The New Orleans Saints have narrowly avoided making NFL 'Scorigami' history on Sunday in the 26-8 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.

It's an oddity of a final score, but it is indeed not the first time it has ever happened. 'Scorigami' is defined as when it is the first time a score of its type has ever been recorded in NFL history. The Saints did clinch one earlier this season.

This is still notable, though, considering that it's the first time a game ended with this score since 1978. It's just the third time in NFL history this happened.

So, how exactly did we get here?

The Saints got to the scoreboard first with a safety, leading 2-0 at the beginning of the game. But things quickly spiraled out of control as the game went on a 26-6 run in the following three quarters of the game. A missed PAT by the Chargers also contributed to such a strange final score.

Next week, the Saints will hope to be the ones scoring all of the points. But that has not been the case to this point and it is going to take some major fixing on the offensive side of the ball for them to get there.

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This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Saints narrowly avoided making 'Scorigami' NFL history