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| During the 1970s there were two division teams that played each other every year, with only one victorious team during the whole decade. Who were these teams? | Interesting and True NFL Factoids
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Dolphins over Bills. In the AFC Eastern Division, the Bills squared off twice a year with the Miami Dolphins. The Bills did not come away with even one victory. The Bills changed this trend in the late 80s and 90s when they went to four straight Super Bowls and defeated Miami several times including two playoff appearances.
| During the 1980s this kicker tied the Super Bowl record at the time, for the longest field goal made and broke the record for the shortest field goal missed. He is _______ ? | Interesting and True NFL Factoids
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Rich Karlis. In Super Bowl XXI, Rich Karlis missed a 23-yard field goal that set the record for a shortest field goal ever missed. An extra point is only 17 yards. His earlier 48 yard field goal tied the record with Jan Stenerud who kicked one against Minnesota in Super Bowl IV. Adam Vinatieri defeated the St. Louis Rams at the end of Super Bowl XXXVI with a 48-yard field goal, 20-17.
| Between 1920 and 2000, how many playoff appearances did the Cardinals make (Chicago, St. Louis, Phoenix, Arizona, and even their Card-Pitt year combined)? | Interesting and True NFL Factoids
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6. That's right: 6! This franchise started playing in the NFL in 1920 and is the only team still around from that year (that did not change its team name). The last championship during this stretch was 1947 (a 28-21 win for the Chicago Cardinals over the Philadelphia Eagles) and last playoff win was in 1997 (a 20-7 wildcard victory in Dallas before succumbing to the Vikings 41-21 in Minnesota. They did win the NFC East twice, in 1974-1975, but were eliminated in both of their first round playoff games. They moved to the NFC West in 2002.
| Only one team in the NFL at the end of the 2002 season still used a band much in much in the same way that college football teams do. Who was this team? | Interesting and True NFL Factoids
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Redskins . The Washington Redskins still employed a marching band that could be heard loud and clear as they played "Hail to the Redskins", whenever the Redskins scored any points. College schools have fight songs that are all played by bands, but this was a rare sight in the NFL.
| In only their second year in existence, these two franchises made it all the way to their respective championship games. Which teams am I talking about? | Interesting and True NFL Factoids
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Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars. Both of these teams entered the NFL in the 1995 season. Jacksonville went 4-12 and Carolina finished with a respectable 7-9 record. The following year was strong for Carolina, as they won a competitive NFC West with a 12-4 record. Kerry Collins was their quarterback and they eliminated the Dallas Cowboys 26-17 in the divisional playoffs. The Jaguars won a string of games at the end of the season to gain a wildcard appearance in a game at Buffalo, which they won in a thriller, 30-27. Mark Brunell was behind the helm and directed his team to another 30-27 victory in Denver over Elway's Broncos. The Cinderella story ended the following week for both teams however as the New England Patriots knocked off the Jaguars 20-6 and the Green Bay Packers knocked off the Panthers 30-13 to enter Super Bowl XXVII, which Green Bay won 35-21. The Jaguars made it back to the AFC Championship with a 14-2 record in 1999 but lost to the Tennessee Titans 35-14, in Jacksonville, before the St. Louis Rams won Super Bowl XXXVI 23-16 over Tennessee.
"Touchdown to win Super Bowl XXIII with seconds left" - Jerry Rice. Joe Montana went the length of the field for the 49ers to win with 39 seconds remaining 20-16, but threw the winning touchdown pass to John Taylor. Jerry Rice was the game's MVP though with 215 receiving yards. I have seen on NFL films, Randy Cross, who was on the offensive line at the time, tell a reporter that Joe Montana was so cool in the pocket, that during a huddle, he pointed at that stands, and said, "Hey, that's John Candy!"
| Many people know that the first two teams that met on Monday Night Football were the New York Jets and the Cleveland Browns. The Browns won 31-21. However, who were the first two teams that met on "Sunday Night Football", hosted by ESPN, and stands as the first cable broadcast? | Interesting and True NFL Factoids
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New England Patriots at New York Giants. ESPN was awarded their first slate of games in 1987 and they hosted them on "Sunday Night Football" at 8 EST. The first participants were Lawrence Taylor and the New York Giants, who were hosting the New England Patriots. The Giants won a rather unassuming game 17-10. Three years later, the Sunday Night package was split in-between ESPN and TNT. TNT would carried the first half of the season and ESPN carried the second half. ESPN retained sole rights of "Sunday Night Football" in 1998.
t. The Vikings won the game 23-21 in OT when Mike Merriweather recorded a safety after 6 Rich Karlis field goals had given them 21 points. They also set a record that day for most points in a victory without scoring a touchdown. This was in 1989.
| In the infamous "coin flip" game, one team protested the coin flip. The referee misheard the team that called it correctly and handed it to the other team. The team that should have had the ball never got a chance on offense. Which was the losing team? | Interesting and True NFL Factoids
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Pittsburgh Steelers. This was a Thanksgiving Day game in Detroit in 1998, so the entire nation was watching. Jerome Bettis, the running back for the Pittsburgh claimed that he called tails while Phil Luckett, the infamous referee, claimed that he heard "heads". However, the ball was awarded to the Lions and they had the ball for one overtime possession and won the game 19-16.
| Following its introduction in 1994, the Vikings were the first team to attempt a two point conversion when trailing by one, with under two minutes remaining? | Interesting and True NFL Factoids
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f. The Vikings were the first successful team to score on a 2-point conversion in this scenario (a 32-31 victory in New Orleans), but two teams had attempted it before: the 1997 Chicago Bears (against Green Bay) and the 1995 Jacksonville Jaguars (against Tampa Bay). This halted a 17 game road-losing streak for the Vikings.
| What is significant about a 1982 play that ended John Elway's college career (He was not on the field at the time)? | Random NFL Facts
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He watched from the sideline as the opponents lateraled their way to victory on the final play of the season. He watched The Cal Bears toss 5 laterals on their way to victory in the "The Play". On a side-note, John didn't want to play for the Baltimore Colts.
FedEx Field (Redskins). In 2006, FedEx Field had a seating capacity for 91,704 mildly supportive Redskins fans. It is also unique as it was the only NFL stadium where the fans change their team preference mid-game according to what the national polls say the American people want. Often this is referred to wavering, but usually goes unnoticed because of an ongoing war in the parking lot.
| In 2004, John Lynch signed with the Denver Broncos. He is known as one of the hardest hitting safeties in the NFL. However, he was part of a Florida based franchise first. What organization was he part of? | Random NFL Facts
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He was a pitcher in the Florida Marlins organization. He threw the first pitch for the entire Florida Marlins organization (Minor and Major League) in a 1992 minor league game. He was released after a brief moment of confusion when he launched himself at a teammate who caught a pop up, breaking his collar bone.
| The 1972 Miami Dolphins are sometimes misrepresented as the only team to finish a season undefeated. They are actually known for being the first to go 14-0 as well as win an NFL Championship. What team finished 2 seasons undefeated before the NFL-AFL merger, but did not win an NFL Championship? | Random NFL Facts
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Chicago Bears. The Chicago Bears went undefeated in the 1934 and 1943 regular seasons, but lost both Championship games.
| The Cardinals at one point were one of the worst sports franchises in history when they set a record low in 1933 for what? | Random NFL Facts
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Fewest PAT's in a season. The Cardinals set the record with only two PAT's for an entire season. In no way does this reflect a losing tradition for the Cardinals.
| What Chicago great and NFL Hall of Famer scored 6 rushing touchdowns in one game? | Random NFL Facts
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Ernie Nevers. Chicago Cardinals great fullback Ernie Nevers scored 6 rushing touchdowns in a game in 1929. Gale Sayers and Dub Jones scored 6 touchdowns in a game as well, but not all of them were on rushing plays.
| This running back had his single game rushing record broken by Jamal Lewis in 2003. Despite his lofty career numbers, he only has one Super Bowl ring. Who is he? | Random NFL Facts
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Corey Dillon. Corey Dillon rushed for 278 yards against Denver in 2000. Prior to him, Walter Payton rushed for 275 yards in a 1977 game. Dillon was part of the 2004 New England Patriots Championship team. He, unlike Payton, scored a touchdown in the game.
| Three Hall of Fame running backs were born in Kansas from 1943 to 1968, two of them in the same city. Who was the odd man out of the Kansas running backs? | Random NFL Facts
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John Riggins. John Riggins was born in Seneca, while Sayers and Sanders were both born in Wichita. Chicago Bears great and El Dorado, Kansas, native Bobby Douglass was a great runner, but he was a quarterback not a running back.
| What was the overall regular season win percentage of the 1972 Miami Dolphins opponents? | Random NFL Facts
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.375. .375 is one of the lowest percentages in history. They also barely scraped by their playoff opponents.
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