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	Anaheim Angels : Rally Monkey
		The expansion was completed in time for the 1979 NFL season, and the Rams played in Anaheim from then until their move to St. Louis after the 1994 season.
		During the 1961 inaugural season, the Angels played at historic Wrigley Field in South Central Los Angeles, for many years the home field of the PCL Angels.
		From 1962-1965 the team played at Dodger Stadium as tenants of the Dodgers, though the Angels always referred to their home field as Chavez Ravine (the name of the area in which the stadium is located).
	www.mlbmascots.com /angels.htm (675 words)

	Football Terminology
		Each team plays the other teams in their division twice (home and away) during the regular season in addition to 10 other games/teams assigned to their schedule by the NFL the previous May. Two of these games are assigned on the basis of the team's final record in the previous season.
		In the 2003 season, the Cowboys revived their 1962 throwback uniform (blue jersey with white sleeves) for special occasions such as Thanksgiving; it was also worn on September 19, 2005 against the Washington Redskins.
		The AFC was formed before the 1970 NFL season from the American Football League when the AFL merged with the NFL.
	www.angelfire.com /ia3/coltsnflrules/terminology.htm (6471 words)

	Jerry Rice Biography-ALLAuthentic.com Sports Memorabilia & Collectibles
		Jerry Rice (born October 13, 1962 in Starkville, Mississippi) is an American football player in the NFL.
		Rice was drafted by the 49ers in the first round of the 1985 NFL draft (16th overall).
		He struggled in his first season with the 49ers as he learned their system, but by the 1986 season, he caught 86 passes and led the league in receiving yards (1,570) and receiving touchdowns (15).
	www.allauthentic.com /index.php?info=info_banners&view=banner_link&id=37 (6471 words)

	NFL Notebook: Television comes first
		That would be the second most in NFL history behind Blanda's 42 in 1962.
		The first real game in NFL history outside of the continental United States will take place tonight when the Arizona Cardinals play a "home" game against San Francisco in Mexico City.
		The Cardinals get 50,000 more in ticket sales, and the NFL gets to push more of its products in Mexico, which has a growing football fan base.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05275/581159.stm (1172 words)

	Kansas City Chiefs
		Since 1992, no NFL team has a better regular season home winning percentage than Kansas City (27-5 (.844) record).
		However, the season sputtered by November and the Chiefs lost to the Indianapolis Colts in the playoffs.
		The Texans won the classic 1962 double-overtime AFL championship game against the Houston Oilers, 20 - 17, at the time the longest, and still one of the best professional football championship games ever played.
	www.infoslurp.com /information/Kansas_City_Chiefs (1172 words)

	CBS News NFL Films, Inc. August 25, 2004 17:49:23
		The work of Ed and Steve Sabol is the gold standard of sports photography -- filmed highlights and features on pro football, shot each game, each week of each season, and seen across the country and in many parts of the world.
		And he approached NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle with a $3,000 bid for the rights to film the league’s championship game.
		By 1962, Big Ed had his own little film company, Blair Motion Pictures, named after his daughter.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/01/26/60II/main595946.shtml (1513 words)

	JS Online: NFL Thanksgiving lore lost on Packers, Lions
		Nor do they know about Bart Starr getting sacked 11 times during a 1962 game that the Lions deemed "The Grudge Match" because they had lost a heartbreaker earlier in the season at Lambeau Field.
		The National Football League is about the here and now, and most players don't stay up late watching NFL classics on cable television.
		Almost no one in the locker room had heard of the Cowboys' dramatic comeback in 1974 behind Clint Longley, who replaced injured starter Roger Staubach and threw two quick touchdown passes, including a 50-yarder to Drew Pearson with 28 seconds to go that produced a 24-23 victory.
	www.jsonline.com /packer/news/nov03/188116.asp?format=print (881 words)

	Jack Kemp
		All Kemp did for Buffalo from 1962-69 was propel the Bills among the elite in AFL, a league that would merge with the NFL in 1970.
		In 1965, Kemp was awarded the AFL's Most Valuable Player Award in a season culminated by the Bills 23-0 Championship game victory over Kemp's old team, the San Diego Chargers.
		Kemp, who played with the AFL Los Angeles and San Diego Chargers from 1960-62, came to the Buffalo Bills via waivers from San Diego.
	www.buffalosportshallfame.com /Class_of_1992/Jack_Kemp/jack_kemp.html (282 words)

