Tony Dungy’s first head coaching job was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He experienced a good amount of success, but the organization felt he couldn’t get the job done in the playoffs so he was let go. Since then, he has made a name as one of the more successful coaches in the NFL through his running of the Indianapolis Colts franchise that won the Super Bowl following the 2006 season. These two experiences have lead Dungy to be in a unique position that no other coach can claim:

Tony Dungy is the winningest coach in franchise history for two different franchises: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Indianapolis Colts.

Here is an interesting one that came in via email. Jake in Texas asked who the most successful quarterback of all the players that were taken as the last quarterback in the NFL draft. That is a tough one, and one that we haven’t really looked into before. But, here we go.

There isn’t much to choose from among the quarterbacks that were the last selected at their position through the years. Few even measure up to the likes of Moses Moreno and Ken Dorsey, the last quarterbacks taken in the 1998 and 2003 NFL Drafts respectively. But two players stand out above all the others:

Runner Up:
Drafted out of the University of Northern Colorado in 1978 with the 333rd pick in the 12th round, he even made the Pro Bowl one year (1983). Originally drafted by the Miami Dolphins, he only set foot on the field for one team during his whole career: the Kansas City Chiefs. We are talking about longtime Chiefs’ favorite, Bill Kenney.

The Best:
Most people don’t think of the Indiana University as a training ground for NFL quarterbacks, in fact most don’t think of it as a training ground for NFL players, but the best NFL quarterback ever that was selected as the last player at his position in the NFL Draft was in fact a Hoosier. He is a two-time Pro Bowler and still playing as of the end of the 2007 season. He’s played for five teams during his career, but was drafted in the 1993 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers who used their 8th round selection (the 222nd overall) on quarterback Trent Green.

Thanks again for the great question, Jake!

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One of the many legendary coaches the NFL has ever had was Don Coryell. Coryell is known for his “Air Coryell” offense that catapulted the San Diego Chargers of the early 1980s into the upper echelon of the NFL. This pass-happy offense was exciting to watch and tough to defend against too, but how successful did it make Don Coryell as a coach?

Don Coryell began his NFL head coaching with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973, and after his first season when he went 4-9-1 he reeled off four consecutive seasons where his teams’ record didn’t dip below .500. After going 7-7 during the 1977 season, Coryell’s tenure with the Cardinals was over and he moved onto the Chargers for the next season.

Coryell’s Chargers had five consecutive winning season from the time that he arrived there. That made for Coryell to have nine consecutive seasons with his teams having a record of .500 or better. This is truly a great accomplishment, hundreds of coaches would love to have that record. But, what happened after that? The Chargers records in his last four seasons were 6-10, 7-9, 8-8, and finally 1-7 before his time with the Chargers was over.

Don Coryell’s NFL Head Coaching Record

1973 Cardinals 4-9-1
1974 Cardinals 10-4
1975 Cardinals 11-3
1976 Cardinals 10-4
1977 Cardinals 7-7
1978 Chargers 8-4
1979 Chargers 12-4
1980 Chargers 11-5
1981 Chargers 10-6
1982 Chargers 6-3
1983 Chargers 6-10
1984 Chargers 7-9
1985 Chargers 8-8
1986 Chargers 1-7

One of the best vacation experiences we’ve ever had was a week long trip to Las Vegas. That town exceded all of our expectations and had tons more to offer than just the gambling and casino life. While we’d love to go back, we’d also love to go to a destination a little more exotic. Traveling to some of the more out of the way destinations can be very rewarding in that you see things that most people don’t get a chance to. With that in mind, I’d love to book a flight to Cyprus sometime. The culture and surroundings there would be amazing.

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By far the vast majority of career receiving leaders for the franchises of the NFL are wide receivers. This makes sense as most of the longer receptions end up going to them as opposed to running backs and tight ends. But, which franchises have career receiving leaders that are tight ends?

There are three of them:

Baltimore Ravens - Todd Heap
Cleveland Browns - Ozzie Newsome
Kansas City Chiefs - Tony Gonzalez

An interesting side note is that Ozzie Newsome has served many years in the Baltimore Ravens organization as someone involved in player personnel decisions.

