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The Baltimore Ravens picked up one of the most dominating wins by any team this season on Wednesday in a game where they destroyed the Houston Texans, 31-2. And no, that is not a typo, the Texans only scored two points. It was a a Christmas Day disaster.
The Texans only points of the game came in the second quarter when Kamari Lassiter tackled Derrick Henry in the end zone for a four-yard loss.
The play by Lassiter cut Baltimore’s lead to 10-2, but it was all Ravens after that.
The Texans drove into field goal range on two other possessions in the game, but both of those drives ended with a failed fourth down instead of a field goal, which is how Houston ended up only scoring two points.
In the first 10 years of the NFL’s existence, it was somewhat common to see a team score exactly two points — it happened 15 times in the league’s first decade — but in modern times, it almost never happens. As a matter of fact, the Ravens became just the second team over the past 30 years to hold an opponent to exactly two points in a regular-season game.
The last time it happened came in September 2013 when the Chiefs beat the Jaguars, 27-2, in the season opener for both teams. Before that, no team had been held to exactly two points since December 1993 when the Patriots beat the Bengals, 7-2.
Going into Wednesday’s game, there had only been seven instances of a team scoring exactly two points since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.
Dec. 12, 1970: Cowboys 6-2 over Browns
Oct. 1, 1972: 49ers 37-2 over Saints
Dec. 17, 1972: Steelers 24-2 over Chargers
Dec. 14, 1980: Patriots 24-2 over Bills
Dec. 5, 1983: Lions 13-2 over Vikings
Dec. 12, 1993: Patriots 7-2 over Bengals
Sept. 8, 2013: Chiefs 27-2 over Jaguars
In that same span, it has also happened once in the playoffs and that came in January 2012 when the Giants beat the Falcons, 24-2, in the wild-card round. Speaking of the playoffs, the…
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Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2024-12-26 13:09:00
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