Has any team ever gone 17 0?
Since the National Football League began in 1920, only one team has played a perfect season (both regular season and playoffs): the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who won all fourteen of their regular season games and three postseason games, including Super Bowl VII, to finish the season 17–0–0.
The 2007 New England Patriots were the first NFL team to achieve a perfect 16-0 regular season record, and seemed destined to go down as the greatest team ever until their stunning defeat in Super Bowl XLII.
Are we witnessing the first team to go 16-0 and eventually hoist the Lombardi Trophy? The '72 Dolphins went undefeated on the way to winning their first Super Bowl in January of 1973.
The Patriots added postseason victories over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the divisional playoff round and a 21-12 win over the San Diego Chargers in the AFC Championship Game to run the streak to an amazing 18-0. In doing so, the Patriots became the first team ever to go 18-0 in a season.
Has there ever been a 0-0 tie in the NFL? 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.
Apart from the 1972 Dolphins, three NFL teams have completed undefeated and untied regular seasons: the 1934 Chicago Bears, the 1942 Chicago Bears, and the 2007 New England Patriots.
Played on December 22, 1963, the game took place in the American Football League (AFL), but it was absorbed into official NFL records after the NFL–AFL merger. The Oakland Raiders defeated the Houston Oilers 52–49, combining for a total of 101 points.
1984 San Francisco 49ers
The '84 49ers were the first team in NFL history to go 15-1 after the league expanded its schedule to 16 games in 1978. Led by coach Bill Walsh and quarterback Joe Montana, the 49ers suffered their only loss of the regular season in Week 7 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Now, each team plays about 3.5 games per week during the regular season which lasts about 165 days. So Has an NBA team ever gone 0-82 or 82-0? No team has ever won or lost all 82 games in a single season. The best record ever was 73 wins and 9 losses by the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team that has ever achieved a perfect, undefeated season.
Did the Patriots ever go 17 0?
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| 2007 New England Patriots season | |
|---|---|
| Record | 16–0 |
| Division place | 1st AFC East |
The New England Patriots (USA) scored a 16-0 record in 2007, becoming the first team in NFL history to achieve an undefeated regular season since the league went to a 16-game schedule in 1978.
So far, 1,075 different final scores have been achieved in NFL history. The lowest possible score is 0-0 and has been achieved 73 times, though the most recent scoreless tie came on Nov. 7, 1943.
Similarly, five NFL games in history have finished with a score of 2-0. Again, this has not happened post-merger, with the last such game coming in 1938 between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. The lowest NFL score in the post-merger history is 3-0.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team that has ever achieved a perfect, undefeated season.
A conversion safety by the defense is also possible, though highly unlikely; although this has never occurred, it is the only possible way a team could finish with a single point in an American football game.
A 1 point safety is extremely rare, but it can happen. What is a 1 point safety in football? A 1 point safety is when the team trying to score a 2-point conversion or PAT turns the ball over, the defense takes the ball out of the end zone, then gets tackled in the end zone for a safety.
The Jacksonville Jaguars' 65-7 win over the Miami Dolphins in January 2000 is the biggest blowout in NFL playoff history. In more than two decades since Fred Taylor and the Jaguars obliterated Dan Marino and the Dolphins, no team has come close to matching the 58-point blowout.
Earlier, in 2019, LSU became the third college football team ever to finish the season at 15-0, and the second in consecutive years. Penn was first to do so in 1897 and Clemson followed in 2018.
On December 8, 1940, the Chicago Bears trounce the Washington Redskins (now known as the Washington Football Team) in the National Football League (NFL) Championship by a score of 73-0, the largest margin of defeat in NFL history.
Has any NFL team scored 70 points in a game?
The 1950 Los Angeles Rams, the best offensive team in NFL history in terms of average points (466 in 12 games, 38.8 PPG), scored 70 points, one of only three teams to ever do so. The following week, they beat the Detroit Lions 65-24, including an NFL record 41 points in one quarter.
The lowest scoring NFL game of all time took place on November 26th 2007 at Heinz Field when the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Miami Dolphins by a score of just 3 to 0. The three points were scored from a field goal by kicker Jeff Read in the fourth quarter.
The Seahawks made history by becoming the first 7–9 team ever to make the playoffs and then did it again by becoming the first to win a playoff game, racking up 31 first downs and 474 yards, including a 67-yard touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch late in the fourth quarter.
The 2010 Seahawks were the first team to make the playoffs with a losing record in a 16-game NFL regular season. The team was able to take advantage of the weak competition in the NFC West, winning the title and advancing to the Wild Card Round despite a 7-9 record.
