Vikings' stunning win over Packers ends with final score that's never happened before in NFL history — SkimNews
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- Vikings defeated the Packers 39-22, outscoring Green Bay 22-0 in the fourth quarter after trailing 22-17 entering the period, with Carson Wentz hitting Justin Jefferson on a two-point conversion following Aaron Jones's go-ahead touchdown.
- The 39-22 final marked the 1097th unique score in NFL history and the second scorigami of the 2026 season, per @ScorigamiGuy.
- Trey Smack's missed extra point in the first half kept the Packers at 22 points; had it gone through, the score would have been 39-23, a final that has already occurred in league history.
- Earlier Sunday, the Bears beat the Panthers 59-37 in the first scorigami of the day, marking the first time in seven years — since September 29, 2019 — that two scorigamis occurred on the same day.
- This is the third straight season with a Week 1 scorigami; the 2025 season produced four total scorigamis, and the league is already halfway to that total after one week of 2026.
- The Vikings-Packers previously combined for a scorigami in Week 1 of the 2020 season, when Green Bay won 43-34 on September 13 — also coached by Matt LaFleur.
- Green Bay's only other scorigami since then came in 2025 (a 40-40 tie with Dallas in Week 4); Minnesota's prior scorigami was a 52-33 Christmas Day loss to the Saints in 2020.
Why it matters: A single missed extra point by Packers kicker Trey Smack was the difference between a historic scorigami and a forgettable 39-23 loss — a final that has happened before. The game doubled the league's 2026 scorigami count in one day, the first such double since 2019, and marked the third consecutive Week 1 to produce one, underscoring how thin the margins are for an unprecedented NFL final score.
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