Scorigami

In sports, a scorigami (a portmanteau of score and origami) is a scoring combination that has never happened before in a sport or league's history.

History

The term was coined by SB Nation sportswriter Jon Bois in 2016 and most commonly refers to scores in American football, particularly in the National Football League (NFL), due to the unusual point values in football compared to other team sports.[lower-alpha 1][2] However, other sports have referenced the term, as well.[3]

Since the term's inception, an internet program has tracked every Scorigami in NFL history,[1] with 1,072 unique scores as of January 8, 2022. As of January 8, 2022, the most recent Scorigami for an NFL game was when, that night, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 51-26.[4]

Bois and other media observers have noted the tendency of the Seattle Seahawks under head coach Pete Carroll to create Scorigamis; Bois dubbed Carroll "the wizard of modern Scorigami, without question".[2] From 2011 to 2018, the Seahawks had exactly one Scorigami per season.[5][6] One of the Seahawks' Scorigamis during this period occurred in Super Bowl XLVIII, when they defeated the Denver Broncos 43–8.[7] Carroll himself has acknowledged his team's frequent Scorigamis, joking to reporters after another game with a unique score:

"That's ridiculous. I don't know how that happens. I'm thrilled that that happened again, for no reason. It's just something we've been working on in the offseason."[8]

On September 9, 2020, Major League Baseball (MLB) had its first Scorigami in 20 years, a 29–9 victory by the Atlanta Braves over the Miami Marlins—the previous most recent Scorigami for an MLB game had been a 24–12 win by the Cincinnati Reds over the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999.[3]

See also
  • Conversion safety, for discussion of how a team in American football can score just one point in a game

Notes
  1. Under current NFL rules, certain scores, such as 1–1, 5–1, and 7–1, are impossible.[1]

References
  1. Day, Lewin (January 22, 2020). "Scorigami Bot Charts NFL History In The Making". Hackaday. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  2. Bois, Jon (December 7, 2016). "Chart Party: Scorigami, or the story of every NFL final score that has ever happened". SB Nation. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  3. Werle, Andy (September 10, 2020). "For 1st time since '99, a score not seen before". MLB. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  4. Kerr, Jeff. "Cowboys victory over Eagles finishes with a final score that had never been seen before in NFL history". CBS Sports. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. Musgrove, Kole (December 3, 2018). "Seahawks continue bizarre 'Scorigami' streak under Pete Carroll". USA Today. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  6. Alexander, Mookie (January 18, 2020). "The "Scorigami" streak is over for the Seahawks". SB Nation. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  7. Whitney, Ched (January 31, 2019). "Will Super Bowl Scorigami Happen Again?". Gaming Today. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  8. "Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll jokes about scorigami: 'It's something we've been working on in the offseason'". NFL. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
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