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Okay, let’s take a look at the year-by-year interception leaders. No one wants to lead the league in interceptions, but sadly someone must. Here are some interception leader facts you may not know.

Q. Who has thrown the most interceptions in one season?
A. George Blanda, who at the age of 35 threw 42 interceptions as quarterback for the Houston Oilers.

Q. Who has thrown the fewest interceptions but still managed to lead the league in interceptions?
A. Benny Friedman, the quarterback of Brooklyn threw just 10 interceptions in the NFL’s first year in 1932. The answer for the same question since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger is Joe Ferguson, who in 1982 threw 16 interceptions for the Buffalo Bills, but this was a strike-shortened year. Since the AFL-NFL merger, the quarterback who threw the fewest interceptions to lead the league in interceptions was another Buffalo Bills quarterback. Jim Kelly in 1992 threw 19 interceptions to lead the league.

Only three quarterbacks have lead the league in interceptions in back-to-back years, and they’re both in the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame. George Blanda (1964 & 1965), Joe Namath (1974 & 1975), and Vinny Testaverde (1988 & 1989).

Vinny Testaverde holds another distinction on the interception leaders list. He is the only quarterback to have lead the league in interceptions in four different seasons.

The youngest player ever to lead the league in interceptions was future Supreme Court Justice Byron “Whizzer” White who did it at the age of 21.

The oldest player to ever lead the league in interceptions was Vinny Testaverde who threw 20 interceptions as the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys in 2004.

Former Atlanta Falcons‘ running back John Settle holds a unique place in National Football League history. Settle was undrafted coming out of Appalachian State, and signed with the Atlanta Falcons. In his first season he started only one game, though he played in parts of eight others. He would finish the season with just over 70 yards rushing. It was Settle’s second year, 1988, that he would make his mark in. He ended the season with a respectable 4.4 yards per carry average and 1,024 total rushing yards. He also lead the Falcons in receiving with 68 receptions for 570 yards. With these totals, he was rewarded with his one and only trip to the Pro Bowl. He only played one other full season in the NFL, 1989, also with the Falcons, then played in six games during the 1990 season before he was out of football.

So, why did he go down in history this undrafted running back who came out of nowhere to have a great season in 1988 and then disappeared just as quickly? John Settle was the first running back to make his way into the league as an undrafted player and then to run for more than 1,000 yards in a season.

IQFB Profile: Allie Sherman

Alexander “Allie” Sherman is most famous as the head coach of the New York Giants during the 1960s. He came on strong winning division titles for the Giants in his first three seasons (1961, 1962, 1963) before getting fired following the 1969 season after going 7-7. He won two NFL Coach of the Year Awards during his first two seasons as a coach in the NFL (1961 & 1962). Previous to coaching the Giants, he was head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League, this was his only other head coaching experience. He had also served as a scout and assistant coach in the New York Giants organization.

Previous to his coaching career, Allie Sherman played in the NFL. He saw time as a quarterback, running back, and defensive back during a five year career with the Philadelphia Eagles. In his first season in the NFL in 1943, due to a labor shortage because of World War II, the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers merged to form one team. The league officially called the team Phil-Pitt, fans and the media nicknamed them the Steagles. The armed forces had determined that Sherman was not able to serve in the military, this made him available to play in the NFL. All the members of the Steagles not only played professional football, but they also worked full time jobs in defense plants.

Allie Sherman will go down as one of the favorite figures in New York Giants history and deservedly so.

Sometimes good football organizations still have trouble winning the big game. With that in mind, lets look at the franchises that have not won Super Bowls and rank them from lowest to highest in terms of winning percentage through the 2007 season.

Teams that have not won the Super Bowl:

What we’ve learned from this:

There are 15 teams in the NFL that have never won the Super Bowl. Of those 15 teams, 3 of them have career franchise records above .500: Cleveland, Jacksonville, and Minnesota. Two of those teams, Cleveland and Jacksonville, have career records over .500 and have never even appeared in a Super Bowl.

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