Question

There have been almost 4,000 NFL games played in this century. During this time, what game score has come up most often (i.e., 35-31, 17-7, etc.)?

Answer

23-20. It's happened about 2 percent of the time (81 of 3,988). Next in line are 27-24 (72 times) and 20-17 (71 times). The 24-17 score shows up 55 times, and 13-10 (48 occurrences) comes in at No. 5.