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- Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:34 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Reconciling the whole Browns/Ravens issue
- Replies: 12
- Views: 37295
Re: Reconciling the whole Browns/Ravens issue
Looking at the lineups, it appears that about 26 of 1995's Browns didn't become 1996 Ravens. Five starters on offense and seven of the 11 defensive starters for the '95 Browns didn't start for the Ravens in '96, and punter Greg Montgomery and returner Jermaine Lewis didn't go to Baltimore. Not to m...
- Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:28 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: '68 Packers expectations
- Replies: 31
- Views: 81059
Re: '68 Packers expectations
In that first Vikings game, the Packers were plagued by penalties for 90 yards. In addition,they didn't even get past the Minnesota 35 until after halftime. Finally, the key play of the game came in the third quarter when the Vikings took a risk with a 16-6 lead. They went for it on fourth and inche...
- Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:46 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: '68 Packers expectations
- Replies: 31
- Views: 81059
Re: '68 Packers expectations
The Packers were still considered a formidable team, though some people started freaking out during the PRESEASON, when the Pack lost their first two exhibition games against NFL teams :lol: --they had easily won the College All-Star game. Only Max McGee and Fuzzy Thurston had retired, so some were ...
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:56 pm
- Forum: Football Obituaries
- Topic: Elbert Drungo
- Replies: 0
- Views: 25165
Elbert Drungo
Elbert Drungo, who played all but one of his nine AFL/NFL seasons with the Oilers, died of cancer on Saturday at the age of 71:
http://www.thestate.com/2014/10/13/3742 ... ilers.html
http://www.pro-football-reference/playe ... unEl20.htm
http://www.thestate.com/2014/10/13/3742 ... ilers.html
http://www.pro-football-reference/playe ... unEl20.htm
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:02 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Historic high-scoring TIE, OT games
- Replies: 10
- Views: 34411
Re: Historic high-scoring TIE, OT games
That must have been interesting to watch. I think the oddity would be in finding a low-scoring AFL game. Even shutouts seem to have been infrequent in the AFL in the 1960s. In the 10 years of the AFL, there was only one game in which both teams were held under 10 points. On 11/10/63 at Fenway Park,...
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:41 pm
- Forum: Football Obituaries
- Topic: Tommy Lewis
- Replies: 0
- Views: 25236
Tommy Lewis
While he only played in the CFL, this death seemingly is worth mentioning: Tommy Lewis, who literally came off the bench for Alabama to tackle Rice's Dicky Maegle in the 1954 Cotton Bowl, died yesterday at the age of 83: http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2014/10/tommy-lewis-the-man-who-made-cotton-...
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:15 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Historic high-scoring TIE, OT games
- Replies: 10
- Views: 34411
Re: Historic high-scoring TIE, OT games
Surprisingly, Thursday will mark the 50th anniversary of the highest scoring tie ever -- October 16, 1964, Oakland Raiders 43 @ Boston Patriots 43 http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196410160nwe.htm It was a wild final minute of action: the Patriot touchdown came with just 48 seconds l...
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:06 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Historic high-scoring TIE, OT games
- Replies: 10
- Views: 34411
Re: Historic high-scoring TIE, OT games
The only time either team came close was with just over three minutes left in OT, when Denver's Jim Turner was wide on a 41-yard FG attempt.MatthewToy wrote:The first NFL regular season tie was a 35-35 game between Denver and Pittsburgh in 74. Odd that they couldn't score at all in the extra quarter.
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:52 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: The Jets of the 80's...best Super Bowl shot?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17223
Re: The Jets of the 80's...best Super Bowl shot?
1982 definitely. They were coming off a huge win, beating Oakland in the divisional playoff. That's when the Dolphins "accidentally" forgot to put the tarp on the Orange Bowl field the night before a huge rainstorm, with Miami then shutting out the suddenly impotent Jets. As far as Michael...