# List of highest-scoring NFL games
The highest-scoring games in [National Football League](https://www.edgepedia.org/national-football-league) history are ranked by combined points scored by both teams. The record is 113 points, set when the Washington Redskins beat the [New York Giants](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-york-giants) 72-41 on November 27, 1966[1](https://www.nfl.info/download/2012MediaGuides/2014%20NFL%20Kickoff%20Guide.pdf). The most points scored by one team in any NFL game is 73, by the [Chicago Bears](https://www.edgepedia.org/chicago-bears) against the Washington Redskins in the 1940 NFL Championship Game[2](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/71237-highest-score-nfl-championship-game).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Most combined points, any game | 113, Washington 72, New York Giants 41, November 27, 1966[1](https://www.nfl.info/download/2012MediaGuides/2014%20NFL%20Kickoff%20Guide.pdf) |
| Most points by one team, any game | 73, Chicago Bears over Washington, 1940 NFL Championship Game, December 8, 1940[2](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/71237-highest-score-nfl-championship-game) |
| Most points by one team, regular season | 72, Washington against the Giants, 1966[3](https://apnews.com/article/7b63c4ac5c48e0f4156a8a4574de5c72) |
| Second-highest combined total | 106, Cincinnati 58, Cleveland 48, November 28, 2004[1](https://www.nfl.info/download/2012MediaGuides/2014%20NFL%20Kickoff%20Guide.pdf) |
| Highest-scoring overtime game | 99 points, Seattle 51, Kansas City 48, November 27, 1983[1](https://www.nfl.info/download/2012MediaGuides/2014%20NFL%20Kickoff%20Guide.pdf) |
| Most recent 70-point team game | Miami 70, Denver 20, September 24, 2023, the most points by an NFL team since 1966[3](https://apnews.com/article/7b63c4ac5c48e0f4156a8a4574de5c72) |
| Games with 95+ combined points | 14 across league history[4](https://sportsmonkie.com/highest-scoring-game-in-the-nfl/) |
## The top combined-scoring games
The NFL's own record-keeping convention counts [American Football League](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-football-league) games from 1960 to 1969 as major-league results and includes [All-America Football Conference](https://www.edgepedia.org/all-america-football-conference) games from the 1940s in the historical database[5](https://www.sports24.us/article/highest-scoring-nfl-games-in-history). Under that convention, the highest combined totals are[1](https://www.nfl.info/download/2012MediaGuides/2014%20NFL%20Kickoff%20Guide.pdf) • [6](https://as.com/us/nfl/cual-ha-sido-el-partido-con-mas-puntos-marcados-en-la-nfl-n/):
| Rank | Date | Game | Combined points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 27, 1966 | Washington 72, New York Giants 41 | 113 |
| 2 | November 28, 2004 | Cincinnati 58, Cleveland 48 | 106 |
| 3 | November 19, 2018 | Los Angeles Rams 54, Kansas City 51 | 105 |
| 4 | December 22, 1963 | Oakland 52, Houston 49 | 101 |
| 4 | November 1, 2015 | New Orleans 52, New York Giants 49 | 101 |
| 6 | October 6, 2013 | Denver 51, Dallas 48 | 99 |
| 6 | November 27, 1983 | Seattle 51, Kansas City 48 (OT) | 99 |
| 8 | October 17, 1948 | Chicago Cardinals 63, New York Giants 35 | 98 |
| 8 | December 8, 1985 | San Diego 54, Pittsburgh 44 | 98 |
| 10 | October 22, 1950 | Los Angeles Rams 70, Baltimore Colts 27 | 97 |
One source that verifies every score against at least two independent references counts 14 games in league history that reached 95 or more combined points[4](https://sportsmonkie.com/highest-scoring-game-in-the-nfl/). The 95-point threshold includes Washington 48, Green Bay 47 from 1983, a game often cited as the highest-scoring contest of the modern era[7](https://gameoll.com/what-is-the-highest-nfl-scoring-game/).
## The 113-point game: Washington 72, Giants 41
Washington's 72 points against the Giants on November 27, 1966 stands as the NFL regular-season record; the overall single-team NFL record is Chicago's 73 points against Washington in the 1940 NFL Championship Game, a record that stood decades later[8](https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/highest-scoring-nfl-games-1966) • [9](https://www.nfl.com/photos/mind-blowing-stats-for-the-washington-redskins-0ap3000000498365) • [2](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/71237-highest-score-nfl-championship-game). The 72 points also stand as the regular-season record; the only higher single-team total, the Bears' 73 in 1940, came in a championship game[3](https://apnews.com/article/7b63c4ac5c48e0f4156a8a4574de5c72).
The losing side contributed heavily to the total.
## The 73-0 championship game
The most points any team has scored in a professional football game came in the 1940 NFL Championship Game, when the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0 in Washington on December 8, 1940[2](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/71237-highest-score-nfl-championship-game) • [10](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_scores_find.cgi?pts_lose=0&pts_win=73).
Ten Chicago players combined to score 11 touchdowns in the game, which was also the first in NFL history broadcast on network radio[11](https://nflcommunications.com/media/Publications/2015%20Kickoff%20Information%20Guide.pdf).
