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Has an NFL game ever ended 16-16?

It has. 16-16 has been a NFL final 4 times in 18,234 games. The first was Washington Redskins and Brooklyn Dodgers drew on September 18, 1938; the latest was Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions drew on November 14, 2021.

Where 16-16 sits among nearby NFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 16-16 the 565th most common final score out of 1,095 that have ever occurred in NFL. One point away, 17-16 has happened 85 times and 16-17 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 48 years, between 1973 and 2021.

Every 16-16 in NFL history

DateTeamsSeason
2021-11-14Pittsburgh Steelers / Detroit Lions2021
1973-10-28Cleveland Browns / San Diego Chargers1973
1971-12-05St. Louis Cardinals / Green Bay Packers1971
1938-09-18Washington Redskins / Brooklyn Dodgers1938

Open the NFL grid at 16-16