what nfl game had the lowest combined yardage

The Denver Broncos have accounted for the fewest yards by a team in a game, with 31 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards versus the Houston Oilers on September 3, 1966.

Interpreted as:
What NFL regular-season game had the lowest combined yardage?
TEAMTOTALYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Broncos
Broncos
31
9/3/1966
@
2
20
10.0
-1
-0.1
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
2Seahawks
Seahawks
73
11/4/1979
vs
2
17
11.8
25
1.5
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
3Broncos
Broncos
82
9/10/1967
@
2
16
12.5
17
1.1
0
1
13.5
0.0
6.3
4Eagles
Eagles
89
10/5/1957
vs
5
12
41.7
16
1.3
0
2
9.7
0.0
16.7
5Falcons
Falcons
100
9/23/1973
@
2
9
22.2
17
1.9
0
1
0.0
0.0
11.1
6Texans
Texans
103
12/8/2002
@
3
10
30.0
33
3.3
0
0
40.8
0.0
0.0
4
23
7Giants
Giants
103
12/11/1960
@
6
11
54.5
52
4.7
1
2
58.0
9.1
18.2
8Redskins
Redskins
105
11/7/1954
@
5
20
25.0
36
1.8
0
3
0.0
0.0
15.0
9Bears
Bears
106
12/3/1972
@
2
13
15.4
8
0.6
1
1
33.2
7.7
7.7
10Redskins
Redskins
109
12/11/1960
vs
0
7
0.0
0
0.0
0
2
0.0
0.0
28.6
11Browns
Browns
113
9/12/1999
vs
6
16
37.5
52
3.3
0
2
7.3
0.0
12.5
3
21
12Lions
Lions
114
11/24/1988
vs
6
20
30.0
48
2.4
0
2
0.0
0.0
10.0
2
6
13Packers
Packers
118
10/28/1973
@
6
19
31.6
29
1.5
0
1
19.0
0.0
5.3
14Broncos
Broncos
126
11/29/2020
vs
1
9
11.1
13
1.4
0
2
0.0
0.0
22.2
1
1
15Bears
Bears
126
11/22/1981
vs
7
30
23.3
41
1.4
0
3
0.0
0.0
10.0
7
61
16Browns
Browns
128
12/3/2000
@
7
18
38.9
33
1.8
0
0
47.0
0.0
0.0
6
42
17Raiders
Raiders
129
11/2/2008
vs
6
19
31.6
31
1.6
0
1
19.0
0.0
5.3
4
21
18Falcons
Falcons
129
11/9/1975
@
5
26
19.2
43
1.7
0
5
0.0
0.0
19.2
19Saints
Saints
131
10/21/1973
@
5
18
27.8
17
0.9
0
1
16.4
0.0
5.6
20Eagles
Eagles
132
10/27/1957
@
4
13
30.8
31
2.4
0
2
0.6
0.0
15.4
21Bengals
Bengals
134
1/3/2010
@
4
19
21.1
31
1.6
0
1
17.7
0.0
5.3
3
31
22Oilers
Oilers
134
12/9/1973
@
6
17
35.3
38
2.2
1
4
24.0
5.9
23.5
23Cardinals
Cardinals
135
9/26/1955
@
5
17
29.4
37
2.2
0
2
0.0
0.0
11.8
24Redskins
Redskins
136
12/16/1956
vs
3
14
21.4
33
2.4
0
3
0.0
0.0
21.4
2549ers
49ers
139
12/10/1960
vs
9
25
36.0
34
1.4
0
2
11.3
0.0
8.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for total yards going back to the 1950 season.

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