{"id":21,"date":"2020-11-03T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/statsblog\/?p=21"},"modified":"2020-11-04T15:53:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T19:53:28","slug":"nfl-greatest-yard-differential-for-a-losing-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/statsblog\/nfl-greatest-yard-differential-for-a-losing-team\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Greatest Yard Differential For A Losing Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Dolphins&#8217; Sunday win over the Los Angeles Rams made NFL history. The Rams gained 326 more total yards than the Dolphins in the game but still lost. That marks the 6th greatest yard differential for a loser in an NFL game in the Super Bowl Era.<\/p>\n<p>It was also the most lopsided margin in terms of yards for the winner vs the loser since 2006 when the Bucs beat the Eagles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NFL LOSING TEAM OUT-GAINING THE WINNER YARDAGE DIFFERENTIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\t\tfont-size: 12px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; \n\t\tfont-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\t} \n\t.tableizer-table td {\n\t\tpadding: 4px;\n\t\tmargin: 3px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC;\n\t}\n\t.tableizer-table th {\n\t\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\t\tcolor: #FFF;\n\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th>Year<\/th>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Game<\/th>\n<th>Score<\/th>\n<th>Yds<\/th>\n<th>Diff<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2000<\/td>\n<td>24-Dec<\/td>\n<td>Baltimore Ravens d New York Jets<\/td>\n<td>34-20<\/td>\n<td>142-524<\/td>\n<td>382<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2002<\/td>\n<td>8-Dec<\/td>\n<td>Houston Texans d Pittsburgh Steelers<\/td>\n<td>24-6<\/td>\n<td>47-422<\/td>\n<td>375<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1985<\/td>\n<td>15-Sep<\/td>\n<td>Detroit Lions d Dallas Cowboys<\/td>\n<td>26-21<\/td>\n<td>200-554<\/td>\n<td>354<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1986<\/td>\n<td>21-Dec<\/td>\n<td>Kansas City Chiefs d Pittsburgh Steelers<\/td>\n<td>24-19<\/td>\n<td>171-515<\/td>\n<td>344<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1996<\/td>\n<td>20-Oct<\/td>\n<td>St. Louis Rams d Jacksonville Jaguars<\/td>\n<td>17-14<\/td>\n<td>204-538<\/td>\n<td>334<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<td>1-Nov<\/td>\n<td>Miami Dolphins d Los Angeles Rams<\/td>\n<td>28-17<\/td>\n<td>145-471<\/td>\n<td>326<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2006<\/td>\n<td>22-Oct<\/td>\n<td>Tampa Bay Buccaneers d Philadelphia Eagles<\/td>\n<td>23-21<\/td>\n<td>196-506<\/td>\n<td>310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1980<\/td>\n<td>12-Oct<\/td>\n<td>Tampa Bay Buccaneers d Green Bay Packers<\/td>\n<td>14-14<\/td>\n<td>262-569<\/td>\n<td>307<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1989<\/td>\n<td>12-Nov<\/td>\n<td>Detroit Lions d Green Bay Packers<\/td>\n<td>31-22<\/td>\n<td>128-432<\/td>\n<td>304<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Thanks to Pro Football Reference for the data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Dolphins&#8217; Sunday win over the Los Angeles Rams made NFL history. 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