Conditions and context

Shutouts happen to the road team

Holds upThe record backs this up, season after season.

This one is in the FanIQ library with the full rule, the reason it works, and every season we checked.

Held in 18 of 22 seasons, from 182 records measured.

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The Quiet QuartersThe first quarter supplies barely a fifth of football's scoring, one game in nine is still 0-0 after it, one game in five holds a team under ten points, and when a shutout happens, the blanked team is almost always the visitor.

FanIQ carries this one in full: the rule itself, why it works, the season-by-season record, and the related laws.