Can NFL games end 1 0? (2023)

Can there be a 1/0 football 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.

As per Pro Football Reference, 73 games in pro football history have ended in a 0-0 tie. However, the last time that took place was almost 80 years ago, meaning there's been no scoreless ties in the Super Bowl era.

A 1 point safety is extremely rare, but it can happen. What is a 1 point safety in football? A 1 point safety is when a team trying a 2 point conversion or PAT turns the ball over, the defense takes the ball out of the end zone, then gets tackled in the end zone for a safety.

Could an N.F.L. game actually end, say, 23-1? 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. As they are with poutine and toques, Canadians are ahead of the United States in 1-point plays.

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.

As you can see below from the past 3 seasons' 0-0 statistics for the top 5 European leagues, the percentage of 0-0 results in a season is consistent at around 7%. Seven percent of all games end 0-0 - That's approximately one 0-0 result for every 14 to 15 games played.

The lowest scoring NFL game of all time took place on November 26th 2007 at Heinz Field when the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Miami Dolphins by a score of just 3 to 0. The three points were scored from a field goal by kicker Jeff Read in the fourth quarter.

Played on December 22, 1963, the game took place in the American Football League (AFL), but it was absorbed into official NFL records after the NFL–AFL merger. The Oakland Raiders defeated the Houston Oilers 52–49, combining for a total of 101 points.

Throughout the entire course of NFL history, 73 games have ended 0-0. However, that has not happened since the Giants and Detroit Lions did so in 1943. Similarly, five NFL games in history have finished with a score of 2-0.

Oregon scored a touchdown. A Kansas State player then blocked the extra point attempt. The ball was then picked up by a Kansas State player, who then ran the ball into his own end zone. He was subsequently downed in the end zone, giving Oregon a 1-point safety.

What score is not possible in football?

In pro football the only 2 scores that cannot happen is 1–0 and 1–1 (Any score with 1 being one of the numbers).

Numbers 0 and 00 are no longer used, though they were issued in the NFL before the number standardization in 1973. Quarterback Johnny Clement, running back Johnny Olszewski, and safety Obert Logan all wore a single-0 jersey in the NFL.

Sudden death play — where the game ends on any score (safety, field goal or touchdown) — continues until a winner is determined. Each team gets two timeouts. The point after try is not attempted if the game ends on a touchdown.

The 2007 New England Patriots were the first NFL team to achieve a perfect 16-0 regular season record, and seemed destined to go down as the greatest team ever until their stunning defeat in Super Bowl XLII.

There have also been five 2-0 games in NFL history where just a safety was scored. The lowest-scoring game in this millennium ended 3-0. It is one of 59 such games in NFL history, but going in, oddsmakers had no idea that so few points would be put on the board.

Washington Redskins

For this game in Washington, the Bears entered as slight favorites. The Bears scored eleven touchdowns and won 73–0, the most one-sided victory in NFL history. The game was broadcast on radio by Mutual Broadcasting System, the first NFL title game broadcast nationwide.

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.

In Summary. A standard football match is 90 minutes made up of two 45-minute halves. In the middle of the game, there is a 15-minute break known as 'half-time'. There are some exceptions to this duration including youth games and games with additional time and/or penalty shootouts.

The only plausible scenario in which this could occur is if there was an unsuccessful conversion attempt and the defense scooped up the ball and ran down the field, only to be stripped of the football, with the offensive team picking up the ball outside of the endzone and getting tackled inside of the endzone.

Has an NFL team ever scored 2 points?

The New Orleans Saints made history against the Carolina Panthers in Week 13, becoming the first team to block an extra point and return it all the way for two points. Among the rule changes the NFL made this past offseason was one that allowed defenses to score on an extra-point/two-point conversion attempt.

The play took only 3 seconds off the game clock making it the fastest touchdown in NFL history. A record that is still standing today. After the game, Cowboys running back Troy Hambrick said they were prepared for the onside kick.

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.

Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins 14, Washington 7.

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.

