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.[1] The term was originated by sportswriter Jon Bois for American football scores in the National Football League (NFL) and is primarily used in this context.

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). Bois charted all of the distinct scores in professional football since the inaugural season of the American Professional Football Association in 1920. Due to the unusual point values in football compared to other team sports, the distribution of the chart was irregular. Bois noted scorelines that could occur but had not yet done so, referring to the occurrence of a never before seen scoreline as "scorigami".[2] As an example, the Seattle Seahawks' 43–8 win over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII was scorigami, as no prior NFL game had ever finished 43–8.[3]

A notable feature of the chart that Bois created was the highly unlikely possibility, not yet fulfilled, of a team ending a game with a single point due to the potential for the defense to score a conversion safety. This renders 1-point totals theoretically possible for the losing side against opposition scores either exactly 6, or 8 or more.[2]

Since the term's inception, a Twitter bot has tracked scorigamis in the NFL.[4] The most recent scorigami for an NFL game was when the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by a score of 25–11 on September 25, 2023, being the 1,078th distinct score and the third of the 2023 NFL season,[5] with the previous one taking place a day earlier, being when the Miami Dolphins defeated the Denver Broncos by a score of 70–20.[6]

Bois and other media observers have noted the tendency of the Seattle Seahawks under head coach Pete Carroll to create scorigamis;[7] Bois dubbed Carroll "the wizard of modern Scorigami, without question".[2] From 2011 to 2018, the Seahawks had exactly one scorigami per season.[8][9] 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."[10]

There has been occasional uses of the term for other sports. On September 9, 2020, Major League Baseball (MLB) had its first scorigami in 21 years, a 29–9 victory by the Atlanta Braves over the Miami Marlins—the previous scorigami for an MLB game had been a 24–12 win by the Cincinnati Reds over the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999.[11]

References
  1. Rogers, Joshua (September 6, 2021). "What Does Scorigami Mean in the NFL and Where Does It Come From?". HITC. United Kingdom. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  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. Whitney, Ched (January 31, 2019). "Will Super Bowl Scorigami Happen Again?". Gaming Today. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  4. Day, Lewin (January 22, 2020). "Scorigami Bot Charts NFL History In The Making". Hackaday. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  5. Scorigami [@NFL_Scorigami] (September 25, 2023). "PHI 25 - 11 TB Final That's Scorigami!! It's the 1078th unique final score in NFL history" (Tweet). Retrieved September 25, 2023 – via Twitter.
  6. Scorigami [@NFL_Scorigami] (September 24, 2023). "MIA 70 - 20 DEN Final That's Scorigami!! It's the 1077th unique final score in NFL history" (Tweet). Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Twitter.
  7. Alexander, Mookie (October 2, 2022). "Seahawks Rediscover the Art of Scorigami". Field Gulls. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  8. Musgrove, Kole (December 3, 2018). "Seahawks Continue Bizarre 'Scorigami' Streak Under Pete Carroll". USA Today. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  9. Alexander, Mookie (January 18, 2020). "The "Scorigami" Streak is Over for the Seahawks". Field Gulls. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  10. "Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll Jokes about Scorigami: 'It's Something We've Been Working on in the Offseason'". National Football League. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  11. Werle, Andy (September 10, 2020). "For 1st Time Since '99, a Score Not Seen Before". Major League Baseball. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
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