What Super Bowl ended in a tie?
Super Bowl LI featured the largest comeback in Super Bowl history, with the Patriots overcoming a 28–3 deficit to emerge victorious. Due to the comeback, the game is nicknamed "28–3". The game was also the first Super Bowl to be decided in overtime. U.S. viewership: 111.3 million est.
First regular-season overtime game in NFL history. As of 2023 it remains the most recent tie recorded by a team (the Steelers) that went on to win the Super Bowl.
Only one Super Bowl has gone to overtime; the New England Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons in overtime, 34-28, in Super Bowl LI. In blowing a 28-3 lead, the Falcons remained one of the NFL teams that have never won a Super Bowl.
Jacksonville found itself in the playoffs four years in a row from 1996 to 1999 after entering the league in 1995. The young franchise even advanced to the AFC Championship Game in two of those years, but the Super Bowl eluded Jacksonville as the team failed short of the big game.
The year was 1922 and the Rose Bowl of current fame was then known as the Tournament East-West Football Game.
When a NFL game ends in a tie, the game continues with overtime. Overtime commences with a coin toss. The visiting team captain calls the toss. The winner of the toss can choose whether to receive the kick or to kick off, or the team winning the toss can choose which goal to defend.
Houston Texans
Not only are the Texans the NFL's only team to never make a conference championship, they are the only team that has never won a single playoff game on the road. Having been in the NFL since 2002, the Texans are the league's youngest team.
Per Pro Football Reference, 73 games in pro football history have ended in a 0-0 tie. However, the last time it happened was almost 80 years ago, meaning there have been no scoreless ties in the Super Bowl era.
As of 2023, there are 12 teams that have never won a Super Bowl. These include the Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans, Los Angeles Chargers, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans.
The Atlanta Falcons' collapse in Super Bowl LI, during which they blew a 28-3 lead and eventually fell 34-28 in overtime to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, has become the stuff of legend.
What is the highest scoring Super Bowl?
75 points (Super Bowl XXIX: San Diego Chargers vs. San Francisco 49ers) The highest-scoring Super Bowl was Super Bowl XXIX on January 29, 1995, in which the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers defeated the AFC champion San Diego Chargers 49–26 for a combined 75 points.
There have been six 15-1 teams in NFL History. The first two of those teams to accomplish the feat won the Super Bowl (1984 San Francisco 49ers, and the 1985 Chicago Bears) but the last four haven't been so fortunate.
There are four teams that haven't yet played in a Super Bowl: Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, and Houston Texans.
Only two founding members, the Decatur Staleys (now the Chicago Bears) are still in the league. The Chicago Cardinals founded in 1898 (joined the NFL in 1920), now the Arizona Cardinals) is the oldest NFL franchise.
Oldest NFL Teams Without a Super Bowl Win
The Cardinals are the oldest franchise (1920) that hasn't won a Super Bowl. The Lions (1930) are the second-oldest with a win, followed by the Browns (1950).
The Rose Bowl Game, played at Rose Bowl stadium (shown), is the oldest operating bowl game—first played in 1902, it has been played annually since 1916.
The Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers are tied with the most Super Bowl titles with six apiece.
The largest comeback in NFL history belongs to the Vikings, who overcame a 33-0 halftime deficit to pull of the improbable comeback and clinch the NFC North title.
-You can win the game by nine points (field goal and interception), six points (touchdown), or five points (field goal and safety). -In the regular season, the overtime ends in 10 minutes, you can tie the game.
What is the lowest scoring tie in NFL history?
The Lions and Giants' scoreless game
In case you were wondering, the last 0-0 tie in the NFL was Nov. 7, 1943 between the Detroit Lions and New York Giants.
There are four NFL teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl: the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans, though both the Browns (1950, 1954, 1955, 1964) and Lions (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957) had won NFL Championship Games prior to the creation of the Super Bowl in the 1966 season.
They are as follows: Atlanta Falcons. Arizona Cardinals. Buffalo Bills.
