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Super Bowl Trivia – Part Three

Hope the big game is going the way you hoped it would. Here is the final installment of little known facts about the Super Bowl.
-The most passes ever attempted in one Super Bowl game was 58 and was done by Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI.
-Only four NFL teams have [...]

Super Bowl Trivia – Part Two

We’re getting closer to game time… here are some more little known facts about the Super Bowl.
Hope its a great game!
-In his four Super Bowl appearances, Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers put up a total of 589 receiving yards. This sets the record for career receiving yards in Super Bowl history and [...]

Super Bowl Trivia – Part One

With the Super Bowl coming up, here is a taste of some little known Super Bowl trivia and information.
Go Saints! Go Colts!
Who are you picking?
-The longest play from scrimmage in Super Bowl history was an 85 yard touchdown pass in Super Bowl XXXVIII thrown by Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme and caught by wide [...]

Video: The UFL Hits The Field

The United Football League (UFL) has been on the field for a couple of weeks now. The uniforms look modern and the play doesn’t look too bad. Here is a video showing highlights from week one’s match up between the California Redwoods and the Las Vegas Locos.
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The First American Football Team To Call Mexico Home

There has been rumors for years that the National Football League might one day expand into Mexico. This wouldn’t however be the first American football team from Mexico to play in an American professional football league.

1969 Mexico Golden Aztecs Team Logo
The Mexico Golden Aztecs played in the 1969, and last, season of the Continental [...]

Rule Differences For The United Football League

We posted earlier this week about the coming United Football League and listed some of the notable names involved with each of the teams. (Here is a link to that post)
Here is a look at some of the rule changes that the UFL will have compared to the NFL:
Tuck Rule
The tuck rule is one [...]

Coming Soon – The United Football League

Slated to begin play this fall is a new professional football league. The United Football League has been called both a competitor to and a minor league of the National Football League. There is no current working relationship between the two leagues though. The United Football League, or UFL, will start their [...]

Who Is The Last Defunct Franchises In The NFL To Win A Championship

Here is a great question from Todd. He would like to know who is the last franchise that is no longer in existence to win an NFL Championship.
Well, every team that has ever won a Super Bowl is still an active team in the league so that means we have to look back further [...]

Great Facts About Some Yearly Scoring Leaders

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s look at players who have led the league in scoring in consecutive years, we’d like to point out some interesting facts regarding players who have led the league in scoring.
The oldest player to lead the league in scoring was George Blanda who at the age of 40 scored 116 [...]

Examining The NFL’s Winless Teams

Through week five of the 2008 NFL season there are still four teams that have yet to win a game. The Bengals, Lions, Rams, and Texans are all winless at this time of the year. There have been many teams that have gone farther than week five before winning their first game. [...]

What Original AFL Franchise Is The Most Successful?

We recently received a great question from Brad in Massachusetts. He asked what franchise, of all the franchises that were part of the old American Football League (AFL), has gone on to experience the most success.
Success is a subjective term that means different things to different people. All of the following information is [...]

Repeat Super Bowl Winners And How That Second Season Went For Them

The Giants are 3-0 to start of this young season. What is significant about that? They are only the 5th Super Bowl winning team to start the next season out at 3-0. That brings up a question, there have been a few repeat Super Bowl championships in the history of the NFL, [...]

Super Bowl Margins Of Victory By Decades

There have been some exciting Super Bowls in years past, some even decided on the last play of the game, but there also were a long string of Super Bowl blowouts. That got us to looking at the Super Bowl margins of victory by decade. Which decade had the most blowouts or biggest [...]

Highest Winning Percentage Of Teams That Have Never Won The Super Bowl

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:

Team:
Win Pct:

Houston Texans
.333

Atlanta Falcons

.404

New Orleans Saints

.409

Arizona [...]