Broncos outscore Cowboys in a Loyola-Marymount type game. 99 total points. For only the 23rd time since the merger in 1970, both teams scored 40-plus points in the same game.
With the way teams are scoring this year, it might not be the last time it happens this season. It's happened seven times in the last seven years.
Here's the rundown. For overtime games, those are designated with an asterisk. (And note that four of those seven OT games were settled by touchdowns rather than field goals.)
BOTH TEAMS SCORING 40-PLUS POINTS | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Winner | Score | Loser | Score |
1971 | N.Y. Giants | 42 | at Green Bay | 40 |
1972 | Minnesota | 45 | at L.A. Rams | 41 |
*1983 | at Seattle | 51 | Kansas City | 48 |
*1983 | at Atlanta | 47 | Green By | 41 |
1983 | at Green Bay | 48 | Washington | 47 |
1985 | San Diego | 44 | at Cincinnati | 41 |
1985 | at San Diego | 54 | Pittsburgh | 44 |
1986 | Green Bay | 44 | at Detroit | 40 |
1986 | at Kansas City | 42 | San Diego | 41 |
*1986 | at N.Y. Jets | 51 | Miami | 45 |
*1989 | Buffalo | 47 | at Houston Oilers | 41 |
1997 | at Philadelphia | 44 | Cincinnati | 42 |
1998 | Arizona | 45 | at Washington | 42 |
*2003 | at Baltimore | 44 | Seattle | 41 |
2004 | at Cincinnati | 58 | Cleveland | 48 |
2006 | San Diego | 49 | at Cincinnati | 41 |
2007 | at Cleveland | 51 | Cincinnati | 45 |
2007 | at Atlanta | 44 | Seattle | 41 |
2008 | at Chicago | 48 | Minnesota | 41 |
*2009 | at Arizona | 51 | Green By | 45 |
2011 | at Green Bay | 45 | Detroit | 41 |
*2012 | at Tennessee | 44 | Detroit | 41 |
2013 | Denver | 51 | at Dallas | 48 |
--Ian Allan