# NFL: 1-1-1 record, unique? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 21, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700 "2018-09-21T20:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/1 "2018-09-21T20:16:08Z")
Have there been many teams to open a season with a tie, a loss and a win? Dennis ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/2 "2018-09-21T20:23:45Z")
This Browns team is the 14th NFL team to open a season 1-1-1. The last team to do it was the Broncos in 1987, a strike-shortened year. They made it to the Super Bowl, losing to Washington. > **[4 NFL teams started this season 1-1-1 — and they’re not the first](https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2018/9/21/17885720/cleveland-browns-win-not-first-nfl-team-start-season-1-1-1-record)** > > Three teams on the list managed to make Super Bowl, so there’s plenty of room for hope. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/3 "2018-09-21T20:50:45Z")
Note that before 1974, the NFL didn’t have overtime for regular season games. Thus all the teams with a 1-1-1 record in 1971-1973. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/4 "2018-09-21T20:50:52Z")
Well then we’ll be seeing the Browns in the SB this year (probably playing against the Rams). I’m going to call my bookie. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/5 "2018-09-22T00:45:05Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > This Browns team is the 14th NFL team to open a season 1-1-1. _Since the merger_. I’m sure there were boatloads of teams to do it before the merger, given lower scores and no overtime. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/6 "2018-09-23T20:17:38Z")
And now the Packers! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/7 "2018-09-23T20:30:29Z")
Add the Vikings also. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/8 "2018-09-23T21:55:30Z")
Damn club’s got way too many members all of a sudden. They might start to think it’s the “in” thing. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/9 "2018-09-23T23:57:55Z")
Well, “in” is just a portion of “win.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/10 "2018-09-24T00:15:21Z")
Well, that’s typical of the Browns, to just get a portion of “win”. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/11 "2018-09-24T03:38:27Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Damn club’s got way too many members all of a sudden. They might start to think it’s the “in” thing. I’m betting none of them continue the trend and go on to a 1-1-1-1 record. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/12 "2018-09-24T04:38:18Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m betting none of them continue the trend and go on to a 1-1-1-1 record. Now I wonder what we could use as the fourth “1”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/13 "2018-09-24T05:00:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m betting none of them continue the trend and go on to a 1-1-1-1 record. Do NOT count the Browns out in the attempt to make this happen! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/14 "2018-09-24T05:42:28Z")
The #1 reason for two ties in two straight weeks is the reduction of the 15 minute sudden death overtime period to 10 minutes. Not sure why the NFL cut it down other than player safety, I guess . . . . ---
**Author:** ![Harrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harrington)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/15 "2018-09-24T06:05:04Z")
If unique now, it won’t be for long. Two ties and one OT game to go late this week is an obvious result of the new OT 10 minute rule. It used to take three years to get two ties. ---
**Author:** ![Harrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harrington)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/16 "2018-09-24T06:07:41Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > The #1 reason for two ties in two straight weeks is the reduction of the 15 minute sudden death overtime period to 10 minutes. Not sure why the NFL cut it down other than player safety, I guess . . . . Oops, I replied before I saw this post. Safety, of course. Or the NFL decided there weren’t enough unresolved conflicts. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/17 "2018-09-24T17:22:36Z")
> [@Harrington](#): > > Oops, I replied before I saw this post. Safety, of course. Or the NFL decided there weren’t enough unresolved conflicts. I’m guessing it was because of games like the 6-6 slog between Seattle and Arizona two years ago that seemed to take forever and left players on both teams absolutely exhausted. And it was not compelling to watch either. That kind of overtime needed to be cut by 1/3. [http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000727002/article/cardinals-seahawks-settle-for-historic-tie-after-wild-ot](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000727002/article/cardinals-seahawks-settle-for-historic-tie-after-wild-ot) > **[Here's why the Cardinals-Seahawks tie was rarer than a perfect game in baseball](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/heres-why-the-cardinals-seahawks-tie-was-rarer-than-a-perfect-game-in-baseball/)** > > The Cardinals have perfected the 6-6 tie ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-1-1-1-record-unique/821700/18 "2018-09-24T17:27:55Z")
> [@Harrington](#): > > If unique now, it won’t be for long. There might even be another one tonight, if the Steelers win.