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Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 5:11 am
by 74_75_78_79_
A future-Super Bowl-head-coach would score a 64-yard TD play to place his team to a first score over an opponent his team would end up beating that very game as well as bringing his very team to 4-5 record along with bringing that very team they beat down to that very 4-5 record as well. The team they beat only lost three games the previous regular season as well as beating that year's champs that very regular season.
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:07 pm
by Todd Pence
74_75_78_79_ wrote:A future-Super Bowl-head-coach would score a 64-yard TD play to place his team to a first score over an opponent his team would end up beating that very game as well as bringing his very team to 4-5 record along with bringing that very team they beat down to that very 4-5 record as well. The team they beat only lost three games the previous regular season as well as beating that year's champs that very regular season.
That's 1963, the Colts 24-21 win over the Lions. Raymond Berry is the player (future Super Bowl head coach) who scored the touchdown.
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:04 pm
by 74_75_78_79_
Todd Pence wrote:74_75_78_79_ wrote:A future-Super Bowl-head-coach would score a 64-yard TD play to place his team to a first score over an opponent his team would end up beating that very game as well as bringing his very team to 4-5 record along with bringing that very team they beat down to that very 4-5 record as well. The team they beat only lost three games the previous regular season as well as beating that year's champs that very regular season.
That's 1963, the Colts 24-21 win over the Lions. Raymond Berry is the player (future Super Bowl head coach) who scored the touchdown.
Yup!
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:06 pm
by Todd Pence
The winning team finished the year with four wins. The losing team finished the year with twelve wins.
The quarterback for the winning team was playing in the place of an injured HOFer.
The losing team's starting quarterback was knocked out of the game early. His replacement QB would make his first ever career start the following week.
The winning team had a rusher achieve the only 100-yard game of his career.
The winning team also had a receiver, considered one of the best of his era, who caught his final career TD pass.
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 7:45 pm
by JWL
Todd Pence wrote:The winning team finished the year with four wins. The losing team finished the year with twelve wins.
The quarterback for the winning team was playing in the place of an injured HOFer.
The losing team's starting quarterback was knocked out of the game early. His replacement QB would make his first ever career start the following week.
The winning team had a rusher achieve the only 100-yard game of his career.
The winning team also had a receiver, considered one of the best of his era, who caught his final career TD pass.
This seems like the Vikings at Jets game from 1970
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 9:47 pm
by Todd Pence
Correct!
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 9:56 pm
by Gary Najman
An easy one:
- Both starting quarterbacks went on to become teammates with a third team a few years later.
- Two former college (and pro) teammates who played both wide receiver and tight end caught passes in this game playing for each team (one of them scored twice).
- A rookie safety intercepted two passes (playing for the home team), and a 10-year veteran safety (playing for the visiting team) intercepted one. Another safety (playing for the home team) returned an interception for a touchdown for his only TD of his 8-year NFL career.
- The home team won in overtime.
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 10:57 pm
by Todd Pence
Teo wrote:An easy one:
- Both starting quarterbacks went on to become teammates with a third team a few years later.
- Two former college (and pro) teammates who played both wide receiver and tight end caught passes in this game playing for each team (one of them scored twice).
- A rookie safety intercepted two passes (playing for the home team), and a 10-year veteran safety (playing for the visiting team) intercepted one. Another safety (playing for the home team) returned an interception for a touchdown for his only TD of his 8-year NFL career.
- The home team won in overtime.
That's the Jets win over the Oilers in 1980.
Richard Todd and Ken Stabler later became teammates with the Saints. Jerome Barkum and Rich Caster were teammates at Jackson State. Darrol Ray had two picks, Ken Schroy had his only career TD, and Jack Tatum had a pick for the Oilers.
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2018 5:57 pm
by CSKreager
This was the only time these two teams ever played at this stadium
This game saw a pair of wide recievers catch 3 touchdowns.
A player scored his only touchdown this season on special teams.
Re: "Name the Game" trivia
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 10:49 am
by Todd Pence
The 1983 Seahawks-Cardinals game, the only time the two teams played at Busch Stadium, and their second ever meeting.
I had some trouble with this one because of the way you phrased the following:
"The game saw a pair of wide receivers catch 3 touchdowns."
I took this to mean each receiver got EXACTLY 3 TDs each. As it turned out, Roy Green caught four TDs and Steve Largent caught 3.
Zac Dixon was the special teamer who scored, taking the first kickoff back for a TD in Seattle franchise history.
Incidentally, it would take the Seahawks until 1998 (by which time the Cards had moved to AZ) before they finally registered a victory over them. This was the last of the elusive 26 clubs that were in the league when Seattle entered for them to finally notch a win over.