Pro Football: Most Points Scored in a Game / List of 60+ Point Games

It’s widely known that in the 1940 NFL Championship Game the Chicago Bears defeated the Washington Redskins 73-0, which still stands as the most points scored by one team in an official NFL game.  However teams have scored more than 73 points in game in other professional league games, including some NFL teams in non-official games.  For example the then NFL’s Providence Steam Roller defeated West Point Field Artillery in a non-official exhibition  127-0, for the most points scored by a major professional team in a single game (non-official & official).

Utilizing the vast amount of professional game scores generously published by Tod Maher at The Pro Football Archives, and the wonderful Team Game Finder tool at Pro-Football-Reference, I have compiled a list of each notable professional league’s record for most points scored in a game by one team.  After that I complied a listing of professional games in which a team scored 60 points or more.

Most Points Scored in a Pro Football Game by One Team

Note: I believe this to be a complete list, but if anybody has any additions please e-mail me.

In 1956 the CFL formed under the name Canadian Football Council.

Current Professional Leagues
National Football League
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
Official
73 – 0		1940	12/8	Chicago Bears	at	Washington Redskins	Lge Champ
Unofficial
127 – 0		1925	9/20	Providence Steam Roller	vs	West Point Field Artillery	Exhibition
Canadian Football League
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
82 – 14		1956	10/20	Montreal Alouettes	vs	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Regular Season
United Football League
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
41 – 3		2010	11/13	Sacramento Mountain Lions	vs	Omaha Nighthawks	Regular Season
41 – 7		2010	11/11	Florida Tuskers	vs	Hartford Colonials	Regular Season
41 – 7		2009	11/20	Las Vegas Locomotives	vs	New York Sentinels	Regular Season
41 – 10		2009	11/4	Las Vegas Locomotives	at	New York Sentinels	Regular Season
Former Professional Leagues
American Football League
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
Official
59 – 7		1963	9/7	Kansas City Chiefs	at	Denver Broncos	Regular Season
Unofficial
66 – 24		1967	8/23	Kansas City Chiefs	vs	Chicago Bears	Exhibition
All-America Football Conference
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
Official
66 – 14		1946	12/8	Cleveland Browns	at	Brooklyn Dodgers	Regular Season
Unofficial
79 – 0		1949	8/5	Buffalo Bills	vs	Jersey City Giants	Exhibition
United States Football League
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
54 – 7		1984	5/25	Houston Gamblers	at	Jacksonville Bulls	Regular Season
54 – 6		1984	3/17	Birmingham Stallions	vs	Memphis Showboats	Regular Season
World Football League
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
60 – 17		1974	10/23	The Hawaiians	at	Chicago Fire	Regular Season
60 – 8		1974	8/21	Memphis Southmen	vs	The Hawaiians	Regular Season
NFL Europa
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
62 – 31		2003	4/6	Scottish Claymores	vs	Berlin Thunder	Regular Season
World League of American Football
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
58 – 20		1991	3/30	Orlando Thunder	vs	Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks	Regular Season
The XFL
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
39 – 10		2001	3/3	San Francisco Demons	vs	Birmingham Bolts	Regular Season
39 – 32		2001	2/10	Los Angeles Xtreme	vs	Chicago Enforcers	Regular Season
American Football League (1926)
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
Official
35 – 0		1926	11/2	New York Yankees	vs	Rock Island Independents	Regular Season
Unofficial
100 – 0		1926	12/11	Newark Demons	at	Fort Benning	Exhibition
American Football League (1936)
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
Official
48 – 21		1937	11/14	Los Angeles Bulldogs	vs	Rochester Tigers	Regular Season
Unofficial
59 – 0		1937	11/7	Boston Shamrocks	vs	Pennsylvania All-Stars	Exhibition
American Football League (1940)
Points		Year	Date	Won		Lost
Official
49 – 0		1940	10/13	Milwaukee Chiefs	vs	Cincinnati Bengals	Regular Season
Unofficial
60 – 0		1940	9/8	Milwaukee Chiefs	vs	St. Louis Gunners	Exhibition

