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1968 AFL Season

70 regular-season games · 2 playoff teams · 100,000 simulations

Final

Champion

Oakland Raiders

1st Title

Runner-Up

Kansas City Chiefs

2nd Appearance

Last Appearance: 1967

Biggest Overachiever

New York Jets

2.66 wins above expected

11 wins · 8.34 expected wins

Biggest Disappointment

Buffalo Bills

4.67 wins below expected

1 wins · 6.17 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 11 3 0 .786 419 280 +139 8.34 +2.66
2 Houston Oilers 7 7 0 .500 4 303 248 +55 7.48 -0.48
3 Miami Dolphins 5 8 1 .393 5.5 276 355 -79 5.48 +0.02
4 Boston Patriots 4 10 0 .286 7 229 406 -177 6.46 -2.46
5 Buffalo Bills 1 12 1 .107 9.5 199 367 -168 6.17 -4.67
# Team W L T Pct GB PF PA PD SimW vsSim
1 Kansas City Chiefs Division 12 2 0 .857 371 170 +201 9.43 +2.57
2 Oakland Raiders Playoffs 12 2 0 .857 453 233 +220 9.71 +2.29
3 San Diego Chargers 9 5 0 .643 3 382 310 +72 8.20 +0.80
4 Denver Broncos 5 9 0 .357 7 255 404 -149 5.70 -0.70
5 Cincinnati Bengals 3 11 0 .214 9 215 329 -114 3.02 -0.02

Playoff Bracket

AFL Championship Game

Oakland Raiders 41
Kansas City Chiefs 6

Dec 22

Season Summary

Every team's regular season finish compared against the simulated win totals from 100,000 simulations. 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 Division Elo Actual Avg. Wins Luck Percentile Min 5th Q1 Median Q3 95th Max
Oakland Raiders West 1682 12 9.71 +2.29 96.93% 3 7 8 10 11 12 14
Kansas City Chiefs West 1672 12 9.43 +2.57 98.05% 3 6 8 9 10 12 14
New York Jets East 1613 11 8.34 +2.66 97.17% 2 5 7 8 9 11 14
San Diego Chargers West 1566 9 8.20 +0.80 79.24% 1 5 7 8 9 11 14
Houston Oilers East 1539 7 7.48 -0.48 53.58% 1 4 6 7 9 10 13
Denver Broncos West 1422 5 5.70 -0.70 49.27% 0 3 4 6 7 8 13
Miami Dolphins East 1413 5.5 5.48 +0.02 74.66% 0 3 4 5 7 8 12
Buffalo Bills East 1410 1.5 6.17 -4.67 1.85% 0 3 5 6 7 9 13
Boston Patriots East 1402 4 6.46 -2.46 15.75% 0 3 5 6 8 9 13
Cincinnati Bengals West 1282 3 3.02 -0.02 67.96% 0 1 2 3 4 5 10

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
(0.9 exp.)
0-2
(0.8 exp.)
0-2
(1.1 exp.)
0-2
(0.8 exp.)
Buffalo Bills
0-2
(1.0 exp.)
0-2
(0.8 exp.)
0-1-1
(1.1 exp.)
1-1
(0.7 exp.)
Houston Oilers
2-0
(1.1 exp.)
2-0
(1.2 exp.)
1-1
(1.3 exp.)
0-2
(0.9 exp.)
Miami Dolphins
2-0
(0.9 exp.)
1-0-1
(0.8 exp.)
1-1
(0.7 exp.)
0-2
(0.5 exp.)
New York Jets
2-0
(1.1 exp.)
1-1
(1.3 exp.)
2-0
(1.1 exp.)
2-0
(1.5 exp.)

East vs. Outside Teams

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

Within West

Team Bengals Broncos Chiefs Raiders Chargers
Cincinnati Bengals
1-1
(0.5 exp.)
0-2
(0.2 exp.)
0-2
(0.2 exp.)
0-2
(0.4 exp.)
Denver Broncos
1-1
(1.4 exp.)
0-2
(0.5 exp.)
0-2
(0.4 exp.)
0-2
(0.6 exp.)
Kansas City Chiefs
2-0
(1.7 exp.)
2-0
(1.5 exp.)
1-1
(1.0 exp.)
2-0
(1.1 exp.)
Oakland Raiders
2-0
(1.7 exp.)
2-0
(1.5 exp.)
1-1
(1.0 exp.)
1-1
(1.3 exp.)
San Diego Chargers
2-0
(1.6 exp.)
2-0
(1.3 exp.)
0-2
(0.8 exp.)
1-1
(0.7 exp.)

