-23	1306.23	1408.31	34.86%	63.27%	+44.54	2-1
1968-09-29	San Diego Chargers	L 10-31	1350.77	1525.44	26.15%	72.22%	-25.64	2-2
1968-10-06	@ Denver Broncos	L 7-10	1325.13	1309.00	51.31%	46.67%	-18.93	2-3
1968-10-13	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 3-13	1306.20	1736.79	7.64%	91.70%	-5.11	2-4
1968-10-20	Miami Dolphins	L 22-24	1301.09	1415.54	33.27%	64.89%	-10.08	2-5
1968-10-27	@ Oakland Raiders	L 10-31	1291.01	1775.91	5.72%	93.77%	-5.53	2-6
1968-11-03	Houston Oilers	L 17-27	1285.48	1513.75	20.71%	77.88%	-13.99	2-7
1968-11-10	Kansas City Chiefs	L 9-16	1271.49	1758.88	5.65%	93.85%	-3.15	2-8
1968-11-17	@ Miami Dolphins	W 38-21	1268.34	1395.99	31.63%	66.58%	+58.21	3-8
1968-11-24	Oakland Raiders	L 0-34	1326.55	1854.89	4.52%	95.06%	-5.55	3-9
1968-12-01	@ Boston Patriots	L 14-33	1321.00	1247.23	59.45%	38.61%	-55.05	3-10
1968-12-08	@ New York Jets	L 14-27	1265.95	1681.44	8.27%	91.03%	-6.32	3-11
1968-09-15	@ Cincinnati Bengals	L 10-24	1393.20	1252.10	68.25%	30.00%	-54.14	0-1
1968-09-22	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 2-34	1339.06	1697.88	11.07%	88.04%	-13.29	0-2
1968-09-29	Boston Patriots	L 17-20	1325.77	1351.20	45.35%	52.64%	-16.77	0-3
1968-10-06	Cincinnati Bengals	W 10-7	1309.00	1325.13	46.67%	51.31%	+18.93	1-3
1968-10-13	@ New York Jets	W 21-13	1327.93	1579.58	18.62%	80.07%	+47.85	2-3
1968-10-20	@ San Diego Chargers	L 24-55	1375.78	1588.70	22.18%	76.35%	-26.40	2-4
1968-10-27	Miami Dolphins	W 21-14	1349.38	1425.62	38.28%	59.78%	+33.60	3-4
1968-11-03	@ Boston Patriots	W 35-14	1382.98	1349.65	53.77%	44.22%	+43.29	4-4
1968-11-10	Oakland Raiders	L 7-43	1426.27	1827.41	8.91%	90.34%	-11.33	4-5
1968-11-17	@ Houston Oilers	L 17-38	1414.94	1490.93	38.31%	59.75%	-37.56	4-6
1968-11-24	Buffalo Bills	W 34-32	1377.38	1268.70	64.14%	34.01%	+10.30	5-6
1968-12-01	San Diego Chargers	L 23-47	1387.68	1580.47	24.21%	74.23%	-25.37	5-7
1968-12-08	@ Oakland Raiders	L 27-33	1362.31	1861.54	5.30%	94.22%	-2.74	5-8
1968-12-14	Kansas City Chiefs	L 7-30	1359.57	1816.55	6.65%	92.77%	-6.73	5-9
1968-09-09	Kansas City Chiefs	L 21-26	1611.68	1695.05	37.32%	60.76%	-17.86	0-1
1968-09-14	@ Miami Dolphins	W 24-10	1593.82	1393.25	75.06%	23.41%	+18.73	1-1
1968-09-21	@ San Diego Chargers	L 14-30	1612.55	1467.13	68.78%	29.48%	-58.31	1-2
1968-09-29	Oakland Raiders	L 15-24	1554.24	1864.17	14.12%	84.81%	-9.01	1-3
1968-10-06	Miami Dolphins	L 7-24	1545.23	1351.22	74.36%	24.08%	-64.89	1-4
1968-10-13	@ Boston Patriots	W 16-0	1480.34	1361.95	65.40%	32.78%	+28.07	2-4
1968-10-20	New York Jets	L 14-20	1508.41	1531.73	45.65%	52.34%	-23.87	2-5
1968-10-27	@ Buffalo Bills	W 30-7	1484.54	1330.30	69.84%	28.45%	+29.21	3-5
1968-11-03	@ Cincinnati Bengals	W 27-17	1513.75	1285.48	77.88%	20.71%	+13.99	4-5
1968-11-10	@ New York Jets	L 7-26	1527.74	1595.15	39.48%	58.57%	-36.81	4-6
1968-11-17	Denver Broncos	W 38-17	1490.93	1414.94	59.75%	38.31%	+37.56	5-6
