nfl sked trivia

In 2002, the NFL got a lot of structural things right. They added the Texans creating a 32-team league. More importantly, this makes it an even number of teams. Why is that so important? Because prior to 2002, there was at least one team on a bye every week, including obviously week 1 and week 17. That blows.

Also, this is the 8th year of the 8-year scheduling rotation started in 2002. So at the conclusion of this year, every team will have played every other team at least once, both home and away. That's nice.

Here were some of the quirks from the pre-2002 sked:

# Oakland did not play in Pittsburgh from 1981 through 1999.
# Miami and Denver played once between 1983-1997 when Dan Marino and John Elway were in their primes.
# Green Bay and Washington did not play from 1989-2000 and have not played in Washington since 1979.
# Atlanta and the New York Giants did not play from 1989-1997.
# Pittsburgh and Kansas City have played five consecutive times in Kansas City.
# Green Bay played in Dallas four years in a row from 1993-96.
# Tampa Bay has never played in Buffalo.


It also means that all the interconference matchups taking place this year, haven't happenned since at least 2001, and in some cases a lot longer. For example: Cowboys at Broncos this week. The last time that happened was in 1998.

So I'd thought I'd look at the Chiefs 2009 NFL sked and see when the last time those matchups occurred.

Chiefs at Eagles, week 3 2009. Previously: 1998
Giants at Chiefs, week 4 2009. Previously: 2001
Cowboys at Chiefs, week 5 2009. Previously: 1998
Chiefs at Redskins, week 6 2009. Previously: 2001

So there you go. It's been 11 years since Kansas City hosted the Dallas Cowboys. Will it be worth the wait? No.