1976 NFL game records

What was the highest scoring NFL game of 1976?

The highest scoring NFL game of 1976 was New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks on Nov 21, 1976: 51-27, 78 combined. The widest margin was 59, Atlanta Falcons at Los Angeles Rams on Dec 4, 1976.

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Highest scoring games

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Highest scoring NFL games of 1976

Date↓	Game↓	Score↓	Combined↓
Nov 21, 1976	New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks	51-27	78
Dec 12, 1976	Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers	20-58	78
Dec 12, 1976	Buffalo Bills at Indianapolis Colts	20-58	78
Dec 5, 1976	Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins	27-45	72
Oct 3, 1976	Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns	45-24	69
Sep 26, 1976	Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Chargers	24-43	67
Oct 3, 1976	Las Vegas Raiders at New England Patriots	17-48	65
Nov 28, 1976	Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Las Vegas Raiders	16-49	65
Oct 10, 1976	Kansas City Chiefs at Washington Commanders	33-30	63
Nov 21, 1976	New England Patriots at New York Jets	38-24	62

Widest margins

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Widest NFL margins of 1976

Date↓	Game↓	Score↓	Margin↓
Dec 4, 1976	Atlanta Falcons at Los Angeles Rams	0-59	59
Nov 7, 1976	Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City Chiefs	45-0	45
Sep 19, 1976	New York Jets at Denver Broncos	3-46	43
Dec 5, 1976	Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Pittsburgh Steelers	0-42	42
Dec 12, 1976	Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets	42-3	39
Dec 12, 1976	Buffalo Bills at Indianapolis Colts	20-58	38
Dec 12, 1976	Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers	20-58	38
Oct 31, 1976	Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Rams	6-41	35
Nov 7, 1976	Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Denver Broncos	13-48	35
Oct 18, 1976	New York Jets at New England Patriots	7-41	34

Longest games

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Longest NFL games of 1976

Date↓	Game↓	Score↓	Overtimes↓
Sep 19, 1976	Los Angeles Rams at Minnesota Vikings	10-10	1
Sep 27, 1976	Washington Commanders at Philadelphia Eagles	20-17	1
Oct 17, 1976	Kansas City Chiefs at Miami Dolphins	20-17	1
Oct 31, 1976	San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals	20-23	1

Regular season games on file for 1976, by combined score, margin and overtimes played. NFL all-time records