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How to read American football scores

One reason I love American football is the scoring system. The way it's balanced is genius: you can tell a lot about a match just by looking at the score. See how many points your team scored and consult this handy chart:

0 - Your team sucks

1 - Something really weird happened. Also, your team sucks.

2 - Oh look, a safety

3 - Normal. And you got blown out.

4 - What's with all the safeties?

5 - Oh look, a safety

6 - At least your kicker got involved, one way or another

7 - Normal

8 - A two-point conversion, I guess? Cool

9 - Normal-ish

10 - Normal

11 - You got two-pointers somehow, so probably not totally boring

12 - Seriously, is this all field goals?

13 - I hope your kicker didn't miss an extra point

14 - Normal

15 - This game didn't follow a script. You probably lost, though.

16 - You missed an extra point, were chasing and converted two-pointers, or cannot find the end zone. In any case, this cannot be good

17 - Normal

18+ - Your over had a chance