Longest stretch between two teams playing each other

74_75_78_79_ · Post by **74_75_78_79_** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:28 pm

Jets beat Cards in Week #8 of the '78 season (dropping Cards to 0-8); both teams wouldn't play each other again until '96 when the...0-8 Jets would win again. What other examples are there of two teams going quite a long time between meeting again?

mwald · Post by **mwald** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:31 pm

I have -

20 years - Chiefs vs. Eagles - 10/22/1972 - 10/11/92
18 years - Cards vs. Jets, already noted
17.8 years - Dolphins vs. Giants - 12/10/1972 - 9/23/90
17.1 years - Seahawks vs. Bucs - 10/16/77 - 11/20/94
13.9 years - Colts vs. 49ers - 11/12/72 - 10/5/1986

Six more matchups of 13-ish years....

Didn't spot check.

BD Sullivan · Post by **BD Sullivan** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:21 pm

For road games, the Browns played one road game (1983) against the Packers in 34 years (1967-01). Perhaps even more oddly, their first regular season game in Green Bay came in that 2001 game--every other contest during the season was played in Milwaukee.

It took 16 years for the Lions to return to Cleveland, spanning games in 1970 and 1986.

mwald · Post by **mwald** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:45 pm

Vikings went 32 years between road games at Colts (two cities involved)...Jets 28 years between road games at Dallas...Giants 27 years between road games at Colts.

Gary Najman · Post by **Gary Najman** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:16 pm

I've always want to know the reverse side of it, which two non-division teams played the most consecutive seasons since the 1970 merger. I would think Raiders-Steelers, Cowboys-Rams, Colts-Patriots (this last one since 2002) as the longest, but I know I miss many.

nicefellow31 · Post by **nicefellow31** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:25 pm

25 years (1979-2004) between appearances for the Green Bay Packers in Washington D.C.

ChrisBabcock · Post by **ChrisBabcock** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:27 pm

I don't know if it's the longest current active streak but the Bills & Chiefs have played each other every year since 2008.

Gary Najman · Post by **Gary Najman** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:28 pm

In 2009, Tampa Bay played at Buffalo for the first and so far only time. It was the ninth meeting between them, and all previous eight had been in Tampa.

MatthewToy · Post by **MatthewToy** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:28 pm

Teo wrote:I've always want to know the reverse side of it, which two non-division teams played the most consecutive seasons since the 1970 merger. I would think Raiders-Steelers, Cowboys-Rams, Colts-Patriots (this last one since 2002) as the longest, but I know I miss many.

Every year from 1970 through 1993 the Steelers played either Kansas City, Denver, or both.

Gary Najman · Post by **Gary Najman** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:30 pm

Atlanta and Detroit played each other for eight consecutive seasons (1983-1990). Before that, they had played each other six seasons from 1975-1980.

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