Sports in the San Francisco Bay Area Sports in the San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, which includes the major cities of San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, hosts seven major league sports franchises, as well as several other professional and college sports teams, and hosts other sports events. Notes: The Bay Area is home to two National Football League teams, the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders, who play at Levi's Stadium and Oakland Alameda Coliseum. The 49ers have won five Super Bowls (XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV, XXIX) and lost one (XLVII). The Raiders have won three Super Bowls (XI, XV, XVIII), and lost
Football Outsiders the sum of the squares of team points scored and allowed. The 2011 edition of "Football Outsiders Almanac" states, "From 1988 through 2004, 11 of 16 Super Bowls were won by the team that led the NFL in Pythagorean wins, while only seven were won by the team with the most actual victories. Super Bowl champions that led the league in Pythagorean wins but not actual wins include the 2004 Patriots, 2000 Ravens, 1999 Rams and 1997 Broncos." Although Football Outsiders Almanac acknowledges that the formula had been less-successful in picking Super Bowl participants from 2005-2008, it reasserted itself in