Eagles stuck in scoring drought the team hasn’t seen in 90 years, plus 13 more wild NFL stats from Week 6

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The Eagles have played five games this season and if you’ve been watching those games, you may have noticed that they always seem to get off to a slow start. 

During their 20-16 win over the Browns on Sunday, the Eagles didn’t score any points in the first quarter, which continues an ugly trend for them: They haven’t scored a SINGLE first quarter-point all season. This marks the first time in 90 years that the Eagles have gone through their first five games of the year without scoring a point in the first quarter. 

The last time the Eagles went through a drought like this came in their second year of existence back in 1934. During that season, they didn’t end up scoring a first-quarter point until their seventh game. The Eagles could tie that futile mark if they don’t score any first-quarter points in Week 7 against the Giants. 

That’s only one wild stat from Week 6. So that else happened? 

Let’s check out 13 more of the wildest stats from Week 6 (via CBS Sports research): 

Cowboys get historically embarrassed. The Cowboys’ 47-9 loss to the Lions marked the largest home loss under Jerry Jones, who bought the team in 1989. They also trailed 27-6 at halftime, making them just the second team in NFL history to trail by 15 points or more at halftime in four straight home games. The Cowboys have also now allowed 167 total points in their last four home games, which is the most in a four-game home span since the Oilers gave up 176 from 1972 to 1973.Lions-Cowboys ends with a scorigami. The 47-9 final score marked the first time that score has ever happened in the NFL. It was the 1,087th unique final score in NFL history. There have been three scorigamis in the NFL this year and the Cowboys have now been involved in two…


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Author : John Breech

Publish date : 2024-10-14 17:10:42

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