Game 1 road team: Minnesota : current rating = 23.77, last_5_delta = 0.00 home team: New Orleans : current rating = 23.33, last_5_delta = 0.00 New Orleans is favored by 4.5 *** Minnesota home sched rating: 18.63, ave MoV: 19.78 * Minnesota road sched rating: 18.53, ave MoV: 1.89 * New Orleans home sched rating: 20.97, ave MoV: 11.60 * New Orleans road sched rating: 19.05, ave MoV: 10.88 * * - last season's values Minnesota home/road ratings: 35.41 / 23.42 New Orleans home/road ratings: 29.57 / 32.93 Minnesota ave points for/against/combined: 29.56 / 18.22 / 47.78 New Orleans ave points for/against/combined: 32.16 / 20.89 / 53.05 Minnesota home points for/against/combined: 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 Minnesota road points for/against/combined: 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 New Orleans home points for/against/combined: 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 New Orleans road points for/against/combined: 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- recent history between these teams: 1/24/2010 Minnesota 28 + 3.5 at New Orleans 31 10/ 6/2008 Minnesota 30 + 3.0 at New Orleans 27 9/25/2005 New Orleans 16 + 4.0 at Minnesota 33 10/17/2004 Minnesota 38 - 3.5 at New Orleans 31 12/15/2002 Minnesota 32 + 7.0 at New Orleans 31 10/ 7/2001 Minnesota 15 + 4.5 at New Orleans 28 1/ 6/2001 New Orleans 16 + 7.5 at Minnesota 34 11/ 8/1998 New Orleans 24 +14.0 at Minnesota 31 average outcome: Minnesota 30.1 New Orleans 25.5 margin = -4.62 time-weighted average outcome: Minnesota 30.6 New Orleans 27.2 margin = -3.48 average result when the home team is New Orleans Minnesota 28.6 New Orleans 29.6 margin = 1.00 average result when the home team is Minnesota New Orleans 18.7 Minnesota 32.7 margin = 14.00 average total points per game = 55.62 time-weighted average total = 57.79 the home team covered 37.50 % of the time the road team covered 62.50 % of the time ave ATS differential = 0.88 the favorite covered 50.00 % of the time the underdog covered 50.00 % of the time ave ATS differential = 1.75 Minnesota covered 75.00 % of the time New Orleans covered 25.00 % of the time ---------------------------------------------------------------------- similar games in recent history: 11/29/2009 Arizona 17 + 2.5 at Tennessee 20 12/ 7/2008 Atlanta 25 + 3.0 at New Orleans 29 11/18/2007 NY Giants 16 + 2.5 at Detroit 10 12/24/2006 Tennessee 30 + 4.0 at Buffalo 29 10/23/2005 Dallas 10 + 3.5 at Seattle 13 10/ 9/2005 New England 31 - 2.0 at Atlanta 28 9/18/2005 Buffalo 3 + 2.5 at Tampa Bay 19 10/19/2003 Green Bay 24 + 4.5 at Saint Louis 34 11/10/2002 Atlanta 34 + 4.0 at Pittsburgh 34 9/23/2002 Saint Louis 14 - 2.5 at Tampa Bay 26 1/ 6/2002 Philadelphia 17 + 3.0 at Tampa Bay 13 1/14/2001 Minnesota 0 - 1.0 at NY Giants 41 12/12/1999 Detroit 16 + 4.0 at Tampa Bay 23 12/ 6/1999 Minnesota 17 - 3.0 at Tampa Bay 24 12/ 5/1999 Kansas City 16 + 3.5 at Denver 10 10/10/1999 San Francisco 20 + 3.5 at Saint Louis 42 1/ 3/1999 New