West vs. Outside Teams

Team Patriots Bills Oilers Dolphins Jets
Cincinnati Bengals
0-1
(0.3 exp.)
1-0
(0.2 exp.)
0-1
(0.2 exp.)
1-1
(0.6 exp.)
0-1
(0.1 exp.)
Denver Broncos
1-1
(0.9 exp.)
1-0
(0.5 exp.)
0-1
(0.4 exp.)
1-0
(0.5 exp.)
1-0
(0.3 exp.)
Kansas City Chiefs
1-0
(0.7 exp.)
1-0
(0.7 exp.)
2-0
(1.2 exp.)
1-0
(0.8 exp.)
0-1
(0.6 exp.)
Oakland Raiders
1-0
(0.7 exp.)
2-0
(1.4 exp.)
1-0
(0.6 exp.)
1-0
(0.8 exp.)
1-0
(0.6 exp.)
San Diego Chargers
1-0
(0.7 exp.)
1-0
(0.7 exp.)
1-0
(0.5 exp.)
1-0
(0.7 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
↓ Scored | Allowed →0–67–1314–2021–2728–3435–4142+Total
0–60.71%0.71%1.43%1.43%1.43%1.43%7.14%
7–130.71%2.86%2.14%5.00%5.00%1.43%0.71%17.86%
14–200.71%2.14%5.71%6.43%2.14%2.86%1.43%21.43%
21–271.43%5.00%6.43%4.29%2.14%1.43%2.14%22.86%
28–341.43%5.00%2.14%2.14%2.86%1.43%15.00%
35–411.43%1.43%2.86%1.43%1.43%8.57%
42+1.43%0.71%1.43%2.14%1.43%7.14%
Total7.14%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 →0–67–1314–2021–2728–3435–4142+Total
0–67.14%7.14%
7–137.14%14.29%21.43%
14–207.14%7.14%7.14%7.14%7.14%14.29%50.00%
21–277.14%7.14%
28–347.14%7.14%14.29%
35–41
42+
Total7.14%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 →0–67–1314–2021–2728–3435–4142+Total
0–614.29%7.14%7.14%28.57%
7–137.14%14.29%7.14%28.57%
14–207.14%7.14%14.29%
21–277.14%7.14%14.29%
28–347.14%7.14%
35–417.14%7.14%
42+
Total7.14%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 →0–67–1314–2021–2728–3435–4142+Total
0–67.14%7.14%14.29%
7–137.14%7.14%21.43%35.71%
14–2014.29%7.14%21.43%
21–277.14%7.14%14.29%
28–347.14%7.14%
35–417.14%7.14%
42+
Total21.43%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 →0–67–1314–2021–2728–3435–4142+Total
0–67.14%7.14%
7–137.14%7.14%7.14%7.14%28.57%
14–207.14%7.14%14.29%
21–277.14%7.14%7.14%14.29%35.71%
28–347.14%7.14%
35–417.14%7.14%
42+
Total14.29%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 →0–67–1314–2021–2728–3435–4142+Total
0–6
7–1321.43%21.43%
14–207.14%7.14%7.14%7.14%28.57%
21–277.14%7.14%7.14%21.43%
28–347.14%7.14%
35–417.14%7.14%14.29%
42+7.14%7.14%
Total14.29%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 →0–67–1314–2021–2728–3435–4142+Total
0–6
7–137.14%7.14%
14–2014.29%7.14%21.43%
21–2714.29%7.14%7.14%7.14%35.71%
28–347.14%7.14%7.14%21.43%
35–417.14%7.14%
42+7.14%7.14%
Total28.57%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 →0–67–1314–2021–2728–3435–4142+Total
0–67.14%7.14%
7–137.14%7.14%14.29%
14–207.14%7.14%7.14%21.43%
21–277.14%7.14%7.14%7.14%7.14%35.71%
28–347.14%7.14%14.29%
35–417.14%7.14%
42+
Total21.43%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 →0–67–1314–2021–2728–3435–4142+Total
0–6
7–137.14%7.14%
14–2014.29%14.29%
21–277.14%14.29%7.14%28.57%
28–347.14%7.14%14.29%
35–4114.29%7.14%21.43%
42+7.14%7.14%14.29%
Total14.29%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 →0–67–1314–2021–2728–3435–4142+Total
0–6
7–137.14%7.14%14.29%
14–207.14%7.14%
21–277.14%7.14%
28–347.14%7.14%14.29%28.57%
35–417.14%7.14%14.29%
42+7.14%7.14%7.14%7.14%28.57%
Total14.29%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 →0–67–1314–2021–2728–3435–4142+Total
0–67.14%7.14%
7–13
14–2014.29%7.14%21.43%
21–277.14%14.29%7.14%28.57%
28–3414.29%7.14%7.14%28.57%
35–41
42+14.29%14.29%
Total7.14%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

Actual Wins vs. Point Differential

Plot of wins against points differential across the entire season. Hover over a team for exact values.

Top Overachievers & Disappointments

The teams that deviated the most from the simulated results.

Top Overachievers

# Team Actual Sim Luck
1 New York Jets 11 8.34 +2.66
2 Kansas City Chiefs 12 9.43 +2.57
3 Oakland Raiders 12 9.71 +2.29
4 San Diego Chargers 9 8.20 +0.80
5 Miami Dolphins 5.5 5.48 +0.02

Biggest Disappointments

# Team Actual Sim Luck
1 Buffalo Bills 1.5 6.17 -4.67
2 Boston Patriots 4 6.46 -2.46
3 Denver Broncos 5 5.70 -0.70
4 Houston Oilers 7 7.48 -0.48
5 Cincinnati Bengals 3 3.02 -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.

