Super Bowl Point Spread Trends: ATS Records & Stats For Bucs vs. Chiefs

January 25, 2021 - by Jason Lisk

Tyrann Mathieu and the Chiefs defense ranks better in a category that has been correlated with a high percentage of Super Bowl covers (Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire)

In this post, we look at some broader trends in the Super Bowl when it comes to which teams have covered the point spread.

These trends include:

How favorites and underdogs have performed.
Performance of teams in the Super Bowl based on record, seeding entering the playoffs, and other overall regular season traits.
How often teams covered when they had a statistical advantage in various categories.
A comparison of some of the other stats we have compiled on TeamRankings, and how teams performed based on those stats.

We will also include notes about how these trends relate to this year’s matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Kansas City vs. Tampa Bay Point Spread Analysis

In terms of covering the point spread, an analysis of historical situational data shows that most of the situational team trends favor the Bucs, while most of the statistical indicators favor Kansas City.