Only two games on the late schedule.
No one gave a shit about Carolina vs. Arizona.
But then you have Denver and Dallas -- rivals for decades, Romo vs. Peyton...
And you can guess what happened...
FIFTY-ONE TO FORTY-EIGHT, FIELD GOAL AT THE GUN TO DENVER.
(By the way, that makes 5 games this week decided by a score or less, and the Cliffhanger Index is at 2 with the Ultra-Late-Night Baseball Special from Oakland and the Monday Nighter left.)
Thanks to a little ingenuity and our friends at Pro Football Reference, we were able to find out that this was the highest scoring NFL game since Cincinnati defeated Cleveland 58-48 on November 28, 2004.
(That even beats the playoff record: Arizona defeated Green Bay in the Wild Card round of the 2009-2010 season, 51-45.)
Washington defeated the New York Giants 72-41 on November 27, 1966.
The San Francisco 49ers defeated the (football) Brooklyn Dodgers 62-40 on November 21, 1948.
Those three games are the only three games in the history of the NFL (according to the chart that was pulled up) in which the teams combined for more than 100 points).
So this means (and I checked -- there were a couple 98's in there) that today's game is the 4th-highest scoring in the history of the NFL, going back to at least 1940.
Peyton had 4 more touchdowns -- 20 in 5 games. Tom Brady's record of 50 is most-certainly in danger.
Tony Romo passed for 506 yards in the loss. (The team gets credit for 470 when you take out the sacks.)
According to Pro Football Reference, this is only the 30th time since 1940 that a team has passed for at least 470 yards. Those teams are now 17-13.
And you are going to try to tell me, Mr. or Mrs. or Miss Football Fan, that NOBODY COULD'VE SEEN THIS COMING...
Are you out of your fracking mind??? Seriously!
Additional Fact: Peyton Manning's 414 yards passing without a sack represents the 15th time in NFL history that both teams passed for over 400 yards.
NINE have happened 2010 or since.
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