Longest Winning Streaks

# Team Games Dates Probability
1 Cincinnati Bengals 2 Sep 15 – Sep 22 1 in 19
2 Oakland Raiders 8 Oct 27 – Dec 15 1 in 17
3 Kansas City Chiefs 6 Sep 22 – Oct 27 1 in 13
4 New York Jets 4 Oct 20 – Nov 10 1 in 9
5 Denver Broncos 2 Oct 6 – Oct 13 1 in 5

Longest Losing Streaks

# Team Games Dates Probability
1 Buffalo Bills 8 Oct 20 – Dec 7 1 in 80
2 Boston Patriots 5 Oct 27 – Nov 24 1 in 19
3 Denver Broncos 3 Sep 15 – Sep 29 1 in 11
4 Houston Oilers 3 Sep 21 – Oct 6 1 in 10
5 Oakland Raiders 2 Oct 13 – Oct 20 1 in 6

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.

Finish Position Heatmaps

Cells represent the percentage of the time a team finished in a given position across the 100,000 simulations.

Team12345
New York Jets46.63%26.12%14.85%8.67%3.73%
Houston Oilers26.84%27.44%21.86%15.09%8.77%
Boston Patriots12.22%19.46%23.07%23.92%21.33%
Buffalo Bills9.58%16.87%22.67%25.86%25.02%
Miami Dolphins4.73%10.11%17.55%26.46%41.15%
Team12345
Oakland Raiders45.83%32.37%18.01%3.68%0.11%
Kansas City Chiefs37.89%35.54%21.46%4.95%0.16%
San Diego Chargers14.99%26.82%42.14%14.80%1.25%
Denver Broncos1.27%5.13%17.16%63.20%13.24%
Cincinnati Bengals0.02%0.14%1.23%13.37%85.24%
Team12345678910
Oakland Raiders36.83%23.23%16.25%10.51%6.20%3.68%2.08%0.90%0.32%
Kansas City Chiefs29.90%24.34%17.11%11.48%7.93%5.09%2.32%1.28%0.48%0.07%
New York Jets11.92%16.65%17.32%16.34%13.65%10.00%7.12%4.39%2.15%0.46%
San Diego Chargers11.38%15.10%16.68%16.59%14.11%10.76%7.80%4.58%2.51%0.49%
Houston Oilers5.76%9.67%13.34%14.99%15.34%13.61%12.03%8.46%5.53%1.27%
Boston Patriots1.63%4.34%7.08%10.12%13.32%15.40%15.43%14.97%12.87%4.84%
Buffalo Bills1.32%3.20%5.67%8.57%11.70%15.07%16.77%17.25%15.14%5.31%
Denver Broncos0.71%1.94%3.64%6.03%9.24%12.69%17.19%20.57%19.29%8.70%
Miami Dolphins0.53%1.51%2.85%5.16%7.93%12.01%15.69%19.94%23.15%11.23%
Cincinnati Bengals0.02%0.02%0.06%0.21%0.58%1.69%3.57%7.66%18.56%67.63%

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 across the 100,000 simulations. Teams are sorted by likelihood of earning the top seed. Teams that missed the playoffs more often sit toward the bottom.

Team1 SeedMissed Playoffs
New York Jets46.63%53.37%
Houston Oilers26.84%73.16%
Boston Patriots12.22%87.78%
Buffalo Bills9.58%90.42%
Miami Dolphins4.73%95.27%
Team1 SeedMissed Playoffs
Oakland Raiders45.83%54.17%
Kansas City Chiefs37.89%62.11%
San Diego Chargers14.99%85.01%
Denver Broncos1.27%98.73%
Cincinnati Bengals0.02%99.98%

Wins Required to Achieve 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.

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 100,000 simulations. 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 round buttons switch to heat maps that show how often each pair of teams faced off in that round.

Team Made Playoffs Won Championship Game
Oakland Raiders 45.83% 31.37%
Kansas City Chiefs 37.89% 25.65%
New York Jets 46.63% 20.75%
Houston Oilers 26.84% 8.51%
San Diego Chargers 14.99% 7.94%
Boston Patriots 12.22% 2.34%
Buffalo Bills 9.58% 1.99%
Miami Dolphins 4.73% 0.93%
Denver Broncos 1.27% 0.52%
Cincinnati Bengals 0.02%
Loser →
↓ Winner
Boston PatriotsBuffalo BillsCincinnati BengalsDenver BroncosHouston OilersKansas City ChiefsMiami DolphinsNew York JetsOakland RaidersSan Diego Chargers
Boston Patriots0.01%0.05%0.87%0.95%0.46%
Buffalo Bills0.06%0.69%0.80%0.44%
Denver Broncos0.04%0.06%0.18%0.04%0.20%
Houston Oilers0.01%0.16%2.52%3.67%2.15%
Kansas City Chiefs3.91%2.90%6.75%1.44%10.65%
Miami Dolphins0.02%0.35%0.36%0.20%
New York Jets0.46%7.81%8.68%3.80%
Oakland Raiders4.65%3.55%9.08%1.73%12.36%
San Diego Chargers1.28%1.08%2.32%0.59%2.67%

Actual Bracket Simulation

How we would have expected the postseason to play out given the actual playoff bracket according to the 100,000 simulations. 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 round buttons switch to heat maps that show how often each pair of teams faced off in that round.

