# NFL Scorigami: First 51-13 Game Ever! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 28, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-scorigami-first-51-13-game-ever/842590 "2019-10-28T13:52:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-scorigami-first-51-13-game-ever/842590/1 "2019-10-28T13:52:06Z")
Yesterday the Niners kicked the crap out of the Falcons 51-13. This is the first time in NFL history any game has concluded 51-13, and it is the 1,052nd unique score ever recorded. Fun facts: 1. The lowest possible scores that have never happened are 4-0 and 2-2.\* 2. The lowest possible shutout that has never happened after 4-0 is 46-0. Yes, there has been a 2-0, and an 11-0. 3. Virtually all possible scores involving 4 points have never happened; the only one was on 25 November 1923, when the Racine Legion beat the Chicago Cardinals 10-4. Figures it’d be the Cardinals. 4. Scores that look like they should have happened but haven’t yet include 14-8, 25-9, and 18-9. 5. The most common score is 20-17. It has happened 264 times. (You will sometimes read that it’s 23-20; that is wrong.) 6. 17 is the single most common number of points for a team to score win or lose, but the most common score specifically for a winning team is 24, and for a losing team is 7. - - Apparently it is technically possible for an NFL team to score one point; if there is a safety on a PAT or two point conversion attempt, that is one point. It has never happened - it is hard to imagine how it could - so scores like 1-0 and 2-1 are possible in theory, but in reality aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-scorigami-first-51-13-game-ever/842590/2 "2019-10-28T14:14:56Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > - > - Apparently it is technically possible for an NFL team to score one point; if there is a safety on a PAT or two point conversion attempt, that is one point. It has never happened - it is hard to imagine how it could - so scores like 1-0 and 2-1 are possible in theory, but in reality aren’t. If it’s a PAT, then the other team has to have at least 6 points. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-scorigami-first-51-13-game-ever/842590/3 "2019-10-28T14:16:21Z")
It was the Panthers, not the Falcons, that the 49ers whupped up on yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-scorigami-first-51-13-game-ever/842590/4 "2019-10-28T14:22:30Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > - > - Apparently it is technically possible for an NFL team to score one point; if there is a safety on a PAT or two point conversion attempt, that is one point. Also, by rule, if an NFL team forfeits a game, then its opponent wins the game by a score of 1-0 in the official log. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-scorigami-first-51-13-game-ever/842590/5 "2019-10-28T14:27:56Z")
There’s a recent [NFL score thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=882586) that perhaps can be merged with this one? They seem to be covering a lot of the same ground.