
Week 1 Scoring Frenzy Ties Super Bowl Era Record
Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season produced a scoring surge that ties the Super Bowl era record for most Week 1 points (791), driven by the Chiefs-Broncos 41-point clash and a fireworks-filled weekend that saw Caleb Williams’ Bears drop 59 on the Panthers in the league’s highest-scoring Week 1 game (96 combined), plus Ravens (41), Bills (36-31), and Vikings (39-22) among other high-scoring performances, with NFL Research noting an average of 50.0 points per game before the finale brought it down to 49.4.




