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New Orleans Saints Score 62: Every NFL Team’s Highest Scoring Game
The Washington Redskins Have Scored the Most Points in an NFL Game, 72 (heritagesportsart.com)
Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints piled it on the Indianapolis Colts Sunday night, lambasting them 62-7. Those are the most points the Saints have ever scored in a regular season game.
Here are every NFL team’s highest scoring regular season game.
The Washington Redskins have the honor of scoring the most in a game all time: 72, against their Eastern nemesis, the New York Giants. Big Blue saved a little face, scoring 41 of its own.
| POINTS | OPPONENT | SCORE | DATE | |
| 1. Washington Redskins | 72 | New York Giants | 72-41 | Nov. 27, 1966 |
| 2. St. Louis Rams (as L.A.) | 70 | Baltimore Colts | 70-27 | Oct. 22, 1950 |
| 3. Arizona Cardinals (as Chicago) | 65 | New York Bulldogs | 65-20 | Nov. 13, 1949 |
| 4. Philadelphia Eagles | 64 | Cincinnati Reds | 64-0 | Nov. 6, 1934 |
| 5. Pittsburgh Steelers | 63 | New York Giants | 63-7 | Nov. 30, 1952 |
| 6. Cleveland Browns | 62 | Washington Redskins | 62-3 | Nov. 7, 1954 |
| 6. New York Jets | 62 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 62-28 | Nov. 17, 1985 |
| 6. Atlanta Falcons | 62 | New Orleans Saints | 62-7 | Sep. 16, 1973 |
| 6. New Orleans Saints | 62 | Indianapolis Colts | 62-7 | Oct. 23, 2011 |
| 6. New York Giants | 62 | Philadelphia Eagles | 62-10 | Nov. 26, 1972 |
| 11. Cincinnati Bengals | 61 | Houston Oilers | 61-7 | Dec. 17, 1989 |
| 11. Chicago Bears | 61 | Green Bay Packers | 61-7 | Dec. 7, 1980 |
| 13. Kansas City Chiefs | 59 | Denver Broncos | 59-7 | Sep. 7, 1963 |
| 13. New England Patriots | 59 | Tennessee Titans | 59-0 | Oct. 18, 2009 |
| 13. Oakland Raiders | 59 | Denver Broncos | 59-14 | Oct. 24, 2010 |
| 13. Dallas Cowboys | 59 | San Francisco 49ers | 59-14 | Oct. 12, 1980 |
| 17. Buffalo Bills | 58 | Miami Dolphins | 58-24 | Sep. 18, 1966 |
| 17. Indianapolis Colts (as Baltimore) | 58 | Buffalo Bills | 58-20 | Dec. 12, 1976 |
| 17. San Diego Chargers | 58 | Denver Broncos | 58-20 | Dec. 22, 1963 |
| 17. Tennessee Titans (as H. Oilers) | 58 | Cleveland Browns | 58-14 | Dec. 9, 1990 |
| 21. Green Bay Packers | 57 | Detroit Lions | 57-21 | Oct. 7, 1945 |
| 22. San Francisco 49ers | 56 | Atlanta Falcons | 56-17 | Oct. 18, 1992 |
| 22. Seattle Seahawks | 56 | Buffalo Bills | 56-17 | Oct. 30, 1977 |
| 24. Miami Dolphins | 55 | St. Louis Cardinals | 55-14 | Nov. 24, 1977 |
| 24. Detroit Lions | 55 | Chicago Bears | 55-20 | Nov. 27, 1997 |
| 26. Minnesota Vikings | 54 | Dallas Cowboys | 54-13 | Oct. 18, 1970 |
| 27. Carolina Panthers | 52 | Cincinnati Bengals | 52-31 | Dec. 8, 2002 |
| 28. Denver Broncos | 50 | San Diego Chargers | 50-34 | Oct. 6, 1963 |
| 29. Jacksonville Jaguars | 49 | Oakland Raiders | 49-11 | Dec. 23, 2007 |
| 30. Baltimore Ravens | 48 | Detroit Lions | 48-3 | Dec. 13, 2009 |
| 30. Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 48 | New Orleans Saints | 48-21 | Dec. 23, 2001 |
| 32. Houston Texans | 42 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 42-28 | Dec. 30, 2007 |
