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Heard this one on the radio....only one franchise in the Super Bowl era has drafted 3 QBs that have gone on to win the Super Bowl. Name the franchise.

Retro Rider wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:41 pm Sam Rutigliano won UPI's AFC COY in 1979 & 1980. His Browns lost to the Raiders in the 1980 & 1982 AFC Playoffs. So it's Rutigliano and Allie Sherman (1961 & 1962 UPI NFL COY/0-3 in NFL Championship games).

Correct!

Brian wolf wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:23 pm Tony Dorsett or Franco Italian-American ...

Franco Harris is correct!

Two coaches have won multiple UPI "Coach of the Year" awards despite never having won a postseason game. Name them.

Who was the first player to lead a franchise in rushing for 10 straight years?

Came across this 'factoid' and found it unbelievable... When Gary Danielson was in college at Purdue, he set a school rushing record with 213 yards in 16 attempts against U of Washington in 1972. My memories of Danielson in the NFL was of a guy who could injure himself dropping back to pass, but I g...

*I was a RB who was drafted by the NFL even though I only ran for 400 yards in college. *I played 4 years in the NFL with two different teams. *I ended up with almost three times as many receiving yards as rushing yards, even though I only caught 6 passes in college. *I scored two career TDs, both r...

I wouldn't say it was the toughest schedule in NFL history but I think in "Greatest Teams Ever" discussions, the 1985's Bears schedule is pretty remarkable in that they played and beat: New England (11-5) x 2 NY Jets (11-5) Dallas (10-6) NY Giants (10-6) Washington (10-6) San Francisco (1...

RichardBak wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:12 pm Tony Canadeo

Correct!

First three were Canadeo, JH Johnson, and Rocky Bleier.

PA Wingman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:42 am John Henry Johnson
Paul Lowe
Rocky Bleier

I have Lowe as being 29 at the start of the 1965 season, so I don't have him on my list. But perhaps that's a technicality. Bleier is on the list of "First Three", so there is one more remaining RB.

SixtiesFan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:42 am John Henry Johnson
John Riggins
Franco Harris

John Henry Johnson is one of the three, but Harris and Riggins are incorrect