Editor's note: This story originally ran Feb. 3, 2019. Sports Illustrated is republishing it with updates heading into 2025's Super Bowl 59.
No game in Super Bowl history has ever ended with a shutout.
While there are a number of occasions where one team's offense failed to score, no team was completely blanked on the big stage.
In 1973, the Washington Commanders' lone score came on a fumble return following a blocked field goal attempt. Washington lost 14–7 in what was the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in NFL history ... until 2019. That year, the Los Angeles Rams fell to the New England Patriots 13-3 to take over as the lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever. It also was the only Super Bowl to enter the fourth quarter without a touchdown.
The Minnesota Vikings' offense failed to score in 1975. The Vikings fell 16–6 to Pittsburgh, their only touchdown coming on a blocked punt that was recovered in the end zone. In 2001, the New York Giants fell 34–7 to the Baltimore Ravens after scoring one touchdown on a kickoff return.
After the Rams, there's only other team that has failed to score a touchdown in a Super Bowl: The Dolphins lost 24-3 to the Dallas Cowboys in 1972.
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