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[Patsfanin Philly]

what do consider a decade? does it begin the 00 season? or the 01 season?

Keep in mind in the 70's, they only played 14 games until 1976 IIRC so you have to figure the Cowboys would have a few more than 104 if they had played a longer season.............
I think winning percentage in a decade is a fairer yardstick...

 

[xmarkd400x]

There's technically only one more Super Bowl in the 00's decade we can win.

I disagree.

It would be seasons that start in the '00s decade.

The Patriots won the 2001 superbowl even though the actual game was played in 2002.

Similarly the 2009 season's superbowl will be played in 2010, but it will still be called to the 2009 superbowl.

However, should the league add two games and the Superbowl starts getting played in March, they might start going basketball and calling ith the '08-'09 or '09-'10 superbowl

 

[drew4008]

I would agree with that as well, which is why I said technically. It will still be hard to beat the record.

 

[spacecrime]

Ok, but you would be wrong:

decade definition |Dictionary.com

???? This only says the accurate thing, that a decade is 10 years.

A decade lke the 90's begins with 1991. I thought everyone understood this when 2001 wasn't titled 2000. It was because the millenium began with 2001.

As MGTEICH said, the first decade is 10 years not 9. It runs from year 1 to year 10. The second decade goes from year 11 to year 20. The third decade runs from year 21 to 30.

THe rest follow to 1991 to 2000, and 2001 to 2010.

 

[drew4008]

No, that's flat out wrong. A decade is from the 0 to the 9. If say the '50s went from 51-60 then all of 1960 would be part of the 50s in your definition, which is incorrect. Sheesh... is this that hard to understand? Look, here is a decade:

Jan.1, 1950 - Dec.31, 1950 - Year 1
Jan.1, 1951 - Dec.31, 1951 - Year 2
Jan.1, 1952 - Dec.31, 1952 - Year 3
Jan.1, 1953 - Dec.31, 1953 - Year 4
Jan.1, 1954 - Dec.31, 1954 - Year 5
Jan.1, 1955 - Dec.31, 1955 - Year 6
Jan.1, 1956 - Dec.31, 1956 - Year 7
Jan.1, 1957 - Dec.31, 1957 - Year 8
Jan.1, 1958 - Dec.31, 1958 - Year 9
Jan.1, 1959 - Dec.31, 1959 - Year 10

 

[mgteich]

COnsider the first year of modern era.

January 1, 0
Jaunury 2, 0
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January 1, Year 1
....
December 31, 0010 the last day of the first decade.
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December 31, 1000 the last day of the first millenium
December 31, 2000 the last day of the second millenium
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January 1, 2001 the first day of the first decade of ther third millenium
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And yes, you can count any way that is convenient. If you want start counting the century on January 1, 2000 that's fine. However, the decade, the century, the meillenium started on January 1, 2001.

Jaunaury 1, 2000 was a big deal because of an expected massive computer failure, not because the decade/century/millelnium really started one year early.
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No, that's flat out wrong. A decade is from the 0 to the 9. If say the '50s went from 51-60 then all of 1960 would be part of the 50s in your definition, which is incorrect. Sheesh... is this that hard to understand? Look, here is a decade:

Jan.1, 1950 - Dec.31, 1950 - Year 1
Jan.1, 1951 - Dec.31, 1951 - Year 2
Jan.1, 1952 - Dec.31, 1952 - Year 3
Jan.1, 1953 - Dec.31, 1953 - Year 4
Jan.1, 1954 - Dec.31, 1954 - Year 5
Jan.1, 1955 - Dec.31, 1955 - Year 6
Jan.1, 1956 - Dec.31, 1956 - Year 7
Jan.1, 1957 - Dec.31, 1957 - Year 8
Jan.1, 1958 - Dec.31, 1958 - Year 9
Jan.1, 1959 - Dec.31, 1959 - Year 10

 

[mgteich]

I start with the 2001 season (I want to have three more chance for a SB this decade, not two) . As was stated, we are not even a shoe-in for this decade 2001-2010 (the colts are close). We wouldn't be for 2000-2009 either.

When comparing to other era, percentages should be used because of the differing numbers of regular season games; ditto if we include post season games in the analysis.

what do consider a decade? does it begin the 00 season? or the 01 season?