Team Won Championship Game Actual Outcome
Oakland Raiders 60.08% Won Championship Game
Loser →
↓ Winner
New York JetsOakland Raiders
New York Jets39.92%
Oakland Raiders60.08%

Most-Likely Championship Paths

For each playoff team, what was the most likely path they had to the championship across all 100,000 simulations? Tiles represent the opponent they faced and defeated the most often in each round.

Oakland Raiders 60.08% chance to win
Championship Game
vs. New York Jets
Matchup
100.00%
Win Prob
60.08%
New York Jets 39.92% chance to win
Championship Game
vs. Oakland Raiders
Matchup
100.00%
Win Prob
39.92%

Regular Season Games

Every regular-season game from the selected team's perspective.

Date Opponent Score Pre Elo Opp Elo Win % Loss % Elo Δ Record
1968-09-08 @ Buffalo Bills W 16-7 1496.31 1522.01 45.30% 52.68% +10.73 1-0
1968-09-22 New York Jets L 31-47 1507.04 1546.48 43.35% 54.63% -11.82 1-1
1968-09-29 @ Denver Broncos W 20-17 1495.22 1435.72 57.44% 40.54% +4.79 2-1
1968-10-06 @ Oakland Raiders L 10-41 1500.01 1642.69 29.69% 68.29% -11.32 2-2
1968-10-13 Houston Oilers L 0-16 1488.69 1497.16 47.77% 50.21% -13.00 2-3
1968-10-20 Buffalo Bills W 23-6 1475.69 1477.30 48.76% 49.22% +13.79 3-3
1968-10-27 @ New York Jets L 14-48 1489.48 1553.19 39.96% 58.02% -15.89 3-4
1968-11-03 Denver Broncos L 14-35 1473.59 1443.38 53.32% 44.66% -16.59 3-5
1968-11-10 San Diego Chargers L 17-27 1457.00 1581.36 31.94% 66.04% -6.91 3-6
1968-11-17 @ Kansas City Chiefs L 17-31 1450.09 1634.28 24.96% 73.03% -6.41 3-7
1968-11-24 Miami Dolphins L 10-34 1443.68 1389.67 56.68% 41.30% -18.83 3-8
1968-12-01 Cincinnati Bengals W 33-14 1424.85 1294.68 66.77% 31.22% +9.32 4-8
1968-12-08 @ Miami Dolphins L 7-38 1434.17 1401.25 53.70% 44.28% -20.29 4-9
1968-12-15 @ Houston Oilers L 17-45 1413.88 1526.77 33.39% 64.59% -12.09 4-10
1968-09-08 Boston Patriots L 7-16 1522.01 1496.31 52.68% 45.30% -10.73 0-1
1968-09-15 Oakland Raiders L 6-48 1511.28 1612.91 34.85% 63.13% -15.44 0-2
1968-09-22 @ Cincinnati Bengals L 23-34 1495.84 1289.11 75.38% 22.60% -16.93 0-3
1968-09-29 New York Jets W 37-35 1478.91 1558.30 37.81% 60.17% +5.76 1-3
1968-10-05 Kansas City Chiefs L 7-18 1484.67 1616.22 31.05% 66.94% -7.05 1-4
1968-10-12 @ Miami Dolphins T 14-14 1477.62 1409.91 58.58% 39.40% -0.32 1-4
1968-10-20 @ Boston Patriots L 6-23 1477.30 1475.69 49.22% 48.76% -13.79 1-5
1968-10-27 Houston Oilers L 7-30 1463.51 1502.84 43.37% 54.61% -14.17 1-6
1968-11-03 @ New York Jets L 21-25 1449.34 1569.09 32.52% 65.46% -4.45 1-7
1968-11-10 Miami Dolphins L 17-21 1444.89 1400.73 55.29% 42.69% -7.51 1-8
1968-11-17 San Diego Chargers L 6-21 1437.38 1588.28 28.71% 69.27% -7.62 1-9
1968-11-24 @ Denver Broncos L 32-34 1429.76 1437.11 47.93% 50.05% -4.61 1-10
1968-11-28 @ Oakland Raiders L 10-13 1425.15 1669.69 19.02% 78.96% -2.27 1-11
1968-12-07 @ Houston Oilers L 6-35 1422.88 1513.40 36.32% 61.66% -13.36 1-12
1968-09-06 @ San Diego Chargers L 13-29 1275.00 1542.24 17.09% 80.90% -4.71 0-1
1968-09-15 Denver Broncos W 24-10 1270.29 1465.83 23.75% 74.23% +18.82 1-1
1968-09-22 Buffalo Bills W 34-23 1289.11 1495.84 22.60% 75.38% +16.93 2-1
1968-09-29 San Diego Chargers L 10-31 1306.04 1559.82 18.22% 79.77% -5.75 2-2
1968-10-06 @ Denver Broncos L 7-10 1300.29 1430.93 31.16% 66.82% -3.69 2-3
1968-10-13 @ Kansas City Chiefs L 3-13 1296.60 1623.27 12.77% 85.22% -2.79 2-4
