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In 1925, the Pottsville Maroons beat the Chicago Cardinals 21-7 to win the unofficial NFL championship. In 1925, Red Grange and the Chicago Bears beat the New York Giants in front of 70,000 at the Polo Grounds. In 1970, the Oakland Raiders beat the New York Jets on a final play miracle. In 1992, San...
Tonight, it will be the 28th Annual Silent Night Game at Taylor University. The students are silent until the Trojans scores their 10th point. The last two minutes are spent singing ‘Silent Night’ in unison. In 1974, the Birmingham Americans played the Florida Blazers in the first … and only World Bowl. The Americans beat...
In 1977, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost their 26th game in a row to set the current NFL record for consecutive games without a win. In 1971, the Tennessee Volunteers snapped Penn State’s 15-game winning streak thanks to Bobby Majors and 6 Nittany Lion turnovers. In 1988, Oklahoma State beat Texas Tech in a shootout...
In 1950, the Cleveland Browns beat the Philadelphia Eagles without throwing a single pass. It’s the last time an NFL team has gone an entire game without a pass attempt. In 1950, LA Ram WR Tom Fears caught 18 passes to set a new NFL record. It was not broken for another 50 years. In...
In 1985, after the Miami Dolphins put 31 points on the Chicago Bears, Head Coach Mike Ditka and Defensive Coordinator Buddy Ryan may or may not have come to blows in a dispute at half. In 1972, Auburn blocked two punts and returned them for touchdowns in the fourth quarter to turn a 16-0 deficit...
In 1985, Green Bay and Tampa Bay played in the ‘Snow Bowl’ featuring 14 inches of snow and 36,000 empty seats in Lambeau. In 2007, the LSU Tigers beat Tennessee in the SEC Championship game and then watched Oklahoma beat top-ranked Missouri and then unranked Pitt upset #2 West Virginia in the Backyard Brawl. LSU...
In 1959, the Washington Redskins selected OL Ernest Barnes out of NCCU in the 8th round of the NFL draft but when they realized he was black, they rescinded their pick. The Baltimore Colts selected him in the 10th round. He went on to become better known for his art. In 1987, Bo Jackson met...
In 1987, Lee Trevino won five skins on the par 3 17th to win the Skins Event featuring Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Fuzzy Zoeller and Trevino. In 1980, Western Carolina Catamount Ronnie Carr hit the first three point shot in NCAA history. In 1989, Oklahoma scored an NCAA record 97 points in the first half...
In 1974, Clint Longley replaced an injured Roger Staubach and rallied the Dallas Cowboys for what NFL FIlms called ‘The Greatest Thanksgiving Day game’ ever. In 1996, Kansas City running back Marcus Allen passed Walter Payton on the all-time rushing touchdown list. Allen scored another later in the game to lift the Chiefs to the...
In 1980, the Chicago Bears beat the Detroit Lions in the first overtime game played on Thanksgiving. In 1952, the Dallas Texans won their first and only game on Thanksgiving thanks to a guy named Tripucka. In 1926, Carnegie Tech beat Notre Dame 19-0 in one of the great upsets in college football history. In...