"There was no good reason to be thinking about NFL history when the Dallas Cowboys took on the Las Vegas Raiders a couple of weeks ago. Neither team had a winning record at the time, and the score was never close after halftime. But as the game stretched on that Monday night, the sportswriter and video maker Jon Bois sensed that something unprecedented could be afoot. "I glanced up and realized 36-23 was very much in play," he told me."
"Bois is the mind behind "Scorigami," a term he defines as "the act, and art, of producing a final score in a football game that has never happened before." He conjured that portmanteau after a 2014 Seattle Seahawks victory over the Green Bay Packers. That game finished 36-16, the first time those two numbers had ever appeared side by side at the end of an official NFL contest."
"In the 11 years since, Scorigami-watching has become a national pastime. Throughout the NFL season, fans of football and whole numbers keep a weekly vigil, hoping for novel combinations. Sometimes, their dedication is rewarded with a score that has never been achieved in any of the 18,000-plus regular-season and postseason games found in official league records. Since Bois's coinage, we've celebrated 78 more Scorigamis, including four this year: 41-40, 40-40, 36-29, and 44-32."
During a Cowboys–Raiders game, Jon Bois noticed 36-23 was possible despite neither team having a winning record and the score being not close after halftime. He coined "Scorigami"—the act and art of producing a final football score that has never occurred—after a 2014 Seahawks–Packers 36-16 finish. Scorigami-watching became a national pastime, with fans tracking novel combinations across 18,000-plus official games. Since the coinage, 78 additional Scorigamis have occurred, including four this year: 41-40, 40-40, 36-29 and 44-32. There are 1,095 unique NFL scorelines, yet 36-23 remains maddeningly elusive.
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