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An NFL final score of 36 to 29 has never happened in NFL history until today. When the Houston Texans returned the ball for a last-second score against the Jacksonville Jaguars and declined to go for the extra point, we got NFL Scorigami for the third tie this season.
An NFL “Scorigami” is a final score that’s never happened before in the history of the league. Scorigami has been happening more and more as teams use analytics to go for two, offenses are scoring more points than ever, and sometimes weird stuff just happens.
Thie is the 1094th unique score in NFL history and the third Scorigami this season. The Buffalo Bills’ thrilling 41-40 Week 1 game and the 40-40 tie between the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers were also Scorigami.
Often, the Scorigami is a result of a weird scoring play. In this game, the Jaguars started the weirdness going for two in the third quarter and failing. Not a lot of easy ways to get to 29 points. The Texans had their own failed two-point conversions and then decided not to attempt a PAT.
Incidentally, a 37-29 final score has happened four times. That would not have been a Scorigami if the Texans kicked the extra point.
There are still nearly 1400 NFL scores that have never happened, so it’s not a phenomenon that is going away any time soon.
Our friends at Secret Base just so happen to be in the middle of an extensive series on Scorigami right now. You can watch tit on YouTube. Here is Part 1:
