Obscure trivia
Obscure trivia
this team was trailing by 7 points at the end of the game, but ended up winning by scoring TDs on the last two plays of the game. Name the team.
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I have no idea what the answer is to that question, but I do know the answer to this related question, so I'll add it to this thread.
When the final game of the regular season ended, this running back had 990-some yards. But he finished as a 1,000-yard rusher. Better yet, this description applies to TWO different backs. Who are they?
When the final game of the regular season ended, this running back had 990-some yards. But he finished as a 1,000-yard rusher. Better yet, this description applies to TWO different backs. Who are they?
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I also have no idea about the initial question but, if I recall correctly, wasn't Beattie Feathers' total rushing yards for 1934 revised upwards and that gave him the first 1,000 yard season in the NFL?
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I am guessing this might be Bears/Lions 1980 Thanksgiving. Vince Evans scored on the last play of the game and then the Bears returned the OT kickoff for a touchdown.
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Mercury Morris was the other. I believe a loss was shifted to a QB which put Morris at 1000Bob Gill wrote:I have no idea what the answer is to that question, but I do know the answer to this related question, so I'll add it to this thread.
When the final game of the regular season ended, this running back had 990-some yards. But he finished as a 1,000-yard rusher. Better yet, this description applies to TWO different backs. Who are they?
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Charlie Smith? Was it in the Heidi Bowl?Bryan wrote:this team was trailing by 7 points at the end of the game, but ended up winning by scoring TDs on the last two plays of the game. Name the team.
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This team had the NFC's #1 offense and beat 4 playoff teams but still missed the playoffs because they lost to 3 last place squads. Name the team.
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This is correct!GameBeforeTheMoney wrote:I am guessing this might be Bears/Lions 1980 Thanksgiving. Vince Evans scored on the last play of the game and then the Bears returned the OT kickoff for a touchdown.
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One is Mercury Morris. Don't know other oneBob Gill wrote:I have no idea what the answer is to that question, but I do know the answer to this related question, so I'll add it to this thread.
When the final game of the regular season ended, this running back had 990-some yards. But he finished as a 1,000-yard rusher. Better yet, this description applies to TWO different backs. Who are they?
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Right, and that's always sounded suspicous to me. I think Morris was 9 yards short of 1,000, and then -- presto! -- they looked over the games and found a loss of EXACTLY 9 yards that was mistakenly charged to him. It just seems fishy.Sonny9 wrote:Mercury Morris was the other. I believe a loss was shifted to a QB which put Morris at 1000
The other guy who didn't have 1,000 yards when the final game ended was Earnest Byner, in 1985. He finished with 994 yards -- but there was a penalty on the final play against the Jets (Joe Klecko, I think), and of course the game can't end on a defensive penalty. So the Browns got to run one more play, and Byner picked up 8 yards, so he wound up with 1,002.