FOOTBALL SCORIGAMI

 

Scorigami is a term invented by Secret Base's Jon Bois to describe the phenomenon of an entirely new final score in the history of a sport. It is a portmanteau of the words "score" and "origami" and most generally and specifically applies to American football due to its nonlinear scoring and what I would describe as the "chunki-ness" of their composition.

In American football, the most frequent scoring plays (in order of points, not their frequency) are defensive safety - 2 points, field goal - 3 points, touchdown with no conversion - 6 points, touchdown with extra point - 7 points, and touchdown with two-point coversion - 8 points. But most frequently in intervals of 3 and 7 points. Which leads to both some very rare and impossible final scores available.

Finding those combinations became something of a past-time for me when I played Madden Football with cheats. Could I come up with a legal scoring combo that would yield my actual final scores?