Posts belonging to Category Little Known Facts
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Larry Fitzgerald was highly touted as one of the best wide receivers in college football during his days at the University of Pittsburgh. Many players come into the pros and never live up to the billing they received in high school. This was definitely not the case with Fitzgerald as he developed into [...]
Categories: Little Known Facts, Player Facts |
Tags: Brian St. Pierre, Cardinals, John Navarre, Josh McCown, Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Matt Leinart, Shaun King, Wide Receivers | 
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Only two players in the history of the NFL have ever scored 20 or more touchdowns during their rookie season in the league. To dominate like this during a player’s first season playing at the highest level is something that is fairly incredible.
In 1983, Eric Dickerson burst onto the scene out of Southern Methodist [...]
Categories: Little Known Facts, The Record Book |
Tags: Bears, Eric Dickerson, Gale Sayers, Rams, Record Book, Rookies, Running Backs | No Comments »
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Today we’re taking a look at what players have thrown the most interceptions in their last year in the league. To make sure that we don’t include anyone who just played one or two years in the league, we’ll add the stipulation that the list will only include quarterbacks who had the last season [...]
Categories: Little Known Facts, The Record Book |
Tags: Bobby Hebert, Brian Sipe, Fran Tarkenton, Interceptions, Quarterbacks, Record Book, Vikings, Y.A. Tittle | No Comments »
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It is rare these days for a player, no matter how good they are, to play their entire career with just one NFL team. With that in mind, we’re looking today at which wide receivers on the All-Time Top 50 Career Receiving Yards list (through the 2008 season) played their entire careers with just [...]
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Tags: Amani Toomer, Andre Rison, Chad Johnson, Charley Taylor, Fred Biletnikoff, Hines Ward, Little Known Info, Mark Duper, Marvin Harrison, Michael Irvin, Ochocinco, Raymond Berry, Rod Smith, Steve Largent, Wide Receivers | No Comments »
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One of the more exciting plays in football can often be the two point conversion. This is because, many times either the game is on the line or a very important scoring opportunity will be influenced by whether the play succeeds or fails. After a touchdown is scored, it is immediately time for [...]
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Tags: Record Book, The Rulebook, Two Point Conversions | No Comments »
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With the way professional football is these days, it is very hard to imagine there being too many one team quarterbacks anymore. Here we are going to look at the All-Time Top 50 quarterbacks (through the 2008 season), in terms of passing yardage gained, and see who on the list spent their entire careers [...]
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Tags: Dan Fouts, Dan Marino, Donovan McNabb, John Brodie, John Elway, Ken Anderson, Little Known Info, Peyton Manning, Phil Simms, Quarterbacks, Steve Grogan, Terry Bradshaw, Tom Brady, Troy Aikman | No Comments »
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Gallaudet University is located in Washington D.C. and is largely known as a school for the deaf and hard of hearing. The university does offer a football program, and it was in the early days of football in the late 1800s that the team began a practice that continues to this day.
It seems that [...]
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Staying with one team for an entire NFL career is not always feasible, especially in the modern era. We’re going to look at what kickers who appear on the Top 50 All-Time Field Goals Made List spent their entire career with just one team.
How many kickers in the All-Time Top 50 played their whole [...]
Categories: Little Known Facts, Player Facts, The Record Book |
Tags: Don Cockroft, Fred Cox, Jason Hanson, Jim Bakken, John Carney, Kickers, Little Known Info, Lou Groza, Pat Leahy, Phil Dawson, Sebastian Janikowski | No Comments »
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Here’s a quick look at something that should turn out to be interesting. Today we’re looking at the Top 50 running backs of all time (through the 2008 season), in terms of career rushing yards, who played their entire career with one team. It is extremely rare for modern players to spend their [...]
Categories: Little Known Facts, The Record Book |
Tags: Barry Sanders, Freeman McNeill, Jim Brown, LaDainian Tomlinson, Leroy Kelly, Little Known Info, Rodney Hampton, Running Backs, Terrell Davis, Terry Allen, Tiki Barber, Walter Payton | No Comments »
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Dick LeBeau has been an assistant coach in the NFL for more than 30 years. He is credited with being one of the soundest defensive minds in the NFL today and has left his mark on the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ defense off and on over the last decade or more. Many people aren’t aware [...]
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Tags: Assistant Coaches, Bengals, Dick LeBeau, Head Coaches, Little Known Info, Steelers | No Comments »
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Little Known Facts: Floyd Little
Floyd Little is one of the all time great running backs, not just of the Denver Broncos, but also representing both the AFL and NFL too. Here is a look at some little known info about this great player.
-Floyd Little stood just five feet ten inches tall and weighed 195 [...]
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It’s known by many names, the PAT (point after touchdown), conversion attempt, try, extra point, and most likely a few more. The extra point kick though has a history that dates back to the earliest days of American football. It actually is one of the current game’s closest ties to the sports of [...]
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Tags: Extra Points, Field Goals, Kickers, PAT, The Rulebook, The Rules | No Comments »
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Today is the anniversary of the terrorist attacks that struck the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Virginia, and flight 93 that went down in Pennsylvania. We honor the innocent victims and brave souls that perished that day.
Let’s take a look at the NFL players that were born on September [...]
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Tags: 9-11, Holidays, Little Known Info, Mack Strong, Record Book, Troy Stradford | No Comments »
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Born On The Fourth Of July – The Football Edition
Happy 4th Of July!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many football players throughout history have been described as explosive. Something else that can be described as explosive is the Fourth of July. It stands to reason that many players born on this most explosive day in American history also play [...]
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Tags: 4th of July, Holidays, Odd Facts | No Comments »