England 10 + 7.0 at Jacksonville 25 11/16/1997 Washington 14 + 5.5 at Dallas 17 9/28/1997 Jacksonville 12 + 1.0 at Washington 24 average point spread = + 2.4 the home team covered 57.89 % of the time the road team covered 42.11 % of the time ave ATS differential = 4.71 the favorite covered 47.37 % of the time the underdog covered 52.63 % of the time ave ATS differential = -2.18 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- games with the same point spread: 11/23/2009 Tennessee 20 + 4.5 at Houston 17 11/ 8/2009 San Diego 21 + 4.5 at NY Giants 20 10/25/2009 Atlanta 21 + 4.5 at Dallas 37 9/27/2009 Atlanta 10 + 4.5 at New England 26 9/20/2009 Arizona 31 + 4.5 at Jacksonville 17 9/13/2009 NY Jets 24 + 4.5 at Houston 7 9/13/2009 Denver 12 + 4.5 at Cincinnati 7 11/30/2008 Atlanta 22 + 4.5 at San Diego 16 11/ 2/2008 Green Bay 16 + 4.5 at Tennessee 19 11/ 2/2008 Houston 21 + 4.5 at Minnesota 28 10/12/2008 New England 10 + 4.5 at San Diego 30 9/21/2008 Kansas City 14 + 4.5 at Atlanta 38 9/ 4/2008 Washington 7 + 4.5 at NY Giants 16 12/30/2007 Carolina 31 + 4.5 at Tampa Bay 23 11/18/2007 Chicago 23 + 4.5 at Seattle 30 11/11/2007 Jacksonville 28 + 4.5 at Tennessee 13 11/11/2007 Atlanta 20 + 4.5 at Carolina 13 10/28/2007 Jacksonville 24 + 4.5 at Tampa Bay 23 10/14/2007 Carolina 25 + 4.5 at Arizona 10 10/ 7/2007 Detroit 3 + 4.5 at Washington 34 12/31/2006 Cleveland 6 + 4.5 at Houston 14 11/ 5/2006 Cincinnati 20 + 4.5 at Baltimore 26 10/22/2006 Green Bay 34 + 4.5 at Miami 24 9/10/2006 Atlanta 20 + 4.5 at Carolina 6 12/17/2005 Tampa Bay 0 + 4.5 at New England 28 12/ 4/2005 Cincinnati 38 + 4.5 at Pittsburgh 31 11/13/2005 Arizona 21 + 4.5 at Detroit 29 11/ 6/2005 Oakland 23 + 4.5 at Kansas City 27 10/30/2005 Kansas City 20 + 4.5 at San Diego 28 9/11/2005 Chicago 7 + 4.5 at Washington 9 9/11/2005 Dallas 28 + 4.5 at San Diego 24 9/11/2005 Tampa Bay 24 + 4.5 at Minnesota 13 1/23/2005 Atlanta 10 + 4.5 at Philadelphia 27 11/28/2004 Baltimore 3 + 4.5 at New England 24 10/31/2004 Arizona 14 + 4.5 at Buffalo 38 10/ 3/2004 Cincinnati 17 + 4.5 at Pittsburgh 28 12/21/2003 Washington 24 + 4.5 at Chicago 27 12/ 7/2003 Dallas 10 + 4.5 at Philadelphia 36 12/ 7/2003 Houston 0 + 4.5 at Jacksonville 27 11/30/2003 Arizona 3 + 4.5 at Chicago 28 11/10/2003 Philadelphia 17 + 4.5 at Green Bay 14 11/ 2/2003 Pittsburgh 16 + 4.5 at Seattle 23 11/ 2/2003 Green Bay 30 + 4.5 at Minnesota 27 11/ 2/2003 Washington 14 + 4.5 at Dallas 21 10/26/2003 Cleveland 3 + 4.5 at New England 9 10/19/2003 Green Bay 24 + 4.5 at Saint Louis 34 1/11/2003 Pittsburgh 31 + 4.5 at Tennessee 34 12/29/2002 Seattle 31 + 4.5 at San Diego 28 11/24/2002 Indianapolis 23 + 4.5 at Denver 20 10/13/2002 Green Bay 28 + 4.5 at New England 10 10/13/2002 Detroit 24 + 4.5 at Minnesota 31 10/ 6/2002 San Diego 9 + 4.5 at Denver 26 9/15/2002 Oakland 30 + 4.5 at Pittsburgh 17 9/ 8/2002 Seattle 17 + 4.5 at Oakland 31 9/ 8/2002 Minnesota 23 + 4.5 at Chicago 27 1/12/2002 NY Jets 24 + 4.5 at Oakland 38 12/30/2001 NY Giants 21 + 