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Super Bowl curse
Forbandelsen over hjemmebane rammer værtsholdet i Super Bowl. Indtil videre er det endnu ikke lykkedes noget hold at nå Super Bowl på deres hjemmebane. Fire hold med Super Bowl på deres hjemmebane har kvalificeret sig til divisionsslutspillet: Miami Dolphins 1994, Miami Dolphins 1998, Houston Texans 2016 og Minnesota Vikings 2017, idet Vikings var de første, der kvalificerede sig til deres konferences titelkamp. Fra 1966-2011 (eksklusive de seks Super Bowl-kampe, der blev afholdt på et stadion uden et professionelt hold) har Super Bowl-værtsholdet haft 11 vindende sæsoner, fire delte sæsoner og 25 tabende sæsoner. Matematisk set er sandsynligheden for, at så mange tabende sæsoner eller mere opstår tilfældigt (hvis man antager, at der er 50 % chance for at få en tabende sæson (hvis man ser bort fra sæsoner med 500 point)), 7,69 %. Det skal dog bemærkes, at Super Bowl-værtsstadionet vælges flere år før kampen spilles, uden at der tages hensyn til, hvilke hold der kvalificerer sig.
Super Bowl curse
The home field curse affects the host team of the Super Bowl. So far no team has yet managed to reach the Super Bowl in their home stadium. Four teams with Super Bowls in their home venue have qualified for the divisional playoffs: the 1994 Miami Dolphins, the 1998 Miami Dolphins, the 2016 Houston Texans, and the 2017 Minnesota Vikings, the Vikings being the first to qualify for their conference's title game. From 1966–2011 (excluding the six Super Bowl games held in a stadium without a professional team), the Super Bowl host team has had 11 winning seasons, four split seasons, and 25 losing seasons. Mathematically, the probability of that many losing seasons or more occurring by chance (assuming a 50 percent chance of having a losing season (disregarding .500 seasons)) is 7.69 percent. It should be noted, however, that the Super Bowl host stadium is selected several years before the game is played, without regard to the teams that qualify.
Super Bowl curse