One-score games · decided by 8 points or fewer
The Packers in one-score games
The Packers are 3–1 in one-score games in 2026 so far, after 4–5–1 in 2025. Replayed with the same day’s form, they win 1.9 of those 4. Since 2019: 40–27–1 in 68 one-score games, 41.1 wins in replays.
A good record in close games looks like clutch. It rarely lasts: from 2019 to 2025, a team’s win rate in one-score games carried into the next season at a correlation of 0.12, against 0.39 for its overall record. How often a team wins those games in replays says what its play was worth.
Close-game luck by season
One-score wins minus how many of those games the Packers win in replays (regular season).
2026 one-score games
| Week | Game | Result | Wins the replay | Luck index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 2 | @ Jets | W 20–17 | 36% | +64 |
| Week 4 | @ Buccaneers | W 17–14 | 90% | +10 |
| Week 7 | @ Lions | L 17–20 | 11% | −11 |
| Week 8 | vs Panthers | W 27–19 | 54% | +46 |
Every team’s one-score record, 2026 · Green Bay Packers, every season