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This is a list of the highest-scoring games in the history of the National Football League, by number of combined points. It includes both regular season and postseason games. The highest-scoring game overall was a 1966 game between the Washington Redskins and New York Giants, which produced a
In addition to radio networks run by each NFL team, select NFL games are broadcast nationally by Westwood One (known as Dial Global for the 2012 season). These games are broadcast on over 500 networks, giving all NFL markets access to each primetime game. The NFL's deal with Westwood One was extended in 2012 and continued through 2017. [132]
By 1958, when that season's NFL championship game became known as "the most exciting game ever played", the NFL was on its way to becoming one of the most popular sports leagues in the United States. The rival American Football League was founded in 1960.
In addition to the regular Sunday afternoon games, there are regularly three prime time games each week (Monday night football on select weeks may have two games, along with late season Saturday night games). With the exception of the NFL Kickoff Game and the Thanksgiving night game, which are broadcast by NBC, the Thursday night game is ...
All ten of these consolation games were played in the Orange Bowl in Miami in January, the week after the NFL championship game. The NFL now classifies these contests as exhibition games and does not include the records, participants, or results in the official league playoff statistics.
Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
The following is a list of games that have been given names that are widely used or recalled in reference to the game or as part of an NFL team's lore. This list does not include games named only after being an NFL/AFL Championship game or Super Bowl game unless they are referred to by a name besides their official yearly name (i.e. 28-3 for ...
1995 San Diego Chargers–New York Giants game; 2006 Chicago Bears–Arizona Cardinals game; 2007 New England Patriots–New York Giants game; 2018 Kansas City Chiefs–Los Angeles Rams game; 2021 Tampa Bay Buccaneers–New England Patriots game; 2022 Indianapolis Colts–Minnesota Vikings game