Has there ever been a Super Bowl with no touchdowns? (2024)

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What is the fewest touchdowns in a Super Bowl game? ›

With just one touchdown scored in the entire game, Super Bowl LIII goes down in history as one of the lowest-scoring Super Bowls ever.

The lowest-scoring Super Bowl of all time was Super Bowl LIII in 2019. Just 16 total points were scored between the Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams. The Patriots won, 13-3. The previous record, set in 1973 at Super Bowl VII, was 21 points.

There has never been a Super Bowl game without a touchdown scored by either team. There has, however, been a title game where one team failed to score a touchdown: the 1971 Dolphins, who lost 24–3 to the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl VI at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, La.

There has never been a scoreless half of football in any Super Bowl. The closest thing was the first half of Super Bowl IX, back in January 1975, when the Steelers led the Vikings 2-0 at halftime.

In fact, it has happened nine times, which is 15.5% of all Super Bowls. The last time a Super Bowl ended 0-0 after the first quarter was Super Bowl 53 between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams in Atlanta in 2019.

For the first time under quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs failed to score a touchdown and lost by double-digits, making them the third Super Bowl team not to score a touchdown.

Ben Roethlisberger is the youngest starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl in NFL history at 23 years, 11 months, and 3 days old. "Big Ben" and the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 in Super Bowl XL in 2006, ESPN reported.

Playoff competition - with the Super Bowl included - is a different proposition to the regular season games and features some rule changes. One of the key alterations made for the post-season period is the overtime rules, with games unable to end in a tie.

Donovan McNabb

McNabb gets a lot of criticism for failing to win the Super Bowl, but his nine playoff victories are tied for the most by a quarterback that's never won a Super Bowl. McNabb actually has as many playoff wins as Drew Brees and more than Dan Marino (eight).

Has anyone ever been shutout in the Super Bowl? ›

There has never been a shutout in a Super Bowl. The fewest points ever scored by a team is three (Dolphins in Super Bowl VI and Rams in Super Bowl LIII). The biggest blowout was Super Bowl XXIV back in 1990: The San Francisco 49ers beat the Denver Broncos 55-10, a 45-point victory.

Twelve current NFL teams have never won a Super Bowl: Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, and Tennessee Titans.

Has a Kicker Even Won Super Bowl MVP? Across 56 prior Super Bowl games, a placekicker has never won the SB MVP trophy. This is despite some memorable performances at the position from the likes of Don Chandler and Ray Wersching, who own the record for most field goals made in a single Super Bowl (4).

The Muncie Flyers, the New York Brickley Giants and the Tonawanda Kardex are tied for the fewest total touchdowns, with 0 touchdowns. StatMuse has team, season-level data for touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

Catching a record three touchdowns in a Super Bowl was so much fun for the best receiver in NFL history that he did it a second time. Rice caught 20-, 38- and 28-yard scores from Montana in the 49ers' 55-10 drubbing of the Broncos, which still ranks as the largest margin of victory in the Super Bowl.

Super Bowl TV ratings in the U.S. 1990-2024

In 2024, Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers achieved a TV rating of 42.1, up from the all-time low of 36.9 two years prior.

The 2011 New York Giants had the worst record in the regular season among teams to win a Super Bowl. The Giants were 9-7, which is both the worst win percentage and the most losses for any NFL championship team, before going on to beat the Patriots in Super Bowl 46.