Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

Hi, New member! Excited to join the community. I noticed you guys have the Colts as a game book need. They're actually one of the only teams that puts them on the site. https://www.colts.com/team/history/stat-sheets You can see them here fairly extensively. Those are the scoresheets not the gameboo...

" Another thing to note about the tackles is that in modern NFL play-by-play on plays with multiple tacklers, a semicolon between their names indicates that both tacklers are credited with an assist; if a comma appears between their names, then the first player get a solo tackle and the second ...

Well, now the NFL is now requiring people to register to login onto the GSIS site.

Even if you are registered elsewhere with the NFL the Google Authentication process doesn't work (at least for me). UGH!

Defensive offsides is a "live-ball" foul, meaning the play does not stop.

Encroachment (which the video shows) is a "dead-ball" foul and the play stops - but I don't think that rule existed in the 1950s.

I guess Conerly just knew the rules better than the other players.

Charlie Young, former tight end with the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks death was announced on May 12th, at age 75: https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/former-all-pro-tight-end-charlie-young-dies-at-75 It's Charle not Charlie.

This was a kick not a run. Thank you for your feedback. For a play with inconsistent record keeping due to its near-automatic nature, the Steve Mike-Mayer play is easily the most inconsistent. My research shows that a slight majority of the dozen or so local newspaper box scores I reviewed had the ...

This was a kick not a run. Thank you for your feedback. For a play with inconsistent record keeping due to its near-automatic nature, the Steve Mike-Mayer play is easily the most inconsistent. My research shows that a slight majority of the dozen or so local newspaper box scores I reviewed had the ...

I found the article in San Francisco Chronicle (7/8/1980). It does say "semi-pro" but I think was the Chronicle and not Joe. And when Cliff Harris played for the Rhinos is beyond me. His final college season was 1969 and in July of 1970 he's in camp with the Cowboys. There were claims by t...

All, 3) Steve Mike-Mayer (Baltimore) ran in for the XP on October 28, 1979 vs. New England. What were the details on the breakdown causing Mike-Mayer’s (kicker) run for the conversion? Any information or guidance on the details of these plays would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Tim Castelli Th...

Having known Joe, I doubt if he labeled his list "semi-pro" since these are all minor league players. Unitas played semi-pro ball, not minor league ball, which is probably why he's not the list. Also, recent research has revealed that Bobby Bryant did NOT play minor league (or semi-pro) fo...