1968-10-20 Miami Dolphins L 22-24 1293.81 1410.23 32.94% 65.04% -3.19 2-5
1968-10-27 @ Oakland Raiders L 10-31 1290.62 1628.37 12.08% 85.92% -3.82 2-6
1968-11-03 Houston Oilers L 17-27 1286.80 1517.01 20.33% 77.66% -4.42 2-7
1968-11-10 Kansas City Chiefs L 9-16 1282.38 1632.21 11.36% 86.64% -2.07 2-8
1968-11-17 @ Miami Dolphins W 38-21 1280.31 1408.24 31.50% 66.49% +18.56 3-8
1968-11-24 Oakland Raiders L 0-34 1298.87 1665.49 10.42% 87.58% -4.19 3-9
1968-12-01 @ Boston Patriots L 14-33 1294.68 1424.85 31.22% 66.77% -9.32 3-10
1968-12-08 @ New York Jets L 14-27 1285.36 1600.78 13.51% 84.48% -3.36 3-11
1968-09-15 @ Cincinnati Bengals L 10-24 1465.83 1270.29 74.23% 23.75% -18.81 0-1
1968-09-22 @ Kansas City Chiefs L 2-34 1447.02 1594.36 29.13% 68.85% -11.30 0-2
1968-09-29 Boston Patriots L 17-20 1435.72 1495.22 40.54% 57.44% -4.79 0-3
1968-10-06 Cincinnati Bengals W 10-7 1430.93 1300.29 66.82% 31.16% +3.70 1-3
1968-10-13 @ New York Jets W 21-13 1434.63 1558.51 32.00% 65.98% +12.64 2-3
1968-10-20 @ San Diego Chargers L 24-55 1447.27 1572.23 31.87% 66.12% -12.15 2-4
1968-10-27 Miami Dolphins W 21-14 1435.12 1413.42 52.11% 45.87% +8.26 3-4
1968-11-03 @ Boston Patriots W 35-14 1443.38 1473.59 44.66% 53.32% +16.59 4-4
1968-11-10 Oakland Raiders L 7-43 1459.97 1646.49 24.71% 73.28% -10.18 4-5
1968-11-17 @ Houston Oilers L 17-38 1449.79 1509.07 40.57% 57.41% -12.68 4-6
1968-11-24 Buffalo Bills W 34-32 1437.11 1429.76 50.05% 47.93% +4.61 5-6
1968-12-01 San Diego Chargers L 23-47 1441.72 1579.43 30.29% 67.69% -10.17 5-7
1968-12-08 @ Oakland Raiders L 27-33 1431.55 1671.96 19.39% 78.59% -3.27 5-8
1968-12-14 Kansas City Chiefs L 7-30 1428.28 1665.87 19.65% 78.34% -6.48 5-9
1968-09-09 Kansas City Chiefs L 21-26 1532.81 1592.03 40.58% 57.40% -6.19 0-1
1968-09-14 @ Miami Dolphins W 24-10 1526.62 1418.24 64.01% 33.97% +8.69 1-1
1968-09-21 @ San Diego Chargers L 14-30 1535.31 1546.95 47.32% 50.66% -12.87 1-2
1968-09-29 Oakland Raiders L 15-24 1522.44 1635.85 33.33% 64.66% -6.84 1-3
1968-10-06 Miami Dolphins L 7-24 1515.60 1391.47 66.01% 31.97% -18.44 1-4
1968-10-13 @ Boston Patriots W 16-0 1497.16 1488.69 50.21% 47.77% +13.00 2-4
1968-10-20 New York Jets L 14-20 1510.16 1545.87 43.88% 54.10% -7.32 2-5
1968-10-27 @ Buffalo Bills W 30-7 1502.84 1463.51 54.61% 43.37% +14.17 3-5
1968-11-03 @ Cincinnati Bengals W 27-17 1517.01 1286.80 77.66% 20.33% +4.42 4-5
1968-11-10 @ New York Jets L 7-26 1521.43 1573.54 41.57% 56.41% -12.36 4-6
1968-11-17 Denver Broncos W 38-17 1509.07 1449.79 57.41% 40.57% +12.69 5-6
1968-11-28 @ Kansas City Chiefs L 10-24 1521.76 1640.69 32.62% 65.36% -8.36 5-7
1968-12-07 Buffalo Bills W 35-6 1513.40 1422.88 61.66% 36.32% +13.37 6-7
1968-12-15 Boston Patriots W 45-17 1526.77 1413.88 64.59% 33.39% +12.08 7-7
1968-09-09 @ Houston Oilers W 26-21 1592.03 1532.81 57.40% 40.58% +6.19 1-0
1968-09-15 New York Jets L 19-20 1598.22 1542.62 56.90% 41.08% -3.86 1-1
1968-09-22 Denver Broncos W 34-2 1594.36 1447.02 68.85% 29.13% +11.30 2-1
1968-09-28 @ Miami Dolphins W 48-3 1605.66 1402.04 75.07% 22.92% +10.56 3-1
1968-10-05 @ Buffalo Bills W 18-7 1616.22 1484.67 66.94% 31.05% +7.05 4-1
1968-10-13 Cincinnati Bengals W 13-3 1623.27 1296.60 85.22% 12.77% +2.79 5-1
1968-10-20 Oakland Raiders W 24-10 1626.06 1641.38 46.79% 51.19% +13.01 6-1