	Feb. 2, 1954: The night one tall man from one small school went off for...113
		TD passes in a single NFL season for Dan Marino in 1984.
		Goals scored by Wayne Gretzky in the 1981-82 NHL season.
		He achieved just what his coach envisioned, averaging 50.1 points for the season, and 48.3 in games recognized by the sanctioning body of college sports.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04025/265362.stm (1908 words)

	Packers.com » News » Press Releases » 1997 » 12 » 12-11
		With 2 games remaining to play, he also is in position to eclipse the Packers' single-season rushing record (1,474 yards by Jim Taylor in 1962).
		White, who last week became one of only two players in NFL history to post double-digit sack totals in as many as 11 seasons, was chosen for the fifth straight year as a Packer, following 7 consecutive selections while with the Philadelphia Eagles (1986-92).
		Favre, who currently leads the NFL in passing yardage (3,455) and touchdown passes (30), was named for the third consecutive year and for the fifth time in his six-year Packers career.
	www.packers.com /news/releases/1997/12/12-11.html (1908 words)

	Washington Wizards Tickets, Buy Washington Wizards Tickets, Buy All NBA Tickets;
		The 1962-1963 season brought the Chicago Zephyrs to light, while in 1963 the franchise moved to Baltimore and was named the Bullets.
		The Bullets were the self-proclaimed underdogs of the 1977-78 playoffs.
		No other organization in the NBA's 55-year history has reinvented itself as many times as the Washington Wizards.
	www.ticketstogo.com /sports/nba/washington_wizards_tickets.shtml (401 words)

	1962 in History
		December 16 New York Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
		March 15 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season
		March 27 Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy
	www.brainyhistory.com /years/1962.html (7794 words)

	Colts Notables
		John Unitas (32, 1959)...Manning also set NFL rookie records with 4 300+ and 4 3-TD games...Manning became the only QB in Colts history to take every snap (982 plays) during an entire seasonManning became only the 3rd Colts QB with a 3000+ season (3,
		Unitas (1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1970),
		Unitas — 32, 1959; 25, 1960; 24, 1957; 23, 1962, 1965; 22, 1966; 20, 1963, 1967; 3,
	www.attrition.org /mirror/attrition/1999/12/04/www.colts.com/InTheGame/PressRelease/Notables.htm (7794 words)

	Jerry Rice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rice took the NFL by storm in his rookie season for the 49ers in 1985, recording 49 catches for 927 yards, an 18.9 yards per catch average.
		Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962 in Starkville, Mississippi) is a former football wide receiver in the NFL.
		In 1989, San Francisco made it back to the Super Bowl, aided by Rice's 82 receptions for 1,483 yards and 17 touchdowns during the season, and his 12 catches for 169 yards and 2 touchdowns in their 2 playoff games.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerry_Rice (1400 words)

	Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor
		Don Meredith's best season came in 1966 when he was named NFL Player of the Year.
		Don Meredith led the Cowboys to their first winning season and their first NFL Championship Game in 1966.
		Drafted: Don Meredith was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1960 NFL Draft, before his rights were traded to the Dallas Cowboys for future draft picks.
	www.dallascowboysfanclub.com /history/ringofhonor.htm (3362 words)

	Super Bowl -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		The agreement called for an end-of-season championship game, and, although the merger was not finalized until 1970, the first such game, then called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 15, 1967.
		July 4, 2005, Covington, La.), steered the Kansas City Chiefs to three American Football League titles (1962 [when the franchise was in Texas], 1966, and 1969) and two Super Bowl appearances (1967 and 1970).
		American professional gridiron football player and coach, notably of the National Football League (NFL) Miami Dolphins from 1970, who won more games than any other NFL coach.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9070385 (1002 words)

	Sabols to receive lifetime achievement award
		NFL Films, founded by the father and son team, has documented every move of the NFL since it began in 1962.
		NFL Films shoots over 720 miles of film each season and provides the highlights for every team in the league.
		Ed and Steve Sabol of NFL Films will receive the lifetime achievement award at the Sports Emmy Awards Monday at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York City.
	www.bradyresidence.com /nflfilms.html (1002 words)

