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The Greenbay Packers vs the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday NIght, in prime time, resulted in a 40-40 tie and a SCORIGAMI!

Ties are rare (first since Dec 2022), but a tie where both teams scored 40 points has never happened before.

Also of note for this game, the Cowboys returned a blocked extra point attempt to score 2 points for themselves.

BackInTex wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 10:12 am

The Greenbay Packers vs the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday NIght, in prime time, resulted in a 40-40 tie and a SCORIGAMI!

Ties are rare (first since Dec 2022), but a tie where both teams scored 40 points has never happened before.

Also of note for this game, the Cowboys returned a blocked extra point attempt to score 2 points for themselves.

If I'm going to lose 10 points, my preference would be for everyone else to lose the points, as well.

I guess at some point since the ancient days when I quit watching football they changed overtime periods to just 10 minutes. I looked up the box score of that game and was trying to figure out how Green Bay kicked a field goal as time expired and it didn't end the game. I did know that a FG on first possession was no longer good enough for sudden death, but was surprised to see each team got just one possession in OT...

Play until there's a winner, wussies!!!

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 11:23 am

I guess at some point since the ancient days when I quit watching football they changed overtime periods to just 10 minutes. I looked up the box score of that game and was trying to figure out how Green Bay kicked a field goal as time expired and it didn't end the game. I did know that a FG on first possession was no longer good enough for sudden death, but was surprised to see each team got just one possession in OT...

Actually, I believe, had there been time left after Green Bays' field goal, Dallas would have received a kick off had had another possesion.

littlebeast13 wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 11:23 am

Play until there's a winner, wussies!!!
lb13

I agree. No OT clock.

Team A Possession 1 = TD, team A wins

Team A Possession 1 = FG, Team B gets ball. Team B Possession 1 no score. Team A wins.

Team A Possession 1 = FG, Team B gets ball. Team B Possession 1 scores TD, Team B wins

Team A Possession 1 = FG, Team B gets ball. Team B Possession 1 scores FG, sudden death kick in with Team B kicking off to Team A and they play until someone scores.


Team A Possession 1 no score, Team B gets ball. Team B Possession 1 scores, Team B wins.

Team A Possession 1 no score, Team B get ball. Team B Possession 1 no score, sudden death kicks in. First team to score wins.

BackInTex wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 10:12 am

Ties are rare (first since Dec 2022), but a tie where both teams scored 40 points has never happened before.

That was the second highest scoring tie in NFL history. The Oakland Raiders and (then) Boston Patriots played to a 43-43 tie in 1964. (After the AFL/NFL merger, AFL statistics and records were accepted as official NFL records.)