# Most unusual (US) football score

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Asked and answered a year and a half ago.

> [@What is the most common number of points scored by a football team?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-common-number-of-points-scored-by-a-football-team/649147/14):
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> More trivia from [this table](http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_scores.cgi):
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> The most common points by winning team are, in order, 24, 27, 20, 31, 17, 23, 28, 21, 34, 30.  
> The most common points by losing team are, in order, 7, 10, 14, 0, 17, 13, 21, 3, 20, 6.  
> The most common points by tieing team are, in order, 0, 7, 10, 17, 20, 13, 24, 28, 14, 21, 6, 3  
> The most common total scores are, in order, 37, 41, 44, 34, 51, 38, 31, 30, 27, 45.  
> The most common score differences are, in order, 3, 7, 10, 4, 6, 14, 17, 1, 21, 11, 13, 2.
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> The least common small total scores are, in order, 1, 4, 11, 2, 5, 8, 18, 15, 12, 3, 9, 0. (1 and 4 never occurred.)

4-4 never occured, nor did 2-2. 4-x of any sort is rare, but a 1923 game between Racine Legion and Chicago Cardinals finished 10-4. 😃

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