Month: December 2025

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December 31 Football Fix

Factoid: Down 14-17 with a mere 13 seconds remaining, Coach Vince Lombardi counted on his legendary Quarterback Bart Starr to come up with a…

Football History of December 31

December 31 isn’t just New Year’s Eve—it’s one of the most significant dates in football history. From the bone-chilling 1967 Ice Bowl, where Bart…

The Frozen Glory: Reliving the Packers vs. Cowboys 1967 “Ice Bowl”

The date was December 31, 1967. The stage was Lambeau Field. The temperature was an impossible -15°F, plunging the 1967 NFL Championship into mythology—this…

The Audacity of the Irish: The Epic 1973 Sugar Bowl Where Notre Dame Dethroned No. 1 Alabama

On December 31, 1973, two college football monoliths—No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 1 Alabama—met for the first time in a Sugar Bowl matchup…

Hugh “The King” McElhenny: From Washington Legend to NFL Hall of Famer

Discover the incredible career of Hugh “The King” McElhenny, the University of Washington star whose electrifying speed and open-field mastery set records and cemented…

Charles ‘Babe’ Rinehart: The Lafayette College Guard Who Broke the Ivy League Barrier

Before the College Football Hall of Fame, before legendary Walter Camp named him All-American, Charles “Babe” Rinehart was setting an indelible standard for interior…

The Fog Bowl

December 31, 1988. Soldier Field in Chicago was set for a fierce NFC Divisional Playoff battle between the home-town Bears and the determined Philadelphia…

The Infamous 1929 Rose Bowl Blunder

In the history of college football, few plays are as instantly recognizable, or as painfully remembered, as the moment a championship hopeful decided to…

Chet Moeller: The Unanimous All-American Safety Who Defined Navy Football

Born on the cusp of the new year in 1953, Chet Moeller emerged from Oakridge, Tennessee, to become perhaps the most decorated player ever…