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The NFL wants to establish a large fan base in London. But it never gave fans the chance to see a big clash between the top two teams.
In fact, after the 1-3 Jets took on the 1-3 Falcons in London on Sunday and the 1-3 Dolphins took on the 0-4 Jaguars next week, the NFL will have played 30 games in London, and it won’t. there still hasn’t been. It wasn’t a single match between two teams with record wins.
Jets-Falcons is the ninth London game to pit two teams with record defeats. Dolphins-Jaguars will be London’s 10th game to face two teams with record defeats. The other 20 London games had a team with a winning record or a .500 record, but neither team had a winning record.
The NFL sometimes sends bad teams to London because those teams struggle to fill their stadiums and aren’t afraid to give up a home game to play abroad. But sometimes London matches are just the victims of bad luck, with matches looking good on paper when scheduled, only for teams playing in London to struggle at the start of the season.
Here are London’s 30 games so far, with team records before the game:
2007: Giants (5-2) against Dolphins (0-7)
2008: Chargers (3-4) vs. Saints (3-4)
2009: Patriots (4-2) vs. Boucaniers (0-6)
2010: Broncos (2-5) against 49ers (1-6)
2011: Ours (3-3) against Boucaniers (4-2)
2012: Patriots (4-3) vs. Rams (3-4)
2013: Steelers (0-3) vs. Vikings (0-3)
2013: 49ers (5-2) vs. Jaguars (0-7)
2014: Dolphins (1-2) vs. Raiders (0-3)
2014: Lions (5-2) vs. Falcons (2-5)
2014: Cowboys (6-3) vs. Jaguars (1-8)
2015: Jets (2-1) vs. Dauphins (1-2)
2015: Bills (3-3) against Jaguars (1-5)
2015: Lions (1-6) vs. Chiefs (2-5)
2016: Colts (1-2) v Jaguars (0-3)
2016: Giants (3-3) vs. Rams (3-3)
2016: Washington (4-3) vs. the Bengals (3-4)
2017: Jaguars (1-1) vs. Ravens (2-0)
2017: Saints (1-2) vs Dolphins (1-1)
2017: Cardinals (3-3) v Rams (4-2)
2017: Vikings (5-2) vs. Browns (0-7)
2018: Seahawks (2-3) vs. Raiders (1-4)
2018: Titans (3-3) vs. Chargers (4-2)
2018: Jaguars (3-4) vs. Eagles (3-4)
2019: Raiders (2-2) vs. Bears (3-1)
2019: Buccaneers (2-3) vs. Panthers (3-2)
2019: Bengals (0-7) vs. Rams (4-3)
2019: Texans (5-3) vs. Jaguars (4-4)
2021: Jets (1-3) vs. Falcons (1-3)
2021: Dolphins (currently 1-3) vs. Jaguars (currently 0-4)
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