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Safety Dance: All About The NFL's 2 Point Play

Random Facts About NFL Safeties:

Records for Safeties in the NFL:§  Most Season, 4

Cleveland Bulldogs: 1927
Detroit Lions: 1962
Seattle Seahawks: 1993
San Francisco 49ers: 1996
Tennessee Titans: 1999

 Most Safeties, Game, 3
Los Angeles Rams vs New York Giants (9/30/84)

 Most Safeties, Both Teams, Game, 3
Los Angeles Rams (3) vs New York Giants (0) (9/30/84)

Rams' Fred Dryer in 1973 against the Packers is the only time a player has recorded two safeties in the same NFL game.

36 times in NFL history a game has ended with one team scoring only a safety.  Most recently:  December 7, 1992 –   Patriots 7  Bengals 2

There have been 6 safeties in Super Bowl history:
Steelers vs. Vikings in Super Bowl IX
Steelers vs. Cowboys in Super Bowl X
Bears vs. Patriots in Super Bowl XX
Giants vs. Broncos in Super Bowl XXI
Bills vs. Giants in Super Bowl XXV
Cardinals vs. Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII

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