Highest-Scoring Game in NFL History (113 Points)

The highest-scoring game in NFL history is Washington's 72-41 victory over the New York Giants on November 27, 1966, which produced 113 combined points. No game since has matched it. The same game holds the record for most points by a single team, with Washington's 72. Both marks have stood for well over half a century as of 2026.

The most points a single team has scored in one NFL game is 72, set by Washington against the New York Giants on November 27, 1966. The next-highest single-team totals are in the low 60s. Because modern defenses and clock rules make 70-point games extremely unlikely, this record is considered one of the safest in the sport.

One of the highest-scoring games of the modern era is the October 2013 Monday-night meeting between the Denver Broncos and Dallas Cowboys, which Denver won 51-48 for 99 combined points. Several other games have reached the mid-90s. These shootouts reflect today's pass-friendly rules but still fall short of the 1966 record of 113.

No playoff game has reached the 113-point regular-season record. The highest-scoring playoff games sit in the high 90s. The postseason tends to feature tighter, more defensive matchups, though the occasional shootout — often decided in the final minutes or [overtime](/overtime-rules-in-the-nfl/) — pushes the combined total upward.

The 1966 game was an outlier: both offenses clicked, turnovers piled up, and the Giants that season had one of the worst defenses in league history. Washington even sent its field-goal unit out in the final seconds to reach 72, which the Giants considered running up the score. The combination of a historically poor defense and a team chasing points produced a total no one has repeated.

In the modern NFL, a combined total above roughly 70 points is considered a genuine shootout, and anything in the 80s or 90s is rare and memorable. League-wide scoring has trended up with rules that protect quarterbacks and receivers, but even so, a 100-point combined game happens only once every few seasons, and the 113-point mark remains untouched.

Official and historical scoring records are tracked by the NFL and by reference sites like Pro Football Reference, which log every game's final score back to the league's early years. Single-team, combined-score, and single-half scoring records are all documented there, along with the dates and teams involved.