Best I Remember — Super Bowl Plays

Month: January 2015
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Best I Remember — Super Bowl Plays

Like I preface every post in this category, I’ll say this list is based solely on my fading memory. The first Super Bowl I remember was Super Bowl 11, so I missed a decade of great plays. Also of note is that these are plays that stand out in my mind as awesome – not necessarily the most important plays, but the most impressive. I hope I’m not forgetting an obvious one, but here goes.   Charles Haley, Super Bowl 27 – Haley’s speed blasted him past Bills All-AFC tackle Howard Ballard. Haley knocked the ball out of QB Jim Kelly’s hands before Kelly stopped fading back. Cowboy Jimmie Jones returned the fumble for a touchdown and a 14-7 first quarter lead. The Cowboys crushed Buffalo 52-17.   Joe Montana to John Taylor, Super Bowl 23 – A lot of people rank this higher because it was the game-winning score with 34 seconds left. Not a spectacular catch by Taylor, […]

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BREAKING NEWS – Charles Haley Profile on Pro Football Hall of Fame Website

The Pro Football Hall of Fame now has a Charles Haley “members” profile up. The site usually only profiles Hall of Fame inductees. Is it a good bet that Haley will be announced tomorrow at the Super Bowl? I’ll search for others on the Hall of Fame ballot and post updates!!! UPDATE: Morten Andersen does not have a profile. Here’s the link to Haley’s Hall of Fame profile. Like football history? Check out The Game Before the Money: Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL.    

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List of Super Bowl Winners and Super Bowl MVPs

Just to make it easy for you to locate, here is a list of Super Bowl winners and MVPs. Super Bowl                                                                               MVP 1. Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10                Bart Starr 2. Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14                   Bart Starr 3. New York Jets 16, Baltimore Colts 7                                 Joe Namath 4. Kansas City Chiefs 23, Minnesota Vikings 7                    Len Dawson 5. Baltimore Colts 16, Dallas Cowboys 13                     […]

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Thinking Out Loud: My 2015 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class

The Pro Football Hall of Fame represents the highest level of personal achievement a player can reach. Fans can submit votes for the 2015 class online here. You can select up to five players, plus the Senior Nominee. Below is whom I voted for, and why. Mick Tingelhoff (Senior Nominee). Mick started at center for the Minnesota Vikings as a rookie in 1962. He played every single game for the Vikings through 1978. 240 consecutive games, plus playoffs and Super Bowls. An epic career. Really one of those guys who should have been in the Hall years ago. You can read Mick’s story in The Game Before the Money: Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL, available from Amazon here. Tim Brown. Brown didn’t lead the NFL in many receiving categories, leading in receptions only one season. Still, he had nine consecutive seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards. The tenth year of that stretch he had over 900. Also […]

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Classic NFL Games — 1962 NFL Championship — Second Half

This is part two in a two-part series, covering the second half of this classic contest. Part one, covering the first half, can be found here. The game summary is in present tense to hopefully give a feel for events unfolding in real time. The Packers lead 10-0 at halftime. The brutal weather conditions curtail the Giants prolific passing game. A potential 17-point lead looks insurmountable. Green Bay receives the second-half kickoff an opportunity to take that sizeable advantage. Tom Moore fields Don Chandler’s kick. Moore breaks down the sideline. He races all the way to the 50, but fumbles as he goes down. Ken Iman recovers for the Packers. Green Bay’s fortunate to recover all of their fumbles today. Jim Taylor is stuffed by Dick Modzelewski on first down. The Packers line up strong right on second, and Bart Starr completes a pass to Boyd Dowler at the Giant 41. On 3rd and 1, Tom Scott forces Taylor to fumble at the line of scrimmage. […]

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Classic NFL Games — 1962 NFL Championship — First Half

In honor of the NFL playoffs and the recent passing of Allie Sherman, we examine an overlooked classic. This is part one of a two-part series. I’ll write the game’s action in present tense, hopefully giving a feel for the events unfolding live. The 1962 NFL Championship was a heavyweight showdown. The prizefighters were the Green Bay Packers, entering the game with a 13-1 record, and the 12-2 New York Giants who hadn’t lost since mid-October. Both head coaches – Allie Sherman and Vince Lombardi – had been assistants with the Giants under Jim Lee Howell. The teams didn’t meet in the regular season. Their last rendezvous was the 1961 NFL Championship at Lambeau Field, a 37-0 Packer victory. The Giants hungered to avenge the embarrassment. Fans also wanted revenge. A “Beat Green Bay! Beat Green Bay!” chant thundered from the stands, and one fan hoisted a “OK YA – Make Green Bay Pay” sign in the end zone seats at […]

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Classic Games — The Ice Bowl (original broadcast)

BART STARR PAINTING BY ROBERT HURST. PRINT WITH AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN OUR SHOP FOR $50. The 1967 NFL Championship, often called the Ice Bowl, was played on December 31, 1967. Tomorrow’s NFC Divisional Playoff between the Cowboys and Packers will be the first time these two legendary franchises have met at Lambeau Field in the playoffs since that iconic day. To celebrate, we’re posting the original Cowboys radio broadcast of the epic final drive. Be sure to listen to the post-game interviews of Dan Reeves, Lee Roy Jordan, and Mel Renfro in the Cowboy locker room.  Priceless.   The Ice Bowl is covered in depth in The Game Before the Money: Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL, as interviews with Bart Starr, Carroll Dale, and Bob Skoronski of the Packers liberally detail their memories of the game, along with insight to what Coach Lombardi discussed in the locker room and on the […]

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A Brief History Of — Controversial Calls in the NFL Playoffs

Disputes followed the Dallas Cowboys victory over the Detroit Lions in the 2014 NFC Wildcard. Fans from both teams point to missed penalties, Ndamukong Suh’s overturned suspension, and the dubious Picked-Up-Flag Gate (PUF Gate). We’ll examine PUF Gate first, then delve into other famous “no-calls” and “blown calls” in NFL playoff history. When officials nullified the pass interference penalty on Anthony Hitchens in the Cowboys/Lions affair, Matthew Stafford screamed, “How does that get overturned?!!?” The on-field mics that caught Stafford’s displeasure give us clues to the answer. As a fan, getting to hear the on-field audio is a tremendous treat. I love that they mic players during games. Cowboy defensive back Orlando Scandrick simply walked up to the official and said, “Hey, every single penalty tonight’s been on us.” And the ref picked up the flag. Now, it appears that the official might have been headed over to pick up the flag before Scandrick’s comment. We’ll guess that it took more convincing […]

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