4.5 at Philadelphia 24 11/18/2001 Chicago 27 + 4.5 at Tampa Bay 24 11/18/2001 Indianapolis 20 + 4.5 at New Orleans 34 11/11/2001 Kansas City 7 + 4.5 at NY Jets 27 10/ 7/2001 Minnesota 15 + 4.5 at New Orleans 28 9/30/2001 Baltimore 20 + 4.5 at Denver 13 9/ 9/2001 Pittsburgh 3 + 4.5 at Jacksonville 21 1/ 7/2001 Philadelphia 10 + 4.5 at NY Giants 20 11/26/2000 Buffalo 17 + 4.5 at Tampa Bay 31 11/ 5/2000 San Diego 15 + 4.5 at Seattle 17 10/15/2000 Dallas 14 + 4.5 at NY Giants 19 10/ 8/2000 Cleveland 21 + 4.5 at Arizona 29 9/24/2000 New England 3 + 4.5 at Miami 10 9/17/2000 San Diego 10 + 4.5 at Kansas City 42 9/10/2000 New Orleans 28 + 4.5 at San Diego 27 9/10/2000 Miami 7 + 4.5 at Minnesota 13 1/15/2000 Washington 13 + 4.5 at Tampa Bay 14 1/ 8/2000 Buffalo 16 + 4.5 at Tennessee 22 12/25/1999 Denver 17 + 4.5 at Detroit 7 12/20/1999 Green Bay 20 + 4.5 at Minnesota 24 11/28/1999 Arizona 34 + 4.5 at NY Giants 24 11/21/1999 Pittsburgh 10 + 4.5 at Tennessee 16 11/21/1999 New England 17 + 4.5 at Miami 27 10/10/1999 Atlanta 20 + 4.5 at New Orleans 17 10/ 4/1999 Buffalo 23 + 4.5 at Miami 18 9/26/1999 Seattle 29 + 4.5 at Pittsburgh 10 9/19/1999 Indianapolis 28 + 4.5 at New England 31 12/27/1998 Carolina 27 + 4.5 at Indianapolis 19 12/ 6/1998 NY Giants 23 + 4.5 at Arizona 19 11/29/1998 Indianapolis 31 + 4.5 at Baltimore 38 11/15/1998 Philadelphia 3 + 4.5 at Washington 28 11/ 8/1998 Washington 27 + 4.5 at Arizona 29 10/ 4/1998 NY Giants 3 + 4.5 at Tampa Bay 20 10/ 4/1998 Seattle 6 + 4.5 at Kansas City 17 9/20/1998 Saint Louis 34 + 4.5 at Buffalo 33 9/20/1998 Philadelphia 3 + 4.5 at Arizona 17 9/13/1998 Kansas City 16 + 4.5 at Jacksonville 21 9/ 6/1998 Atlanta 19 + 4.5 at Carolina 14 12/27/1997 Minnesota 23 + 4.5 at NY Giants 22 11/23/1997 New Orleans 3 + 4.5 at Atlanta 20 10/19/1997 Jacksonville 22 + 4.5 at Dallas 26 9/28/1997 Seattle 17 + 4.5 at Kansas City 20 9/21/1997 Baltimore 36 + 4.5 at Tennessee 10 9/21/1997 San Diego 22 + 4.5 at Seattle 26 9/21/1997 Kansas City 35 + 4.5 at Carolina 14 9/14/1997 Tampa Bay 28 + 4.5 at Minnesota 14 9/14/1997 Buffalo 16 + 4.5 at Kansas City 22 9/ 8/1997 Kansas City 28 + 4.5 at Oakland 27 9/ 7/1997 Buffalo 28 + 4.5 at NY Jets 22 8/31/1997 New Orleans 24 + 4.5 at Saint Louis 38 12/ 1/1996 Arizona 17 + 4.5 at Minnesota 41 11/24/1996 Carolina 31 + 4.5 at Houston 6 11/17/1996 Seattle 16 + 4.5 at Detroit 17 11/10/1996 NY Giants 17 + 4.5 at Carolina 27 10/27/1996 NY Jets 31 + 4.5 at Arizona 21 10/13/1996 Washington 27 + 4.5 at New England 22 9/22/1996 Chicago 16 + 4.5 at Detroit 35 9/ 8/1996 New England 10 + 4.5 at Buffalo 17 9/ 1/1996 Seattle 7 + 4.5 at San Diego 29 the home team covered 48.70 % of the time the road team covered 51.30 % of the time ave ATS differential = -0.43 the favorite covered 48.70 % of the time the underdog covered 51.30 % of the time ave ATS differential = -0.43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- last 8 results for each team: *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------