Well, you won’t believe what them young folks is askin’ nowadays. They come up to me, all smart-like, with their fancy phones and ask, “what is the lowest scoring nfl game?” NFL, I reckon that’s that football thing they’re all crazy about. Lowest scoring, huh? Sounds like a real snoozer to me!
I remember back in the day, we didn’t have no fancy football on the TV. We just had the old radio, and sometimes the signal was so bad you couldn’t even hear who was winnin’. But these young’uns, they got it all figured out. They know all the numbers and the players’ names. Me? I just know if they score, they score, doesn’t matter if it was low score or high, I guess they just want some excitement from the game.
So, this lowest scoring game, they tell me it was a real long time ago. Something about some Chicago Bears, them bears are strong, I guess, back in 1938, sounds like a long time to me. And then these other fellas, the Green Bay Packers, back in 1932, it’s so far, I wasn’t even born then. There was another one, this one is hard to say, Frankford Yellow Jackets, in 1928, before I even had time to be born, these guys must be good at something, I guess they play some good game at that time. They only got 2 points! Can you believe that? Only 2! My grandson, he scores more than that in his little peewee games! He’s a good boy.
They also said something about the game with no scores, 0-0, oh boy, that’s really boring to me, what are they playing, just run around and no score at all? They say it’s some Giants and Lions back in 1943. Well, that was a long time ago, too. We didn’t care much about football scores back then. We were just worried about puttin’ food on the table and makin’ ends meet. These days they make a big old fuss over a game where nobody scores. And there’re like 73 games like that, with no scores! Imagine 73 games, and nobody even wins, that’s a lot of nothing for sure.
And you know what else? Since the year 2000, there have been so many teams, like 20, and they all got 0 points in some game, they play the game, and no scores at all. My goodness, how could they do that? They mentioned the Carolina Panthers, twice in 2023! And the New York Jets, they did it four times, I can’t believe it! There’s also a team called Las Vegas Raiders, they got 0 points, too, twice in 2023. They should just stay home and play cards or somethin’ if they ain’t gonna score.
There was this one game, though, they said it was a real nail-biter, even if the score was low. The Pittsburgh Steelers played against these guys, the Miami Dolphins. And guess what? The Steelers won, but they only got 3 points! And the Dolphins? Zero! That’s a close one, I reckon. I bet those Steelers fans were mighty happy, even if it wasn’t a big score. Just a little score can win the game, that’s interesting.
- 7 games ended with a score of 3-0 since 1970.
- 73 games ended scoreless in NFL history.
- There was a game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Cardinals, they said it was the lowest scoring game ever.
They say these low-scoring games are all about, what’s that word… strategy. Yeah, strategy. Like a game of checkers, I guess. You gotta think real hard about where you’re gonna move your men. And then there’s this other thing, “tenacious tackling”. Sounds painful! I reckon it means they’re grabbin’ each other real good and not lettin’ go. And sometimes, they just can’t seem to get the ball where it needs to go. That’s what they call an “offensive struggle”. Sounds like my kinda struggle, tryin’ to get my old bones outta bed in the mornin’!
Anyway, these young folks and their football. They sure do love it. Even when the score is so low you can hardly see it. Me? I’d rather watch a good sunset or listen to the birds sing. But hey, to each their own, as they say. If they wanna know about the lowest scoring nfl game, I guess I can tell ’em what I heard. It ain’t much, but it’s somethin’. They just like to know these things, they keep records of everything, every score, every play. Well, it’s good for them, just hope they don’t forget to enjoy the game while they count all these numbers. I’d rather just watch something exciting, or just enjoy the peace and quiet. That’s enough excitement for me.
