NFL opening day standings
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The following are the standings of current National Football League teams' games taking place on their opening days. The standings shown here date back to 1933. Since 1933, there have been a total of 1,579 opening day games played.
Standings are current as of the final day of the 2007 NFL season's opening weekend, September 10, 2007.
[edit] Standings
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | Longest win streak | Longest loss streak | Current streak | Notes |
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| Jacksonville Jaguars | 9 | 4 | .692 | 6 | 2 | Lost 1 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | 32 | 15 | 1 | .667 | 16 | 5 | Won 1 | |
| Denver Broncos | 30 | 17 | 1 | .625 | 4 | 4 | Won 1 | |
| San Diego Chargers | 28 | 20 | .583 | 6 | 6 | Won 2 | Los Angeles Chargers (1960) | |
| Minnesota Vikings | 27 | 19 | 1 | .575 | 5 | 3 | Won 2 | |
| Miami Dolphins | 23 | 18 | 1 | .548 | 11 | 5 | Lost 2 | |
| New York Giants | 41 | 30 | 4 | .547 | 4 | 3 | Lost 2 | |
| Chicago Bears | 41 | 33 | 1 | .547 | 9 | 6 | Lost 1 | |
| St. Louis Rams | 38 | 32 | .543 | 5 | 6 | Lost 1 | Cleveland Rams (1937–1942, 1944–1945), Los Angeles Rams (1946–1995) |
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| Kansas City Chiefs | 26 | 22 | .542 | 7 | 4 | Lost 2 | Dallas Texans (1960–1962) | |
| Atlanta Falcons | 22 | 20 | .524 | 5 | 3 | Lost 1 | ||
| Tennessee Titans | 25 | 23 | .521 | 4 | 3 | Won 1 | Houston Oilers (1960–1996), Tennessee Oilers (1997–1998) |
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| Green Bay Packers | 39 | 33 | 3 | .520 | 5 | 6 | Won 1 | |
| Detroit Lions | 39 | 34 | 2 | .520 | 7 | 4 | Won 1 | Portsmouth Spartans (1933) |
| San Francisco 49ers | 30 | 27 | 1 | .517 | 5 | 3 | Won 1 | |
| Indianapolis Colts | 33 | 30 | 1 | .516 | 8 | 8 | Won 3 | Baltimore Colts (1953–1983) |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 37 | 32 | 4 | .507 | 5 | 3 | Won 5 | Phil-Pitt (1943), Card-Pitt (1944) |
| Oakland Raiders | 24 | 24 | .500 | 5 | 5 | Lost 5 | Los Angeles Raiders (1982–1994) | |
| New England Patriots | 24 | 24 | .500 | 6 | 3 | Won 4 | ||
| Houston Texans | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2 | 3 | Won 1 | ||
| Washington Redskins | 37 | 34 | 4 | .493 | 6 | 5 | Won 1 | Boston Redskins (1933–1936) |
| Cleveland Browns | 27 | 28 | .491 | 5 | 5 | Lost 3 | Franchise inactive (1996–1998) | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 19 | 21 | .475 | 4 | 4 | Won 3 | ||
| New York Jets | 20 | 28 | .417 | 3 | 5 | Lost 1 | ||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 19 | .406 | 3 | 5 | Lost 2 | New York Titans (1960–1962) | |
| Buffalo Bills | 19 | 29 | .396 | 6 | 5 | Lost 2 | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 29 | 44 | 1 | .392 | 5 | 9 | Lost 1 | Phil-Pitt (1943) |
| Carolina Panthers | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3 | 4 | Won 1 | ||
| Arizona Cardinals | 28 | 45 | 1 | .378 | 6 | 7 | Lost 1 | Chicago Cardinals (1933–1959), St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1987), Phoenix Cardinals (1988–1993) |
| Baltimore Ravens | 4 | 8 | .333 | 2 | 4 | Won 2 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | 13 | 28 | .317 | 2 | 6 | Lost 1 | ||
| Seattle Seahawks | 9 | 23 | .281 | 3 | 8 | Won 1 | ||
| Total of all teams' opening day games | 794 | 775 | 28 | .497 | 16(DAL) | 8 (IND/NO) |
[edit] References
- 2003 National Football League Record and Fact Book (ISBN 0-7611-3148-5) (for information through 2002)
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and [1] NFL opening weekend results at ESPN.com (for information after 2002))
- NFL Holland Trivia Topic