Scoring 60 Points or More in a Pro Football Game

National Football League
NFL vs. NFL Opponents (Regular Season)
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1966	11/27		72-41	Washington Redskins	vs	New York Giants
1950	10/22		70-27	Los Angeles Rams	vs	Baltimore Colts
1950	10/29		65-24	Los Angeles Rams	vs	Detroit Lions
1949	11/13		65-20	Chicago Cardinals	at	New York Bulldogs
1934	11/6		64-0	Philadelphia Eagles	vs	Cincinnati Reds
1952	11/30		63-7	Pittsburgh Steelers	vs	New York Giants
1948	10/17		63-35	Chicago Cardinals	at	New York Giants
1948	11/21		63-40	San Francisco 49ers	at	Brooklyn Dodgers
1985	11/17		62-28	New York Jets	vs	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1973	9/16		62-7	Atlanta Falcons	at	Saints
1972	11/26		62-10	New York Giants	vs	Philadelphia Eagles
1954	11/7		62-3	Cleveland Browns	vs	Washington Redskins
1953	12/6		62-14	Cleveland Browns	vs	New York Giants
1922	10/29		62-0	Akron Pros	vs	Oorang Indians
1989	12/17		61-7	Cincinnati Bengals	vs	Houston Oilers
1980	12/7		61-7	Chicago Bears	vs	Green Bay Packers
1972	12/17		61-17	Cincinnati Bengals	at	Houston Oilers
1965	12/12		61-20	Chicago Bears	vs	San Francisco 49ers
1923	10/7		60-0	Chicago Cardinals	vs	Rochester Jeffersons
1922	10/15		60-0	Rock Island Independents	vs	Evansville Crimson Giants
NFL vs. NFL Opponents (Playoffs)
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1940	12/8		73-0	Chicago Bears	at	Washington Redskins
2000	1/15		62-7	Jacksonville Jaguars	vs	Miami Dolphins
NFL vs. NFL Opponents (Exhibition)
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1950	9/2		70-21	Los Angeles Rams	n	Baltimore Colts
1956	9/7		69-21	Los Angeles Rams	vs	Chicago Cardinals
1957	8/31		63-21	Los Angeles Rams	n	Chicago Cardinals
1955	8/13		60-14	San Francisco 49ers	n	Pittsburgh Steelers
NFL vs. Non-NFL Opponents
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1925	9/20		127-0	Providence Steam Roller	vs	West Point Field Artillery
1931	12/6		101-7	Portsmouth Spartans	vs	Columbus Safety Cab
1936	12/13		100-0	Brooklyn Dodgers	n	St. Louis Terriers
1930	9/21		90-0	Minneapolis Redjackets	vs	Spring Valley Northland Oils
1921	10/23		90-0	Evansville Crimson Giants	vs	New Albany Calumet Indians
1957	8/10		84-0	Los Angeles Rams	at	Southern California All-Stars
1934	9/23		83-0	Boston Redskins	at	Manchester Pros
1952	8/10		79-0	San Francisco 49ers	n	San Francisco Broncos
1926	9/12		79-0	Green Bay Packers	vs	Iron Mountain B
1952	9/19		76-0	San Francisco 49ers	at	San Jose Packers
1938	9/5		75-0	Green Bay Packers	n	Cedar Rapids Crushers
1922	12/17		74-0	Milwaukee Badgers	at	Pine Bluff
1921	10/2		74-0	Muncie Flyers	at	Elwood American Legion
1958	8/9		73-0	Los Angeles Rams	at	California All-Stars
1934	9/15		73-0	Detroit Lions	at	Traverse City Athletic Club
1953	8/7		72-19	Los Angeles Rams	at	Eleventh Naval District
1936	8/30		70-0	Chicago Cardinals	at	South Bend Kamm Brewers
1921	1/29		69-0	Akron Pros	at	San Joaquin Vly American Legion
1936	1/12		67-14	Detroit Lions	at	Westwood Cubs
1931	10/11		67-7	Providence Steam Roller	vs	Bridgeport
1928	9/23		67-0	Pottsville Maroons	vs	Harrisburg
1952	9/13		66-7	Chicago Cardinals	n	Camp Polk
1931	9/20		66-0	Providence Steam Roller	?	Weymouth
1920	10/10		66-0	Rochester Jeffersons	vs	Fort Porter
1941	11/9		65-2	Green Bay Packers	at	Kenosha Cardinals
1933	9/10		65-0	Chicago Cardinals	at	Aurora Ideals
1926	9/19		65-0	Pottsville Maroons	vs	League Island Marines
1956	8/11		62-7	Los Angeles Rams	at	Fort Ord
1943	11/28		62-14	Green Bay Packers	at	New London Diesels
1936	9/5		62-0	Green Bay Packers	vs	Madison Cardinals
1926	12/12		62-0	Los Angeles Buccaneers	n	Merced American Legion
1955	8/20		61-0	Baltimore Colts	vs	Fort Belvoir
1941	10/5		61-6	Philadelphia Eagles	at	Providence Steam Roller
1921	11/6		61-0	Washington Pros	at	Norfolk
1937	9/26		60-13	Chicago Bears	at	Brandt Florals
1936	9/16		60-6	Brooklyn Dodgers	at	Mount Vernon Cardinals
1934	9/26		60-0	Boston Redskins	at	Massachusetts All-Stars
1933	9/10		60-0	Chicago Bears	at	Cicero Pros
1926	10/19		60-0	Pottsville Maroons	vs	All-Lancaster Roses
1926	1/30		60-3	Chicago Bears	at	Portland All-Stars
American Football League
AFL vs. Non-AFL Opponents (Exhibition)
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1967	8/23		66-24	Kansas City Chiefs	vs	Chicago Bears
