NFL 2020 Week 4 Score Report

• The Monday nighters took a bit off the number, but not enough that it wasn't well over another 50 a game for the week.  52.47 for the week, 51.32 for the season.
• There have been 3233 points in the first 61 NFL games.  At that average, the NFL will score 13,137 points for the season.  That would be 1,165 points more than the record for an NFL season (two years ago).  At the current rate, the NFL would break the record about halfway through Week 16!
• The highest per-game average is 47.2 points per game in 1948.  The league would still be about 1,050 points above that, a record they would surpass during the late games of Week 16.
• Home teams clawed back to 6-9 for the week, but 31-31-1 for the year.
• For games with fans:  Tampa won, Miami lost, Houston lost, Cincy won, Carolina won, the Chiefs won, and Dallas lost.  4-3 for 11-6 for the year.  Fanless games are 20-25-1 for the home team.
• The over was 8-7-1 for 37-26-1 for the year.  This, with an an average Vegas total of 49.6 for the week.  Highest NFL average Vegas total in 35 years.  Probably ever, but that's as far as ESPN Chalk could find.
• Early Week 5 totals of some interest (Vegas Insider, through the Westgate Superbook except for one case):  

1. Giants-Dallas 54. 
2. SNF:  Minnesota-Dallas 58  (which would be the new high for the year -- two 57's jointly hold that, each going one way)
3. MNF:  Chargers-New Orleans 52  
4. Jacksonville-Houston:  54 1/2
5. And the William Hill has just put the Atlanta-Carolina total at 55 after the Monday nighter.
   

• The favorites were 7-7-1 against the number for 30-31-1 for the year.  Straight up:  10-5 for 42-19-1.
• The story of the year is the lack of penalties, and only 154 were called this week (only 10.3 a game).  Season total is 721 (11.4, almost 11.5 a game)
• Team with more penalties was 5-7, for 24-30-1 for the year.
• No Cliffhangers this week, but SEVEN Last Chance Misses for 23 of those for the year.  4 missed onside chances, an interception in the last minute, a failed fourth down inside 10 seconds, and a ball in the air at the gun.
• Nine games were within one score.  Meaning out of the last 47 games, 26 of them were within a margin of 8 or less for a total of 33 for the year.
• Three non-competitive games for 18 for the year.  

And some early ratings numbers:

• Preliminary from ShowBuzzDaily has Sunday Night Football off about a third from last year in the ratings department for Week 4.