Monday night's boosted the NFL to the first 800-point week in its history. A total of 837 points were scored in the league's 16 Week 12 games, an average of 52.3 points per game.
The previous record was 788 points, set three times (; ; and ).
Games this season are averaging 45.0 points. If that average holds, it would top last season's average of 43.4 and the record average since the 16-game schedule was instituted in 1978 of 43.7 points per game in 1983.
