What is the biggest NFL playoff comeback ever?

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 in 2022.
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What is the greatest playoff comeback in NFL history?

What's the biggest comeback in NFL playoff history? Believe it or not, Jacksonville did not break the record for biggest playoff comeback. Back in the 1993 AFC wild card round, the Buffalo Bills erased a record-setting 32-point deficit in a 41-38 overtime win against the Houston Oilers.
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What is the biggest blowout in NFL playoff history?

The Jacksonville Jaguars' 65-7 win over the Miami Dolphins in January 2000 is the biggest blowout in NFL playoff history. In more than two decades since Fred Taylor and the Jaguars obliterated Dan Marino and the Dolphins, no team has come close to matching the 58-point blowout.
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What is the biggest 4th quarter comeback in NFL history?

The greatest fourth-quarter comeback in NFL history came nearly 30 years ago, and involved several men with ties to Alabama football. On Nov. 8, 1987, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-28 in an otherwise meaningless game in which the Cardinals trailed 28-3 entering the fourth quarter.
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What is the craziest comeback in NFL history?

The record for the largest NFL comeback is held by the Minnesota Vikings, who overcame a third-quarter deficit of 33–0 to defeat the Indianapolis Colts 39–36 in overtime. The Colts have featured in three of the top six comebacks, having also won from 28 points behind and lost from 26 points ahead.
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What's the most amazing comeback in football 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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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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Was there ever a 0 to 0 NFL game?

Yes, many NFL games have ended 0-0. Per Pro Football Reference, 73 games in pro football history have ended in a 0-0 tie. However, the last time it happened was almost 80 years ago, meaning there have been no scoreless ties in the Super Bowl era.
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What is the largest defeat in NFL history?

Biggest Blowout in Playoff History (Pre-Super Bowl Era): Chicago Bears 73, Washington 0; Dec. 8, 1940. This was the biggest rout of them all. The 73-point margin still marks the most lopsided game in NFL/AFL history.
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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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Has an NFL game ever ended 2 to nothing?

Similarly, five NFL games in history have finished with a score of 2-0. Again, this has not happened post-merger, with the last such game coming in 1938 between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers.
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Has any team gone 0 17 in the NFL?

The only three NFL teams in history to lose all their games were the 2017 Cleveland Browns (0-16), the 2008 Detroit Lions (0-16) and the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-14). So far, no team has gone 0-17, since the league has only expanded to 17 regular season games last year.
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What NFL team scored 73 points in a game?

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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Has any NFL team scored 70 points in a game?

The 1950 Los Angeles Rams, the best offensive team in NFL history in terms of average points (466 in 12 games, 38.8 PPG), scored 70 points, one of only three teams to ever do so. The following week, they beat the Detroit Lions 65-24, including an NFL record 41 points in one quarter.
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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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Can the 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 most common NFL score?

What is the most common final score for an NFL game? The most common final score for games throughout NFL history is 20-17, followed by 27-24.
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What was the worst football score ever?

Georgia Tech football game was played on October 7, 1916, between the Cumberland College Bulldogs and the Georgia Tech Engineers on the Engineers' home field of Grant Field in Atlanta. Georgia Tech defeated the Bulldogs 222–0 for the most lopsided score in the history of college American football.
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Has an NFL team ever had 1 point?

A conversion safety by the defense is also possible, though highly unlikely. Although this has never occurred, it is the only possible way a team could finish with a single point in an American football game.
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Has any NFL team ever scored 1 point?

It is one of the oddities of American football that a team can score 2, 3, 4, 5 or even 222 points in a game, but never 1.
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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 football team scored 200 points?

But it did happen. George Barber's team scored 200 points, achieved the Holy Grail.
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Has any player scored 3000 points in a season?

1962 was simply a season for the ages. Chamberlain scored 4,029 points in 80 games, over 1500 more points than his nearest rival that year. Only one other player has ever scored more than 3,000 points in a season (Michael Jordan, 1987). Chamberlain did it three times.
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Has a team ever scored 200 points in a game?

In 1983 the Pistons won a triple overtime game, 186–184. That's the highest NBA score for a team. No team has scored 200 points in a game though.
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Has any NFL team gone undefeated?

The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team that has ever achieved a perfect, undefeated season.
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