In American football, if a team attempting an extra point or two-point conversion (officially known in the rulebooks as a try) scores what would normally be a safety, that attempting team is awarded one point. This is commonly known as a conversion safety or one-point safety.
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.
Has the NFL ever canceled games in the past? Yes, the NFL has canceled games in the past. Labor strikes led the NFL to play only nine games in 1982, writes Joe Horrigan in "NFL Century: The One-Hundred-Year Rise of America's Greatest Sports League."
Twelve franchises have never won a Super Bowl, and four of them have yet to even play in the big game throughout their history.
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That dubious honor falls to the 25-point margin the Atlanta Falcons gave up to the New England Patriots five years earlier. Nor did it come close to the record 33-point blown lead in one particular heartbreaking 2022 game.
The biggest margin of victory in NFL history for a regular-season game is held by the Rochester Jeffersons, who beat Fort Porter, a non-league team, in 1920, winning 66-0. The largest margin of victory between two NFL teams occurred in 1934, when the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Cincinnati Reds 64-0.
What is the highest scoring NFL game with no touchdowns?
The Minnesota Vikings have scored the most points by a team in a game with exactly 0 touchdowns, with 23 points versus the Rams on November 5, 1989.
Only the Green Bay Packers, who won the 1965 NFL title the year before taking the first two Super Bowls, have ever managed to win three championships in a row since the league began holding title games in 1933.
The very biggest margin of victory in college football history took place more than a century ago, back on October 7, 1916. On that day, Georgia Tech thrashed Cumberland 222-0, settling an old score between two schools that had developed a sporting rivalry. We will never see anything like that ever again.
| TEAM | SEASON | OPP PTS |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 2022 | 463 |
| Houston Texans | 2022 | 420 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 2022 | 449 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 2022 | 427 |
Drafting a quarterback with the first overall pick has led to a “worst to first” move in the past when the Indianapolis Colts selected Andrew Luck in the 2012 NFL Draft.
No, an NFL team has never scored 100 points. The record for the most points in a game is 78 by the New Orleans Saints against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on September 17, 2009. What is this?
Teams that have taken a halftime lead at the Super Bowl are 40-11 (four Super Bowls have been tied at the half).
Which NFL team has the most Super Bowl titles? The Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers are tied with the most Super Bowl titles with six apiece. The Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers follow right behind tied with five wins each.
In the most anticlimactic Super Bowl game historically ever witnessed, the Patriots won the Superbowl, earning Tom Brady his sixth ring and title of lowest Super Bowl score played.
Prior to this game, the only time in NFL history that a team failed to win a game that they led by 30 or more points in was a 38–38 tie in a 1960 game between the Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos, in which the Broncos rallied from a 38–7 deficit to tie the game at 38, which would end up being the final score.
What is the longest streak with a Super Bowl?
What about the longest winning and losing streaks in the Super Bowl? The San Francisco 49ers hold the record for the most consecutive Super Bowl wins with five straight between 1982-95. The Pittsburgh Steelers have the second-longest run with four straight wins between 1975-80.
The record books also say the Buffalo Bills are the only team to play in four straight Super Bowls. Heck, only one other team -- the '71-'73 Miami Dolphins -- even made it to three in a row.
Teams that have won consecutive Super Bowls: Green Bay Packers (Super Bowls I and II) Miami Dolphins (Super Bowls VII and VIII) Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowls IX and X; Super Bowls XIII and XIV)
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There are four NFL teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl: the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans, though both the Browns (1950, 1954, 1955, 1964) and Lions (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957) had won NFL Championship Games prior to the creation of the Super Bowl in the 1966 season.
At the start of the 2023 National Football League (NFL) season, the Green Bay Packers had won the most regular-season games in the history of the competition. The Packers have made five Super Bowl appearances and were crowned champions four times in total.
The highest-scoring Super Bowl in NFL history is Super Bowl 29 (XXIX) which took place on Jan. 29, 1995. The San Francisco 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers, 49-26, combining for a record 75 total points.
No rookie quarterback has ever won a Super Bowl in the 57 years of the game's existence as the starter. In fact, no rookie has ever even reached the Super Bowl as the starter for a team.
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.
