re: Without looking it up, how can an NFL game end in a 6-1 final score?

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When the Patriots lined up for a 2-point conversion following James White’s one-yard rushing touchdown, Tom Brady’s pass to Cordarrelle Patterson was intercepted by Bills linebacker Julian Stanford. When Stanford started to bring the ball out of the end zone, he fumbled the ball before crossing the goal line, and it was recovered by Buffalo in the end zone.
Now, if the defensive player had crossed back into the field of play and fumbled, then Buffalo recovered possession of the ball back inside their own end zone, it would by rule be a safety, and New England would have been awarded a single point.

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