	Craig Morton Joins Athletic Development Staff :: As a major gift officer, former QB will aid football fund raising.
		Morton, a three-year starter at Cal form 1962-64 who broke virtually every school passing record en route to first team All-America honors his senior season, will be involved in football-related fund raising for the Athletic Department, Garamendi said.
		Morton, who passed for 27,908 yards and 183 touchdowns during his 18-year NFL career with the Cowboys, Broncos and New York Giants, was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame and the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992.
		Morton was the fifth player selected in the 1965 NFL Draft and guided both the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos to the Super Bowl.
	calbears.ocsn.com /sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/090403aac.html (413 words)

	Jaguars at Lions
		Lions notes: Receivers Herman Moore and Brett Perriman are 95 receiving yards away from breaking the NFL combined receiving record of 2,921 yards set by the Houston Oilers combo of Charlie Hennigan (1,746) and Bill Groman (1,175) in 1962.
		If Perriman, who has 97 receptions, reaches 100 catches, he and Moore (108 catches) would be the first NFL teammates to each get 100 receptions in a season.
		The Jaguars offense set season highs in first downs (27), passing yards (298) and total yards (424) and tied the mark for passing first downs (16).
	www.jsonline.com /packer/arc/1214/prev/jags-lions.html (237 words)

	Ballparks of Baseball-RFK Stadium-Washington Nationals
		Originally, the Washington Senators played at Griffith Stadium, but after the 1960 season, they moved to Minneapolis, and became the Minnesota Twins.
		The stadium was named D.C. (District of Columbia) Stadium for its opening on April 9, 1962.
		The Washington Redskins (NFL), the other main tenant of the stadium continued to play their until 1996, when they moved into FedEx Field.
	www.ballparksofbaseball.com /nl/RFKStadium.htm (629 words)

	Page 1
		Perry broke Van Buren's record in 1958 and held the record after every season from 1958 through 1962.
		Smith seeks to become the seventh player in NFL history to hold the career rushing record and is humbled by the names of the
		Brown broke Perry's record in 1963 and held the record after every season from 1963 though 1983.
	www.football-gaming.com /kickoff02/6-1.html (629 words)

	Ya
		1962 New York Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
		1962 New York Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-34)
		1962 Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/y/ya.html (136 words)

	American Football League Article, AmericanFootballLeague Information
		The AFL did not play an All-Star game after its first season in 1960 but did stageAll-Star games from 1962 to 1970.
		The NFL champions in both 1966 and 1967, the Green Bay Packers, decisively defeated the AFL champions in the first twoSuper Bowls, thus confirming the view of many NFL supporters that the NFL was the superior league.
		The AFL benefited from having been formed just at a time when professional football was beginning to catch up with (andeventually, in the 1960s, overtake) baseball as the most popular spectator team sport in the United States.
	www.anoca.org /afl/nfl/american_football_league.html (1146 words)

	Jim Taylor - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Taylor was a member of 4 NFL championship teams, in 1962, 1963, 1965, and 1966.
		Jim Taylor (born September 20, 1935) was an NFL running back for the Green Bay Packers from 1958 to 1966.
		Taylor holds many Packers records, including career rushing yards, touchdowns, single-season touchdowns.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Jim_Taylor (1146 words)

	Jim Taylor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Taylor was a member of 4 NFL championship teams, in 1961, 1962, 1965, and 1966.
		Jim Taylor (born September 20, 1935) was an NFL running back for the Green Bay Packers from 1958 to 1966.
		He fumbled only 34 times in the 2,173 times he handled the ball (1.56% of his touches.) Jim Taylor retired from Football after a stint with The New Orleans Saints in the 1967 season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Taylor (311 words)

	Encyclopedia: Paul Brown
		Brown was fired as coach after the 1962 season by the new majority owner Art Modell, who had purchased the club a year earlier and wanted more control of the team.
		While the AAFC lasted only four seasons, the Browns served as the gold standard in the league, winning the championship each year and outdrawing the Cleveland's NFL franchise, the Rams, who had left town for Los Angeles after winning the NFL championship in 1945.
		Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908- August 5, 1991) A seminal figure in American football history, Brown is considered the "father of the modern offense," and many consider Paul Brown to be the the greatest football coach in history.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Paul-Brown (3305 words)

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