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- Fri May 26, 2023 1:49 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Game Ending Safeties
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6526
Re: Game Ending Safeties
1978 AFC Wild Card game. Houston leading 17-7 takes an intentional safety at the end of the game.
- Thu May 25, 2023 2:29 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Fran Tarkenton & Minnesota 1964
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1158
Re: Fran Tarkenton & Minnesota 1964
This was also the year of the infamous "wrong way run".
- Tue May 23, 2023 12:40 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: How about total NET-YARDAGE correlating with W/L records?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2159
Re: How about total NET-YARDAGE correlating with W/L records
Speaking of overall team stats, somebody here suggested an interesting system a few years ago. It was a team's total offensive yardage divided by possessions, so the result was called yards per possession or something similar. Of course it didn't take the team's defense into account, but it seemed ...
- Tue May 09, 2023 2:19 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: BYE Week and Home Field Advantage
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1238
Re: BYE Week and Home Field Advantage
1969 Vikings. 12-1 going into Atlanta for their final game. Lost 10-3 to the Falcons on a field in which a monsoon had left a quagmire. Claude Humphrey scored the game's only TD on a fumble return. Minnesota had quite the extremes in weather conditions in their final four RS games. They ran into a b...
- Fri May 05, 2023 12:01 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Nicknames of Defensive Teams
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17826
Re: Nicknames of Defensive Teams
During the 1984 season, with the old guard of the Orange Crush pretty much phased out, a Denver radio station held a contest to provide a new moniker for the Broncos' defense. The winning entry was "Sack, Tackle and Pop" - but it never caught on.
- Fri May 05, 2023 11:58 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Bits of NFL history you have learned from watching old games
- Replies: 32
- Views: 29551
Re: Bits of NFL history you have learned from watching old g
The Dolphins had a trio of offseason tragedies during this period. Linebacker Larry Gordon died in '83, and the next season running back David Overstreet was killed, like Chambers in an auto accident. I remember the Dolphins wearing a black 20 on their helmets during the '84 season.
- Tue May 02, 2023 11:58 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Rams lose NFC Title Game 1974 and 1976
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1539
Re: Rams lose NFC Title Game 1974 and 1976
The most damaging play was when the Rams had a first and goal at the Minnesota one. Viking linebacker Wally Hilgenberg intercepted a pass from James Harris in the end zone leaving the Rams without a score. Actually, the Rams had advanced to the one, but committed a procedure penalty on first dow...
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:13 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: School me on the 1963 Chicago Bears
- Replies: 16
- Views: 17952
Re: School me on the 1963 Chicago Bears
Went from best defense in the NFL in '63 to the worst in '64.
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:02 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: NFL stadium quirks
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8918
Re: NFL stadium quirks
How well I remember this from my first NFL game (1980 Redskins vs. Vikings)Citizen wrote: • The grandstand at RFK Stadium that would move up and down when the fans jumped in unison
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- Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:17 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 2022 NFL Predictions
- Replies: 40
- Views: 27540
Re: 2022 NFL Predictions
Geno Smith will win Comeback Player of the Year. great prediction---after just one game----well done you are going to be right I was ridiculed on this and other forums for this pick, but it came to pass. So happy for and proud of Geno. Been a fan for a long time, and he's a class act all the way.