1968-11-28	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 10-24	1528.49	1767.05	19.77%	78.86%	-15.79	5-7
1968-12-07	Buffalo Bills	W 35-6	1512.70	1257.30	80.41%	18.30%	+21.03	6-7
1968-12-15	Boston Patriots	W 45-17	1533.73	1254.97	82.40%	16.40%	+18.49	7-7
1968-09-09	@ Houston Oilers	W 26-21	1695.05	1611.68	60.76%	37.32%	+17.86	1-0
1968-09-15	New York Jets	L 19-20	1712.91	1549.37	70.94%	27.39%	-15.03	1-1
1968-09-22	Denver Broncos	W 34-2	1697.88	1339.06	88.04%	11.07%	+13.30	2-1
1968-09-28	@ Miami Dolphins	W 48-3	1711.18	1368.31	87.06%	12.00%	+17.09	3-1
1968-10-05	@ Buffalo Bills	W 18-7	1728.27	1386.86	86.96%	12.08%	+8.52	4-1
1968-10-13	Cincinnati Bengals	W 13-3	1736.79	1306.20	91.70%	7.64%	+5.11	5-1
1968-10-20	Oakland Raiders	W 24-10	1741.90	1824.07	37.48%	60.60%	+48.15	6-1
1968-10-27	San Diego Chargers	W 27-20	1790.05	1615.09	72.26%	26.12%	+14.79	7-1
1968-11-03	@ Oakland Raiders	L 21-38	1804.84	1781.45	52.35%	45.64%	-45.96	7-2
1968-11-10	@ Cincinnati Bengals	W 16-9	1758.88	1271.49	93.85%	5.65%	+3.15	8-2
1968-11-17	Boston Patriots	W 31-17	1762.03	1296.67	93.08%	6.36%	+5.02	9-2
1968-11-28	Houston Oilers	W 24-10	1767.05	1528.49	78.86%	19.77%	+15.80	10-2
1968-12-08	@ San Diego Chargers	W 40-3	1782.85	1605.84	72.49%	25.89%	+33.70	11-2
1968-12-14	@ Denver Broncos	W 30-7	1816.55	1359.57	92.77%	6.65%	+6.73	12-2
1968-09-14	Houston Oilers	L 10-24	1393.25	1593.82	23.41%	75.06%	-18.73	0-1
1968-09-21	Oakland Raiders	L 21-47	1374.52	1857.96	5.77%	93.72%	-6.21	0-2
1968-09-28	Kansas City Chiefs	L 3-48	1368.31	1711.18	12.00%	87.06%	-17.09	0-3
1968-10-06	@ Houston Oilers	W 24-7	1351.22	1545.23	24.08%	74.36%	+64.89	1-3
1968-10-12	Buffalo Bills	T 14-14	1416.11	1378.35	54.40%	43.60%	-0.57	1-3
1968-10-20	@ Cincinnati Bengals	W 24-22	1415.54	1301.09	64.89%	33.27%	+10.08	2-3
1968-10-27	@ Denver Broncos	L 14-21	1425.62	1349.38	59.78%	38.28%	-33.61	2-4
1968-11-03	@ San Diego Chargers	L 28-34	1392.01	1600.31	22.63%	75.87%	-11.85	2-5
1968-11-10	@ Buffalo Bills	W 21-17	1380.16	1294.38	61.09%	37.00%	+15.83	3-5
1968-11-17	Cincinnati Bengals	L 21-38	1395.99	1268.34	66.58%	31.63%	-58.21	3-6
1968-11-24	@ Boston Patriots	W 34-10	1337.78	1291.65	55.59%	42.42%	+44.42	4-6
1968-12-01	@ New York Jets	L 17-35	1382.20	1667.03	15.93%	82.89%	-14.41	4-7
1968-12-08	Boston Patriots	W 38-7	1367.79	1302.29	58.30%	39.74%	+47.32	5-7
1968-12-15	New York Jets	L 7-31	1415.11	1687.75	16.88%	81.89%	-17.63	5-8
1968-09-15	@ Kansas City Chiefs	W 20-19	1549.37	1712.91	27.39%	70.94%	+15.03	1-0
1968-09-22	@ Boston Patriots	W 47-31	1564.40	1371.94	74.20%	24.24%	+20.75	2-0
1968-09-29	@ Buffalo Bills	L 35-37	1585.15	1363.77	77.20%	21.36%	-23.09	2-1
1968-10-05	San Diego Chargers	W 23-20	1562.06	1551.09	50.57%	47.41%	+17.52	3-1
1968-10-13	Denver Broncos	L 13-21	1579.58	1327.93	80.07%	18.62%	-47.85	3-2
1968-10-20	@ Houston Oilers	W 20-14	1531.73	1508.41	52.34%	45.65%	+23.87	4-2
