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Go To Page: 1 . . . . 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63The Jump Pass
The legend says that Bronco Nagurski threw the first jump pass in the 1932 NFL Championship game when he had the ball in his backfield, began running forward, and suddenly jumped straight up and threw the ball to a teammate a bit downfield. The Bears’ opponents, the Portsmouth Spartans, protested the play, arguing that Nagurski had thrown the pass from within five yards of the line of scrimmage, which was illegal then. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P. Brown gives an in-depth history behind one of the gridiron's most legendary throws, the Jump Pass
Who Invented The Hidden Ball Trick, And When?
It is often claimed that Pop Warner’s Carlisle Indians executed the first hidden ball trick against Harvard in 1903, but that claim is wrong several times over. During the 1903 game, the last game played on Harvard’s Soldiers’ Field with the nearly-finished Harvard Stadium looming in the background, Carlisle came close to upsetting the Crimson, as the Bostonians won 12-11. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P. Brown was the question Who Invented The Hidden Ball Trick, And When? and then answers it in the Football Archaeology.
The 1922 Florida Gators vs. Tampa's American Legion Post
Back in the day, major college football teams scheduled games against high schools, athletic clubs, nearby Army bases, and battleships in port. Another type of opponent shared the field in nineteen hundred and twenty-two when the Florida Gators played an away game against the American Legion post of Tampa. — www.footballarchaeology.com
The Football Archaeology website has a powerful look at this 1922 game that featured the University of Floridaand an American Legion Post team from Tampa.
Football Done Right
Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi takes readers on the ultimate journey through the NFL’s history to present ... — www.runningpress.com
Football history and the professional game's most important people from the perspective of a man who was a part of some of the greatest teams in history. Michael Lombardi is a former NFL executive and strategist that helped the San Francisco 49ers under Bill Walsh and the New England Patriots under Bill Belichick hoist the Lombardi Trophy. Micahel also worked in the Cleveland Browns organization (old and new) and with the Oakland Raiders under Al Davis.
Mr. Lombardi shares his list of the top coaches and players with in-depth reasons for their rankings, along with some personal stories and a bit of pop culture mixed in.
The sidesaddle Quarterback and Tennessee Formation
Football’s early quarterbacks aligned directly behind the center or slightly offset to receive the snap as the ball rolled or bounced back after the center snapped the ball with his foot. Since the player receiving the snap -typically the quarterback- could not run with the ball, he quickly tossed or handed it to a teammate. — www.footballarchaeology.com
The old Sidesaddle Quarterback and Tennessee Formation are dusted off and examined along with their originator and usage by Timothy P Brown.
Two-Day Football Games
Football does not do weather cancellations. As they say, neither rain, nor snow, nor gloom of night stays these mighty ballcarriers from the swift completion of their appointed runs. However, football games are delayed occasionally due to scheduling conflicts, lightning, faulty lighting systems, or other issues that cause games to stretch across two days. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Football archaeology explores some of the more famous games in college football that were played on two different days in order to complete.
NFL Puzzle! Can You Name This Player?
How much do you know about the NFL and its historic rushers? We spotlight a running back of the National Football League and pose a question has just one ans... — www.youtube.com
How much do you know about the NFL and its historic rushers? We spotlight a running back of the National Football League and pose a question has just one answer. The clues are in the hangman style of letter giving, just like a popular game show.
We delve into the passing game of the NFL, and test you a puzzle of your knowledge and recollection of an important person in NFL lore.
Do you have enough NFL information rattling around in the grey cortex to solve this puzzle?
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1966 Football Practice Equipment Catalog
Football teams practice four, five, or more times more often than they play games, so the methods and equipment used in practice are vital parts of the game’s history. Today we review an eight-page catalog released by Premier Products in 1966 that touts their blocking sleds, dummies, and a few miscellaneous items. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P Brown takes the Football Archaeology focus to the practice equipment for football in the 1960s.
James Gilbert - Evolution of College Football Fields
I typically fill the virtual pages of Football Archaeology with combinations of words I string together to explain some element of football’s past. In honor of our national holiday, however, today’s focus is on a labor of love prepared by James Gilbert. James and I co-authored a — www.footballarchaeology.com
FootballArchaeology.com post on James L. Gilbert's fantastic work of identifying revision history graphically of the American College football field over the years.
The Kick Six Of Old
Every football fan today is familiar with the pick six, a term that came into use in the early 2000s after an NFL analyst found that teams returning interceptions for touchdowns won 77% of those games. Many also recall Auburn’s Kick-Six, when Chris Davis returned a missed Alabama field goal attempt 109 yards to win the 2013 Iron Bowl. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P. Brown reminds us of how some antiquated rules allowed a now-disallowed way of scoring.
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