Posts from the Pro Football in the 1970s podcast.
The Cincinnati Bengals were only playing pro football for two years by the time that the 1970 season began. As a new team, the Bengals were led by an old head coach…Paul Brown. Brown founded the Bengals in 1968, as he was given a chance to resurrect his career as the new merger led to … Read more
American citizens since the days of Red Grange and the Roaring Twenties have accepted the popularity of pro football as an accepted fact of life. During those years, college football was still king in the eyes of many, but pro football was an infant that was growing in status practically every year. By the 1970s, … Read more
What comes to mind when you think of a Super Bowl MVP? You are probably like most other reasonably minded people out there. You assume it’s the player that most helped his team win the Super Bowl. However, Super Bowl 5 was a different story. This game was significant for many reasons. It was the … Read more
Do you have any players you feel should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but for some reason, they keep getting passed over? This week Joe debates why he feels Ken Riley and John Zook should both be in consideration. Ken Riley played defensive back for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1969 to 1983, … Read more
Did you ever wonder how the first hail mary pass came to be? Well, it all goes back to a game on December 28, 1975, between the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings. This was the NFC Divisional playoff round. There were 24 seconds left on the clock. Quarterback Roger Staubach was desperate to find a … Read more