... in the playoffs is obvious: teams would rather play all of their playoff games at home than risk travelling to hostile territory.

The interesting thing is that the last time a team with home field advantage in either conference won the Super Bowl was in 2003. Here are the results of the teams that have had home field advantage since then:

2004

AFC: Steelers 15-1, lost in AFC Conference Championship 41-27

NFC: Eagles 13-3, lost in Super Bowl 24-21

 

2005

AFC: Colts 14-2, lost in AFC Divisional Playoff 21-18

NFC: Seahawks 13-3, lost in Super Bowl 21-10

 

2006

AFC: Chargers 14-2, lost in AFC Divisional Playoff 24-21
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