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The Top 20 Biggest Shutouts in NFL History
The Seattle Seahawks Whupped the Arizona Cardinals 58-0, One of the NFL’s Biggest Shutouts of All Time
The Seattle Seahawks just posted one of the biggest shutouts in NFL history – the 10th biggest – when they summarily dispatched the Arizona Cardinals 58-0 a couple weeks ago.
A score like that is very rare today, despite the NFL’s continuing evolution to a game of high-scoring air assaults. Perhaps that is why it is difficult to pin a team down to a goose egg.
Most of these regular-season blowouts below occurred back in the 1920′s and 1930′s.
For a look at the most points scored by a team, shutout or not, including playoff games, take a look at a previous Sports List of the Day post: Top 20 Teams with the Most Points Scored in a Game.
Follow @VinGetz| TEAM | SCORE | OPPONENT | DATE | |
| 1. | Rochester Jeffersons | 66-0 | Fort Porter | Oct. 10, 1920 |
| 2. | Philadelphia Eagles | 64-0 | Cincinnati Reds | Nov. 6, 1934 |
| 3. | Akron Pros | 62-0 | Oorang Indians | Oct. 29, 1922 |
| 4. | Rock Island Independents | 60-0 | Evansville Crimson Giants | Oct. 15, 1922 |
| 4. | Chicago Cardinals | 60-0 | Rochester Jeffersons | Oct. 7, 1923 |
| 6. | New England Patriots | 59-0 | Tennessee Titans | Oct. 18, 2009 |
| 6. | Los Angeles Rams | 59-0 | Atlanta Falcons | Dec. 4, 1976 |
| 6. | Chicago Cardinals | 59-0 | Milwaukee Badgers | Dec. 10, 1925 |
| 6. | Cleveland Bulldogs | 59-0 | Rochester Jeffersons | Oct. 26, 1924 |
| 10. | Seattle Seahawks | 58-0 | Arizona Cardinals | Dec. 9, 2012 |
| 11. | Chicago Bears | 57-0 | Baltimore Colts | Nov. 25, 1962 |
| 11. | Buffalo All-Americans | 57-0 | Oorang Indians | Oct. 21, 1923 |
| 11. | Racine Legion | 57-0 | Louisville Brecks | Nov. 5, 1922 |
| 14. | Baltimore Colts | 56-0 | Green Bay Packers | Nov. 2, 1958 |
| 14. | New York Giants | 56-0 | Philadelphia Eagles | Oct. 15, 1933 |
| 14. | Rock Island Independents | 56-0 | Rochester Jeffersons | Oct. 14, 1923 |
| 17. | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 54-0 | Buffalo Bisons | Oct. 15, 1927 |
| 18. | New York Giants | 53-0 | Washington Redskins | Nov. 5, 1961 |
| 18. | New York Giants | 53-0 | Frankford Yellow Jackets | Oct. 19, 1930 |
| 20. | Miami Dolphins | 52-0 | New England Patriots | Nov. 12, 1972 |
| 20. | Baltimore Colts | 52-0 | Chicago Bears | Sep. 27, 1964 |
Thanks to pro-football-reference.com where you can find (and search for) the score of every professional football game ever played (NFL, AFL, AAFC and more).
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NHL: Martin Brodeur and the Most Postseason Shutouts by a Goalie
Martin Brodeur Breaks the Postseason Shutout Record
We’re in the midst of the 2011-12 NHL postseason and Sports List of the Day has been running down some all-time playoff stats.
We looked at the greatest scorers in playoff history. We checked out all the 8-seed over 1-seed upsets. Hell, we broke down all Cup winners by seed.
We determined who the greatest postseason goalies are in terms of saves and save percentage.
Let’s expand on that last one.
Which goalies have just been utterly dominant in the postseason? Who has the most playoff lockdowns?
Martin Brodeur just broke Patrick Roy’s record on Thursday with a 4-0 Game 4 Devils win over the Nashville Predators. Brodeur now has 24 postseason shutouts.
Here are all the goalies with at least 10 shutouts in the postseason. Many of the usual suspects feature.
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| 1. | Martin Brodeur | 24 |
| 2. | Patrick Roy | 23 |
| 3. | Curtis Joseph | 16 |
| 4. | Chris Osgood | 15 |
| 5. | Jacques Plante | 14 |
| 5. | Dominik Hasek | 14 |
| 5. | Ed Belfour | 14 |
| 8. | Turk Broda | 13 |
| 9. | Terry Sawchuk | 12 |
| 10. | Ken Dryden | 10 |
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Martin Brodeur and the Most Shutouts in NHL History (Goalie)
Martin Brodeur and Record-Breaking Shutout No. 104 Against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Dec 21, 2009 (msg.com)
Not long ago, Sports List of the Day ran down the best goalies of all time, with a look at the bests’ numbers in saves, save percentage and wins.
Here’s one more category. A bad (meaning good) one.
Which dominating goalies have lorded over the most shutouts?
Career (19 years now) New Jersey Devil and one of the greatest goaltenders ever, Martin Brodeur, is tops with 116, and he’s still going. He and the 1950s-1960s’ Terry Sawchuk are the only goalies with 100 or more shutouts.
The Vancouver Canucks‘ Roberto Luongo is the only other active goalie on the list, which coincidentally features every goalie who tossed at least 50 blanks.
Enjoy the NHL’s All-Star Weekend. Who has the most appearances by the way? Answer here.
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| 1. | Martin Brodeur | 116 |
| 2. | Terry Sawchuk | 103 |
| 3. | George Hainsworth | 94 |
| 4. | Glenn Hall | 84 |
| 5. | Jacques Plante | 82 |
| 6 | Alec Connell | 81 |
| 6. | Tiny Thompson | 81 |
| 6. | Dominik Hasek | 81 |
| 9. | Ed Belfour | 76 |
| 9. | Tony Esposito | 76 |
| 11. | Harry Lumley | 71 |
| 11. | Lorne Chabot | 71 |
| 13. | Roy Worters | 67 |
| 14. | Patrick Roy | 66 |
| 15. | Turk Broda | 62 |
| 16. | John Ross Roach | 58 |
| 17. | Roberto Luongo | 57 |
| 17. | Clint Benedict | 57 |
| 19. | Ed Giacomin | 54 |
| 19. | Bernie Parent | 54 |
| 21. | Dave Kerr | 51 |
| 21. | Curtis Joseph | 51 |
| 21. | Rogie Vachon | 51 |
| 21. | Evgeni Nabokov | 51 |
| 25. | Chris Osgood | 50 |
