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jaguars.com >> The official website of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. In three NFL seasons, the Jaguars have 24 victories in 48 games, whereas the Bears, in 78 seasons dating back to 1920 (the first year of the NFL), have 602 victories, 406 losses and 42 ties. They started as the Decatur Staleys in 1920, and won championships in 1921 (their first season in Chicago), 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1963 and Super Bowl XX in 1985. In their second season in 1996, the Jaguars advanced all the way to the AFC Championship game, finishing the regular season in second place in the division with a 9-7 record. www.jaguars.com /Story/344.asp   (3887 words)

Pro Bowl Game: NFL Football All Star Gala In 1940 and 1942 there were two games the first one in January was against the previous year's champion the second one was played in December against the newly crowned NFL champion. From 1954 through 1970 the teams represented the NFL's Eastern and Western Conferences and since the merger of the American Football League into the NFL the Pro Bowl has been played again by all-star teams from the American and National Football Conferences. The Pro Bowl game was formerly rotated among NFL stadiums just like the Super Bowl but since 1980 it has been played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. www.sportspool.com /football/pro_bowl   (410 words)

Welcome to Sports Lore On December 2, 1940 a future NFL Hall Of Fame star was added to the mix. It was an unusual year in the NFL this past season. I caught most of the NFL playoffs, and I'll be damned if I saw a single commercial for anyone other than the Big 3. www.sportslore.com   (3446 words)

George Seifert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He is one of only twelve NFL head coaches with more than one Super Bowl victory, winning in convicing fashion during both the 1989 and 1994 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. George Seifert (born January 22, 1940 in San Francisco, California) is a former NFL head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Carolina Panthers. With a career win-loss record of 114-62 in the regular season and 10-5 in the postseason (all with the 49ers), many consider Seifert to be among the greatest NFL head coaches of all time. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Seifert   (264 words)

Redskins had their day of infamy in 1940 - The Washington Times: Sports - December 06, 2004 The still-struggling NFL was a mere two-division, 10-club entity in 1940; the Bears were both a charter member (as the Decatur Staleys in 1920) and its most dominant team. In 1940, Halas switched offensive formations from the single wing to the modernized T-formation, introduced the previous season by Clark Shaughnessy at Stanford. Today no Hollywood scriptwriter in his right mind would concoct such a melodramatic situation and result, but on a sunny day that turned totally bleak for the Redskins and most of the 36,054 spectators, it was unfolding before their eyes. www.washtimes.com /sports/20041206-012620-4029r.htm   (264 words)

St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: National Football League More damaging to the league's prestige was the ongoing feud between Commissioner Rozelle and Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis, who sued successfully for the right to move his team to Los Angeles, where an NFL team already existed; he later moved it back to Oakland. Their 73-0 drubbing of the Redskins in the 1940 championship game is remembered as one of the signature routs in sports history. Pro football attendance surpassed the one million mark in 1939, the same year that a contest between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Eagles was telecast in New York City by NBC. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100866   (264 words)

Chicago Bears - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The 1940 Chicago Bears team hold the record for the biggest defeat in an NFL game (playoff or regular season) with a 73-0 whipping over the Washington Redskins in the 1940 NFL Championship Game. The Bears have won a total of 9 league championships, including Super Bowl XX after the 1985 season in which they dominated the NFL with their then-revolutionary 46 defense and a cast of characters that recorded the novelty rap song "The Super Bowl Shuffle". The Bears repeated as NFL champions in 1941, and the 1940s would be remembered as the era of the "Monsters of the Midway". en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_Bears   (3071 words)

Bonds, Barry --  Encyclopædia Britannica At the end of the 1997–98 National Football League (NFL) season, Detroit running back Barry Sanders became the third player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season. A Roman Catholic institution, Barry was founded in 1940 by the Adrian Dominican nuns with help from Bishop Patrick Barry, Mother Mary Gerald Barry, Reverend William Barry, and Mayor John Thompson. On Oct. 5, 2001, Barry Bonds, the left fielder of the San Francisco Giants, set a single-season major league baseball record by hitting his 71st and 72nd home runs, erasing the previous mark of 70 set by Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1998. www.britannica.com /eb/article?eu=409419   (3071 words)

