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The ejection of Jalen Carter really hurt the Eagles last Thursday. The Defense missed by a whisker three sacks and three pass interceptions. With Carter to disrupt the offense, Philadelphia would have made these plays and turned the game into a route. Quinyon Mitchell recorded the one turnover deep ...

At midpoint in the 1972 season the Oakland Raiders were 4-2-1 one half game better than the 4-3 Kansas City Chiefs. In Week 8, Raiders lost at Kansas City. Oakland did nothing in the first half leaving the field trailing 17 to 0. Daryl Lamonica completed nine of 15 passes for 74 yards for and four t...

Roger LeClair LB on Bears Championship Team 1963. Max McGee was tight end and punter for Green Bay, Lou Groza was an offensive tackle for 10 years. Gary Collins was a punter for the Cleveland Browns Gordy Souteau was a pass receiver at San Francisco Frankie Albert was a quarterback and punter for th...

1962-In Week 7 the Cleveland Browns at Pitt Stadium man handled the Steelers 41 to 14. After that debacle Pittsburgh won three in a row. At Forbes Field, the Steelers got a touchdown and a field goal in the last minute to defeat the Minnesota Vikings 39 to 31; then came 17 points in the fourth quart...

1958-Winners of five consecutive games, the Pittsburgh Steelers came into Griffith Stadium to play the Washington Redskins. Heavily favored, Pittsburgh trailed 14 to 0 at halftime. They came back to get two second half touchdowns for a 14-14 tie. The Redskins stopped the winning streak. On national ...

1964 Oilers at Buffalo with George Blanda completing 37 of 68 passes for 393 yards. This was a record in attempts and completion that lasted 20 years. Final Bills 24 Oilers 10. 1977 Vikings at Packers. Walter Peyton gain 275 yards for an NFL game record. Minnesota's only score was on a blocked punt...

After winning the 1957 NFL Championship, 59 to 14 over Cleveland, the Detroit Lions fell from 8-4 to 4-7-1. Even so, they still defeated the Browns at Cleveland 30 to 10. It is possible that the Lions gave an extra effort over their archrival. In addition to the rousing win in the title game, the Li...

Hopes that 1958 was just a fluke disappeared as the Lions were only 3-8-1. The biggest explosion was the 45 to 21 victory over the Chicago Cardinals in the 11th game of the season. Right out of the locker room, the Lions jumped to a 17 to 0 lead. Tobin Rote capped a drive with on eight yard run; Jim...

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1957 Detroit Defeated Eastern Conference Leader-Cleveland by 20 to 7. The Detroit Lions were the Western Conference Champions in 1957. After going 3-3, the Lions won five of the next six to finish 8-4. The Browns were 9-2-1 and won the Eastern Conference. The Lions and 49ers each had records of 8-4 ...