All-American Football Conference
AAFC vs. AAFC Opponents (Regular Season)
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1946	12/8		66-14	Cleveland Browns	at	Brooklyn Dodgers
1946	12/1		62-14	Los Angeles Dons	vs	Buffalo Bisons
1949	10/14		61-14	Cleveland Browns	at	Los Angeles Dons
AAFC vs. Non-AAFC Opponents
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1949	8/5		79-0	Buffalo Bills	vs	Jersey City Giants
1948	9/19		63-7	San Francisco 49ers	at	Charlotte Clippers
Green Bay Packers Non-NFL Years (1919-1920)
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1919	10/5		87-0	Green Bay Packers	vs	Sheboygan Company
1919	10/26		85-0	Green Bay Packers	vs	Oshkosh Professionals
1919	10/12		76-6	Green Bay Packers	vs	Racine Iroquois
1920	10/24		62-0	Green Bay Packers	vs	DePere Pros
1919	9/21		61-0	Green Bay Packers	vs	Marinette Northerners
Canadian Football League
CFL vs. CFL Opponents (Regular Season)
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1956	10/20		82-14	Montreal Alouettes	vs	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1990	9/20		70-18	Toronto Argonauts	vs	Calgary Stampeders
1991	10/19		68-14	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	vs	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1990	9/1		68-43	Toronto Argonauts	vs	British Columbia Lions
1994	8/27		67-15	British Columbia Lions	vs	Shreveport Pirates
1993	11/6		67-24	Sacramento Gold Miners	vs	British Columbia Lions
1962	10/15		67-21	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	vs	Saskatchewan Roughriders
1997	9/7		66-25	Toronto Argonauts	at	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1999	9/18		65-15	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	vs	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1995	8/5		65-17	Shreveport Pirates	vs	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1984	9/7		65-25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	vs	Ottawa Rough Riders
1995	9/15		64-10	Edmonton Eskimos	vs	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2001	9/8		63-31	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	vs	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1999	8/5		63-17	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	vs	Saskatchewan Roughriders
1995	8/27		63-3	Edmonton Eskimos	vs	Ottawa Rough Riders
1960	10/30		63-27	Toronto Argonauts	vs	Montreal Alouettes
2000	8/3		62-7	Montreal Alouettes	vs	Saskatchewan Roughriders
1996	7/10		62-22	Calgary Stampeders	at	Montreal Alouettes
1994	7/29		62-21	Calgary Stampeders	vs	British Columbia Lions
1991	8/15		62-10	Toronto Argonauts	vs	Saskatchewan Roughriders
1981	9/26		62-11	Edmonton Eskimos	vs	Montreal Alouettes
2005	9/8		61-27	British Columbia Lions	at	Ottawa Renegades
1995	8/18		61-11	Shreveport Pirates	vs	Ottawa Rough Riders
1993	10/2		61-10	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	vs	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1992	7/16		61-20	Toronto Argonauts	vs	British Columbia Lions
1981	10/24		61-7	Edmonton Eskimos	vs	Toronto Argonauts
1959	8/29		61-8	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	at	Saskatchewan Roughriders
1990	9/29		60-39	Toronto Argonauts	vs	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
CFL vs. CFL Opponents (Playoffs)
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1996	11/10		68-7	Edmonton Eskimos	vs	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CFL vs. CFL Opponents (Exhibition)
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1994	6/24		61-28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	vs	Ottawa Rough Riders
1990	6/28		60-19	Toronto Argonauts	vs	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
WFL vs. WFL Opponents (Regular Season)
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1974	8/21		60-8	Memphis Southmen	vs	The Hawaiians
1974	10/23		60-17	The Hawaiians	at	Chicago Fire
NFL Europa vs. NFL Europa Opponents (Regular Season)
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
2003	4/6		62-31	Scottish Claymores	vs	Berlin Thunder
AFL (1926) vs. Non-AFL (1926) Opponents
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1926	12/11		100-0	Newark Demons	at	Fort Benning
AFL (1940) vs. Non-AFL (1940) Opponents
Year	Date		Score	Won		Loss
1940	9/8		60-0	Milwaukee Chiefs	vs	St. Louis Gunners