Philadelphia Eagles biography .ms Bert Bell and Lud Wray, co-owners of the Frankford Yellow Jackets, an inactive NFL franchise since midway through the 1931 season, were granted permission to reactivate the club on July 9, 1933, under a new name, the Philadelphia Eagles. Yet interestingly this factor does not seem to have provided the team with any additional home-field advantage: From 2000 through 2003, all inclusive, the Eagles actually had a better record in regular-season away games than in home games, going 25-7 on the road (best in the NFL over that period) but only 21-11 at home. Their home stadium is Lincoln Financial Field (2003-), with previous home venues having been Veterans Stadium (1971-2002), Franklin Field (1958-1970), Connie Mack Stadium (1940-1957), Municipal (later renamed John F. Kennedy Stadium) (1936-1939), and Baker Bowl (1933-1935). philadelphia-eagles.biography.ms   (3071 words)

Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame Edwards continued to stand out long after the Boston Redskins had become the Washington Redskins, but almost unbelievably, the seemingly indestructible Edwards was injured at a coin-tossing ceremony prior to a game against the New York Giants in the 1940 season. Signing Edwards was a sensational move for the new team for Turk responded with nine superior seasons, winning All-NFL honors from major media outlets every year of his career except his last one. He stayed on with the Redskins first as an assistant coach and then as head coach until after the 1946 season. www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=62   (379 words)

Sanders, Barry --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia At the end of the 1997–98 National Football League (NFL) season, Detroit running back Barry Sanders became the third player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season. Sanders was the only professional football player to start his career in professional football with eight consecutive seasons of rushing at least 1,000 yards. Sanders was the only professional football player to start his career in professional football with eight consecutive seasons of rushing at least 1,000... www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9313400   (724 words)

Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History Kenny Washington, barred from the NFL for years, was still good enough in 1947, at age 29, to average over seven yards per carry with the Los Angeles Rams. Kenny Washington stayed healthy this year--he'd missed two crucial games, one against the Bulldogs, in 1940--and that was enough to shift the balance of power to Hollywood. Washington was prohibited from playing in the NFL because he was black, but that was no problem on the West Coast. www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=pcpfl-40   (724 words)

College Football Hall of Fame In pacing the Gophers to the first of their back-to-back 8-0-0 campaigns, Smith was a sensation in 1940, scoring come-from-behind touchdowns that doused threats by Nebraska, Ohio State and Michigan. Smith's post-season play proved to be a continuation of his collegiate excellence. They might have called him "the savior," for "Boo" Smith made a habit of salvaging victory from the depths of apparent defeat, doing it in flashy, long-run fashion and leading Minnesota to national titles in 1940 and 1941. www.collegefootball.org /famersearch.php?id=40080   (174 words)

Institute for International Sport - Scholar Athlete Hall of Fame A swift, slashing-type runner, Calvin later played for Hawaii in the World Football League and the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns of the NFL before retiring after the 1981 season with a rushing average of 4.2 yards per game. But as a senior he also led the nation in passing efficiency while completing 123 passes for 960 yards and 13 touchdowns as he led Princeton to its second straight undefeated season and the Lambert Trophy, emblematic of the best college football team in the East. At six-foot, four-inches tall, Max, with his sidearm delivery, was an intimidating force as a pitcher with the great Newark Eagles' teams of the late 1930's and 1940's and with predominantly black teams in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela and Puerto Rico. www.internationalsport.com /sa_hof/hof_inductees2.html   (3719 words)

framingham college in directory.co.uk College Football agles roster 1940 Betting dimmable cfl lightbulb NFL News of minnesota vikings 2003 season preview Bet on ncaa football records Bets nfl 20... Massachusetts Colleges and Colleges In Massachusetts and Fitchburg and Fitchburg College · Francis Marion University · Franciscan University of Steubenville · Franklin and Marshall msxml.infospace.com /_1_EK2TFE0KW1VFH__uk.drctuk/search/web/framingham%2Bcollege/1/20/1/-/1/0/1/1/1/1?engineset=uk-only   (219 words)

Chicago Bears Tickets Nfl Ticket - Buy Cheap Chicago Bears Tickets The Chicago Bears broke in 2001, rebuilt in 2002 and 2003, and 2004 is looking to be their year. Chicago's offensive line was anchored by center George Trafton, who knocked four opposing linemen out of commission in the first 12 plays during a 1920 contest. In 1940 the Bears' new T-formation offense, which depended on the quarterback to call plays and distribute the ball with passes, pitches, and options, demolished Washington 73-0 in what remains the most lopsided championship victory in NFL history. www.onlineseats.com /nfl-tickets/chicago-bears/index.asp   (1357 words)

Detroit Lions Tickets NFL Ticket - Buy Cheap Detroit Lions Tickets In 1935 the Lions earned their first NFL title, shutting out 3 of 12 regular-season opponents and soundly defeating the New York Giants in the championship game. The Lions shut out their first 7 opponents and surrendered a record-low average of 4.5 points per game for the season, but they failed to qualify for the playoffs. The Detroit Lions are a professional football team and one of four teams in the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL). www.onlineseats.com /nfl-tickets/detroit-lions/index.asp   (1357 words)

Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History Kenny Washington, barred from the NFL for years, was still good enough in 1947, at age 29, to average over seven yards per carry with the Los Angeles Rams. Kenny Washington stayed healthy this year--he'd missed two crucial games, one against the Bulldogs, in 1940--and that was enough to shift the balance of power to Hollywood. Washington was prohibited from playing in the NFL because he was black, but that was no problem on the West Coast. www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=pcpfl-40   (2693 words)

Sidney "Sid" Luckman In nine seasons as quarterback of the Bears (1939-1947), his "Monsters of the Midway" won four NFL Championships (1940, 1941, 1943, 1946) and five Western Conference titles. Luckman was the NFL's Most Valuable Player in l943, the year he threw a single game record seven touchdowns against the New York Giants, and 28 TDs during the Bears ten-game regular season. Luckman's mastery of the new T-formation system helped "open up" and popularize professional football. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Luckman.html   (2693 words)

Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame Broken ankles twice endangered his pro football career and, in 1940, he won Most Valuable Player honors in the NFL even though he had suffered a broken left ankle in a summer baseball game that year. The Brooklyn Dodgers of the early 1940s were a constant threat to the New York Giants and Washington Redskins for supremacy in their division and Parker was the guiding force of the Dodgers attack. He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League, still really expecting to play out just one pro football season and then call it a career. www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=172   (2693 words)

FRAN TARKENTON Fran Tarkenton was born on February 30, 1940 and lived in Richmond Virginia. Vikings coach Bud Grant called Tarkenton ''the greatest quarterback ever in the NFL.'' When he retired and his career was over he had total of 47,003 yards of passing and 342 touchdowns. Then Fran Tarkenton went to the Giants for a season. www.picadome.fcps.net /lab/student_pjt/2003/bios/fran_tarkenton.htm   (204 words)

Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame Edwards continued to stand out long after the Boston Redskins had become the Washington Redskins, but almost unbelievably, the seemingly indestructible Edwards was injured at a coin-tossing ceremony prior to a game against the New York Giants in the 1940 season. Signing Edwards was a sensational move for the new team for Turk responded with nine superior seasons, winning All-NFL honors from major media outlets every year of his career except his last one. And that is the way Edwards played the game — typifying overwhelming strength and power and yet he possessed enough agility to do a superb job every minute of every game. www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=62   (379 words)

Packers.com » Team » Players » Arnie Herber Herber retired from the Packers following the 1940 season, but came out of retirement to play for the New York Giants in 1944 and 1945, when rosters were depleted due to players serving in the military during World War II. In 1936, Herber again led the league in passing with a career-high 1,239 yards and 11 touchdowns, as the Packers won their fourth NFL crown. Herber first connected with the now-legendary receiver in the second game of Hutson's career on an 83-yard touchdown pass that stood as the difference in a 7-0 win over the Chicago Bears, Sept. 22, 1935. www.packers.com /team/players/herber_arnie   (379 words)

HickokSports.com - Biography - Arnie Herber Herber retired after the 1940 season, but he joined the Giants in 1944 because of the World War II manpower shortage and threw 15 touchdown passes in 2 seasons before retiring permanently. Herber was the NFL passing leader in 1932, 1934, and 1936. Herber joined his hometown Packers in 1930 and played for championship teams in his first two seasons. www.hickoksports.com /biograph/herberarnie.shtml   (379 words)

Information about U.S. FDC: 33¢ Pittsburgh Steelers: Celebrate the Century Series Although the Steelers had a few winning seasons after 1942, it would be 32 years before they celebrated their first NFL championship. Two years later, under head coach Walt Kiesling, the Steelers posted their first winning season, going 7-4 behind the leagueleading rushing of rookie running back Bill Dudley. In 1940, Rooney changed the team's name to the Pittsburgh Steelers to reflect the town's heritage. www.unicover.com /EA1CAUR2.htm   (301 words)

NFL History: Hall of Fame Class of 1965 - Sid Luckman * NFLhistory.org Sid led the Bears in a 73-0 victory over the Washington Redskins in the 1940 NFL title game. He retired having participated in 128 regular season games, passing 1,744 times, completing 904, for 14,686 yards and 137 touchdowns. Hall of Fame Class of 1965: Sid Luckman www.nflhistory.org /museum/hof/luckman.htm   (301 words)

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