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Fun Fact for You:
Do you know the oldest record in the NFL, and it will never be broken:
On November 28, 1929 – Thanksgiving Day – Chicago Cardinals halfback ERNIE NEVERS

(left) produced one of the most memorable performances in NFL history.  On a snow-covered

field at Comiskey Park before approximately 8,000 fans, Nevers scored all of the Cardinals’

40 points, on six rushing touchdowns and four extra points, in their 40-6 win over the

crosstown rival Chicago Bears.

“This was a game we just had to win,” said Nevers in the book Ernie Nevers, Football Hero. 

“We were in the throes of deep frustration.  In the previous four games against our bitter

crosstown rival, we hadn’t scored a single touchdown.  Someone had to do something about

it.”

 

“The final score: Bears 6, Nevers 40!,” said Chicago Bears founder and then-coach GEORGE HALAS in his book Halas.  “Nevers

was properly cheered by the 8,000 or so people, including the entire Notre Dame team brought there by (KNUTE) ROCKNE for a

postseason course.”

Taken from the NFL Media Guide: Kick off Information Guide

2010 Hall of Fame Class

Russ Grimm

G • 6’3”, 273 • Pittsburgh • 1981-1991 Washington Redskins

Rickey Jackson

LB • 6'2", 243 • Pittsburgh • 1981-1993 New Orleans Saints; 1994-95 San Francisco 49ers

Dick LeBeau

CB • 6’1”, 185 • Ohio State • 1959-1972 Detroit Lions

Floyd Little

RB • 5'10", 196 • Syracuse • 1967-1975 Denver Broncos

John Randle

DT • 6'1", 278 • Trinity Valley Community College (TX); Texas A&I • 1990-2000 Minnesota Vikings; 2001-03 Seattle Seahawks

Jerry Rice

WR • 6'2", 200 • Mississippi Valley State • 1985-2000 San Francisco 49ers; 2001-04 Oakland Raiders; 2004 Seattle Seahawks

Emmitt Smith

RB • 5'9", 207 • Florida • 1990-2002 Dallas Cowboys; 2003-04 Arizona Cardinals

 

NFL KICKOFF 2010 SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, SUNDAY & MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 12-13

(All times local)

Minnesota at New Orleans, 7:30 PM (Thurs., NBC)

Sunday Sept 12:

Miami at Buffalo, 1:00 PM

Detroit at Chicago, 12:00 PM

Indianapolis at Houston, 12:00 PM

Denver at Jacksonville, 1:00 PM

Cincinnati at New England, 1:00 PM

Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 1:00 PM

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 1:00 PM

Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 1:00 PM

Oakland at Tennessee, 12:00 PM

Green Bay at Philadelphia, 4:15

PM Arizona at St. Louis, 3:15 PM

San Francisco at Seattle, 1:15 PM

Dallas at Washington, 8:20 PM (NBC)

Monday Sept 13,2010

Baltimore at N.Y. Jets, 7:00 PM (Mon., ESPN),

San Diego at Kansas City 9:15 PM (Mon., ESPN)

Fun Fact for you:

Taken from the NFL Opening Kick Off Media Guide, 2010

UNITAS SETS TD STREAK RECORD 50 YEARS AGO

It may be the toughest major record in NFL history to break!

From 1956-60, Baltimore Colts quarterback JOHNNY UNITAS (left) threw at least one touchdown pass in an astounding 47 consecutive games, a record that may never be broken.

“Johnny Unitas was the first great modern quarterback,” says former Baltimore Colts general manager ERNIE ACCORSI. “He set the standard. That touchdown streak is the equivalent of Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak. To have 47 straight games with a touchdown pass, that’s unbelievable.”

In the succeeding 50 years, only two quarterbacks have reached a streak of 30 games – BRETT FAVRE (36 games with Green Bay, 2002-04) and Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (30 games with Miami, 1985-87).

“It’s a very difficult thing to do,” says DAVE KRIEG, who has the fourth-longest streak in NFL annals (28 games with Seattle, 1983-85). “It’s hard because of circumstances you have no control over. Johnny Unitas had a lot to do with what football is today. I’m really honored to even be mentioned with him.”