Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

Lindon Crow, the former NFL defensive back who had three interceptions in the 1958 sudden-death NFL championship dubbed "the greatest game ever played," has died. He was 85.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2509 ... er-dies-85

Mean Joe Greene says he couldn’t play in today’s NFL. https://www.forbes.com/sites/terencemoo ... odern-nfl/

Rod Rust, who served as defensive coordinator for the New England Patriots' 1985 Super Bowl team, has died. He was 90.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2507 ... ies-age-90

Championships to be held in Las Vegas. Benefit or detriment to the NFL and Raiders? I think this only helps the NFL gain fan buy-in to football in Vegas.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/alli ... las-vegas/

The Athletic reports, “the CFL’s decision to limit the number of padded practices and to give each team three byes has helped to reduce injuries across the league.” When I first heard about the CFL including three byes in their long schedule, I thought it was a great idea. Maybe the NFL needs to loo...

An interesting article about Miami’s home field advantage. https://pilotonline.com/sports/football/professional/article_722c4fc3-aae9-5fb8-a263-fe87edec9c9c.html Growing up watching the Vikings, I remember we used to have a home field advantage due to weather effects, however anecdotal. I’ve looked ...

Great detail on these photos in regards to the uniforms and equipment. Thanks for sharing!

During the 2000 season, Darren Sharper was chasing the Packers' season interception record, which news reports at the time say is a tie between Irv Comp in 1943 and Eddie Kotal in 1928. SOURCE: PRESS, A. (2000, Dec 15). Sharper flying high over detractors; Telegraph - Herald Kotal's 1928 stats don't...

We have a schedule.

https://aaf.com/2019-season-schedule/

This might be one of those situations which require searching the university libraries for team photos with names on them or old game programs or even student newspapers. That doesn’t help, I know, if you need info for a wide swath of teams.