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Or a lot of video footage that is not publicly available now but perhaps one day could be made so online? I don't think they have any video footage. I would expect that all is with NFL Films. From the couple of times I've been there, I can tell you that, while they do have a lot of stuff hidden bac...

I take it you already checked out the gamebooks section in our members only section? I can't recall if preseason was in there.

So what’s it like to try to get a request from NFL Films? Ten, I haven't... have you ever tried writing them? Do you know if they have artifacts other than film? I know Dan Endy Sr (MN Vikings statistician for 45+ years) was instrumental in starting NFL films and he contributed artifacts, not film....

I don't think you can "get artifacts" but you can request access to view and examine them, many authors do just that (Peter King in his latest book talks about that very experience)-and via letter to request access to their archives as it needs to be for legitimate research need and not j...

Has anyone ever seen anything like this before?!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1QSJULuE4sU

In reading the web page for the Research and Preservation Center, it seems like it's a pretty strict or limited access. And then, if you want anything, you have to write in paper a request for it. Has anyone had any success or have a direct contact. I figure I'll just try the phone number tomorrow. ...

Yeah, like a few others mentioned here. Timmy Smith. 204 yards in SB Jonas Gray. 37 carries, 201 yards, 4 TD. He had 412 yards that season, his best season of his career and only 588 career rushing yards Jerome Harrison. had 1681 career rushing yards and 7 TDs including 862 yards in one season and 2...

Crazy Packers Fan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2026 11:05 pm E-mail me at packersfootball3@yahoo.com. I know a guy.

Send you an email!

Citizen wrote: ↑Wed Oct 07, 2026 7:47 am A couple of Vikings games that aren't on YouTube can be found here: https://radiotapes.com/sports-airchecks/#Vikings

Awesome! That's so cool. Thank you for sharing!

I'm building a play-by-play and defensive-stats database from historical NFL gamebooks, and one big gap is tackler and sacker credits for games where the gamebook doesn't name defenders. The best thing would be getting better "gamebooks" or similar documents [if they exist] with the attrib...