What Are The Most Points Scored In An NFL Game?

The Most Points Scored in an NFL Game is 55, set by the Los Angeles Rams in 2018.

The Most Points Ever Scored in an NFL Game

In the history of the National Football League (NFL), there have been seventeen games in which a team has scored at least 60 points. The record for the most points scored by one team in an NFL game is 73, set by the Washington Redskins in a 1972 regular season game against the New York Giants. The game was played on November 26, and resulted in a Washington victory by a score of 73–0.

The Highest Scoring Games in NFL History

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues, the highest professional level of American football in the world.

The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season. NFL standings are updated at the end of each regular season and playoff results are included here only if a team scored at least 30 points. The Super Bowl Champion is also denoted.

1940 -Chicago Bears 73, Washington Redskins 0
The most lopsided game in NFL history featured 11 future Hall of Famers! The game was played in front of only 8,377 fans at Griffith Stadium, which was not even half-filled. The weather was said to be “windy and cold.”
1943 -Washington Redskins 62, New York Giants 7
In one of the strangest games in NFL history, Washington racked up an astounding 62 points against their crosstown rivals, while holding them to just 7. It was so bad that Giants’ owner Wellington Mara asked Redskins’ owner George Preston Marshall to run up the score less so that his team wouldn’t be embarrassed. Marshall refused.
1984 -Miami Dolphins 45, New England Patriots 3
This was Dan Marino’s coming out party. In just his 2nd year in the league, Marino threw for 422 yards and 6 TDs as Miami trounced New England 45-3. 1986 -New York Jets 51, Indianapolis Colts 27
This Monday Night matchup featured two future Hall of Famers: Jets’ QB Ken O’Brien and Colts’ QB Jim Everett. O’Brien would end up with 430 passing yards and 6 TDs while Everett would add 414 passing yards and 3 TDs in a losing effort.

The Most Points Scored by One Team in an NFL Game

The most points that have ever been scored by one team in an NFL game is 73, by the Washington Redskins against the New York Giants in 1966. This record has been matched once, by the Los Angeles Rams against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2018.

The Most Points Scored in an NFL Playoff Game

In the history of the NFL, there have been some truly incredible games played. But which one was the highest scoring of them all? That dubious distinction goes to the divisional matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants in the NFC playoffs on January 3rd, 1987. In that game, a total of 113 points were scored!

The 49ers got things started with a bang, scoring an early touchdown to take a 7-0 lead. But the Giants would battle back, eventually taking a 21-17 lead into halftime. Things would only get wilder in the second half as the two teams combined for an absurd 96 points! Ultimately, it was the 49ers who emerged victorious, winning by a final score of 38-24.

Incredibly, that wasn’t even close to being the highest scoring game in NFL history. Just two years earlier, on November 27th, 1983, the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys combined for an astounding 107 points! In that game, which was also a divisional playoff matchup, Washington won by a final score of 51-45.

The Most Points Scored in a Super Bowl

In the history of the National Football League (NFL), only four teams have scored more than 40 points in a Super Bowl. The record for most points in a Super Bowl is held by the San Francisco 49ers, who scored 55 points in Super Bowl XXIV. The New England Patriots are second on the list, having scored 54 points in Super Bowl LIII.