[Pietro]

"Actually statistically it is the other way around."

So you're saying some of the time both teams get a chance.

[dfwgator]

So you're saying some of the time both teams get a chance.

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"So you're saying there's a chance?"

[Straight Vermonter]

Actually I was wrong. I heard that on ESPN this morning and assumed they were correct. Here are the actual (but dated) stats:

Total no. of overtime games (1974–2003) 365
Both teams had at least one possession 261 (72 %)
Team won toss and won game 189 (52 %)
Team lost toss and won game 160 (44 %)
Team won toss and drove for winning score 102 (28 %)
Games ending in a tie 15 (5 %)

http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_11_08_04.html