Additional Notes

The NFL’s Chicago Bears and Arizona Cardinals have scored 60+ points in an official league game on three occasions.  The most by any NFL team.  The Bears last scored 60+ points vs. the Packers in 1980 (61-7), while the Cardinals last scored 60+ points vs. the New York Bulldogs in 1949 (65-20).

The NFL’s Giants allowed 60+ points in an official league game on four occasions.  The most by any NFL team.  The Giants last gave up 60+ points vs. the Redskins in 1966 (72-41).

The CFL’s Toronto Argonauts scored 60 or more points in an official league game on seven occasions.  The most by any professional team in the leagues covered in this post.  The Argonauts last scored 60+ points vs. the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1997 (66-25).

In 1990 the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts scored 60 or more points in a regular season game on three occasions, and scored 60 points in an exhibition game.

In 1950 the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams scored 60+ points in a regular season game on two occasions, and scored 70 points in an exhibition game.

In 2005 the CFL’s British Columbia Lions defeated the Ottawa Renegades 61-27.  They are the last team in a professional league covered in this post, to score 60 or more points in a game.

The last NFL team to score 60+ points in a game, were the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2000 (1999 season).  They defeated the Dolphins 62-7 in the Divisional Playoffs.  It was the last game for two legendary NFL figures, with Dolphins head coach Jimmy Johnson and QB Dan Marino calling it quits.

Only three teams in the leagues covered in this post, have scored 60+ points in a playoff game.  The aforementioned 1940 Bears against Redskins game, the 1999 Jaguars against Dolphins game, and in 1996 the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 68-7 in the Division Semi-Finals.

Reference: The Pro Football Archives, Pro-Football-Reference, Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (1941 AFL results)