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- Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:27 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Pittsburgh Steelers 1958 III
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Pittsburgh Steelers 1958 III
With a record of 2-4, it looked like the usual bad year for the Steelers. But things changed for the better in one best years the Steelers ever had. Game 7 Defeated the Washington Redskins at Pitt Stadium 24 to 16 Bobby Layne completed 13 of 25 for 265 yards and two touchdowns. Tom Tracy gained 71 y...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Pittsburgh Steelers 1958 II
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Pittsburgh Steelers 1958 II
The 0-2 Steelers defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 24 to 3 at Pitt Stadium. Tom Tracy gained 88 yards and scored two touchdowns. The Steelers recovered four fumbles. Jack Butler, Dale Dodrill, and Gary Glick each had an interception for 46 yards in returns. After this victory Pittsburgh lost two game...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:24 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Toughest/Easiest schedules in football history
- Replies: 39
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Re: Toughest/Easiest schedules in football history
Once again I think of the 2008 Arizona Cardinals. They were 9-7 and played six of their games with teams in their Division. Most of their losses were blowouts. Recall these: 34 to 10 vs Vikings; 47 to7 vs Patriots; 48 to 20 vs Eagles
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 1973 Raiders
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10528
Re: 1973 Raiders
How Curt Gowdy lasted so long was really a mystery. His sleep inducing play by play showed a dullness that left me flat. His main, though by no means all, of his assignments were 1960-1961 NCAA Game of the Week on ABC; 1962-1965 AFL Games on ABC; 1965-1969 NFL Games on NBC; after the 1970 merger Pro...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:45 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 1973 Raiders
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10528
Re: 1973 Raiders
In the second week of the season, Oakland broke Miami's 18 game winning streak with a 12 to 7 victory, This was one of their biggest wins in history. The Raiders held the Dolphins scoreless until the last 30 seconds of play. It was a big game for George Blanda as well. It was his 46th birthday and t...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Pittsburgh Steelers I 1958
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Pittsburgh Steelers I 1958
1958 I The Steelers went to San Francisco for the first game of the season. It was cost prohibitive, at that time, for CBS to telecast the game to Pittsburgh. Instead fans saw the New York Giants play the Chicago Cardinals. This was a home game for the Cardinals played at War Memorial Stadium in Buf...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Thanksgiving at Dallas 2014 Eagles Win 33 to 10
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Thanksgiving at Dallas 2014 Eagles Win 33 to 10
he Eagles defeated the Dallas Cowboys as shown above raising their record to 9-3. This game, however, was the beginning of the end for Chip Kelley as the Head Coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. They would lose three consecutive games before defeating the New York Giants. The resulting 10-6 record was...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:14 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Tom Miner 1958
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5227
Re: Tom Miner 1958
Two years after Miner died, or in 1990 at last he was inducted into the Tulsa University Hall of Fame. After 1958, he became a scout for several college teams. He was living in Tucson, AZ at the time of his death as stated Jan 1, 1988
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Pittsburgh Steelers in 1957
- Replies: 4
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Pittsburgh Steelers in 1957
About two months before the subject season, Buddy Parker announced he was leaving the Detroit Lions and was headed to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers were 6-6 in 1957 with a great defense but an offense that was mediocre to say the best. There were two stand out games. The Steelers played the ...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Tom Miner 1958
- Replies: 2
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Tom Miner 1958
Tom Miner was a great offensive end who was as equally effective on defense … led the Hurricanes in receiving for the 1951 and 1953 seasons … caught 31 passes for 459 yards as a sophomore, and had 18 receptions for 363 yards and a 20.1 average per catch his senior season … also handled the placekick...