Lowest Scoring NFL Game: List of Lowest Score Games in NFL History

On December 10, 2023, a game played between the Raiders and the Vikings was one of the lowest scoring NFL games ever played. But not the lowest, the Minnesota Viking won the game by scoring the only field goal of the match in the 4th quarter of the game.

Sunday Night Football(SNF), the Vikings played a game at Raiders home at Allegiant Stadium in front of 65,000 fans and registered one of the lowest scoring games, won by 3-0. Both the Vikings and Raiders were unable to open the scoreboard till the end of the third quarter of the game. In the fourth quarter, the 1 minute and 57 seconds left, Vikings’s placekicker Greg Joseph got the chance and scored a 36-yard field goal and led the Vikings to win the game.

The game between the Vikings and Raiders last night was the lowest scoring NFL game since 2007; on November 26, 2007 game played between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins was the last lowest scoring game in the NFL. The Steelers won the game by a score of 3-0.

FINAL: @Vikings win the lowest-scoring NFL game since… 2007 😮 #MINvsLV pic.twitter.com/L0o4MjvXhq

— NFL (@NFL) December 11, 2023

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Lowest Scoring NFL Game All Time

If we talk about the lowest scoring NFL game of all time with no result, then 73 NFL games till 2023 are the lowest scoring (0-0) with no results. All these games were played in the early era of the NFL.

The last game in which neither team scored a single point was played in 1943 when Steve Owen’s Giants and Gus Dorais’ Lions fought to a scoreless tie in a Nov. 7 game in Detroit.

So, in NFL history, 73 games played ended up with 0-0 score ties each.

Lowest Scoring NFL Game All Time by A Team to Win

The lowest scoring NFL games ever played by a team to win are five, with a scoreline of 2-0. Here are the details you are looking for.

November 11, 2023 (Akron Pros vs. Buffalo All Americans)

The first ever lowest scoring game ever played in the history of the NFL by a team to win was a game between Akron Pros vs. Buffalo All Americans. The Akron Pros won the game with a scoreline of 2-0.

The other four lowest scoring games with results are played:

• On November 21, 1926, between the Kansas City Cowboys vs Buffalo Rangers and Cowboys won the game.
• On November 29, 1928, between the Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Green Bay Packers, the Yellow Jackets won the game.
• On October 16, 1932, between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears, the Packers won the game.
• On September 18, 1938 between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, the Bears won the game.

Check out the list of other lowest scoring games of all time ever played in the history of the NFL.

Lowest Scoring NFL Game Since 2000

The number of lowest scoring games played before 2000 was unreal, whereas after 2000 there, only a few games till 2023 were played with the lowest scores. Here is the list of the 5 lowest score games played after 2000 in the NFL.

List of 5 lowest scoring NFL games since 2000

#1 Minnesota Vikings 3 – Las Vegas Raiders 0 (2023)

NFL week 14 season 2023-24, game was played on December 10, 2003, between the Minnesota Vikings and Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium. Lowest a scoring game in which the Vikings sealed the win; the only player to score was Greg Joseph. Joseph scored a field goal of 36 yards with only 1:57 seconds left to end the game.

#2 Pittsburgh Steelers 3 – Miami Dolphins 0 (2007)

The lowest scoring NFL game ever played on Monday Night Football was November 27, 2007, played between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins at Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA, in front of 57,704 fans. The Steelers won the game with the help of Jeff Reed’s 24-yard field goal with 17 seconds remaining until the end of the 4th quarter.

#3 Jacksonville Jaguars 6 – Indianapolis Colts 0 (2018)

The game was played on December 2, 2018, between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Indianapolis Colts at TIAA Bank Field (Everbank Stadium). In this game, only the Jaguars managed to score 6 points in the 2nd and 4th quarters of the game, whereas the Colts were not able to open the scoreboard.

The Jaguars won the game with the help of Josh Lambo’s two field goals of 30-yard and 37-yards. Jalen Ramsey was the player of the Jaguars that delivered one of the most dominant defensive performances in franchise history.

#4 Dallas Cowboys 6 – Philadelphia Eagles 0 (2017)

December 31, 2017 game played between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles is 4th lowest game played since 2000. Cowboys won the game with an only touchdown by Brice Butler 20 Yd pass from Dak Prescott (Dan Bailey PAT failed).

The Eagles went scoreless and Dallas Cowboys only score 6 in the game played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA, in front of 69,596 fans.

#5 Cleveland Browns 6 – Seattle Seahawks 3 (2011)

The Cleveland Browns managed to beat the Seattle Seahawks in a dull game. The game was played on October 24, 2011, at Cleveland Browns Stadium in front of 66,350 fans.

Phil Dawson converted two field goals of 52 yards and 53 yards to lead the Browns to win. At the same time, Steven Hauschka was the only player from the Seahawks to score 3 points with a 20-yard field goal.

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