1968-10-27	Boston Patriots	W 48-14	1555.60	1382.50	72.05%	26.32%	+32.85	5-2
1968-11-03	Buffalo Bills	W 25-21	1588.45	1301.09	83.09%	15.74%	+6.70	6-2
1968-11-10	Houston Oilers	W 26-7	1595.15	1527.74	58.57%	39.48%	+36.81	7-2
1968-11-17	@ Oakland Raiders	L 32-43	1631.96	1838.73	22.78%	75.72%	-16.16	7-3
1968-11-24	@ San Diego Chargers	W 37-15	1615.80	1631.70	46.71%	51.28%	+51.23	8-3
1968-12-01	Miami Dolphins	W 35-17	1667.03	1382.20	82.89%	15.93%	+14.41	9-3
1968-12-08	Cincinnati Bengals	W 27-14	1681.44	1265.95	91.03%	8.27%	+6.31	10-3
1968-12-15	@ Miami Dolphins	W 31-7	1687.75	1415.11	81.89%	16.88%	+17.63	11-3
1968-09-15	@ Buffalo Bills	W 48-6	1847.37	1418.90	91.61%	7.73%	+10.59	1-0
1968-09-21	@ Miami Dolphins	W 47-21	1857.96	1374.52	93.72%	5.77%	+6.21	2-0
1968-09-29	@ Houston Oilers	W 24-15	1864.17	1554.24	84.81%	14.12%	+9.01	3-0
1968-10-06	Boston Patriots	W 41-10	1873.18	1367.97	94.41%	5.13%	+6.02	4-0
1968-10-13	San Diego Chargers	L 14-23	1879.20	1533.57	87.23%	11.83%	-55.13	4-1
1968-10-20	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 10-24	1824.07	1741.90	60.60%	37.48%	-48.16	4-2
1968-10-27	Cincinnati Bengals	W 31-10	1775.91	1291.01	93.77%	5.72%	+5.54	5-2
1968-11-03	Kansas City Chiefs	W 38-21	1781.45	1804.84	45.64%	52.35%	+45.96	6-2
1968-11-10	@ Denver Broncos	W 43-7	1827.41	1426.27	90.34%	8.91%	+11.32	7-2
1968-11-17	New York Jets	W 43-32	1838.73	1631.96	75.72%	22.78%	+16.16	8-2
1968-11-24	@ Cincinnati Bengals	W 34-0	1854.89	1326.55	95.06%	4.52%	+5.55	9-2
1968-11-28	Buffalo Bills	W 13-10	1860.44	1258.40	96.70%	3.01%	+1.10	10-2
1968-12-08	Denver Broncos	W 33-27	1861.54	1362.31	94.22%	5.30%	+2.74	11-2
1968-12-15	@ San Diego Chargers	W 34-27	1864.28	1572.14	83.47%	15.38%	+8.67	12-2
1968-09-06	Cincinnati Bengals	W 29-13	1444.23	1275.00	71.60%	26.75%	+22.90	1-0
1968-09-21	Houston Oilers	W 30-14	1467.13	1612.55	29.48%	68.78%	+58.31	2-0
1968-09-29	@ Cincinnati Bengals	W 31-10	1525.44	1350.77	72.22%	26.15%	+25.65	3-0
1968-10-05	@ New York Jets	L 20-23	1551.09	1562.06	47.41%	50.57%	-17.52	3-1
1968-10-13	@ Oakland Raiders	W 23-14	1533.57	1879.20	11.83%	87.23%	+55.13	4-1
1968-10-20	Denver Broncos	W 55-24	1588.70	1375.78	76.35%	22.18%	+26.39	5-1
1968-10-27	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 20-27	1615.09	1790.05	26.12%	72.26%	-14.78	5-2
1968-11-03	Miami Dolphins	W 34-28	1600.31	1392.01	75.87%	22.63%	+11.85	6-2
1968-11-10	@ Boston Patriots	W 27-17	1612.16	1306.36	84.51%	14.40%	+9.69	7-2
1968-11-17	@ Buffalo Bills	W 21-6	1621.85	1278.54	87.09%	11.97%	+9.85	8-2
1968-11-24	New York Jets	L 15-37	1631.70	1615.80	51.28%	46.71%	-51.23	8-3
1968-12-01	@ Denver Broncos	W 47-23	1580.47	1387.68	74.23%	24.21%	+25.37	9-3
1968-12-08	Kansas City Chiefs	L 3-40	1605.84	1782.85	25.89%	72.49%	-33.70	9-4
1968-12-15	Oakland Raiders	L 27-34	1572.14	1864.28	15.38%	83.47%	-8.67	9-5