## Modern-era scoring
Only a handful of games since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger have crossed 100 combined points. The [Cincinnati Bengals](https://www.edgepedia.org/cincinnati-bengals)' 58-48 win over the [Cleveland Browns](https://www.edgepedia.org/cleveland-browns) in November 2004 was the second-most points ever scored in an NFL game and the most since the merger[12](https://www.profootballhof.com/news/nfl-shootouts). The [New Orleans Saints](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-orleans-saints)' 52-49 win over the Giants in November 2015 reached 101 points[13](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32527277/chasing-113-points-modern-nfl-matchup-break-combined-single-game-scoring-record-how), and the Los Angeles Rams' 54-51 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on November 19, 2018 produced 105 points, the third-highest total in league history[14](https://as.com/us/us/2018/11/20/nfl/1542751921_989683.html).
Single-team outbursts have come close to the old marks without breaking them. The [Miami Dolphins](https://www.edgepedia.org/miami-dolphins)' 70-20 win over the [Denver Broncos](https://www.edgepedia.org/denver-broncos) on September 24, 2023 was the most points by an NFL team since 1966, and made Miami the fourth team in NFL history to score at least 70 points in a regular-season or playoff game, alongside the 1940 Bears, the 1966 Redskins, and the 1950 [Los Angeles Rams](https://www.edgepedia.org/los-angeles-rams)[3](https://apnews.com/article/7b63c4ac5c48e0f4156a8a4574de5c72) • [6](https://as.com/us/nfl/cual-ha-sido-el-partido-con-mas-puntos-marcados-en-la-nfl-n/). Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel chose to take a knee on the final drive rather than attempt a field goal that would have set the single-game scoring record[3](https://apnews.com/article/7b63c4ac5c48e0f4156a8a4574de5c72).
League-wide scoring has risen enough to make record games more plausible. The average NFL game reached a record high of 49.6 total points in 2020, breaking the previous record of 48.9 set in 1961[15](https://theanalyst.com/articles/highest-scoring-games-in-nfl-history). A combined 96 points between the Bears and Panthers in a recent season ranked 12th for the highest-scoring game in NFL history, and was the most in a single match since the Rams-Chiefs 105-point game of 2018[16](https://news.bet365.com/en-gb/article/highest-scoring-nfl-games-of-all-time/2026091513380816172).
## Related records
The highest-scoring overtime game in NFL history is Seattle's 51-48 win over Kansas City on November 27, 1983[17](https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/highest-scoring-nfl-games-all-time). High-scoring games also cluster on Kickoff Weekend: the highest such game came on September 28, 1947, when Philadelphia beat Washington 45-42 for 87 combined points[1](https://www.nfl.info/download/2012MediaGuides/2014%20NFL%20Kickoff%20Guide.pdf).
## References
1. [2014 NFL Kickoff Guide, NFL Communications](https://www.nfl.info/download/2012MediaGuides/2014%20NFL%20Kickoff%20Guide.pdf)
2. [Highest score, NFL Championship game, Guinness World Records](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/71237-highest-score-nfl-championship-game)
3. [Dolphins rout Broncos 70-20, scoring the most points by an NFL team in a game since 1966, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/7b63c4ac5c48e0f4156a8a4574de5c72)
4. [The Highest-Scoring Games Ever, Sports Monkie](https://sportsmonkie.com/highest-scoring-game-in-the-nfl/)
5. [The Highest-Scoring NFL Games in History, sports24](https://www.sports24.us/article/highest-scoring-nfl-games-in-history)
6. [¿Cuál ha sido el partido con más puntos marcados en la NFL?, AS](https://as.com/us/nfl/cual-ha-sido-el-partido-con-mas-puntos-marcados-en-la-nfl-n/)
7. [What Is The Highest NFL Scoring Game?, GameOLL](https://gameoll.com/what-is-the-highest-nfl-scoring-game/)
8. [Highest Scoring NFL Games 1966, StatMuse](https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/highest-scoring-nfl-games-1966)
9. [Mind-blowing stats for the Washington Redskins, NFL.com](https://www.nfl.com/photos/mind-blowing-stats-for-the-washington-redskins-0ap3000000498365)
10. [All Games in Pro Football History with a 73 to 0 score, Pro-Football-Reference.com](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_scores_find.cgi?pts_lose=0&pts_win=73)
11. [2015 Kickoff Information Guide, NFL Communications](https://nflcommunications.com/media/Publications/2015%20Kickoff%20Information%20Guide.pdf)
12. [NFL Shootouts, Pro Football Hall of Fame](https://www.profootballhof.com/news/nfl-shootouts)
13. [Chasing 113 points, ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32527277/chasing-113-points-modern-nfl-matchup-break-combined-single-game-scoring-record-how)
14. [Los récords que nos dejó el Chiefs vs. Rams del MNF, AS](https://as.com/us/us/2018/11/20/nfl/1542751921_989683.html)
15. [The Highest-Scoring Games in NFL History, The Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/articles/highest-scoring-games-in-nfl-history)
16. [Highest-scoring NFL games of all time, bet365 News](https://news.bet365.com/en-gb/article/highest-scoring-nfl-games-of-all-time/2026091513380816172)
17. [Highest-Scoring NFL Games of All-Time, FOX Sports](https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/highest-scoring-nfl-games-all-time)
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