This graphic about the NFL in 2011 will blow your mind (again).

December 20, 2011 By 11 Comments

It’s like deja vu all over again.

Last year I posted a graphic similar to the one below. That was on November 23rd. It took about a month longer this season, but the same “any given Sunday” concept can now be represented in graphical form once again.

any-given-sunday-graphic

All credit for the graphic goes to Reddit user butterbuttz. It has 630 upvotes and counting as I type this.

Update: And just who is “butterbuttz” you may be wondering? He is Scott Hamilton of the blog Crabby Scott’s. Follow him on Twitter at @NYYSportsFan.

I would actually be curious to know if this concept has been applicable in every NFL season (other than 1972, of course). My guess is no, but I bet it does happen more often than it does not. I’m not about to take the time to figure it out, but if anyone has this knowledge offhand please comment below.

Sharing This Article Supports Operation Homefront -- Here's How

Filed Under: NFL Tagged With: any given sunday, NFL
About Jerod Morris

A proud graduate of Indiana University, Jerod Morris founded Midwest Sports Fans in August of 2008 and has been its Managing Editor every day since. Follow him on Twitter (@JerodMorris) for MSF updates, sports discussion, and a compelling daily assortment of funny and interesting links.
In addition to his work at MSF, Jerod hosts the fast-growing Indiana basketball postgame show The Assembly Call and provides regular music recommendations at IndieChristmas.com. He also helped develop the Synthesis Managed WordPress Hosting platform on which MSF and all of his other sites are run.

  • Aaron

    The Detroit Lions Lost every Game in 2008, so that year is out.

  • http://www.midwestsportsfans.com JerodMSF

    Yeah, and the Bucs when they went 0-14. I should have mentioned those too. I should have phrased the question this way: have there been any years in which no team went undefeated or winless where a graphic like this could NOT have been made?

  • Pingback: === popurls.com === popular today

  • playinpossum

    Nice graph.

  • http://www.midwestsportsfans.com JerodMSF

    Thank you.

  • Pingback: - Cosby Sweaters

  • Bryan

    I'd be surprised if it didn't work during any year without a undefeated or winless season with the current schedule format. Start with the teams with the fewest wins and losses and then with 12 games within the division and 16 games between pairs of divisions after you've done the teams with only 1 or 2 wins or losses there are enough games that there are many ways to connect most of the teams.

    Maybe there is a year where two 13-1 or two 1-13 teams in a division split their games but chances are it works for any year except the undefeated Dolphins and winless Bucs and Lions.

  • Pingback: This Graphic Tells You Everything You Need To Know About How Wild This NFL Season Has Been | Athens Report

  • http://crabbyscotts.blogspot.com/ Scott

    Thanks. I put this graph together when I was trying to forget the Giants loss on Sunday. You can follow me on twitter (@nyysportsfan).

  • Steve

    Sorry, I'm the dummy. What the HECK does this thing show??

  • http://crabbyscotts.blogspot.com/ Scott

    Follow the circle clockwise. The team preceding beat the team following.