Raiders-Steelers: An Organizational Comparison

If a team's age of existence made a difference in the quality of its performance, then the Pittsburgh Steelers should have the advantage in the Week 13 game with the Oakland Raiders.

However, being older does not necessarily make one more competent.

The Pittsburgh Steelers were founded in 1933, which would make the team about 76-years-old. The Oakland Raiders were founded in 1960, celebrating their 50th year, along with the other charter members of the AFL.

If these teams represented two men, a 76-year-old man is getting ready to compete with a 50-year-old man.

Given that analogy, who would win this competition?

Another way to look at the competitors is to look at a portion of the data for the two franchises:

Pittsburgh has 526 wins (to date) in 76 years, while Oakland would only need to be 8.95 years older in order to have the same level of performance.

Additionally, Pittsburgh has seven Super Bowl appearances in 76 years, using a proportion equation, the Raiders would need 4.6 Super Bowl appearances to match the Steelers' level of performance.

Since the Raiders have appeared in the Super Bowl five times, they have out performed the Steelers in this category.

However in terms of Super Bowl wins, the Raiders have under performed when compared to the Steelers. Oakland's actual number of Super Bowl wins is three, whereas mathematically it should be 3.947 when compared to the Steelers.

The win-loss percentage for the Raiders exceeds that of the Steelers. Oakland's percentage is 55.1 percent while the Steelers have won 51.6 percent of their games.

The Steelers have been in existence some 27 years longer, however, their win-loss percentage is below that of the Raiders.

Oakland Raiders organization may be younger and have had their struggles of late, but when they are good, they are very good .