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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selected OL Ernest Barnes out of NCCU in the 8th round of the NFL draft but when they realized he was black, they rescinded their pick.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...
In 1976, Oklahoma beat Nebraska 20-17, scoring on two trick plays on the final drive. In 2016, Syracuse and Pitt combined to score 137 points to set a new FBS record for points in a regulation four quarter game in the modern era. It’s now second on that list. In 1998, Phil Luckett misheard Jerome...
In 1993, Dallas’ Leon Lett committed his second blunder in 10 months. This one cost his Cowboys the game. In 1971, undefeated and top-ranked Nebraska beat #2 Oklahoma in college football’s ‘Game of the Century.’ In 2023, Alabama converted a fourth and goal from the 21 to score the game winning touchdown to beat Auburn...
In 1963, two days after the assassination of JFK, the NFL made the controversial decision to play games. Dallas was in Cleveland but because they represented the city where the President had been shot, they were not welcome. In 1966, the Dallas Cowboys played their first Thanksgiving day game. Every year since with the exception...