{"id":4186,"date":"2021-11-26T18:28:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T18:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukgamblingsites.com\/?page_id=4186"},"modified":"2023-02-24T19:05:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T19:05:04","slug":"what-is-scorigami","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukgamblingsites.com\/sports-betting\/american-football\/what-is-scorigami\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Scorigami in NFL American Football?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Scorigami\"Scorigami? What on earth is that?<\/p>\n

This is the most typical response you are likely to hear when mentioning the word, at least to an audience outside of the US.<\/p>\n

If you are not from the land of NFL, you can certainly be forgiven if you have never heard of the term before.<\/p>\n

Truth be told, it was actually quite a new concept to us too but after plenty of digging around, we were able to get a firm grasp on what it entails.<\/p>\n

As we are kind folk here, we are more than happy to share our knowledge of all things Scorigami with you in this comprehensive guide.<\/p>\n

Scorigami Explained<\/h2>\n

\"American<\/p>\n

Scorigami, a portmanteau of score and origami, was coined by SB Nation writer Jon Bois in 2016, making it a thoroughly modern creation.<\/p>\n

The term Scorigami itself refers to a scoring combination that has never been seen previously in a particular sport. At the time he coined the term, Bois was talking on an episode of \u201cEvery NFL Score Ever\u201d so his focus was on American Football. The term has since spread, however, and you can now easily find people keeping track of NBA (basketball) Scorigami or MLB (baseball) Scorigami.<\/p>\n

As well as looking at individual sports, Scorigami can simply apply to a particular competition within a sport, such as the World Cup (soccer) or the Super Bowl in the NFL. Regardless of the sport or competition though, the concept remains the same in that you are seeking a unique, never previously recorded score. Should a novel score arise then voil\u00e0, you have Scorigami. It is generally more interesting in sports that have unusual point values, rather than something low-scoring like soccer, because there are more unique combinations to realistically hit.<\/p>\n

How Do You Know What Results Are Unique?<\/h2>\n

\"AmericanScorigami is not a concept league organisers have embraced as much as some fans have.<\/p>\n

When Bois first mentioned the word in December 2016, an NFL Scorigami website appeared soon after. A meticulous NFL fan took the time to scour all previous records, plotting them on an easy to view graph which you can visit for yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Similar websites have appeared across other sports and in all cases we can find, they are simply unofficial creations made by fans who excel at data gathering and plotting.<\/p>\n

A small point to note is that some Scorigami sites have the winning team score and the losing team score as the two axis. There is no universally agreed-upon approach though, as others use a home team\/away team score split. In the case of the latter, you end up with twice as many data points to hit because there would be two spaces for every score, for example, 30-25 and 25-30.<\/p>\n

What Can I Learn From Scorigami?<\/h2>\n

\"American<\/p>\n

Some Scorigami sites, such as the NFL one, tell you how exactly how many times a score has been seen in the past, allowing you to identify some of the most common outcomes which you can factor into your betting.<\/p>\n

Other websites just tell you when the result was first achieved, so it just provides you with a little historical knowledge, which is not much use to a bettor.<\/p>\n

Ultimately Scorigami\u2019s main purpose is to inform you of all the results that have not yet been achieved and some of them can be quite surprising.<\/p>\n

In the NFL for example, at the time of writing, no game has ever finished 22-18 (though 122 games have finished 23-17).<\/p>\n

Is Scorigami A Popular Concept?<\/h2>\n

To a large extent, this depends on the sport. It is something we have seldom seen when talking about football (soccer) but you can find an abundance of NFL-related articles talking about it. Some fans, and indeed Bois himself<\/a>, now end up rooting for Scorigami to hold so there is another score ticked off the list.<\/p>\n

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Score Update:
\nBUF 24 – 6 NO
\n14:54 4Q<\/p>\n

This game has a 1.54% chance of ending in Scorigami.
\nMost likely Scorigami: 39-6 (0.16%)<\/p>\n

\u2014 Scorigami (@NFL_Scorigami) November 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n