John David Crow John David Crow was a running back for the Chicago and St. Louis Cardinals. He was paralized on the left side of his face. He was the first Cardinals Running Back to ever rush for 1,000 yards. He was a four time Pro Bowler.
The Steelers are really the Eagles. Check it out: http://www.footballresearch.com/articles/frpage.cfm?topic=day-ind long read, but interesting stuff.
Carpets? Too funny! I could do 15 minutes of comedy on that. What's the mascot? A throw rug? I bet they would play in Karastan Stadium. Measure downs by the square foot? :lol: Ok, seriously. Thanks for the info.
I believe I was incorrect on the Junction thing. Crow was a senior in high school that year and came on board the following season...or something like that. The tight end thing was correct, though.
1,032 yards in eight games This is not old, old school and it's not really even old school, but anyway... Wes Chandler's 1982 game-by-game stats at Denver- 4 catches for 120 yards, 0 TDs at Kansas City- 6 for 69, 1 TD at L.A. Raiders- 7 for 118, 0 TDs Denver- did not play at Cleveland- 5 for 84, 0 TDs at San Francisco- 7 for 125, 3 TDs Cincinnati- 10 for 260, 2 TDs Baltimore- 4 for 118, 2 TDs L.A. Raiders- 6 for 138, 1 TD Playoffs at Pittsburgh- 9 for 124, 0 TDs at Miami- 2 for 38, 0 TDs
Notable season openers from the pre-Super Bowl days. home teams in CAPS Saturday, September 26, 1925 FRANKFORD YELLOW JACKETS 27, Buffalo Bisons 7 ***Al Bundy Award*** Ernie Hamer scored four touchdowns. He scored on rushes of 2, 1, and 4 yards. In the 4th quarter, he returned an interception 75 yards for his fourth score. Sunday, September 28, 1947 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 45, Washington Redskins 42 Redskins rookie Hugh Taylor caught passes for 212 yards. Sammy Baugh passed for 364 yards. Thursday Night, September 22, 1949 Philadelphia Eagles 7, NEW YORK BULLDOGS 0 The Bulldogs ran the ball 37 times for 34 yards. They threw the ball only once. It was an incomplete pass. Saturday Night, September 16, 1950 Cleveland Browns 35, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 10 The NFL had just completed a merger with the rival All-America Football Conference. The result was a new-look NFL that included the Browns, who had won all four of the AAFC's titles. When the merger was official early in 1950, commissioner Bert Bell immediately scheduled the Browns to face the defending two-time NFL champion Eagles in the season's first game. It was the most anticipated matchup in pro football history, but one in which the Browns were given little chance of winning. The Browns, coached by Paul Brown, stunned the Eagles and the rest of the NFL with the easy victory. The Browns ran the ball 24 times for 141 yards. They passed the ball 38 times (21 completions) for 307 yards. The two teams met again on December 3. The Browns also won that game, 13-7. Cleveland ran the ball 41 times for 69 yards. They did not throw a single pass. Every team in every game since has attempted at least one pass. Friday Night, September 28, 1951 LOS ANGELES RAMS 54, New York Yanks 14 Three Rams gained over 100 yards receiving (Elroy Hirsch 173, Tom Fears 162, Vitamin Smith 103). Norm Van Brocklin set the NFL record by passing for 554 yards. The record still stands. ***Al Bundy Award*** Hirsch caught four touchdown passes from Van Brocklin. The plays covered 41, 47, 26, and 1 yards. Sunday, September 25, 1955 BALTIMORE COLTS 23, Chicago Bears 17 Colts rookie fullback Alan Ameche ran for 194 yards in his debut. This is a first-game-rookie record. Friday Night, September 9, 1960 Denver Broncos 13, BOSTON PATRIOTS 10 21,597 fans showed up on a Friday night to watch the first AFL regular season game with Hurricane Donna bearing down on the region. Most memorable about the Broncos were their uniforms- gold helmets, chocolate brown jerseys, and vertically-striped stockings. Boston's Gino Cappelletti scored the league's first points when he kicked a 35-yard field goal midway through the first quarter. Sunday, September 17, 1961 MINNESOTA VIKINGS 37, Chicago Bears 13 This was the Bears' 42nd season. It was the Vikings' first game. Fran Tarkenton replaced George Shaw early in the game and passed for 4 touchdowns and ran for another in the upset. Saturday Night, September 8, 1962 DALLAS TEXANS 42, Boston Patriots 28 ***Al Bundy Award*** Abner Haynes scored four touchdowns for Dallas. He scored on rushes of 2, 25, and 30 yards. His fourth touchdown was a 9-yard pass from Len Dawson. Saturday Night, September 7, 1963 Kansas City Chiefs 59, DENVER BRONCOS 7 This was the first Chiefs game after the franchise relocated from Dallas. It remains the team record for most points in a game. Sunday, September 13, 1964 Los Angeles Rams 26, PITTSBURGH STEELERS 14 The game featured dreadful passing. The Rams were 8 of 23 for 27 yards. The Steelers were 9 of 32 for 48 yards. The Steelers threw 5 interceptions.
After that game Eagles coach Greasy Neale said that "all the Browns could do was throw the ball." In the 2nd matchup the Browns only threw one time which was complete to Dante Lavelli but was taken away by a penalty. Paul Brown later said that Neale's comments was not the reason for the lack of pass attempts, but the weather was. It was a very rainy and muddy day.
That was just the beginning for the Rams offense that year. They would go on to average 32 points a game. Norm Van Brocklin and Bob Waterfield led the league in passing, while Elroy Hirsch let the league in receiving and scoring. They won the Championship that year beating the Cleveland Browns 24-17. A 73 yard touchdown pass from Van Brocklin to Tom Fears for the go ahead Touchdown clinched the Championship.
Pretty Cool site http://www.daytontriangles.com/ Game Summaries and Newspaper accounts are pretty neat and found here: http://www.daytontriangles.com/sitemap.htm
