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SCORIGAMI: Cincinnati Bengals 43, Tennessee Titans 36 is the first 43-36 game in NFL history
For the first time ever, NFL produced a 43-36 final. Cincinnati Bengals beat Tennessee Titans on November 1, 2026, filling a cell that had stayed empty across 18,342 games.
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The league's previous scorigami was 59-37, Chicago Bears over Carolina Panthers on September 13, 2026, 2 months earlier. This is NFL's 3rd new final score of the 2026 season.
Its closest neighbors show how tight the score space had become: 44-36 had still never happened and 43-37 had happened 4 times. It lands on the high-scoring frontier of the grid, the sparse territory that only fills in on the rare night the points pile up.