Playoff Games

Every playoff game from the selected team's perspective.

Date	Opponent	Score	Pre Elo	Opp Elo	Win %	Loss %	Elo Δ	Record
1968-12-22	@ Oakland Raiders	L 6-41	1823.28	1872.95	42.90%	57.10%	-53.02	0-1
1968-12-29	Oakland Raiders	W 27-23	1705.38	1925.97	21.93%	78.07%	+32.62	1-0
1968-12-22	Kansas City Chiefs	W 41-6	1872.95	1823.28	57.10%	42.90%	+53.02	1-0
1968-12-29	@ New York Jets	L 23-27	1925.97	1705.38	78.07%	21.93%	-32.62	1-1

Biggest Upsets

The 25 biggest upsets of the seasons, ranked by lowest pregame win probability. An asterisk (*) after the date indicates a playoff game.

#	Date	Underdog Win %	Winning Team			Losing Team
#	Date	Underdog Win %	Team	Elo	Score	Team	Elo	Score
1	1968-10-13	11.83%	San Diego Chargers	1533.57	23	@ Oakland Raiders	1879.20	14
2	1968-10-13	18.62%	Denver Broncos	1327.93	21	@ New York Jets	1579.58	13
3	1968-09-29	21.36%	@ Buffalo Bills	1363.77	37	New York Jets	1585.15	35
4	1968-12-29 *	21.93%	@ New York Jets	1705.38	27	Oakland Raiders	1925.97	23
5	1968-10-06	24.08%	Miami Dolphins	1351.22	24	@ Houston Oilers	1545.23	7
6	1968-09-15	27.39%	New York Jets	1549.37	20	@ Kansas City Chiefs	1712.91	19
7	1968-09-21	29.48%	@ San Diego Chargers	1467.13	30	Houston Oilers	1612.55	14
8	1968-09-15	30.00%	@ Cincinnati Bengals	1252.10	24	Denver Broncos	1393.20	10
9	1968-09-08	31.04%	Boston Patriots	1329.21	16	@ Buffalo Bills	1461.64	7
10	1968-11-17	31.63%	Cincinnati Bengals	1268.34	38	@ Miami Dolphins	1395.99	21
11	1968-09-22	34.86%	@ Cincinnati Bengals	1306.23	34	Buffalo Bills	1408.31	23
12	1968-10-20	37.48%	@ Kansas City Chiefs	1741.90	24	Oakland Raiders	1824.07	10
13	1968-10-27	38.28%	@ Denver Broncos	1349.38	21	Miami Dolphins	1425.62	14
14	1968-12-01	38.61%	@ Boston Patriots	1247.23	33	Cincinnati Bengals	1321.00	14
15	1968-10-20	42.58%	@ Boston Patriots	1333.88	23	Buffalo Bills	1378.91	6
16	1968-11-03	45.64%	@ Oakland Raiders	1781.45	38	Kansas City Chiefs	1804.84	21
17	1968-10-06	46.67%	@ Denver Broncos	1309.00	10	Cincinnati Bengals	1325.13	7
18	1968-11-24	46.71%	New York Jets	1615.80	37	@ San Diego Chargers	1631.70	15

Biggest Elo Changes

The 25 games that resulted in the largest shift in Elo rating. An asterisk (*) after the date indicates a playoff game.

