Saints Can Sweep Tom Brady, Buccaneers With A Playoff Win: Here’s How Often Sweeps Happen In NFL History

When New Orleans and Tampa Bay face off in the playoff division round on Sunday, the Buccaneers will be hoping the third time will charm them and that’s because the first two meetings between these two teams ended in victories. brilliant for the Saints.

New Orleans’ first win came in Week 1 when they passed the Buccaneers 34-23, then the Saints followed it up with a 38-3 win in Week 9 (we count the first win as a rash because she was 34-17 late in the game until the Buccaneers scored a touchdown in the trash).

After sweeping the regular season streak the Saints will now play a three game sweep and despite what you may have heard, beating a team three times in a season isn’t as hard as it sounds. . In fact, the team that took part in the sweep have won over 66% of the time since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.

Over the past 50 years, there have been a total of 21 playoff games where one team went for a three-game sweep and in those cases the team that went for the sweep got a 14-7 record. . Saints Advantage.

Of those 21 games, the sweeping team played at home a total of 17 times and in these cases the sweeping team scored 12-5. Advantage Saints.

Of the 14 teams that passed a sweep, six of them played in the Super Bowl.

Over the past 25 years, a total of 12 teams have participated in the three-game sweep and have gone 9-3 in those games. The last team to pull off a sweep was actually the Saints and they did so in 2017 when they beat the Panthers three times. In this case, although the Saints won the first two games with flying colors, they only won the playoff 31-26.

The last time a team avoided a sweep was in 2007 and the Buccaneers would probably love to emulate that situation. Thirteen years ago, the Cowboys swept the Giants in the regular season, but then lost to them in the playoffs. Not only did the Giants avoid the sweep, but they won the Super Bowl.

Probably the most notable sweep came in 1999 when the Jaguars 14-3 were swept away by the Titans. During the 1999 season, the Jags went 0-3 against Tennessee and 14-0 against everyone.

If the Saints pass the sweep, they will become the first team to beat Tom Brady three times in a season. Of course, one thing that works in their favor is that they already hold the distinction of being the first divisional rival to ever sweep Brady, so they probably won’t be too worried that no one has ever beaten him. thrice.

Here’s a look at the 21 times in NFL history a team has gone for a playoff sweep: