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1989 Rams started 5-0 including a win over the eventual champion 49ers and then lost 4 straight. 1971 Washington started 5-0 in George Allen's first year and then lost at Kansas City in game Charley Taylor was lost for the rest of the season while scoring a TD before halftime. 1986 Washington starte...

OK, Wikipedia says Mel Gray had 121 consecutive games with catches from 1973 to 1982.

The 1981 Cardinals gave up 52 one week and shut out Buffalo the next. Stump Mitchell had over 1700 KO & punt return yardage. Not sure about the second one. Did Mel Gray have that many? I guess I can check out his game logs.

I haven't been able to find anything about two or more games between winless teams in one week this late in the season though.

In 1998 Washington and Philadelphia met as two 0-5 teams.

Thats right Mark ... had forgotten about that. I should have looked that game up. It was hyped as a possible matchup of unbeatens but then they both screwed it up. Someone could do a thread of most hyped regular season games. That one seems to be #1 in my memory. Maybe Redskins-Cowboys from 1983 wo...

The 1990 NYG-SF game comes to mind. The Niners shut them down with Phil Simms frustrated and getting vocal with Ronnie Lott at the end of the game. At the time I felt the Niners could go unbeaten but once Craig got hurt, they were more one-dimensional, despite a great year from Montana Both teams h...

I just checked the members area. Next to Gamebooks is : Gamebooks Updated August 16, 2023 However checking the seasons it appears the update has not yet taken effect? 1970 NFL (143 of 189 games) Updated July 25, 2019 1971 NFL (123 of 189 games) Updated July 25, 2019 1972 NFL (116 of 189 games) Upda...

Buddy Ryan was fired after a 10-6 1990 season.