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The Eagles beat the Cincinnati Reds 64-0 in 1934

Can't imagine any team beating the Lions' record of 7 straight shutouts at the beginning of the 1934 season, their first in Detroit after moving from Portsmouth. The streak included road wins in GB, Philadelphia, and Cincy.

I'll just put the Snowplow Game in here for discussion. Dolphins had the ball in Patriots territory quite a bit. I know the conditions made things difficult but they had the ball in NE territory 3 of their 4 second-half drives.

So, kind of two ways to look at a shutout -- absolute domination by a defense or a lot of chances for the offense and still coming away with no points every time.

74_75_78_79_ wrote:First off, Happy Holidays to you all!

Second.. how about the LA Rams losing, 28-0, at home in the ’78 NFCC to that very team wearing their, then, blue ‘jinx’ jerseys??

Losing by a close score to the defending-Champs/perennial contender? Of course understandable. But losing to them, at home, in that very fashion? And this was a 12-4 team who beat them, and Pittsburgh, during the regular season!

This was typical of the 1973-78 LA Rams. They were either a favorite or strong contender to go to the Super Bowl for six straight years but found a way to lose, four times in the NFC Championship game.

Funny thing the 1979 team (at 9-7 partly due to injuries) was the weakest of those teams but the only one to make the Super Bowl. They lost to the Steelers, but did make a game of it. The famed columnist Jim Murray, wrote after Super Bowl XIV, "It wasn't a Minnesota Viking performance."

74_75_78_79_ wrote:First off, Happy Holidays to you all!

Second.. how about the LA Rams losing, 28-0, at home in the ’78 NFCC to that very team wearing their, then, blue ‘jinx’ jerseys??

Losing by a close score to the defending-Champs/perennial contender? Of course understandable. But losing to them, at home, in that very fashion? And this was a 12-4 team who beat them, and Pittsburgh, during the regular season!

That has to be a top 3 loss then. I didn't even think about that.

Brian wolf wrote:One of the most embarrassing championship game losses was the Vikings against the Giants in the 2000/01 NFC Title game 41-0 ... The Vikings team acted like they didnt even want to show up, while making Giants QB Kerry Collins look like Joe Montana. It was such a one-sided game that the Giants team actually thought they could challenge for the SB win but only avoided their own shutout to the champion Ravens because of a great kickoff return for TD. Ironically enough, they gave up their own return TD on the next play ...

Yeah that one was in my head. If it wasn't for it being on the road, I'd probably have it as a top 5 shutout L. The 2000 Giants were also one of the worst teams to ever make a SB appearance. I feel like no one even remembers that squad even in a sea of SB losers.

The 49ers poured it on the Rams in a 48-0 blowout in 1987 but enjoyed patting themselves on the back so much that despite a bye week in the playoffs, they were flat in their playoff loss to the Vikings. In his book, Walsh admitted he made mistakes in handling the younger team leading into the playoffs compared with other squads. The Vikings were hot on defense, overpowering the offensive line but I also feel Walsh panicked too soon replacing Montana with Young. After a great year, Joe deserved to finish the game but Walsh thought Young could possibly rally them but it wasnt enough.

Ness wrote:

74_75_78_79_ wrote:First off, Happy Holidays to you all!

Second.. how about the LA Rams losing, 28-0, at home in the ’78 NFCC to that very team wearing their, then, blue ‘jinx’ jerseys??

Losing by a close score to the defending-Champs/perennial contender? Of course understandable. But losing to them, at home, in that very fashion? And this was a 12-4 team who beat them, and Pittsburgh, during the regular season!

That has to be a top 3 loss then. I didn't even think about that.

The 1978 game was 0-0 at half time. Rams offense turned it over on 2 of the first 3 plays. Rams defense got a stop by getting another fumble at the 1 yard line. Cappelletti ran well early then was hurt. Cullen Bryant was about the only RB left for the Rams by that point. Rams still played fairly well in the 1st half, Corrall missed a couple of FGs. Rams turned it over again, another short field for the Cowboys midway through the 3rd quarter, they finally scored. Another turnover and short field early in the 4th. By that time Haden was hurt and Vince Ferragamo in.

1973-1978 playoff losses, Rams never led in any of those games. At least this one they stayed in it, not falling behind right away like they usually did.