Nfl Christmas Day Scores

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2020 NFL Week 16 Scores

There is the potential for a Christmas Day NFL game from 2020 until 2023, as Christmas falls on Friday through Monday during that time. The first games played on Christmas Day were back in 1971. The 1971 divisional round of the playoffs had the first two games scheduled for Christmas. Here is a look at all Christmas Day games over the years since the first was played in 1971. Cowboys 2019 Official New Era NFL Youth Sideline Home 1960 Hat.

Friday, December 25 (Christmas Day 2020)

Minnesota Vikings 33, New Orleans Saints 52

Saturday, December 26

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 47, Detroit Lions 7

San Francisco 49ers 20, Arizona Cardinals 12

Miami Dolphins 26, Las Vegas Raiders 25

Sunday, December 27

Atlanta Falcons 14, Kansas City Chiefs 17

Cleveland Browns 16, New York Jets 23

Indianapolis Colts 24, Pittsburgh Steelers 28

Chicago Bears 41, Jacksonville Jaguars 17

New York Giants 13, Baltimore Ravens 27

Cincinnati Bengals 37, Houston Texans 31

Denver Broncos 16, Los Angeles Chargers 19

Carolina Panthers 20, The Washington Football Team 13

Nfl Christmas Day Scores 2020

Philadelphia Eagles 17, Dallas Cowboys 37

Los Angeles Rams 9, Seattle Seahawks 20

Tennessee Titans 14, Green Bay Packers 40

Monday, December 28

Buffalo Bills 38, New England Patriots 9

2020 NFL Standings Week 16

*Team has clinched a playoff spot

AFC

1. Kansas City Chiefs (14-1)*
2. Buffalo Bills (12-3)*
3. Pittsburgh Steelers (12-3)*
4. Tennessee Titans (10-5)
5. Miami Dolphins (10-5)
6. Baltimore Ravens (10-5)
7. Cleveland Browns (10-5)
   
8. Indianapolis Colts (10-5)
9. Las Vegas Raiders (7-8)
10. New England Patriots (6-9)
11. Los Angeles Chargers (6-9)
12. Denver Broncos (5-10)
13. Cincinnati Bengals (4-10-1)
14. Houston Texans (4-11)
15. New York Jets (2-13)
16. Jacksonville Jaguars (1-14)

NFC

1. Green Bay Packers (12-3)*
2. New Orleans Saints (11-4)*
3. Seattle Seahawks (10-4)*
4. Washington Football Team (6-9)
5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-5)*
6. Los Angeles Rams (9-6)
7. Chicago Bears (8-7)
   
8. Arizona Cardinals (8-7)
9. Dallas Cowboys (6-9)
10. Minnesota Vikings (6-9)
11. San Francisco 49ers (6-9)
12. Detroit Lions (5-10)
13. New York Giants (5-10)
14. Carolina Panthers (5-10)
15. Philadelphia Eagles (4-10-1)
16. Atlanta Falcons (4-11)

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As the NFL schedule didn’t even run into December for the longest time, it took the league more than 50 years to hold a game on Christmas Day. The first time it happened was in 1971 and there were actually two games on December 25 that year, both divisional round playoff games. The first game saw the eventual Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys defeat the Minnesota Vikings on the NFC side of the bracket, which was followed by an AFC playoff matchup between the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs.

And what a matchup it was.

In what at the time was just the second double-overtime game in NFL playoff history, the Dolphins and Chiefs went back and forth all game long that muddy Christmas Day in Kansas City with Miami finally coming out on top in what is still the longest game in NFL history.

There have been six double-overtime games in NFL playoff history

Before we get to the details of that 1971 Christmas Day matchup between the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs, let’s take a quick look at the other five NFL playoff games that went into double overtime. Obviously, this isn’t a common occurrence in the league as regular-season games can actually end in a tie. So it’s always a treat to get double-extra football, at least for fans anyway.

• December 23, 1962: Dallas Texans-20, Houston Oilers-17 — the game ended 2:54 into the second overtime
• December 24, 1977: Oakland Raiders-37, Baltimore Colts-31 — the game ended 43 seconds into the second overtime
• January 3, 1987: Cleveland Browns-23, New York Jets-20 — the game ended 2:02 into the second overtime
• January 10, 2004: Carolina Panthers-29, St. Louis Rams-23 — the game ended 10 seconds into the second overtime
• January 12, 2013: Baltimore Ravens-38, Denver Broncos-35 — the game ended 1:42 into the second overtime

The Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs played the longest game in NFL history on Christmas Day in 1971

At the end of the 1971 NFL regular season, both the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs had 10-3-1 records, which were good enough to give both teams a division title.

The two teams matched up in the second-ever Christmas Day NFL game on December 25, 1971, at Kansas City Municipal Stadium (the Chiefs moved to Arrowhead the following season) and it was an unseasonably warm day with temperatures in the 60s. It was also a very muddy day, which certainly made for some entertaining football.

The Chiefs jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter behind a Jan Stenerud 24-yard field goal and a seven-yard touchdown pass from Len Dawson to Ed Podolak. But the Dolphins scored 10 points of their own in the second quarter, a one-yard TD run from Larry Csonka and a 14-yard field goal from Garo Yepremian, to tie the game heading into halftime.

Kansas City struck first in the third quarter on a one-yard touchdown run from Jim Otis but the Dolphins came right back to tie on a one-yard TD run of their own from Jim Kiick. The Chiefs took another seven-point lead in the fourth quarter on a three-yard TD run from Podolak but the Dolphins again came right back and tied it up on a five-yard touchdown pass from Bob Griese to Marv Fleming.

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With 35 seconds to play, the Chiefs had a chance to take a three-point lead but Stenerud missed a 31-yard field goal, his second miss of the day, sending the game into overtime. After both teams missed kicks in the first overtime period, Yepremian finally ended things 7:40 into the second overtime, hitting a 37-yard field goal to give Miami a 27-24 win and a trip to the AFC Championship Game.

At 82:40, that Christmas Day classic remains the longest game in NFL history.

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The Dolphins and Chiefs have each played two Christmas Day games since then

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Since that classic battle on Christmas Day in 1971, both the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs have played two more games on December 25. The Dolphins defeated the Detroit Lions, 27-20, in 1994 and lost to the New York Jets, 13-10, in 2006.

The Chiefs played their next Christmas Day game in 2004, edging out the Oakland Raiders, 31-30, and then defeated the Denver Broncos, 33-10, in 2016.

Stats and scores courtesy of Pro Football Reference

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