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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – Super Bowl XLII “The Helmet Catch”
One of the greatest drives in Super Bowl history complete with the some of the greatest plays, was orchestrated by Eli Manning and the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, February 3, 2008 against the New England Patriots. The … Continue reading
The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – Super Bowl XXV “Wide Right”
It was to become one of the defining moments in Super Bowl history. The closing moments to one of the tightest Super Bowl games ever played. Super Bowl XXV, played on January 27, 1991, had the Buffalo Bills favored by … Continue reading
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Tagged Buffalo Bills, Matt Bahr, New York Giants, NFL, Scott Norwood, Super Bowl XXV, Wide Right
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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – NFL’s “The Catch”
One of the greatest moments in NFL sports history was a clutch play made by the San Francisco 49ers during the 1982 NFC Championship game. The Dallas Cowboys were battling the 49ers in an evenly played match and were up … Continue reading
The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – Super Bowl XXXIV “One Yard Short”
It was to become one of the greatest moments in sports history. The final play of Super Bowl XXXIV between the St. Louis Rams and Tennessee Titans would decide if the Titans would once again pull off a miracle in … Continue reading
The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – Tennessee Titans “Music City Miracle”
In probably one of the greatest Wild Card Playoff games in NFL sports archives history, on January 8, 2000, the Tennessee Titans pulled out a squeaker over the Buffalo Bills by executing a kickoff return play, flawlessly, in the closing … Continue reading
The Sports Archives History Lesson – Super Bowl’s Youngest Winning Quarterbacks
As of January 20, 2011, the sports archive for the youngest winning quarterback in Super Bowl sports history goes to Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Roethlisberger was 23 years old when he led the Steelers over the Seattle Seahawks, … Continue reading
The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – Football and Baseball’s Ernie Nevers
Ernie Nevers played professional football as a fullback for the Duluth Eskimos and Chicago Cardinals of the NFL. He started his sports career as a professional baseball player for the St. Louis Browns. In 1927, he overlapped sports by playing … Continue reading
The Sports Archives History Lesson – Football’s Four Downs
It was 1881, and there were no football rules established to mandate the amount of gained yards required for a team to renew their offensive set of ‘downs’ in an effort to reach the goal. In fact, the word ‘down’ … Continue reading
Posted in College Football, Football
Tagged History Lesson, Princeton, Rugby, Sports Archives, The Block Game, Yale
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The Sports Archives History Lesson – Football’s Brian “B.D.” Dowling
The character in Gary Trudeau’s “Doonesbury” comic strip that wears a football helmet and goes by the name B.D. was inspired by Trudeau’s Yale University classmate Brian Dowling. Dowling was quarterback for Yale in the late 1960s and later for … Continue reading
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Tagged B.D., Brian Dowling, Doonesbury, Gary Trudeau, Yale Bulldogs
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