Lowest Amount of Points

JoeZagorski
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Lowest Amount of Points

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Hey Guys,

To the best of your knowledge and research, was Minnesota's 3-0 victory over Green Bay in November of 1971 the lowest scoring game of the decade in the NFL?

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Jay Z
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No, Buffalo beat Atlanta 3-0 in 1977 and Tampa Bay beat Kansas City 3-0 in 1979. There was one 3-0 game in the 1960s and none in the 1950s.
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Thanks Jay Z!
Brian wolf
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I can still remember when the Redskins beat the Cowboys 9-5 on MNF in 1978. Its still hard to believe the Skins fell off the rails later in the year.
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The "oddest low score" game i remember is the Buccaneers 10-5 upset win over the Bills in 1988.
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ChrisBabcock wrote:The "oddest low score" game i remember is the Buccaneers 10-5 upset win over the Bills in 1988.
For me it's that 5-0 playoff game in 1970 -- Dallas beat Detroit, as I recall. There were several ugly playoff games that year, not just the Super Bowl.
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Bob Gill wrote:
ChrisBabcock wrote:The "oddest low score" game i remember is the Buccaneers 10-5 upset win over the Bills in 1988.
For me it's that 5-0 playoff game in 1970 -- Dallas beat Detroit, as I recall. There were several ugly playoff games that year, not just the Super Bowl.
Always found it slightly ironic that the NFL's 50-year mark (1920-70) had a 5-0 game. And that game still hurts to think about.
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Imagine Giants fans from 1950, lamenting an 8-3 loss to the Cleveland Browns in the postseason after beating them twice that year ? Graham and Conerly combined for only six completions for the game ...
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Watching Pittsburgh-Miami tonight comes to mind the time they played 15 years ago in MNF, when the Steelers won 3-0. Another famous 3-0 score was the Dolphins-Patriots Snowplow Game of 1982.
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I remember watching the Jets 3-0 win over Washington in 1993...not really that unusual of a score to see that particular season. The game wasn't a drab a mess as people would think.

They also had a 6-0 win over New England that year in an absolute monsoon

The Jets played 3 consecutive weeks...Nov 28 through Dec 11th that season where there wasn't a single touchdown scored in those games. Not by them...not by their opponents
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