What's the biggest loss 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.

What's the biggest defeat in NFL history?

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 a NFL team ever gone 16 0?

Other NFL perfect regular seasons

The 2007 Patriots became the first and only team under the 16-game schedule used from 1978 to 2020 to finish the regular season undefeated.

Has there been a 0 0 NFL game?

Surprisingly the last 0-0 game was more than 70 years ago. It was played on 7 November 1943 between the Detroit Lions and New York Giants. The record of the game, though, was sparse. It said the Lions and Giants played before 16,992 in Detroit's Briggs Stadium generating just 214 yards between them.

What is the biggest blowout in NFL playoff history?

1940 Chicago Bears (73 Points)

The king of the hill with respect to the biggest playoff blowouts in the history of the NFL goes to the 1940 Chicago Bears, who humiliated the Washington Redskins 73-0.

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Has any team scored 100 points in the NFL?

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The Washington Redskins came closest on Nov. 27, 1966, when they scored 72 points against the New York Giants. In fact, only four times have teams combined for more than 100 points in a game: 113 points: Washington (72) def.

Has any football team ever scored 100 points?

On October 25, 1884, Yale defeated Dartmouth 113–0, becoming the first team to score 100 points in a game.

Can a Super Bowl end in a tie?

In one sentence, the Super Bowl, just like any other playoff game, cannot end in a tie. Should the game remain tied at the end of regulation, the big game will head into an overtime period similar to that of a regular season game. But the overtime itself has a slight difference in the duration.

Has an NFL game ever ended 2 2?

There is still a long list of score possibilities up to 70-70 (considered to be the highest "possible" score) that have never happened before in NFL history. Some of the basic Scorigami results are 2–2, 4–0, 4–2, 4–3, 4–4, 5–2, 5–4, 5–5, 6–4, 6–5, 7–4, 8–2, 8–4, 9–4, 11–2, 11–4.

Has there ever been a 4 2 football game?

On Friday, Colonel Zaduk Magruder High (Rockville, Md.) faced off against Walter Johnson High (Bethesda, Md.). The final score was 4-2, in favor of Magruder.

Has a NFL team ever lost every game?

Detroit was the first non-expansion team to lose every game in a full season since World War II. This was their second winless season in franchise history (1942, see below).

Has an NFL team ever forfeited?

There have been no forfeits in the league's history; a 1921 game between the Rochester Jeffersons and the Washington Senators is occasionally listed as a forfeit, but because of the lax cancellation rules of the time and uncertainty over which team (if either) was at fault for the game not being played, the game is ...

What scores are impossible in football?

4 to 1 is impossible because 4 points can only occur after two conventional safeties have occurred. 5 to 1 is impossible because it can only occur after a field goal and a conventional safety. 6 to 1 is possible since an offensive team can score a touchdown and then the defense can score a 1-point safety.

What is the rarest score in the NFL?

The one-point safety is the NFL's rarest scoring play - SBNation.com.

Can you have a score of 1 in football?

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 player ever been paralyzed?

Michael Gerard Utley (born December 20, 1965) is a former American football player. He played for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1989 through 1991, when he was paralyzed during a game.

Who holds the record for most touchdowns in a single game?

On December 12, 1965, the rookie running back Gale Sayers of the Chicago Bears scores six touchdowns during a single game against the San Francisco 49ers at Chicago's Wrigley Field, tying the National Football League (NFL) record for most touchdowns in a single game.

When did the NFL go to 14 games?

From 1947 through 1960, each NFL team played 12 games per season. The American Football League began play in 1960 and introduced a balanced schedule of 14 games per team over a fifteen-week season, in which each of the eight teams played each of the other teams twice, with one bye week.

Has any NFL team scored 4 points?

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.

Has there ever been a 2 0 football game?

The 1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game was the most lopsided in the history of college American football, with Georgia Tech winning 222–0. The game was played on October 7, 1916, between the Georgia Tech Engineers and Cumberland College Bulldogs at Grant Field (now a part of Bobby Dodd Stadium) in Atlanta.

Who kicked the longest field goal in Super Bowl history?

A few interesting and related facts: The longest field goal in Super Bowl history occurred in 1994 when the Buffalo Bills played the Dallas Cowboys. Steve Christie kicked a 54-yard bomb, putting his name in the history books, but his Bills ultimately lost the game.

What's the highest-scoring Super Bowl?

The 49ers actually also hold the highest single-game point total in a Super Bowl, scoring 55 points in Super Bowl XXIV on Jan. 28, 1990 against the Denver Broncos. San Francisco won the game, 55-10.

Has any NFL team scored on every possession?

The Bills' dominant win over the Patriots included an unprecedented accomplishment in NFL history. Every time the Bills got the ball they scored a touchdown — seven possessions, seven touchdowns — with the exception of kneeling down at the end of each half.