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Interestingly we did see a Jim McMahon QB’d team with the best defense of all time (and one built by buddy ryan, though with bud Carson at the controls) face a version of this Dallas team in a massive game Eagles and Dallas both 9-5 entering second to last game in the 1991 season. Steve Beuerlein fi...

And now Stanley Morgan's entire career is covered... Most Career Yds/Targets Min. 750 Targets, Since 1977 George Kittle 10.0 DeSean Jackson 9.8 A.J. Brown 9.8 Justin Jefferson 9.7 Stanley Morgan 9.7 Ron Gronkowski 9.7 Julio Jones 9.6 Tyreek Hill 9.5 Michael Irvin 9.4 Jordy Nelson 9.3 Morgan is secon...

https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2026/08/1977-play-by-play-and-associated-stats-added-to-pro-football-reference/ Notably, if anyone has final 1:30 of Washington at Atlanta in Week 2 or the final 3:55 of Q2 or some missing portions of the Q4 of St Louis at Washington in Week 13, please let me kn...

TodMaher wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 7:36 pm In 1990 Houston had 251 passing first downs but Moon and Carlson add up to 252 on PFR.

Normal pxp disclaimers apply. Many small discrepancies though I was surprised at how well things lines up. Sacks are most discrepant due to scoring changes in days after games

Brian wolf wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 2:53 pm Thank you, Mike Lynch ... great stuff to look at.

You're welcome and glad you like it! Thank you for checking it out

Yes, this is the same PxP Aaron Schatz uses to calculate DVOA 1977 and, perhaps, 1976 are very real possibilities. Here's the currently missing info for '77: 9/25/1977 - Week 2 - Falcons @ Redskins (video is missing the final 1:30; PFRA gamebook scan is unreadable) 10/2/1977 - Week 3 - Cardinals @ R...

Good afternoon, For those of you in attendance in St. Paul, I mentioned this would be coming soon. Thrilled to announce that pro-football-reference.com now has play-by-play for all games back to 1978 https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2025/08/massive-expansion-of-play-by-play-and-stats-on-pro-foo...

Those numbers through 12 games played all seem to match the Bears rushing numbers in the Neft/Cohen/Korch 1990s Football Encyclopedia Yes, they do. I just went and checked the same thing myself. So that's where Neft got those stats! Just out of curiosity, where did the clipping come from? Presumabl...

If i recall correctly, Aikman started the first one and Beuerlein started the second one. The second one had a playoff berth on the line, i think, too. Both teams were 9-5 entering the game and i think the winner was ensured a playoff berth Eagles lost and then beat the Redskins (who had nothing to ...