1968-10-27 San Diego Chargers W 27-20 1639.07 1584.37 56.77% 41.21% +7.43 7-1
1968-11-03 @ Oakland Raiders L 21-38 1646.50 1632.19 51.05% 46.93% -14.29 7-2
1968-11-10 @ Cincinnati Bengals W 16-9 1632.21 1282.38 86.64% 11.36% +2.07 8-2
1968-11-17 Boston Patriots W 31-17 1634.28 1450.09 73.03% 24.96% +6.41 9-2
1968-11-28 Houston Oilers W 24-10 1640.69 1521.76 65.36% 32.62% +8.36 10-2
1968-12-08 @ San Diego Chargers W 40-3 1649.05 1589.60 57.43% 40.55% +16.82 11-2
1968-12-14 @ Denver Broncos W 30-7 1665.87 1428.28 78.34% 19.65% +6.48 12-2
1968-09-14 Houston Oilers L 10-24 1418.24 1526.62 33.97% 64.01% -8.70 0-1
1968-09-21 Oakland Raiders L 21-47 1409.54 1628.35 21.41% 76.57% -7.50 0-2
1968-09-28 Kansas City Chiefs L 3-48 1402.04 1605.66 22.92% 75.07% -10.57 0-3
1968-10-06 @ Houston Oilers W 24-7 1391.47 1515.60 31.97% 66.01% +18.44 1-3
1968-10-12 Buffalo Bills T 14-14 1409.91 1477.62 39.40% 58.58% +0.32 1-3
1968-10-20 @ Cincinnati Bengals W 24-22 1410.23 1293.81 65.04% 32.94% +3.19 2-3
1968-10-27 @ Denver Broncos L 14-21 1413.42 1435.12 45.87% 52.11% -8.26 2-4
1968-11-03 @ San Diego Chargers L 28-34 1405.16 1576.94 26.32% 71.67% -4.43 2-5
1968-11-10 @ Buffalo Bills W 21-17 1400.73 1444.89 42.69% 55.29% +7.51 3-5
1968-11-17 Cincinnati Bengals L 21-38 1408.24 1280.31 66.49% 31.50% -18.57 3-6
1968-11-24 @ Boston Patriots W 34-10 1389.67 1443.68 41.30% 56.68% +18.83 4-6
1968-12-01 @ New York Jets L 17-35 1408.50 1593.53 24.86% 73.12% -7.25 4-7
1968-12-08 Boston Patriots W 38-7 1401.25 1434.17 44.28% 53.70% +20.30 5-7
1968-12-15 New York Jets L 7-31 1421.55 1604.14 25.13% 72.86% -8.46 5-8
1968-09-15 @ Kansas City Chiefs W 20-19 1542.62 1598.22 41.08% 56.90% +3.86 1-0
1968-09-22 @ Boston Patriots W 47-31 1546.48 1507.04 54.63% 43.35% +11.82 2-0
1968-09-29 @ Buffalo Bills L 35-37 1558.30 1478.91 60.17% 37.81% -5.77 2-1
1968-10-05 San Diego Chargers W 23-20 1552.53 1565.57 47.12% 50.86% +5.98 3-1
1968-10-13 Denver Broncos L 13-21 1558.51 1434.63 65.98% 32.00% -12.64 3-2
1968-10-20 @ Houston Oilers W 20-14 1545.87 1510.16 54.10% 43.88% +7.32 4-2
1968-10-27 Boston Patriots W 48-14 1553.19 1489.48 58.02% 39.96% +15.90 5-2
1968-11-03 Buffalo Bills W 25-21 1569.09 1449.34 65.46% 32.52% +4.45 6-2
1968-11-10 Houston Oilers W 26-7 1573.54 1521.43 56.41% 41.57% +12.35 7-2
1968-11-17 @ Oakland Raiders L 32-43 1585.89 1656.67 38.98% 59.00% -8.82 7-3
1968-11-24 @ San Diego Chargers W 37-15 1577.07 1595.90 46.29% 51.69% +16.46 8-3
1968-12-01 Miami Dolphins W 35-17 1593.53 1408.50 73.12% 24.86% +7.25 9-3
1968-12-08 Cincinnati Bengals W 27-14 1600.78 1285.36 84.48% 13.51% +3.36 10-3
1968-12-15 @ Miami Dolphins W 31-7 1604.14 1421.55 72.86% 25.13% +8.45 11-3
1968-09-15 @ Buffalo Bills W 48-6 1612.91 1511.28 63.13% 34.85% +15.44 1-0
1968-09-21 @ Miami Dolphins W 47-21 1628.35 1409.54 76.57% 21.41% +7.50 2-0
1968-09-29 @ Houston Oilers W 24-15 1635.85 1522.44 64.66% 33.33% +6.84 3-0
1968-10-06 Boston Patriots W 41-10 1642.69 1500.01 68.29% 29.69% +11.33 4-0
1968-10-13 San Diego Chargers L 14-23 1654.02 1559.59 62.18% 35.80% -12.64 4-1
1968-10-20 @ Kansas City Chiefs L 10-24 1641.38 1626.06 51.19% 46.79% -13.01 4-2
1968-10-27 Cincinnati Bengals W 31-10 1628.37 1290.62 85.92% 12.08% +3.82 5-2
1968-11-03 Kansas City Chiefs W 38-21 1632.19 1646.50 46.93% 51.05% +14.30 6-2
1968-11-10 @ Denver Broncos W 43-7 1646.49 1459.97 73.28% 24.71% +10.18 7-2
