Same two teams playing back-to-back wks in the reg season

74_75_78_79_ · Post by **74_75_78_79_** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:51 am

Not sure the last time it happened. Pretty sure it was early-'60s. Any examples of such 'double-headers' that come to mind? You think the league would ever apply that again here in the modern era?

JWL · Post by **JWL** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 3:40 am

In 1966, the Jets played two games in a row vs the Bills but the Bills did not play two games in a row vs the Jets.

JeffreyMiller · Post by **JeffreyMiller** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:26 am

JWL wrote:In 1966, the Jets played two games in a row vs the Bills but the Bills did not play two games in a row vs the Jets.

The Bills and Jets actually did in 1963 ... final two games of the season. But I believe that was because of the games being rescheduled in the wake of the JFK assassination.

JeffreyMiller · Post by **JeffreyMiller** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:28 am

74_75_78_79_ wrote:Not sure the last time it happened. Pretty sure it was early-'60s. Any examples of such 'double-headers' that come to mind? You think the league would ever apply that again here in the modern era?

How about three games in a row? The Giants and Redskins played the final two games of the 1943 regular season against each other, then faced each other the following week in the playoffs.

LJP · Post by **LJP** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 11:13 am

Not recent, but the Bears doubled up in 1935 to finish their season:-

24-Nov vs Detroit T20-20
28-Nov at Detroit L2-14
01-Dec vs Cardinals T7-7
08-Dec at Cardinals W13-0

The Cardinals games were both played at Wrigley Field, the latter having been postponed from 06-Oct because of the MLB World Series game 7 between the Cubs & Tigers.

conace21 · Post by **conace21** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 1:08 pm

The most likely times it would have happened in the last 50 years are 2001, (when week 2 games were moved to week 17 after 9/11) and the strike years of 1982 (weeks 3-10 cancelled) and 1987 (week 3 cancelled.)
I reviewed the schedules, and it didn't happen. No back to back games for any of those seasons.

74_75_78_79_ · Post by **74_75_78_79_** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 2:12 pm

Nice knowledge-drops, guys! I think I knew about a double-header, or two, because of the JFK assassination but a triple-header between Wash & NYG along with Bears’ last two opponents each being double-headers...

BD Sullivan · Post by **BD Sullivan** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 2:53 pm

in 1957, the Browns beat the Eagles 24-7 in Week 3, with the Eagles winning 17-7 in Philly the following week.

Reaser · Post by **Reaser** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 5:41 pm

JeffreyMiller wrote:How about three games in a row? The Giants and Redskins played the final two games of the 1943 regular season against each other, then faced each other the following week in the playoffs.

Cool games to watch, too!

IvanNYC · Post by **IvanNYC** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:12 pm

74_75_78_79_ wrote:Not sure the last time it happened. Pretty sure it was early-'60s. Any examples of such 'double-headers' that come to mind? You think the league would ever apply that again here in the modern era?

The last occurrence was when the Steelers and Redskins played each other in back-to-back weeks in 1966 (Sept. 25 and Oct. 2).

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