Posts from the Pro Football in the 1970s podcast.
Tom Matte was a very good and a very athletic running back in the 1960s and the early 1970s for the Baltimore Colts. In 1965, head coach Don Shula was saddled with some problems in his lineup, as both of his quarterbacks, Johnny Unitas and Gary Cuozzo, were sidelined with untimely injuries. Shula asked Matte, … Read more
In 1972, the NFL’s competition committee and the league owners and the television networks all agreed that the game needed more scoring, and more excitement. Their remedy was to move the hash marks on the field closer to the middle of the field. Their hope that by doing this, pro quarterbacks across the league would … Read more
AFC Championship Game History : The First Rodeo Pro football experienced a merger in 1970, when the old American Football League joined the old National Football League to form the new NFL. The very first AFC Title Game featured an old NFL team, the Baltimore Colts, going up against an old AFL team, the Oakland … Read more
Weeb Eubanks’ Last Year The 1973 New York Jets did not win a lot of games, thanks mostly to a separated shoulder injury sustained by star quarterback Joe Namath in the second week of the season. 1973 was head coach Weeb Eubank’s final year at the helm, but in a rather nondescript season, he saw … Read more