#	Date	Elo Δ	Winning Team				Losing Team
#	Date	Elo Δ	Team	Score	Elo	Win %	Team	Score	Elo	Win %
1	1968-10-06	64.89	Miami Dolphins	24	1351.22	24.08%	@ Houston Oilers	7	1545.23	74.36%
2	1968-09-21	58.31	@ San Diego Chargers	30	1467.13	29.48%	Houston Oilers	14	1612.55	68.78%
3	1968-11-17	58.21	Cincinnati Bengals	38	1268.34	31.63%	@ Miami Dolphins	21	1395.99	66.58%
4	1968-10-13	55.13	San Diego Chargers	23	1533.57	11.83%	@ Oakland Raiders	14	1879.20	87.23%
5	1968-12-01	55.06	@ Boston Patriots	33	1247.23	38.61%	Cincinnati Bengals	14	1321.00	59.45%
6	1968-09-15	54.14	@ Cincinnati Bengals	24	1252.10	30.00%	Denver Broncos	10	1393.20	68.25%
7	1968-12-22 *	53.02	@ Oakland Raiders	41	1872.95	57.10%	Kansas City Chiefs	6	1823.28	42.90%
8	1968-11-24	51.23	New York Jets	37	1615.80	46.71%	@ San Diego Chargers	15	1631.70	51.28%
9	1968-10-20	48.62	@ Boston Patriots	23	1333.88	42.58%	Buffalo Bills	6	1378.91	55.43%
10	1968-10-20	48.16	@ Kansas City Chiefs	24	1741.90	37.48%	Oakland Raiders	10	1824.07	60.60%
11	1968-10-13	47.85	Denver Broncos	21	1327.93	18.62%	@ New York Jets	13	1579.58	80.07%
12	1968-12-08	47.32	@ Miami Dolphins	38	1367.79	58.30%	Boston Patriots	7	1302.29	39.74%
13	1968-11-03	45.96	@ Oakland Raiders	38	1781.45	45.64%	Kansas City Chiefs	21	1804.84	52.35%
14	1968-09-22	44.54	@ Cincinnati Bengals	34	1306.23	34.86%	Buffalo Bills	23	1408.31	63.27%
15	1968-11-24	44.42	Miami Dolphins	34	1337.78	55.59%	@ Boston Patriots	10	1291.65	42.42%
16	1968-11-03	43.29	Denver Broncos	35	1382.98	53.77%	@ Boston Patriots	14	1349.65	44.22%
17	1968-09-08	42.74	Boston Patriots	16	1329.21	31.04%	@ Buffalo Bills	7	1461.64	67.18%
18	1968-11-17	37.56	@ Houston Oilers	38	1490.93	59.75%	Denver Broncos	17	1414.94	38.31%
19	1968-11-10	36.81	@ New York Jets	26	1595.15	58.57%	Houston Oilers	7	1527.74	39.48%
20	1968-12-08	33.70	Kansas City Chiefs	40	1782.85	72.49%	@ San Diego Chargers	3	1605.84	25.89%
21	1968-10-27	33.61	@ Denver Broncos	21	1349.38	38.28%	Miami Dolphins	14	1425.62	59.78%
22	1968-10-27	32.85	@ New York Jets	48	1555.60	72.05%	Boston Patriots	14	1382.50	26.32%
23	1968-12-29 *	32.62	@ New York Jets	27	1705.38	21.93%	Oakland Raiders	23	1925.97	78.07%
24	1968-10-27	29.21	Houston Oilers	30	1484.54	69.84%	@ Buffalo Bills	7	1330.30	28.45%
25	1968-10-13	28.07	Houston Oilers	16	1480.34	65.40%	@ Boston Patriots	0	1361.95	32.78%