When any NFL game ends with a unique score never seen before in the league’s history, it is referred to as “scorigami,” and this is another rare market that sportsbooks will offer ahead of the biggest and final game of the NFL season.
The Seahawks defeated the Patriots, 29-13, in a score that has appeared 11 times before in NFL history, so there was no scorigami.
We came close to a scorigami in Super Bowl 59. In the last 2 minutes of the game with a score of 40-12, there was an 82% chance of a scorigiami, but the Chiefs scored again. The final score of 40-22 has happened 1 time before, last on November 7th, 2004.
Betting on novelty Super Bowl props can bring a special flair to the big game each year, because “scorigami” wagers are rarely available for any other regular season or postseason game.
The idea is simple: With so many ways to tally points in football — touchdowns, extra points, field goals, safeties — there are many possible final score combinations. Sometimes a game results in a final score that has never happened before in NFL history. This is known as a “scorigami.” So what are the odds that the final score of the Super Bowl will result in a scorigami?
Super Bowl 58 did not result in a scorigami, despite the somewhat unique final score of 25-22 in overtime as the Kansas City Chiefs outlasted the San Francisco 49ers. Below, we’ll look at the history of the scorigami.
Super Bowl scorigami odds
Below were the odds from DraftKings Sportsbook ahead of Super Bowl 60 to include a scorigami. Clicking on the odds in the table below will take you to the sportsbook where you can place the bet.
How many scorigamis have there been?
To date, the NFL has recorded a little over 1,000 different final scores. From the multiple 0-0 games to the historic 73-0 blowout that the Chicago Bears recorded against Washington in 1940, NFL teams have found many, many ways to achieve new scores. Yet there are still 1,392 missing scores possible between 2-2 and 70-70, including some ties, which are not possible in postseason play. The number is still over 1,000 missing scores.
Sports writer Jon Bois coined the term scorigami to describe a never-before-seen final score in the NFL. While it might sound like a rare occurrence, there were six scorigamis in the 2024 regular season, and one during the NFL Playoffs. The most recent scorigami came during Wild Card Weekend, when the Houston Texans beat the L.A. Chargers 32-12. It was the first time ever in NFL history that a game ended with such a score.
Still, the scorigami is considered a long shot. As such, it typically brings long-shot odds.
Super Bowl scorigami history
Scorigamis have happened three times in the Super Bowl, the most recent being the Seattle Seahawks’ 43-8 win over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 48. The Chiefs were the winning team in a playoff scorigami in 2020, as well as a regular season scorigami against the Raiders in 2021.
In fact, the Chiefs have been a part of at least six scorigamis dating back to 2002, including two in one season in 2018. The 49ers have been a part of 17 scorigamis since 2002, with the most recent coming in 2017.
Indicators that seem to make a scorigami more likely are uncommon two-point scoring plays, like safeties or two-point conversions. Not only do those tend to change the increments of scoring, they can also have a ripple effect, encouraging an opposing coach to go for two later in the game when he might otherwise have kicked for the extra point instead.
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