only one possession each team in a quarter

[John Grasso]

Tonight's Seattle-Atlanta first quarter saw Seattle keep the ball for the first 8+ minutes before scoring a touchdown.
When Atlanta received the ball they kept it for the rest of the quarter and still had possession starting the
second quarter. Most likely this has happened before but I've never seen a game where each team only
had one possession in a quarter. Does anyone remember any other such games?

[Rupert Patrick]

In the first quarter of Super Bowl XLII between the Patriots and Giants, New York received the opening kickoff and embarked on a 16-play drive that culminated in a field goal and ate up the first 9:59 of the game, the longest drive in Super Bowl history. New England took over and spent the remainder of the first period matriculating the ball to paraphrase Hank Stram. The Pats scored on a 1-yard TD run on the first play of the second quarter to take a 7-3 lead. I don't know how unique or unusual that is, but it has happened before and in the postseason.

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