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<blockquote data-quote="El Guapo" data-source="post: 918501" data-attributes="member: 5830"><p>While looking something up, I found a couple of interesting scoring facts. What else can you find out there? Post it up and give a link:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-scores-history-highest-lowest-scoring-game-common-scores-more/[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><h3>Lowest-scoring game in NFL history</h3><p>Throughout the entire course of NFL history, <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_scores_find.cgi?pts_win=0&pts_lose=0" target="_blank">73 games have ended 0-0</a>. However, that has not happened since the Giants and Detroit Lions did so in 1943. Similarly, <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_scores_find.cgi?pts_win=2&pts_lose=0" target="_blank">five NFL games in history have finished with a score of 2-0</a>. Again, this has not happened post-merger, with the last such game coming in 1938 between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers.</p><p></p><p>The <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_scores_find.cgi?pts_win=3&pts_lose=0" target="_blank">lowest NFL score in the post-merger history is 3-0</a>. In the course of the Super Bowl era, it has happened a total of six times. The first one came in 1971 when the <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197111140min.htm" target="_blank">Minnesota Vikings defeated the Packers</a> with a fourth quarter field goal by Fred Cox. The most recent occurrence was in 2007 during a torrential downpour when the <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200711260pit.htm" target="_blank">Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Miami Dolphins</a>. In that game, Jeff Reed kicked a 24-yard field goal with 17 seconds remaining.</p><p></p><h3>What NFL scores have never happened?</h3><p>A number of scores have never occurred in NFL history. No team has ever scored just a single point. This is because the only way to do so is for a defense to register a safety on an extra point. The lowest possible score in which a team scores just one point is 6-1. That is because, for a one-point conversion to happen, at least one touchdown needs to be scored.</p><p></p><p>In terms of more likely scores that could occur, the lowest score to have never happened is 14-8. There are several ways that this scoreline could occur. For instance, the winning team could score 2 touchdowns, or 1 touchdown, a two-point conversion, and two field goals. On the other hand, the losing team could either score a touchdown with a two-point conversion or score two field goals and register a safety.</p><p></p><p>A full list of all scores to have never happened can be found on <a href="https://nflscorigami.com/" target="_blank">nflscorigami.com</a>.</p><p></p><h3>How could teams score four points in a game?</h3><p>There are two ways in which an NFL team could score four points. Neither option is common, and four points have been scored just once in NFL history. This occurred in 1923 when the Chicago Cardinals scored four points against the Racine Legion. The Cardinals did so by twice scoring a safety. The only other option to score four points would be a field goal and to add a one-point safety by returning an extra point to the opposing end zone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El Guapo, post: 918501, member: 5830"] While looking something up, I found a couple of interesting scoring facts. What else can you find out there? Post it up and give a link: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-scores-history-highest-lowest-scoring-game-common-scores-more/[/URL] [HEADING=2]Lowest-scoring game in NFL history[/HEADING] Throughout the entire course of NFL history, [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_scores_find.cgi?pts_win=0&pts_lose=0']73 games have ended 0-0[/URL]. However, that has not happened since the Giants and Detroit Lions did so in 1943. Similarly, [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_scores_find.cgi?pts_win=2&pts_lose=0']five NFL games in history have finished with a score of 2-0[/URL]. Again, this has not happened post-merger, with the last such game coming in 1938 between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. The [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_scores_find.cgi?pts_win=3&pts_lose=0']lowest NFL score in the post-merger history is 3-0[/URL]. In the course of the Super Bowl era, it has happened a total of six times. The first one came in 1971 when the [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197111140min.htm']Minnesota Vikings defeated the Packers[/URL] with a fourth quarter field goal by Fred Cox. The most recent occurrence was in 2007 during a torrential downpour when the [URL='https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200711260pit.htm']Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Miami Dolphins[/URL]. In that game, Jeff Reed kicked a 24-yard field goal with 17 seconds remaining. [HEADING=2]What NFL scores have never happened?[/HEADING] A number of scores have never occurred in NFL history. No team has ever scored just a single point. This is because the only way to do so is for a defense to register a safety on an extra point. The lowest possible score in which a team scores just one point is 6-1. That is because, for a one-point conversion to happen, at least one touchdown needs to be scored. In terms of more likely scores that could occur, the lowest score to have never happened is 14-8. There are several ways that this scoreline could occur. For instance, the winning team could score 2 touchdowns, or 1 touchdown, a two-point conversion, and two field goals. On the other hand, the losing team could either score a touchdown with a two-point conversion or score two field goals and register a safety. A full list of all scores to have never happened can be found on [URL='https://nflscorigami.com/']nflscorigami.com[/URL]. [HEADING=2]How could teams score four points in a game?[/HEADING] There are two ways in which an NFL team could score four points. Neither option is common, and four points have been scored just once in NFL history. This occurred in 1923 when the Chicago Cardinals scored four points against the Racine Legion. The Cardinals did so by twice scoring a safety. The only other option to score four points would be a field goal and to add a one-point safety by returning an extra point to the opposing end zone. [/QUOTE]
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