NFL’s First-Ever 800-Point Weekend
November 25, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under NFL - NFL
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Last night’s 51-29 win by New Orleans over Green Bay boosted the National Football League to the first 800-point weekend in its history. A total of 837 points were scored in the league’s 16 Week 12 games (it averaged out to more than 50 points per game), the most ever in a single NFL weekend. The previous record was 788 points, set three times back in 2002, 2004 and 2007. Games this season are averaging 45 points. If that holds up, it would top last season’s average of 43.4 points and the record average since the 16-game schedule was instituted in 1978 of 43.7 points per game in 1983.
This comes as no surprise in a league whose rules clearly favor the offense. The NFL knows fans want to see points on the scoreboard and that’s exactly what they’re going to give them, much to the displeasure of any player who makes his living on the defensive side of the ball.
Source: NFL Media
That was an eye-catching headline. 800 points. Nice job.