DOG COMMENTARY: In the longest NFL game played prior to 1970 at 382 minutes and 40 seconds….along with the Chiefs’ last-ever game at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City…..as Miami kicker Garo Yepremian kicked the winning 37-yard field goal after 7:40 of the second overtime period. The Chiefs opened up the scoring with Jan Stenerud’s 24-yard…
DOG COMMENTARY: Leonard Ray Dawson is a former American football quarterback and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who played 19 seasons for three professional teams….with the last 14 seasons as a Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs. Dawson led the Chiefs to three American Football League Championships in 1962, 1966 & 1969….along with a victory in Super…
DOG COMMENTARY: Francis Asbury “Fran” Tarkenton is a former National Football League (NFL) quarterback, television personality, and computer software executive. He played in the NFL for 18 seasons and spent the majority of his career with the Minnesota Vikings….spanning 14 non-consecutive seasons….first playing with the team for six seasons from 1961 to 1966….then after four years…
DOG ASIDE: There is one place on the NFL gridiron where a war goes on with every play executed on the field….for it is truly the War Zone of football…..and that is the line of scrimmage…..cuz it doesn’t matter whether it is a running play or a pass play that is run….the minute the ball…
DOG COMMENTARY: The NFL game was sooo different back in the day when these NFL Films productions were presented to the public….for Ed and Steve Sabol at NFL Films…wrote the book and set the gold standard for all NFL film productions to follow….even to present day 2017. In this lil ole chiweenie Sportsphile’s opinion…..the catalyst…
DOG COMMENTARY: The Green Bay Packers were the gold standard of the NFL from 1959 through 1967…..during the years that legendary Coach Vince Lombardi was at the helm…..while having legendary quarterback Bart Starr guiding his offense against the ranks of the best defenses the NFL could offer….the Fearsome Foresome of the Los Angeles Rams, the…
DOG COMMENTARY: The 1967 Green Bay Packers season was their 48th season in the National Football League and resulted in a 9–4–1 record and a victory in Super Bowl II….as they beat the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL Championship Game….a game commonly known as the “Ice Bowl”….which marked the second time the Packers had won…
DOG COMMENTARY: No matter where you look in the universe and history of American sports competition…..there is no greater rivalry than the Dallas Cowboys vs the Washington Redskins…..not the Lakers vs Celtics in the NBA…..not the Yankees vs Red Sox in MLB…..not the Longhorns vs Sooners in NCAA football…..not the Tar Heels vs Blue Devils…
DOG ASIDE: In the mid-1980’s, ESPN featured NFL Monday Night Football…..and their pre-game production was called “Monday Night Match-Up”….which featured Steve Sabol (NFL Films fame) and Allie Sherman (NFL Head Coach fame) at the desk….and ESPN NFL analyst / commentator Chris Berman would often times join the desk with the two hosts Sabol and Sherman.…