No team that started 1-7 has ever made the NFL playoffs — although one came close. The 2004 Panthers were coming off an 11-5 season and a Super Bowl loss to the Patriots in Houston.
Since 1944, only five teams have had winless seasons in the NFL: the 1960 Dallas Cowboys (0–11–1), the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0–14), the 1982 Baltimore Colts (0–8–1) the 2008 Detroit Lions (0–16), and the 2017 Cleveland Browns (0–16).
Conversely, teams have had their 3–0 comeback fall short after evening a series nine times: five in the NHL, three in the NBA, and one in MLB. The most recent example is the Houston Astros of MLB in the 2020 American League Championship Series.
Lowest Scoring Game: Pistons vs.
22, 1950 than there were points scored on the court. In the lowest scoring game of all time, the Fort Wayne Pistons beat the Minneapolis Lakers 19-18 that day.
From 2000 to date, the last undefeated team in every season has failed to win the Super Bowl and only one has been able to take it. That team was the 2006 Indianapolis Colts, who went 9-0 until the Dallas Cowboys beat them 21-14.
1. Philadelphia Eagles. The Philadelphia Eagles went all-in this year to win a Super Bowl.
What NFL team has a perfect record?
50 years on, the 1972 Miami Dolphins' undefeated season remains undefeated. It's been 50 years since the 1972 Miami Dolphins became the first (and, so far, only) team in NFL history to win every game in a season.
Only two NFL teams went 0-16 in 43 years: the Cleveland Browns in 2017, and, yep, the Detroit Lions in 2008.
Even if the Patriots' perfect season ended in a Super Bowl XLII loss to the New York Giants, Brady's 2007 campaign is the best ever by an NFL quarterback.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins, led by Hall of Fame Coach Don Shula, finished 17-0 and won Super Bowl VII over the Washington Redskins. Fifty years later, the 1972 Miami Dolphins are still the only NFL team to complete an entire season undefeated.
It takes a certain combination of bad luck, poor management and crisis of confidence to cause a team of professional players to have such a season. Only three teams since the start of the Super-Bowl era have managed to lose all of their games in a season.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's seventh season and third in the National Football League (NFL). The team was led by third-year head coach Don Shula and achieved the only perfect season in NFL history. They also led the league in both points scored and fewest points allowed.
The 2020 season was the final season with just 16 regular-season games, as the NFL decided to bump up to 17 the following year.
Now, each team plays about 3.5 games per week during the regular season which lasts about 165 days. So Has an NBA team ever gone 0-82 or 82-0? No team has ever won or lost all 82 games in a single season. The best record ever was 73 wins and 9 losses by the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors.
Since 1944, only five teams have had winless seasons in the NFL: the 1960 Dallas Cowboys (0–11–1), the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0–14), the 1982 Baltimore Colts (0–8–1) the 2008 Detroit Lions (0–16), and the 2017 Cleveland Browns (0–16).
Indeed, only one team in the league's history has ever managed that feat, winning all of their regular season games, playoff games, and the Super Bowl, and that is the 1972 Miami Dolphins. They won all 14 regular season games and finished at 17-0 as the Super Bowl VII champions.
What NFL team is winless?
| Year | Team | Losses |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Cleveland Browns | 16 |
| 2008 | Detroit Lions | 16 |
| 1982 | Baltimore Colts | 8 |
| 1976 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 14 |
There have been 7 teams in NFL history who have won at least 15 games. This most recently happened in 2015, when the Carolina Panthers went 15-1.
1972 Dolphins roster, surviving players
15, 2022, 28 members of the 1972 Dolphins are alive, including quarterback Bob Griese and running backs Csonka and Mercury Morris.
After 42 years of schedule consistency, the NFL voted on March 31 to extend the regular season from 16 games to 17 games. With more games comes more money, not just for the teams but also for the players.
The collective bargaining agreement signed in 2011 maintained the sixteen game regular season schedule. The 2020 CBA allowed for an expansion of the regular season to seventeen games. The team owners voted in March 2021 to institute the expanded schedule beginning with the 2021 season.
No NBA team has ever scored 200 points in a game.
In 1983, the Detroit Pistons beat the Denver Nuggets 186–184 and this is the most in NBA history.
The Warriors began the 2015–16 season by winning their first 24 games, eclipsing the previous best start in NBA history, set by the 1993–94 Houston Rockets and the 1948–49 Washington Capitols at 15–0 .
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers maintain the lowest regular season win–loss percentage (. 404), holding a 299–442–1 record through 2022. Being the most-recently founded franchise in the NFL, the Houston Texans have recorded the fewest games played (338) and wins (142).