Working on the Commish Rankings, and I became curious as to our team records for points in a season. I've added this to the team news record keeping section
https://usflwfl.myfootballnow.com/forums/3/1745?page=1.
What brought it up for me was the big gap in scoring between Memphis and everyone else, also the very low amount of points allowed by Portland. What I found was...
In 1974, our first season, the Charlotte Hornets were terrible, scoring 131 points and allowing 612. The 612 stood as the worst until 1979, when Boston gave up 744 points, which still stands today. The 131 was the low water mark until 1981, when Boston again erased them from the record books by scoring only 84 points.
That low point total is being threatened this year by Birmingham. The Stallions need to score 17 points the last 2 games to avoid replacing Boston.
I forget who led the league in scoring in 1974, didn't write it down because it was not higher than the 604 Memphis has scored this season. The Showboats need 109 points the last 2 weeks to break the record of 712, held by the 1977 Tampa Bay Bandits. That broke the old mark by 76 points, as the 1975 Oakland Invaders scored 636.
The last one is low scoring defense. In 1974, the Florida Blazers only gave up 168 points, which stood as the league record until the 1982 New Jersey Generals gave up 154. That stood as the record until last year, when the Memphis Showboats only allowed 133 points.
That record is in jeopardy, as the current Portland Storm have allowed just 76 points, meaning they could give up 56 points to Memphis and New York and still have the record.
