What percentage of NFL games are won by the team that scores first?
What percentage of NFL games are won by the team that scores the first touchdown?
What percentage of NFL games are won by the team that scores the first field goal?

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Request for Question Clarification by brettquest-ga on 31 Jan 2006 20:24 PST

Sandywa11ace-ga:

Allow me to ask the parameters of the statistical survey you're
interested in. Is it the entire statistical history of the NFL for the
paticular categories you've listed, the 2005-2006 season just past,
the Super Bowls, or some other timeframe? Also, are you interested
only in regular season statistics, only playoffs, or combined?

Thank you,

Brettquest-ga

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Clarification of Question by sandywa11ace-ga on 01 Feb 2006 05:06 PST

The last five years of regular season play would be representative and
answer the question. Playoff and Superbowl games would probably be
anomalous although a comparison could be interesting. Cite source
please.

In the last 5 years...

percentage of NFL games won by the team that scores the first touchdown? 71%

percentage of NFL games won by the team that scores the first field goal? 59%

percentage of NFL games won by the team that scores first? average of
above stats is 65%