"To say we're the worst team in Premier League history, it's not a bad start from the boys," said Ollie McBurnie, in a light-hearted jab to Hull's critics.
Liam Millar's late winner at Coventry made it two wins from two to leave the Tigers in dreamland on their Premier League return.
After the opening day victory over Manchester United it was a different, gritty, display on Saturday but winning at the CBS Arena, against a perceived relegation rival, earns Hull huge momentum and belief.
"We don't feel we have anything to prove to anyone. No-one has given us the Premier League, we have all earned it," said striker McBurnie.
"We're there on merit, we deserve to be there, we don't have anything to prove to anyone. It's been a great start."
The Scotland international refused to get carried away but the tune of "we're going to win the league" from the away end signalled the Hull fans' glee.
It may be fanciful but at least history is on the Tigers' side as they look to stay in the division.
Only three teams have ever been relegated from the top flight having won their first two games.
One was the Tigers themselves in 2016-17. Wolves in 2011-12 and West Brom in 2017-18 are the others.
Their Premier League survival chances were written off instantly after beating Middlesbrough in the Championship play-off final last season. They now sit second in the early table.
At Coventry, Hull looked built for the Premier League. Hulking defender Semi Ajayi dominated at the heart of the Tigers' defence to limit the Sky Blues, who ultimately ran out of ideas.
Nobel Mendy and Lucas Gourna-Douath towered above the hosts while McBurnie was a constant nuisance.
The Tigers are the first promoted side to win their opening two games for nine years, since Huddersfield dispatched Crystal Palace and Newcastle.
The Terriers beat the drop by four points in 2017-18 and that remains the goal for boss Sergej Jakirovic, especially after his men struggled to find inspiration at Coventry until Millar's intervention.
Prior to the substitute's winner there was frustration pouring out of Mendy when Hull's record signing threw his hands in the air and pulled his shirt over his head after being withdrawn on the hour.
The Sky Blues had almost 70% possession but were unable to break Hull down - and as Coventry's agitation grew so did the Tigers' belief.
"The longer the game was 0-0 the pressure was more on them to win the game. A draw was not a bad result for us," added McBurnie.
For Coventry, after 25 years away it was not supposed to start like this.
All the anticipation, all the waiting and it ends with a crushing dose of reality.
A second successive defeat will serve as a reminder that, despite the euphoria of their top-flight return, this season will be a constant battle.
Coventry can at least seek solace in the fact 10 promoted sides have lost their first two Premier League games and survived, the last being Aston Villa in 2019-20.
But they will need to improve. Having scored 97 goals in winning the title last season they must rediscover that touch, although they are not helped by Haji Wright's thigh injury which will keep him sidelined for weeks.
When the fixtures came out, though, a home game with fellow promoted side Hull stood out as one to get early points.
Sandwiched between an opener at champions Arsenal and a trip to runners-up Manchester City the Sky Blues needed to take something.
Yet owner Doug King looked on grimly from the stands as he watched time tick by and the Sky Blues fail to recover from Millar's 82nd-minute strike.
The opening 3-0 defeat at Arsenal was understandable but this defeat leaves them already playing catch up.
They were persistent but limited, with seven of the starting XI remaining from the 0-0 draw against Hull which opened last season's Championship campaign.
There was a nervousness about the Sky Blues, which was picked up by boss Frank Lampard. It is something which needs eradicating quickly.
"This season was always going to be very different to last season but I sensed a bit of edge, that quality of pass and playing safe rather than play forward," he said. "Maybe that is apprehension.
"I don't like the excuse of it. Last week that was valid because of the level of opposition, the occasion, 25 years out and a lot of debuts. We shouldn't use it as an excuse today.
"It's a game against a team we played twice last year and we finished a lot of points above them. The Premier League gives that edge and we will have to get used to that and quickly.
"The lesson is don't expect anything in the Premier League. It depends how much you want it to be (a mental blow). There are 36 games left, we're two games in. It depends how you want to react to defeats."
Ashley Williams believes the defeat will hit Coventry's confidence.
The former Wales captain won promotion to the Premier League with Swansea in 2011 and knows how crucial the early psychological blows can be.
"They blitzed the Championship last year and were full of confidence coming into the season. But after two defeats everything suddenly becomes that much harder," he said on the BBC's Final Score programme.
"As players, you look at the table and it's not nice when you are at the wrong end of it. Straight away they'll see they are already six points behind Hull and that's a real kick in the teeth.
"All those little doubts start to kick in so they've got to get to work and figure it out fast and I'm sure Frank Lampard will do that. However, Manchester City away next up is far from ideal."
