Re: Thoughts on '90 NYG@SF MNF and upcoming KC@Rams
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:47 pm
The Giants were brutal that year, finishing 1-12-1 and giving up 501 points. The week after that Redskins game, they had a 40-28 lead in Cleveland over the heavily-favored Browns. They ended up losing 49-40.RRMarshall wrote:Rupert Patrick ยป Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:48 am
RRMarshall wrote:
Any chance this game breaks the all-time MNF record for points set by the 1983 Wash-GB game??
Looks like you nailed this one. The 105 points by both teams is now the third most of any game of all time behind the 113 between Giants and Redskins 1966 and the 106 between Browns and Bengals 2004. The 51 points scored by the Chiefs assures a record of the most points scored by a losing team ever, breaking the record of 49 by two teams, both in 52-49 games.
"Every time you lose, you die a little bit. You die inside. Not all your organs, maybe just your liver." - George Allen
As they say even a broken clock is right twice per day! I could not help but think after this one was over was despite all the offense and 3 defensive TDs this game still did not threaten the highest scoring game off all-time, the 1966 Giants at Redskins 72-41. Here we had a game currently involving the two highest scoring offensives in the NFL and the other game involving 2 middle-of-the road if not poor NFL squads combining for 113 points now over 50 years ago. If you want to treat yourself get the NFL GOW DVD of this game. Maybe this record will eventually fall with the emphasis on offense the way it is. Would make for a fascinating statistical study on the likelihood of its being broken if the scoring trends continue upwards like this?