Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

Boris Shlapak holds a record that will never be broken. The former Michigan State placekicker played one year in the NFL with the 1972 Baltimore Colts. He holds the record for lowest field goal percentage with at least eight attempts. His 1972 and career totals were eight attempts with none made for...

Thanks for the antique football web site. How I would love to have one of those white footballs from the fifties. Coolest football ever!

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Keep in mind the sportswriter is African-American.

What MLB perpetrated by excluding black players from 1885-1946 was racism, pure and simple. I'm all in favor of recognizing the great players of the Negro Leagues. It is often said that pitchers such as Walter Johnson never had to face a Josh Gibson but it should be considered that Gibson never had ...

Why is it automatically assumed that Dallas will or should be in the NFC East? The Cowboys don't belong in the East any more than the Colts belonged in the West Division back in the sixties. I get sick of seeing the NFL cater to the Cowboys in everything. The Dallas Cowboys are not America's Team bu...

In the seventies it was the "Raiders Mystique ". Today it's the "Raiders Mistake".

I've been waiting all my life for the Pop Tarts Bowl and it's finally happening. NC State vs Kansas State. Don't miss it!

Here are my recommendations to increase scoring: Change the scoring system ... a touchdown worth 20 points, 5 points for the XP 10 points for a field goal 6 points for a safety. At least the scores will look higher. Adopt the CFL single rule. At least it will add a possible extra point or two to a g...

The 1948 Chicago/St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals ... a 76 season run trying for a repeat!

Here's an interesting tidbit involving Super Bowl X and Super Bowl XLVI: The final score of each game was 21-17. The winning teams scored their twenty-one points in the same unconventional manner: one safety, one touchdown with extra point, one touchdown with missed extra point, and two field goals.