And the Final Score for 2013's NFL Season is: ANOTHER SCORING RECORD...

Gee, whoda thunk?

Another year, another scoring record.  Three years in a row now:

Final week average:  41.438, lowest of the year.  They had enough with all the playoff-relevant games to make up for the scoring, sounds like.

Season per-game average:  46.707 points per game.  That's another almost 1.2 points over last year's record.

Cliffhanger:

GB-CHI (TD pass with :38 left)
SD-KC (OT FG for San Diego)
SF-ARI (Three times over!  After a TD pass tied the game at 17 with 3:20 to go, the teams traded field goals.  San Francisco went up 20-17 with 1:45 to go, which was tied with :29 left, which was broken at the gun for San Francisco's victory.)

3 for the final week.  56 of the 256 games this year were decided with a score in the final two minutes or overtime.

Within one score:

MIN-DET (TD pass with 9:19 to go in a game where both coaches have already been fired.)
CAR-ATL (Winning score was in third quarter.)
TEN-HOU (Ditto.)
PHI-DAL (Winning score with 6:09 left.  Dallas got a touchdown with 3:50 left, but the conversion for two failed.)

7 within a score.  Final total:  129/256, just one game over half.