Other NFL perfect regular seasons

Apart from the 1972 Dolphins, three NFL teams have completed undefeated and untied regular seasons: the 1934 Chicago Bears, the 1942 Chicago Bears, and the 2007 New England Patriots.

The 11-10 final was indeed the official score. To those on the sidelines, and to most fans, whether the Steelers won by one point or seven (or eight, had the Steelers kicked an extra point) did not matter.

The Patriots added postseason victories over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the divisional playoff round and a 21-12 win over the San Diego Chargers in the AFC Championship Game to run the streak to an amazing 18-0. In doing so, the Patriots became the first team ever to go 18-0 in a season.

What they and the Bulldogs did in the 3-2 final was put on one of the worst football games in the history of the sport. Not bad until you look at the three turnovers that the Tigers had.

How rare is a safety in the NFL?

Scoring a safety in football awards the defense 2 points. Safeties are rare in football but can happen if an offense is backed up in their zone. When an offense is backed up into their territory, it's common to see them throw the ball deep to get out of their zone or run QB sneak out of their zone.

69: David Bakhtiari, Green Bay Packers.

The number zero (thank you Dr. Math) is not among the NFL's allowed numbers. The current numbering system policy goes back to 1973 when the NFL mandated ranges of numbers to be used by players by position. The simple system begins with numbers 1-19 and they are reserved for quarterbacks and specialists.

Houston Oilers great Ken Burrough died Thursday at his home in Jacksonville, Florida, at 73 years old, the Black College Football Hall of Fame announced. A first-round draft pick by the New Orleans Saints in 1970, Burrough holds the distinction of the last NFL player to wear No. 00 on his jersey.

Some sports that have a delay of game penalty are American football, Canadian football, ice hockey and association football.

An NFL game is scheduled to take place over 60 minutes. These 60 minutes are then broken into four 15-minute quarters. However, if both teams are tied at the end of 60 minutes, they then go into overtime to determine an outright winner.

Since overtime was introduced in 1974, there have been 28 tied games. Four seasons (1986, 1997, 2016, and 2018) have two ties since the introduction of overtime. The most recent tie game occurred on September 11, 2022, when the Indianapolis Colts and Houston Texans played to a 20–20 draw.

That was technically possible even before the season expanded to 17 games because a team could have theoretically gone 16-0 and failed to secure a bye if other teams did the same thing and had the tiebreaker edge (just as 21-0 is now technically doable).

Since 1944, only five teams have had winless seasons in the NFL: the 1960 Dallas Cowboys (0–11–1), the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0–14), the 1982 Baltimore Colts (0–8–1) the 2008 Detroit Lions (0–16), and the 2017 Cleveland Browns (0–16).

There is only one team in NFL history to go undefeated, and every NFL fan will know their name. They were the Dolphins.

Has an NFL team ever gone 0 17?

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.

Lowest-Scoring Game in NFL History

Throughout the entire course of NFL history, 73 games have ended 0-0. However, that has not happened since the Giants and Detroit Lions did so in 1943. Similarly, five NFL games in history have finished with a score of 2-0.

The lowest scoring NFL game of all time took place on November 26th 2007 at Heinz Field when the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Miami Dolphins by a score of just 3 to 0. The three points were scored from a field goal by kicker Jeff Read in the fourth quarter.

Numbers 0 and 00 are no longer used, though they were issued in the NFL before the number standardization in 1973. Quarterback Johnny Clement, running back Johnny Olszewski, and safety Obert Logan all wore a single-0 jersey in the NFL.

Through the 2008 season there have been two 2-0 games in the NFL: 1) The Green Bay Packers defeated the Chicago Bears 2-0 on October 16, 1932. 2) The Chicago Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers 2-0 on September 18, 1938. The closest that I remember is 12/26/70 playoff game between Dallas and Detroit.

So why has No. 0 suddenly surfaced as a choice for players? It's due to a recommendation in February by the NCAA Football Rules Committee in response to the “popularity of single-digit numbers.”