1968-11-17 New York Jets W 43-32 1656.67 1585.89 59.00% 38.98% +8.82 8-2
1968-11-24 @ Cincinnati Bengals W 34-0 1665.49 1298.87 87.58% 10.42% +4.20 9-2
1968-11-28 Buffalo Bills W 13-10 1669.69 1425.15 78.96% 19.02% +2.27 10-2
1968-12-08 Denver Broncos W 33-27 1671.96 1431.55 78.59% 19.39% +3.27 11-2
1968-12-15 @ San Diego Chargers W 34-27 1675.23 1572.78 63.24% 34.74% +6.28 12-2
1968-09-06 Cincinnati Bengals W 29-13 1542.24 1275.00 80.90% 17.09% +4.71 1-0
1968-09-21 Houston Oilers W 30-14 1546.95 1535.31 50.66% 47.32% +12.87 2-0
1968-09-29 @ Cincinnati Bengals W 31-10 1559.82 1306.04 79.77% 18.22% +5.75 3-0
1968-10-05 @ New York Jets L 20-23 1565.57 1552.53 50.86% 47.12% -5.98 3-1
1968-10-13 @ Oakland Raiders W 23-14 1559.59 1654.02 35.80% 62.18% +12.64 4-1
1968-10-20 Denver Broncos W 55-24 1572.23 1447.27 66.12% 31.87% +12.14 5-1
1968-10-27 @ Kansas City Chiefs L 20-27 1584.37 1639.07 41.21% 56.77% -7.43 5-2
1968-11-03 Miami Dolphins W 34-28 1576.94 1405.16 71.67% 26.32% +4.42 6-2
1968-11-10 @ Boston Patriots W 27-17 1581.36 1457.00 66.04% 31.94% +6.92 7-2
1968-11-17 @ Buffalo Bills W 21-6 1588.28 1437.38 69.27% 28.71% +7.62 8-2
1968-11-24 New York Jets L 15-37 1595.90 1577.07 51.69% 46.29% -16.47 8-3
1968-12-01 @ Denver Broncos W 47-23 1579.43 1441.72 67.69% 30.29% +10.17 9-3
1968-12-08 Kansas City Chiefs L 3-40 1589.60 1649.05 40.55% 57.43% -16.82 9-4
1968-12-15 Oakland Raiders L 27-34 1572.78 1675.23 34.74% 63.24% -6.29 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 1672.35 1681.51 48.68% 51.32% -19.18 0-1
1968-12-29 Oakland Raiders W 27-23 1612.59 1700.69 37.59% 62.41% +8.31 1-0
1968-12-22 Kansas City Chiefs W 41-6 1681.51 1672.35 51.32% 48.68% +19.18 1-0
1968-12-29 @ New York Jets L 23-27 1700.69 1612.59 62.41% 37.59% -8.31 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
Team Elo Score Team Elo Score
1 1968-09-22 22.60% @ Cincinnati Bengals 1289.11 34 Buffalo Bills 1495.84 23
2 1968-09-15 23.75% @ Cincinnati Bengals 1270.29 24 Denver Broncos 1465.83 10
3 1968-11-17 31.50% Cincinnati Bengals 1280.31 38 @ Miami Dolphins 1408.24 21
4 1968-10-06 31.97% Miami Dolphins 1391.47 24 @ Houston Oilers 1515.60 7
5 1968-10-13 32.00% Denver Broncos 1434.63 21 @ New York Jets 1558.51 13
6 1968-10-13 35.80% San Diego Chargers 1559.59 23 @ Oakland Raiders 1654.02 14
7 1968-12-29 * 37.59% @ New York Jets 1612.59 27 Oakland Raiders 1700.69 23
8 1968-09-29 37.81% @ Buffalo Bills 1478.91 37 New York Jets 1558.30 35
9 1968-09-15 41.08% New York Jets 1542.62 20 @ Kansas City Chiefs 1598.22 19
10 1968-11-24 41.30% Miami Dolphins 1389.67 34 @ Boston Patriots 1443.68 10
11 1968-11-10 42.69% Miami Dolphins 1400.73 21 @ Buffalo Bills 1444.89 17
12 1968-12-08 44.28% @ Miami Dolphins 1401.25 38 Boston Patriots 1434.17 7
13 1968-11-03 44.66% Denver Broncos 1443.38 35 @ Boston Patriots 1473.59 14
14 1968-09-08 45.30% Boston Patriots 1496.31 16 @ Buffalo Bills 1522.01 7
15 1968-11-24 46.29% New York Jets 1577.07 37 @ San Diego Chargers 1595.90 15
16 1968-10-20 46.79% @ Kansas City Chiefs 1626.06 24 Oakland Raiders 1641.38 10
17 1968-11-03 46.93% @ Oakland Raiders 1632.19 38 Kansas City Chiefs 1646.50 21
18 1968-10-05 47.12% @ New York Jets 1552.53 23 San Diego Chargers 1565.57 20
19 1968-10-20 48.76% @ Boston Patriots 1475.69 23 Buffalo Bills 1477.30 6

