Oakland Raiders Have The Best Win Average Compared To Broncos, Colts, Chiefs

If you need a little encouragement, look at the data presented in this article. The win average over the history of the four franchises shows that the Oakland Raiders have .549 above the Broncos, Colts and Chiefs.

Broncos	0.523
Colts	0.521
Chiefs	0.519
Oakland	0.549
		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010 to date
Oakland total wins		12	10	11	4	5	4	2	4	5	5	6

Focusing only on the Oakland Raider's total wins since 2000, we see that the pattern shows a monotonic sequence from 2006 to date: two, four, five, five, six. The number of total wins per season is increasing.

During the history of the franchise, it seems that Oakland has earned above 300 points 36 times, if we include the 314 points already earned in 2010. This means that about 70 percent of the time, the Oakland Raiders will earn more than 300 points per season. So this year's team is in good standing when compared to previous years.

Hitting a total of 400 points in one season would be outstanding. There is still time enough to do that. Again, looking back at history we can make a few observations.

A chart showing the seasons when the Oakland Raiders scored above 400 points is revealing and inspiring.

The wide receivers during those high scoring years are noted.

Year	Total Points		Wide Receiver			Pt. Diff
1967	468		Biletnikoff			235	1
1968	453		Wells			220	2
1983	442		Christensen			104	5
2000	479		Brown			180	3
2002	450		Rice			146	4
Ranked Total Points in Season				Using Measure (Total Points + Pt. Diff)
468	453	442	479	450
235	220	104	180	146
703	673	546	659	596
1	2	5	3	4

In the Pro Football Reference website, the coach, wide receivers and others are cited. The implication is that good coaches and good wide receivers tend to make a difference in scoring, among other things.

Conclusion

Based on the overall history of the Oakland Raiders, you can expect some surprise endings and thriller plays during the last three games of the 2010 season.

Why not try for 400 or more points for the entire 2010 season, if nothing else? Do the math. All you need to do is look at these numbers:

400-314 = 86

86 divide by 3 = 27

27 divide by 4 quarters = 6.75

Well, lets just say, theoretically, that if the Oakland Raiders can get at least three or four touchdowns per game, it would be encouraging. If they get at least 27 points per game that would be very encouraging.

If they win all three games from this point, that would be terrific.

Go Raiders!