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Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 6:56 pm
by SixtiesFan
ChrisBabcock wrote:This...
Four TDs were scored by the home team - two of them running plays, each one run in by the same player; two of them pass plays, each caught by the same player.
...narrowed it down to one of these 7 games...
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... by=pass_td
Which gave me this...
Sunday Nov 9, 1969
Oilers 31, Bengals 31
Don Trull, Jim Beirne (who?!), Bob Trumpy. The Bengals won the first AFC Central championship with an 8-6 record the next year.
Jim Beirne was Bob Griese's favorite receiver at Purdue.
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 5:26 pm
by Todd Pence
The two coaches meeting in this game had previously met in a Super Bowl.
A rookie for the winning team scored the first of many touchdowns in his career.
The player who scored the only TD for the losing team would later play for the winning team.
A former rookie of the year scored two touchdowns for the winning team.
A player for the winning team registered both yards rushing and receiving. This would be his only offensive statline of the year.
The final score for this game was the only one of its kind in NFL history.
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 1:06 pm
by 74_75_78_79_
Todd Pence wrote:The two coaches meeting in this game had previously met in a Super Bowl.
A rookie for the winning team scored the first of many touchdowns in his career.
The player who scored the only TD for the losing team would later play for the winning team.
A former rookie of the year scored two touchdowns for the winning team.
A player for the winning team registered both yards rushing and receiving. This would be his only offensive statline of the year.
The final score for this game was the only one of its kind in NFL history.
Opening week, 1976. Grant's Vikings winning at Stram's Saints. Galbreath would end up playing for Vikes, Chuck Foreman scored the two TDs, Kellar's 25 yds rushing and 22 receiving was his only statline of the season, the only 40-9 final score ever.
Grant was 3-0 vs Stram after SBIV. Vikings beat Chiefs in the ’70 opener and again, at KC, in the ’74 finale. The ’76 opener makes it three. By the time Grant’s Vikings played the Saints again two years later (also opening week), Dick Nolan was now head guy in NO (and Saints won).
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 7:10 pm
by Gary Najman
-The visiting team won the game in OT.
-The player who scored the winning TD (in OT) had previously played with the home team and then came back to play with them after a stint with another team.
-The visiting team had another player who scored a TD in regulation who had scored a TD in a Super Bowl 5 years before.
-Both placekickers in this game are currently in the Top 10 All-Time in points scored.
-Both punters in this game also had long careers (over 200 games each) and came into the NFL in the same season.
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 2:21 pm
by ChrisBabcock
Teo wrote:-The visiting team won the game in OT.
-The player who scored the winning TD (in OT) had previously played with the home team and then came back to play with them after a stint with another team.
-The visiting team had another player who scored a TD in regulation who had scored a TD in a Super Bowl 5 years before.
-Both placekickers in this game are currently in the Top 10 All-Time in points scored.
-Both punters in this game also had long careers (over 200 games each) and came into the NFL in the same season.
Got it! This one was actually really tough.
Browns 30, Chargers 24 - 10/20/91
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... 200sdg.htm
- David Brandon
- Joe Morris
- John Carney & Matt Stover
- Brian Hansen & John Kidd
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 2:38 pm
by ChrisBabcock
- A future league MVP would score for the winning team in this game.
- A future Super Bowl MVP would score for the winning team in this game. (not the same player as above)
- A player for the winning team who recorded an interception in this game, played for the losing team 16 years earlier.
- The losing team’s starting QB would play for the winning team later in his career.
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:52 pm
by 74_75_78_79_
ChrisBabcock wrote:- A future league MVP would score for the winning team in this game.
- A future Super Bowl MVP would score for the winning team in this game. (not the same player as above)
- A player for the winning team who recorded an interception in this game, played for the losing team 16 years earlier.
- The losing team’s starting QB would play for the winning team later in his career.
Would that be
AP league MVP?
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:57 pm
by ChrisBabcock
74_75_78_79_ wrote:ChrisBabcock wrote:- A future league MVP would score for the winning team in this game.
- A future Super Bowl MVP would score for the winning team in this game. (not the same player as above)
- A player for the winning team who recorded an interception in this game, played for the losing team 16 years earlier.
- The losing team’s starting QB would play for the winning team later in his career.
Would that be
AP league MVP?
yes
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 11:40 pm
by conace21
1977 Redskins 24 Cardinals 14
John Riggins and Mark Moseley both scored for Washington.
DE Ron McDole recorded his first interception in 6 years. He began his career with the Cardinals in 1961.
Jim Hart would finish his career with Washington.
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:10 am
by ChrisBabcock
conace21 wrote:1977 Redskins 24 Cardinals 14
John Riggins and Mark Moseley both scored for Washington.
DE Ron McDole recorded his first interception in 6 years. He began his career with the Cardinals in 1961.
Jim Hart would finish his career with Washington.
correct