What is the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history?

Super Bowl LI featured the largest comeback in Super Bowl history, with the Patriots overcoming a 28–3 deficit to emerge victorious. Due to the comeback, the game is nicknamed "28–3". The game was also the first and currently only Super Bowl to be decided in overtime.
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What is the biggest blowout in Super Bowl history?

The Super Bowl has seen plenty of blowouts in its history as 34 of the 56 games finished with a double-digit deficit when the game went final. The worst of the worst came on January 28 when the San Francisco 49ers smashed the Denver Broncos 55-10, and the 45-point deficit has not been matched since.
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What is the biggest comeback win in NFL history?

1. 32 Points: Buffalo Bills 41, Houston Oilers 38 OT (Jan. 3, 1993) At Maryland, Frank Reich had replaced starter Stan Gelbaugh and led the Terrapins back from a 31-point deficit to beat Miami 42-40 on Nov.
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What year was the greatest comeback in NFL history?

Backup quarterback Frank Reich leads the largest comeback win ever as the Buffalo Bills defeat the Houston Oilers in the 1992 AFC Wild Card.
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What team blew a 28 3 lead in Super Bowl 51?

Atlanta led 21-3 in Super Bowl LI against the New England Patriots and later blew a 28-3 lead.
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Who was crying at the Super Bowl?

Eagles coach Nick Sirianni, center Jason Kelce cry during Super Bowl national anthem. As country superstar Chris Stapleton performed the national anthem before Super Bowl 57 kicked off Sunday night, cameras found Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni and center Jason Kelce, both with tears in their eyes.
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What NFL team scored 73 points?

On December 8, 1940, the Chicago Bears trounce the Washington Redskins (now known as the Washington Football Team) in the National Football League (NFL) Championship by a score of 73-0, the largest margin of defeat in NFL history.
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What is the most unbreakable NFL record?

There are 10 unbreakable NFL records
  • Single-game sacks: Derrick Thomas — 7. ...
  • Consecutive road wins: San Francisco 49ers — 18. ...
  • Consecutive road wins: San Francisco 49ers — 18. ...
  • Most career Rushing yards and Touchdowns: Emmitt Smith — 18,355 and 164. ...
  • Most career Rushing yards and Touchdowns: Emmitt Smith — 18,355 and 164.
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Has a team ever went 17 0 in the NFL?

Since the National Football League began in 1920, only one team has played a perfect season (both regular season and playoffs): the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who won all fourteen of their regular season games and three postseason games, including Super Bowl VII, to finish the season 17–0–0.
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What is the fastest comeback in NFL history?

5 Greatest Comebacks in NFL History
  • Detroit 31, San Francisco 27 (down 20 points) Dec. 22, 1957 in San Francisco. ...
  • Minnesota Vikings 39, Indianapolis Colts 36 (down 33 points) Dec. 17, 2022, in Minneapolis. ...
  • AFC Wild Card: Buffalo 41, Houston 38 (down 32 points) Jan. 3, 1993 in Buffalo.
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Has an NFL team ever scored 69 points?

Two games tie for the third-highest point mark with 69 points. Those came in 1993 when the Cowboys beat the Bills and in 2003 when the Buccaneers beat the Raiders. The highest scoring NFL game ever came in 1966 when the Redskins and Giants combined for 113 points.
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Has any NFL team ever scored 0 points?

Has there ever been a 0-0 tie in the NFL? There have been 73 games in pro football history that ended in a 0-0 tie, according to Pro Football Reference. But it's been nearly 80 years since the last one, meaning there's yet to be a scoreless tie in the Super Bowl era.
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Has there ever been a 0 point NFL game?

The New York Jets had 0 points versus the Patriots on October 21, 2019.
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Has there ever been a 1/0 NFL game?

The lowest possible score is 0-0 and has been achieved 73 times, though the most recent scoreless tie came on Nov. 7, 1943. The most points any team has scored in an NFL game is 73.
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Has there ever been a 100 point NFL game?

No, an NFL team has never scored 100 points in a game.

The Raiders beat the Oilers 52-49 on Sunday to clinch their first division title in 25 years. They were led by quarterback Derek Carr who threw for 447 yards and five touchdowns.
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Can you score 1 point in the NFL?

In American football, if a team attempting an extra point or two-point conversion (officially known in the rulebooks as a try) scores what would normally be a safety, that attempting team is awarded one point. This is commonly known as a conversion safety or one-point safety.
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Has any football team scored 200 points?

But it did happen. George Barber's team scored 200 points, achieved the Holy Grail.
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Who gave the middle finger at the Super Bowl?

MIA Middle Finger: Madonna Has No Place to Be Outraged over Super Bowl Incident. Not only did Super Bowl XLVI provide an exciting football game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, but it produced the middle finger heard 'round the world courtesy of halftime performer M.I.A.
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Who broke their collarbone in the Super Bowl?

It was the first Super Bowl crowd of more than 100,000 in 24 years. The Packers led, 21-3, in the second quarter, and 21-10 at halftime. During intermission, Woodson gave an impassioned speech as he fought through the pain of a broken collarbone that would prevent him from achieving his career goal on the field.
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Who butchered the national anthem at the Super Bowl?

Christina Aguilera (2011)

Aguilera's performance is remembered for how she butchered the lyrics, skipping the “ramparts” and turning “the twilight's last gleaming” into “the twilight's last reaming.”
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Has a team ever choked a 3 0 lead?

No team has overcome multiple 3–0 deficits in a single postseason, although the 1974–75 New York Islanders of the NHL nearly did so; they successfully overcame a 3–0 series deficit in the 1975 quarterfinals, then rallied from a 3–0 series deficit in the semifinals before losing the seventh game.
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Can a Super Bowl end in a tie?

Unlike regular season games, postseason games cannot end in a tie, so the overtime rules change slightly for the playoffs. If the score is still tied at the end of an overtime period — or if the second team's initial possession has not ended — the teams will play another overtime period.
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What is the biggest lead in NFL?

Though surpassed by the Minnesota Vikings in 2022, the Bills' 32-point comeback remains the largest comeback in postseason history and the second largest overall. It was also the first time an NFL team with a lead of at least 30 points lost the game, and the only one until the aforementioned Colts/Vikings game of 2022.
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