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

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Re: Same two teams playing back-to-back wks in the reg seaso

Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 9:28 pm
by Ronfitch
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?
Editing articles for the PRFA book on the '51 Rams, I see that they played the 49ers in back-to-back regular season games that year.

On Sunday, October 28th, the travelled to San Francisco, losing to the 49ers 44-17.

The following Sunday (November 4th), the Rams avenged the loss with a 23-16 win, including three FGs, a one-yard touchdown run, a 76-yard touchdown pass to Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch and two XPs by Bob Waterfield.
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