1981 NFL game records

What was the highest scoring NFL game of 1981?

The highest scoring NFL game of 1981 was Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders on Nov 22, 1981: 55-21, 76 combined. The widest margin was 42, Philadelphia Eagles at Arizona Cardinals on Nov 8, 1981.

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Highest scoring games

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Highest scoring NFL games of 1981

Date↓	Game↓	Score↓	Combined↓
Nov 22, 1981	Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders	55-21	76
Sep 20, 1981	Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs	42-31	73
Oct 11, 1981	Los Angeles Rams at Atlanta Falcons	37-35	72
Sep 6, 1981	Kansas City Chiefs at Pittsburgh Steelers	37-33	70
Sep 20, 1981	Washington Commanders at Arizona Cardinals	30-40	70
Oct 25, 1981	Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns	28-42	70
Sep 27, 1981	Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos	24-42	66
Oct 11, 1981	Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Chargers	33-31	64
Nov 8, 1981	Detroit Lions at Washington Commanders	31-33	64
Nov 22, 1981	San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams	33-31	64

Widest margins

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Widest NFL margins of 1981

Date↓	Game↓	Score↓	Margin↓
Nov 8, 1981	Philadelphia Eagles at Arizona Cardinals	52-10	42
Dec 12, 1981	Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions	7-45	38
Dec 20, 1981	Arizona Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles	0-38	38
Nov 22, 1981	Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3-37	34
Nov 22, 1981	Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders	55-21	34
Sep 13, 1981	Buffalo Bills at Indianapolis Colts	35-3	32
Sep 13, 1981	Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers	35-3	32
Oct 18, 1981	New York Giants at Seattle Seahawks	32-0	32
Sep 6, 1981	New York Jets at Buffalo Bills	0-31	31
Oct 11, 1981	Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers	14-45	31

Longest games

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Longest NFL games of 1981

Date↓	Game↓	Score↓	Overtimes↓
Oct 4, 1981	New York Jets at Miami Dolphins	28-28	1
Oct 25, 1981	Los Angeles Chargers at Chicago Bears	17-20	1
Nov 8, 1981	Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots	30-27	1
Nov 15, 1981	Washington Commanders at New York Giants	30-27	1

Regular season games on file for 1981, by combined score, margin and overtimes played. NFL all-time records