Fun Fact: Wins & Losses Edition

If there is one thing that we strive to do is bring some historical context to the love we feel for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and professional football. To that end we offer up a look at the won-loss records for all 32 NFL franchises, by conference, for the period 1997-2007 (inclusive). First the AFC:

Team	W	L	T	PCT.
New England	118	58	0	.670
Denver	109	67	0	.619
Indianapolis	108	68	0	.614
Steelers	106	69	1	.602
Jacksonville	100	76	0	.568
Tennessee	99	77	0	.563
Kansas City	93	83	0	.528
Baltimore	92	83	1	.523
N.Y. Jets	91	85	0	.517
Miami	89	87	0	.506
Buffalo	80	96	0	.455
San Diego	81	95	0	.460
Oakland	72	104	0	.409
Cincinnati	68	108	0	.386
Cleveland	50	94	0	.284
Houston	32	64	0	.182

We don't know about you, but we were surprised to find out that, despite all of the talk about how the AFC North is changing (much of which came from members of teams other than the Steelers), the Bengals have really been worse than we remember -- but upon further review we see that this time frame includes the Bruce Coslet/Dick LeBeau era (sorry Coach LeBeau!). We were also surprised to see that after eleven seasons there are ten teams (out of 16) with a winning record, and five teams with 100+ wins (and Tennessee with 99).

Now, here's the NFC:

Team	W	L	T	PCT.
Green Bay	110	66	0	.625
Seattle	98	78	0	.557
Philadelphia	97	78	1	.551
Minnesota	96	80	0	.545
Tampa Bay	96	80	0	.545
N.Y. Giants	93	82	1	.528
St. Louis	90	86	0	.511
Dallas	86	90	0	.489
Washington	82	93	1	.466
San Francisco	82	94	0	.466
Atlanta	81	94	1	.460
Chicago	72	88	0	.449
Carolina	78	98	0	.443
New Orleans	77	99	0	.438
Arizona	62	114	0	.352
Detroit	62	114	0	.352

While there are seven teams with winning records, only Green Bay has crested the century mark no doubt supporting those who claim that AFC plays a better brand of football than the NFC.

And who are we to disagree?