Biggest Elo Changes

The 25 games that resulted in the largest shift in Elo rating. An asterisk (*) after the date indicates a playoff game. The 25 games that moved the Elo needle the most. Elo Δ is the magnitude of the rating swing; both teams move by the same amount per game (one up, one down). The winning side is shown first. An asterisk (*) after the date marks a playoff game.

# Date Elo Δ Winning Team Losing Team
Team Score Elo Win % Team Score Elo Win %
1 1968-12-08 20.30 @ Miami Dolphins 38 1401.25 44.28% Boston Patriots 7 1434.17 53.70%
2 1968-12-22 * 19.18 @ Oakland Raiders 41 1681.51 51.32% Kansas City Chiefs 6 1672.35 48.68%
3 1968-11-24 18.83 Miami Dolphins 34 1389.67 41.30% @ Boston Patriots 10 1443.68 56.68%
4 1968-09-15 18.82 @ Cincinnati Bengals 24 1270.29 23.75% Denver Broncos 10 1465.83 74.23%
5 1968-11-17 18.57 Cincinnati Bengals 38 1280.31 31.50% @ Miami Dolphins 21 1408.24 66.49%
6 1968-10-06 18.44 Miami Dolphins 24 1391.47 31.97% @ Houston Oilers 7 1515.60 66.01%
7 1968-09-22 16.93 @ Cincinnati Bengals 34 1289.11 22.60% Buffalo Bills 23 1495.84 75.38%
8 1968-12-08 16.82 Kansas City Chiefs 40 1649.05 57.43% @ San Diego Chargers 3 1589.60 40.55%
9 1968-11-03 16.59 Denver Broncos 35 1443.38 44.66% @ Boston Patriots 14 1473.59 53.32%
10 1968-11-24 16.47 New York Jets 37 1577.07 46.29% @ San Diego Chargers 15 1595.90 51.69%
11 1968-10-27 15.90 @ New York Jets 48 1553.19 58.02% Boston Patriots 14 1489.48 39.96%
12 1968-09-15 15.44 Oakland Raiders 48 1612.91 63.13% @ Buffalo Bills 6 1511.28 34.85%
13 1968-11-03 14.30 @ Oakland Raiders 38 1632.19 46.93% Kansas City Chiefs 21 1646.50 51.05%
14 1968-10-27 14.17 Houston Oilers 30 1502.84 54.61% @ Buffalo Bills 7 1463.51 43.37%
15 1968-10-20 13.79 @ Boston Patriots 23 1475.69 48.76% Buffalo Bills 6 1477.30 49.22%
16 1968-12-07 13.37 @ Houston Oilers 35 1513.40 61.66% Buffalo Bills 6 1422.88 36.32%
17 1968-10-20 13.01 @ Kansas City Chiefs 24 1626.06 46.79% Oakland Raiders 10 1641.38 51.19%
18 1968-10-13 13.00 Houston Oilers 16 1497.16 50.21% @ Boston Patriots 0 1488.69 47.77%
19 1968-09-21 12.87 @ San Diego Chargers 30 1546.95 50.66% Houston Oilers 14 1535.31 47.32%
20 1968-11-17 12.69 @ Houston Oilers 38 1509.07 57.41% Denver Broncos 17 1449.79 40.57%
21 1968-10-13 12.64 Denver Broncos 21 1434.63 32.00% @ New York Jets 13 1558.51 65.98%
22 1968-10-13 12.64 San Diego Chargers 23 1559.59 35.80% @ Oakland Raiders 14 1654.02 62.18%
23 1968-11-10 12.36 @ New York Jets 26 1573.54 56.41% Houston Oilers 7 1521.43 41.57%
24 1968-10-20 12.15 @ San Diego Chargers 55 1572.23 66.12% Denver Broncos 24 1447.27 31.87%
25 1968-12-15 12.09 @ Houston Oilers 45 1526.77 64.59% Boston Patriots 17 1413.88 33.39%