Week 11's Close Games

From the NFL Media Dept.:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    

            11/24/09                                            

WEEK 11: CLOSE GAMES, FANTASTIC FINISHES

The games were this close. 

In an NFL season packed with excitement, Week 11 may have been most the dramatic yet:

·        The 12 games decided by 8 points or fewer tied the NFL record for the most eight-point games in a single week.  The feat has now occurred seven times, most recently in Week 10 of 2006.

There were 20 games decided by 8 points or fewer in the past two weeks.  That is the most in a two-week span since Weeks 16-17 in 2006 (20).

·        The 11 games decided by 7 points or fewer tied for the third-most in a week in NFL history, trailing only Week 15 of 1993 and Week 12 of 2003 (12).

·        The 8 games decided by 3 points or fewer is the most in one week since Week 6 of 2006.

·        With two minutes to play in 11 of 16 games, the score was tied OR featured the team trailing with a chance to tie or take the lead.