 

[godef]

I think that we are going to be a shoe-in, but does anyone know the record for most wins in a decade? By my count we are at 93 reg season wins thios decade with 29 games to go. Anyone know the record? I believe we are blowing away the post-season record too.

Do you mean specific decades (ie, the 70's, the 80's etc) or any 10 year period? This question would be unfair to any team who had a dynasty run from the middle of one decade to the next.

And do you mean the popular or technical timeframe for a decade? This is critical to your question because the popular timeframe for the current decade would be any year starting with 200... (excluding the year 200 ) ie 2000-2009, whereas the technical timeframe for the current century is actually 2001-2010 (the 201st set of 10 years, 1-10, 11-20, etc, ending with 2001-2010). The Pats are likely to get more wins in 2010 than the 5 wins they got in 2000. It would be even more important to Brady who was not credited with any wins in 2000, particularly since he won't be getting any this year.

 

[godef]

There's two ways to look at the question, and the Niners hold both records. For a decade classified in the format of 60s, 70s, 80s, and the like, then the Niners hold the record in the 90s, with 113 wins. If it's for any 10 years, then from 89 to 98, the Niners had 123 wins.

In which case, the Pats have 88 wins with 45 games to go in the 2001-2010 period, meaning they would need to win 36 of 45 to break that mark. Or perhaps if they don't quite hit this mark, they can win more than 20 games in 2011-2012 to earn the mark for the 2003-2012 period.

 

[texpat]

The Cowboys won 105 games in the 1970s.
The 9ers won 104 games in the 1980s.

I just added that stuff up off profootballreference.com. I can't imagine a team winning more than that.

If you are using 1970-1979, eight of those years were played with 14 games seasons. The league went to 16 games in 1978.

Had the Cowboys had 16 extra regular season games during that time, they reasonably could have had 10-12 more wins.

Regardless, you are talking about some great teams.

 

[godef]

Decades run from the 0 to the 9

Actually, a decade is a 10 year period which can begin anytime, like, today perhaps. But I know what you're getting at, and this is really just a corollary to the old "what year did the 21st century start?" debate.

Per both the Navel and Greenwich Obervatories, the correct answer to that was 2001. The only reason why folks thought it was 2000 is because they got easily impressed when so many numbers changed in the new year all at once. But since there was no year 0, the 1st century lasted from the year 1 to the year 100, the second from 101-200, and so forth. The 20th centruy lasts from 2001 to 2100... I mean, why do you think it's called the 21st century?!?

So in line with that, if there is any "official" definition of a specific decade, then its from 1 to 0, not 0 to 9.

 

[godef]

Ok, but you would be wrong:

decade definition |Dictionary.com

decade - definition of decade by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

Decade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That's why the decades are named after the first year, not the last. The 50's, for example, don't include 1960, they are 1950-1959.

Well, all your sources got this wrong. Ironically, the following Wikipedia write-up for "Century" contradicts its own write-up for "Decade": Century - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to the Gregorian calendar, the 1st century AD started on January 1, 1 and ended on December 31, 100. The 2nd century started at year 101, the third at 201, etc. The n-th century will start on the year 100×n - 99. A century will only include one year, the centennial year, that starts with the century's number (e.g. 1900 is the final year in the 19th century). ...


It is commonly-held misconception that the 20th century ended on December 31, 1999. The 20th century actually ended on December 31, 2000, its centennial year.

So how can the first decade of the 20th century be 1900-1909 if the 20th century did not even start until 1901?

 

[godef]

???? This only says the accurate thing, that a decade is 10 years.

A decade lke the 90's begins with 1991. I thought everyone understood this when 2001 wasn't titled 2000. It was because the millenium began with 2001.

As MGTEICH said, the first decade is 10 years not 9. It runs from year 1 to year 10. The second decade goes from year 11 to year 20. The third decade runs from year 21 to 30.

THe rest follow to 1991 to 2000, and 2001 to 2010.

Actually, if you say "the 90's" or the "decade of the 90's" then this would be 1990-1999 per one of the definitions of "decade" being any 10-year period (not necessarily aligning with any calendar). At 51 years of age, I am in my 6th decade, which runs from my birthday in 2006 to that in 2015. The decade from 1946-1955 was considered a decade of prosperity.

But this is distinct from what you're trying to say, that the current decade per our calendar system, ie the 201st decade AD, does indeed run from 2001 to 2010.