Notable Goal Line Stands

[74_75_78_79_]

I'll start off with the Eagles' stand vs the Cards in '92 at the Vet! Here it was 'Year 2' removed from Buddy's presence, Jerome Brown of course sadly was no more, but Bud Carson was at DC thus 'Gang Green' (on the front end, at least) were still just that!

In that Super Bowl-flirtatious 4-0 start, such highlights include utterly decimating Elway's Broncos in Week #3, 30-0 (this very final score still not telling the tale) - a Denver team which, mind you, would still go on to start 7-3 with quality-wins vs KC and Houston on the way! And then two weeks later, following a bye, 'Gang Green' hammering the Champs-to-be on MNF!

Three weeks after that, following two losses at both KC and then at DC thus bringing the Birds back down to plain old playoff-caliber size, was when this very GLS took place! It was the 2nd Q, Aeneas Williams returns a Randall Cunningham pass to the Eagles' 3-yard-line, and so it began...SEVEN plays, Philly offsides three times, and the Cards still couldn't punch it in!

Now granted, this WAS the (circa '92) "same old Cards". And tough-guy, Joe Bugel, forgetting that this very OL were not the 'Hogs' as well as he not having John Riggins at his disposal, ran each of the seven plays...between the tackles?? Total pandemonium from the fans at the Vet including Matt Millen himself in the booth during the very stand (expressing desire to go out there and be apart of the heavy-hitting taking place), also critiquing a Chris Chandler QB-sneak effort!

The final score ended up being an Eagles' win, 7-3, over this bad 4-wins-to-be Cardinal squad (again, back to mere playoff-caliber; but Cards always played them tough anyway, especially at the Vet). So that GLS ended up being quite vital this game!

Of course there's plenty of others to mention (a couple in Pontiac I have in mind, and not a Lions game btw), but will leave it to others...

[RRMarshall]

The two most famous ones that come to mind are the Packers holding the Cowboys with a first-and-goal at the two at the end of the 1966 NFL Championship Game. The other was by the 49ners in SB XVI denying the Cincinnati Bengals in the 3rd quarter, stuffing the formidable Pete Johnson twice. There was also the stand by the Chiefs in the 1969 AFL Divisional Playoff game that held Namath and the Jets to a FG in the 4th quarter. I'm sure there are several others that I can't recall offhand.

[Jay Z]

The Colts made one at the end of the 1st Half in the 1965 playoff game with the Packers.

[7DnBrnc53]

In Week 10 of the 1977 season, the Broncos stopped KC at the goal line at the end of the game to preserve a 14-7 win after KC faked a punt and ran the ball all the way inside the five.

[Gary Najman]

The two most famous ones that come to mind are the Packers holding the Cowboys with a first-and-goal at the two at the end of the 1966 NFL Championship Game. The other was by the 49ners in SB XVI denying the Cincinnati Bengals in the 3rd quarter, stuffing the formidable Pete Johnson twice. There was also the stand by the Chiefs in the 1969 AFL Divisional Playoff game that held Namath and the Jets to a FG in the 4th quarter. I'm sure there are several others that I can't recall offhand.

My all—time favorite is the 49ers’ Super Bowl XVI stand, and enhanced by the John Facenda-narrated NFL Films highlights. Jack Reynolds and Dan Bunz had a great set of downs.

[rhickok1109]

I was in the pressbox for a crucial game between the Packers and the Colts at Lambeau Field on Nov. 18, 1962. The Packers were 9-0 and the Colts only 5-4, but the Lions were very much in the race with a 7-2 record (which they stretched to 8-2 with a win over the Vikings that day).

The Colts outgained the Packers, 382 yards to 116, and completely stopped the vaunted Packers' sweep. Going into the fourth quarter, they held a 13-10 lead, but it could have been 20-10. In the second quarter, the Colts has a first down at the Packer 1-yard line but the Packer defense stopped three running plays cold and then Bill Forester sacked Unitas for a 13-yard lass on fourth down.

Early in the fourth quarter, the Packers had the ball at the Baltimore 23 and here came the sweep again. The entire Colt defense flowed to the left to stop it, as they'd been doing the entire game--but it wasn't the sweep, it was a sucker play. Tom Moore cut back to the left and ran, untouched all the way, for the go-ahead touchdown. Without that run, the Packers gained only 64 rushing yards on 26 attempts, an average of about 2.5 YPC. (BTW, the other Packer TD came on Herb Adderley's 103-yard kickoff return immediately after the Colts had taken a 3-0 lead in the first quarter.)

With about four minutes to play, the Colts had a first down at the Packer 7 but they didn't gain an inch from there. The key play was Adderley batting down a fourth-down pass intended for Jimmy Orr in the end zone.

So there were two important goal-line stands in that game. This was the Sunday before the Packers' infamous 26-14 loss to the Lions on Thanksgiving Day.