Has an NFL team ever conceded game?

[Giants Fan 85]

Just gave up. Refused to play anymore.

[highsider5 36]

This a Minnesota rant?

[Giants Fan 85]

No, just curious.

[Giants Fan 85]

What would happen, say if you had too many injuries, and just couldn't field a team anymore.

[tanatastic 2,061]

Don't think it's ever happened but maybe old timey goalpost in the middle of the endzone era had one.

[Serpent 51]

This isn't any worse than the game last week. I think that was still worse.

[DaBeerz 88]

Oakland Raiders have been doing that since they lost the superbowl!

[GobbleDog 816]

45 men dress per team. How many injuries would it take for a team to concede? Would be funny to see... I wonder what the league would do if a team did quit?

[DaBeerz 88]

45 men dress per team. How many injuries would it take for a team to concede? Would be funny to see... I wonder what the league would do if a team did quit?

 

I've seen teams where all their QB's went down and a punter or some such with college QB experience had to go in the game, but I don't think I've ever seen a team flat out concede.

 

I think the closest we got was the Interception-Touchdown with the substitute referees in the Seattle/GB game when they made the teams come back out to kick an XP to finish the game, which was ridiculous.

[SaintsInDome2006 128]

Has an NFL team ever conceded game?

 

Just gave up. Refused to play anymore.

 

Yes, it has happened before.

 

http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/18-02-642.pdf

[dehaven123 31]

 

Yes, it has happened before.

 

http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/18-02-642.pdf

 

[Showboat 144]

2000 NFC Championship "game".

[Breesman32 11]

2005 saints?

[Breesman32 11]

49ers also have conceded games from the start the last two years before a TNF game.

[stonewall 647]

What's wrong with your memory?

 

Broncos did it last season in the Super Bowl.

[SaintsInDome2006 128]

2005 saints?

 

No.

[Cuse9 128]

What would happen, say if you had too many injuries, and just couldn't field a team anymore.

 

That is kind of what happened with the biggest college football blowout of all-time Georgia Tech beat a no name college 212-0. Georgia Tech was a power house back in the early 1900's. They had a game scheduled and the school they were playing wanted to cancel. Georgia Tech said noway, you must put a team out there. The school posted flyers around campus saying anyone who wanted to play could show up and play. They had a bunch of kids show up and just played the game. Hence, they tried to give up. Needless to say, the "walk ons" didn't fair very well.