I realized that I haven't done a single entry on the NFL out of the first 90. That mainly has to do with that the NFL doesn't interest me nearly as much as it used too. And a lot of that has to do with the current state of my San Francisco 49ers. It's tough to get too inerested when you're force fed your terrible team every Sunday in which I can't typically make it through an entire a game before changing the channel. When your team is this bad there's no point in paying much attention to other scores as every other game is inconsequential when your team has no shot at the playoffs.

 

So I decided I'll every once a while during the season come up with some total random list of useless NFL facts and useless facts is the true heart of this blog. So this week, since it is Week 1, I give you the Week 1 results of every eventual Super Bowl champion. Before the list here are a few useless facts to throw out.

 

-Eventual Super Bowl champions are 33-6-1 overall in Week 1.

 

-1981 49ers were the first eventual Super Bowl champ to lose their Week 1 game.

 

-Of the six teams who have defeated the eventual Super Bowl champ in Week 1, none of them made the playoffs.

 

-Only once has the eventual Super Bowl champion played the defending Super Bowl champion, 1976 when the Raiders beat the Steelers.

 

-For three straights from 2001-2003 the eventual Super Bowl champion lost it's Week 1 game, matching the total number of times the eventual Super Bowl champ had lost the previous 35 years.

 

1966

Packers 24, Colts 3

 

1967

Packers 17, Lions 17 tie

 

1968

Jets 20, Chiefs 19

 

1969

Chiefs 27, Chargers 9

 

1970

Colts 16, Chargers 14

 

1971

Cowboys 49, Bills 37

 

1972

Dolphins 20, Chiefs 10

 

1973

Dolphins 21, 49ers 13

 

1974

Steelers 30, Colts 0

 

1975

Steelers 37, Chargers 0

 

1976

Raiders 31, Steelers 28

 

1977

Cowboys 16, Vikings 10

 

1978

Steelers 28, Bills 17

 

1979

Steelers 16, Patriots 13

 

1980

Raiders 27, Chiefs 14

 

1981

Lions 24, 49ers 17

 

1982

Redskins 37, Eagles 34

 

1983

Raiders 20, Bengals 10

 

1984

49ers 30, Lions 27

 

1985

Bears 38, Bucs 28

 

1986

Cowboys 31, Giants 28

 

1987

Redskins 34, Eagles 24

 

1988

49ers 34, Saints 33

 

1989

49ers 30, Colts 24

 

1990

Giants 27, Eagles 20

 

1991

Redskins 45, Lions 0

 

1992

Cowboys 23, Redskins 10

 

1993

Redskins 35, Cowboys 16

 

1994

49ers 44, Raiders 14

 

1995

Cowboys 35, Giants 0

 

1996

Packers 34, Bucs 3

 

1997

Broncos 19, Chiefs 3

 

1998

Broncos 27, Patriots 21

 

1999

Rams 27, Ravens 10

 

2000

Ravens 16, Steelers 0

 

2001

Bengals 23, Patriots 17

 

2002

Saints 26, Bucs 20

 

2003

Bills 31, Patriots 0

 

2004

Patriots 27, Colts 24

 

2005

Steelers 34, Titans 7