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The strike greatly obscures the ridiculous season Wes Chandler had. He still holds the record for most receiving yards per game in a season. Of course, he wasn't given MVP (no receiver ever is), nor was Dan Fouts. Somehow, PK Mark Moseley won. The times were different, amigos.

Happy "Andy Reid - Punt, Pass, and Kick" Day! December 13, 1971

Unitas. Huff. Football in the thick Baltimore fog. Another iconic photo by Neil Leifer. December 13, 1964

The Golden Boy — #Packers halfback Paul Hornung — gallops into the Maryland mist. December 12, 1965

December 11, 1982 One of the greatest catches in #NFL history — the #Chargers' Wes Chandler at Candlestick And what a seed thrown by Dan Fouts under heavy duress, too. #BoltUp

40 Years Ago Today December 10, 1984 "A STAR IS BORN" Michael Jordan's iconic first Sports Illustrated cover as a member of the Chicago #Bulls

Broadway Joe, 50 years ago today December 8, 1974

December 5, 1953 "The New Sport Magazine" Time, Inc. publishes the first "dummy issue" of the weekly sports periodical that would become "Sports Illustrated" the following August. Approximately 10,000 copies are printed and distributed, an effort to gauge public interest.

December 5, 1943 #Packers halfback Tony Canadeo in the broken field against Tom Miller of the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh "Steagles". The final game played by the merged #Steelers and #Eagles franchises Shibe Park, Philadelphia

December 4, 1978 The cover of Sports Illustrated "ROOKIE ON A RAMPAGE" The #LuvYaBlue #Houston Oilers' spectacular Earl Campbell

40 Years Ago Today December 3, 1984 The cover of Sports Illustrated "THE MAGIC FLUTIE" #BostonCollege quarterback Doug Flutie, following the miracle "Hail Flutie" finish in Miami

Grocery shopping with Vin Scully 🛒 Heaven Birthday, Vin🕯️

Butkus. 54 Years Ago Today. #Bears

Thanksgiving 1969 For the final time, FOUR pro football games are played on Thanksgiving. All televised: #NFL    on CBS, AFL on NBC • NFL: Vikings (27)-Lions (0), 12:15pm ET • AFL: Broncos (17)-Chiefs (31), 1:30pm • AFL: Chargers (21)-Oilers (17), 4pm • NFL: 49ers (24)-Cowboys (24), 6pm

Pat Summerall and John Madden aboard the MaddenCruiser on Thanksgiving Discussing family, friends, food, #NFL tradition, and what there is to be thankful for November 27, 1997

November 27, 1980 NFL'S FIRST THANKSGIVING OVERTIME GAME Trailing the #Lions 17-3 in the fourth, the #Bears rally to tie the game on the final play of regulation. Stunningly, Chicago's Dave Williams returns the OT kickoff 95 yards to win it, 23-17 It is then the shortest #NFL overtime ever (:16)

November 27, 1997 BARRY'S BEST THANKSGIVING #Lions stud Barry Sanders rushes for 167 yards and three touchdowns in a 55-20 drubbing of the Bears. Detroit's 55 points are a #OnePride all-time single-game franchise high.

30 Years Ago Today November 27, 1994 MARINO FAKE SPIKE After trailing the Jets by 18 in the third quarter, the #Dolphins' Dan Marino orchestrates an improbable comeback win, 28-24 Down by 3 in the final minute, Marino fakes "clocking" the ball and fires an 8-yd game-winning TD pass to Mark Ingram

#Vikings ironman Jim Marshall Thanksgiving Day November 27, 1969

November 25, 1979 #Steelers receiver Lynn Swann leaps one of the cars that always adorned the end zones of #Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium.

⚡Fouts to JJ⚡ #Chargers #BoltUp 45 Years Ago Today November 25, 1979

The timeline here doesn't need cleansing...but anyway

50 Years Ago Tonight November 25, 1974 Lynn Swann's only career punt return touchdown — the rookie takes it 64 yards to the house in the #Steelers' 28-7 victory over New Orleans on Monday Night Football. #HereWeGo

Happy Birthday, Bernie Kosar! #TheU #Browns

November 25, 1993 After a freak Thanksgiving snowfall in Irving, the #Cowboys block the #Dolphins' potential 40-yard game-winning FG attempt with just seconds left... ..but Dallas's Leon Lett touches the ball downfield which Miami recovers. The Dolphins then kick a field goal to win, 16-14.

November 25, 1982 Thanksgiving Day #Giants stud Lawrence Taylor's one-armed rodeo sack and 97-yard pick-six to win the game on Turkey Day at the Silverdome LT had missed the first half with an injured knee

November 24, 1968 The longest Joe Namath-to-Don Maynard connection ever — 87 yards for six in the #Jets' 37-15 win over the Chargers in San Diego. #JetUp

One of #NFL Films' most iconic shots #Cowboys head coach Tom Landry's silhouette in the Texas Stadium shadows on Thanksgiving Day Captured on November 23, 1978

🍸54 Years Ago Tonight🍸 November 23, 1970 During #Philadelphia's first nationally-televised primetime home game, an inebriated Howard Cosell is forced to miss the second half of the #Eagles-#Giants game on MNF from Franklin Field He proceeded to vomit on Don Meredith's boots and returned to NYC

November 23, 1970 The cover of Sports Illustrated "The Oldest Pro Strikes Again" #Raiders 43-year-old placekicker and backup quarterback George Blanda during his five-week stretch of miraculous, magical finishes

Currently unable to post any videos here 😂🤦🏻‍♂️ The BlueSky adventure continues

November 23, 1975 Greg Pruitt. Mr. Hello-Goodbye. 121 rushing yards 106 receiving yards 77 return yards 2 touchdowns including the game-winner #Browns 35, Bengals 23

November 23, 1986 George Martin's 78-Yard Pick-Six Off John Elway The veteran defensive end records the longest interception return by a defensive lineman in team history — the #Giants' only TD in a 19-16 win over Denver. His 7th and final career TD — then an #NFL record for a defensive lineman

40 Years Ago Today November 23, 1984 "THE HAIL FLUTIE" Doug Flutie's game-winning Hail Mary to Gerard Phelan at the Orange Bowl #BostonCollege 47, #Miami 45

Thanksgiving Day November 22, 1979 Earl Campbell's famous sun-splashed 61-yard first-quarter touchdown rip for the #Houston Oilers against the #Cowboys at Texas Stadium. "OH MY!"

RIP Tommy Hart 🙏🏻 Legendary left defensive end on the #49ers' famed "Gold Rush" defensive line of the 1970s • 1x First-Team All-Pro • 1x PFWA First-Team All-NFL • 2x Len Eshmont Award winner • 1 Pro Bowl • 17 sacks in 1972 • Led #FTTB with 16 sacks when they registered a club-record 61 in 1976

November 22, 1963 Just a light re-read for the day

70 Years Ago Today November 22, 1954 The first professional football player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated 49ers quarterback Y.A. Tittle Complete with helmet stabilizer bracket and lucite facemask

I apologize to your ears...the audio levels when I post videos on this app are SUPER hot. Jesus

Snowy #Steelers ❄️

Roger Staubach's Longest NFL Touchdown Run "Captain America" takes it 29 yards for the #Cowboys in the Nation's Capital. November 21, 1971

Football Poetry #NFL Films' John Facenda speaks of November 🍂