To briefly recap: in the Mike Tomlin Era (2007-present) the Steelers hold a 36-10 record at home, 20-8 record in road games in the Eastern Time Zone and 5-12 record in games outside the Eastern Time Zone. Those numbers include regular season and playoff games.
When I dug deeper into the 5-12 road record, my first instinct was to break it down by time zone. In Central Time, the Steelers were 3-6 with wins coming in St Louis, Tennessee, and Kansas City. The six losses came to Tennessee, Chicago, Kansas City, New Orleans, Houston and to Green Bay in the Super Bowl in Dallas. The Steelers posted a similar 33.3% winning percentage in Mountain Time with a 1-3 record in Denver (including the playoff loss) and a 1-1 record in Arizona. Surprisingly, the Steelers have only played two games in the Pacific Time Zone under Tomlin (San Francisco last year and Oakland this year) and they lost them both.
The Steelers record obviously got worse the farther they traveled from home, and this made the next question obvious: does mileage make a difference? This provided an interesting point of analysis because cities like Miami and Tampa in the Eastern Time Zone were actually farther from Pittsburgh than some cities in the Central Time Zone.
- The Steelers were 8-4 in games less than 250 miles from Pittsburgh. Three of these four losses came in Baltimore.
- When the Steelers had to travel 250 to 500 miles, they were 6-4, a 60% winning percentage.
- When travelling 500 to 1000 miles, the Steelers were 5-3, a 62.5% winning percentage.
- When travelling 1000 to 1500 miles, the Steelers were 5-6.
- The Steelers played no games against opponents between 1500 and 2000 miles but were 1-3 against teams over 2000 miles away.
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