What is the rarest play in football?

The fair catch kick rule is very rarely invoked, and is one of the rarest plays in football. The rule has been regarded as "obscure", "bizarre", and "quirky".
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Is there a 1 point play in football?

Conversion safeties (one-point safeties)

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 there ever been a 1 point safety?

The only time a 1 point safety can occur is when the offense on an extra point or two-point conversion attempt gets tackled in their own end zone. This is commonly known as conversion safety or one-point safety. 2. January 3, 2013: The 2013 Fiesta Bowl in which Oregon scored against Kansas State.
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What is the greatest play in football?

Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris' scoop of a deflected pass and subsequent run for the winning touchdown in a 1972 playoff victory against Oakland -- forever known as the "Immaculate Reception" -- has been voted the greatest play in NFL history.
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Is a 6 1 score possible in football?

Is a final (only NFL) score of 6-1 possible? Getting six points can happen, a touchdown with a failed extra-point, or two field goals. A score of 1 is not possible because the extra point is the only play would score a single in the NFL and you don't get a chance for it without a touchdown first.
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Rarest Plays in NFL History



What NFL score has never happened?

The Bengals' 22-18 win over the Patriots was definitely one of the wildest games of Week 16. Not only did it provide us with a lot of drama, but it also gave us a scorigami, which is when a game ends with a final score that's never happened before in NFL history.
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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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What is the #1 play in NFL history?

In 1972, Pittsburgh Steelers' rookie Franco Harris—backed by an 'army' that included Frank Sinatra—made a miraculous touchdown catch that jump-started a dynasty.
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Who is No 1 in football history?

So let it be said in no uncertain terms that, following his passing, there is no greater player in the history of football than Pele. Nearly half a century on from the retirement of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, still no one has come close to his achievements on a football pitch.
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Has there ever been a 200 point football game?

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 game ever been stopped?

While canceling games was extremely common prior to this date, since that year, the NFL has only canceled regular season games four times, two of them for labor disputes between the league and the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA).
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What is the longest NFL games?

The NFL's longest ever game: Dolphins vs Chiefs in 1971

On that occasion, the two sides had to go to double overtime and they recorded the longest ever NFL game time of 82 minutes and 40 seconds. A back-and-forth second half meant that the game finished 24-24, requiring overtime to determine a winner.
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Has Tom Brady been shut out?

Tom Brady has been shut out in the first half of a playoff game for the first time since...well, since his very first playoff game. Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers trailed the Dallas Cowboys 18-0 at halftime of Monday's NFC wild card matchup.
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Is there a 2 point play in football?

Touchdown: 6 points. Field Goal: 3 points. Safety: 2 points. Try after touchdown: 1 point (Field Goal or Safety) or 2 points (Touchdown)
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Has there ever been a 0 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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Why is there 11 a side in football?

It's entirely possible that it was simply decided by those that played football and were responsible for the decision making around the sport looked at the size of the pitch that the game was being played on and figured that 11 players on each side would be enough to ensure that the space could be covered.
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Who is goat in football?

Lionel Messi is widely acknowledged as the GOAT of football in the modern era and is also considered by many to be the greatest player of all time or the GOAT in history.
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Who is the king of football all time?

Pele, regarded as the greatest player in the history of football, has an unmatched legacy. He was not only the best player during his prime years, but was also the highest-paid athlete in the world. He was part of the three World Cup victories for Brazil.
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Who is the top goal scorer ever?

There are other claims to the record; the Guinness World Records credits Pelé as the scorer of the "most career goals", with 1,279, and Brazilian striker Romário celebrated scoring what he claimed was his 1,000th goal in 2007 but later admitted his tally included friendly matches; they are reported to have scored 767 ...
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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 player ever played 17 games?

Only nine players played 17 games in the 16-game regular season, the last being Emmanuel Sanders in 2019.
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Has there ever been a 0 2 NFL game?

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. The lowest NFL score in the post-merger history is 3-0.
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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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What is the biggest NFL wins?

San Francisco 49ers 55 - 10 win over Denver Broncos during Super Bowl XXIV on January 28, 1990. 45 point difference. Washington Redskins 51 - 7 win over Los Angeles Rams NFC Divisional football game Sunday, Jan. 2, 1984 in Washington.
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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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