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.

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.

What is the highest score a NFL team ever scored?

The Washington Redskins have scored the most points by a team in a game, with 72 points versus the Giants on November 27, 1966.

Who scored 71 to 0 in the NFL?

Tom Brady, New England Patriots

» The Patriots also improved to 71-0 at Gillette Stadium when leading at halftime in the regular season (New England is 11-1 in playoff games in such scenarios, with the only loss coming in the 2012 AFC Championship Game to the Baltimore Ravens).

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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Has anyone ever scored 1 point in the NFL?

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.

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.

Has any NFL team scored more than 72 points?

113 points: Washington 72, Giants 41 (Nov.

Not only is this the highest-combined point total in NFL history, Washington also set the record for most points in a regular season game by a single team.

Who threw 70 passes in a single game?

Quarterback Drew Bledsoe threw for 426 yards and three touchdowns on 70 — yes, 70! — pass attempts. Bledsoe set an NFL record for passes thrown in a single game that day that still stands 28 years later.

What is the lowest score in NFL history?

So far, 1,075 different final scores have been achieved in NFL history. The lowest possible score is 0-0 and has been achieved 73 times, though the most recent scoreless tie came on Nov. 7, 1943.

Has there ever been a zero score NFL game?

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.

Has any NFL teams scored 60 points in a game?

The most recent time a nfl team scored 60 or more points was when the New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 62–7 on October 23, 2011.

Who has a 80 point game?

Kobe Bryant's 81-point game is almost as famous as Chamberlain's 100. It's the only other time in NBA history a player has scored 80 or more points in a game, and only one other player (Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns) has hit 70 points since then.

Who scored 73 points in a game?

7. The number of players who have scored at least 70 points in an NBA game: Wilt Chamberlain (100, 78, 73, 73, 72, 70), Kobe Bryant (81), David Thompson (73), Donovan Mitchell (71), Elgin Baylor (71), David Robinson (71), Devin Booker (70).

Who scored 78 points in a game?

Elgin Baylor was the first NBA player to have a 70-point game when he had a 71-point, 25-rebound effort as a member of the Lakers in November 1960. Chamberlain broke Baylor's record the following year with his 78-point game, which actually came in a loss to Baylor, who scored 63 points in the matchup, and the Lakers.

Who has passed for 500 yards in a game?

Norm Van Brocklin threw for an NFL record 554 yards in a 1951 game. Tom Brady threw for 505 yards in Super Bowl LII, the most in NFL playoff history. Ben Roethlisberger has thrown for at least 500 yards an NFL record four times.

Is it possible to throw a football 70 yards?

Many throws during a game are over a short distance, but some players have been known to throw up to 70 yards (64 meters) when needed.

Who has thrown for 7 touchdowns in a game?

Drew Brees was the most recent player with a seven-TD game, doing so in a thrilling 52-49 New Orleans Saints win over the Giants back in November 2015. The other QBs to reach the milestone are Adrian Burk (Eagles, 1954), George Blanda (Oilers, 1961), Y.A.

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.

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.

Who has the fastest 2 touchdowns in NFL history?

It is hard enough for any team to score a pair of touchdowns in 18 seconds, let alone one player on defense. The Carolina Panthers' Jeremy Chinn did just that Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. Chinn took a fumble recovery back 18 yards to give Carolina a 14-10 lead after the PAT.

What is the only score not possible in football?

Among the non-viable outcomes are 1-1, 1-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, and 7-1. Five to 1 is impossible because it can only occur after a field goal and a conventional safety while 7 to 1 is also impossible because a team can only get to 7 after scoring a touchdown by successfully kicking a PAT.

Is there a 1 point safety?

When Can a 1 Point Safety Happen? 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.

Who scored a 100 point game?

In his prime, Chamberlain was such a dominant scorer that his feat was mostly taken for granted. Warriors player Al Attles said that after Chamberlain's previous record 78-point game, "It was only a matter of time until he reached 100, you could wait for it."