It's a long season and a tough road to get to the playoffs much alone the ultimate game, so i thought i would look back on previous Superbowl winners and see how they did in reference to their Offensive and Defensive rankings.
Here are the previous SB winners and there rankings for Offense(Overall, Passing, Rushing) and Defense (Overall, Passing and Rushing). No stats for the first 4 SB champs. Only 2 teams have won the SB without a top 10 Offensive or Defensive unit(SB XV Oakland Raiders, SB XXXVI NE Patriots). Not sure how the Patriots won that SB with a below average Offense and Defense).
Only 2 teams have ever had the top Offensive and Defensive units( SB VII Miami Dolphins and XII Dallas Cowboys). They always says Defense wins Superbowls, but i think New Orleans proved that incorrect last year with the #1 Offense and the #25 ranked Defense.
8 teams have won the Superbowl with the top ranked Offense
8 teams have won the Superbowl with the top ranked Defense
A majority of the SB champs have had top 10 units in both categories.
| SuperBowl | Team | Offense Ranking | Defense Ranking | |||||
| Total | Passing | Rushing | Total | Passing | Rushing | |||
| I | Green Bay Packers | 15 | 12 | 11 | No Stats | No Stats | No Stats | |
| II | Green Bay Packers | 13 | 16 | 5 | No Stats | No Stats | No Stats | |
| III | New York Jets | 4 | 3 | 20 | No Stats | No Stats | No Stats | |
| IV | Kansas City Chiefs | 6 | 16 | 2 | No Stats | No Stats | No Stats | |
| V | Baltimore Colts | 8 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 21 | 6 | |
| VI | Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 2 | |
| VII | Miami Dolphins | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| VIII | Miami Dolphins | 9 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| IX | Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| X | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| XI | Oakland Raiders | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 10 | |
| XII | Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| XIII | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 2 | |
| XIV | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |
| XV | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 5 | |
| XVI | San Francisco 49ers | 13 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| XVII | Washington Redskins | 7 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |
| XVIII | Oakland Raiders | 7 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 4 | |
| XIX | San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 7 | |
| XX | Chicago Bears | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| XXI | New York Giants | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 1 | |
| XXII | Washington Redskins | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | |
| XXIII | San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |
| XXIV | San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 | |
| XXV | New York Giants | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| XXVI | Washington Redskins | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | |
| XXVII | Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| XXVIII | Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | |
| XXIX | San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 2 | |
| XXX | Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 16 | |
| XXXI | Green Bay Packers | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| XXXII | Denver Broncos | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| XXXIII | Denver Broncos | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 3 | |
| XXXIV | St. Louis Rams | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 1 | |
| XXXV | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| XXXVI | New England Patriots | 19 | 22 | 13 | 24 | 24 | 19 | |
| XXXVII | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 24 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| XXXVIII | New England Patriots | 17 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 4 | |
| XXXIX | New England Patriots | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 6 | |
| XL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 3 | |
| XLI | Indianapolis Colts | 3 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 32 | |
| XLII | New York Giants | 16 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | |
| XLIII | Pittsburgh Steelers | 22 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| XLIV | New Orleans Saints | 1 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 26 | |
| XLV | ????? | |||||||
Where do you feel the Dolphins might fall into this group? I ranked them this year to the SB XXVIII Champs Dallas Cowboys. Top 5 offense and a top 10 ranked Defense. Next year, they should improve those numbers to top 5 in both categories.
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