Posts from When Football Was Football podcast.
When an NFL team endures a six-week lapse in its schedule, it’s probably a sign that things might not be going well. In this week’s episode, we’ll tackle the very odd 1928 campaign of the Chicago Cardinals. In fact, we consider this season as the very worst in the 120-year history of the franchise. It … Read more
The average combined score of an NFL game a quarter through the 2020 season is 51.3 points. This is up roughly 16 percent from last year and 20 percent since 2000, according to the New York Times. The 1940 NFL Championship had 73 points scored, in what could be considered the greatest victory in the … Read more
Charley Trippi was the last piece of the Chicago Cardinals famed “Dream Backfield.” As an All-American out of Georgia, the pursuit for future Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi was on, not just by football teams. This ultimately made Trippi the NFL’s first “Bonus Baby,” covered in this week’s episode of When Football Was … Read more
Indoor football in the NFL is not uncommon as we approach the 100th birthday of the league in a few days. However, this was not always the case. The Houston Astrodome was the first domed stadium in the NFL, home to the Oilers from 1968 – 1996. Pro Football’s first indoor game was at the … Read more
Back in the 1960s, a short-lived television program debuted that was simply called “Branded.” It was the story of a wounded soldier in the 1860s who fought bravely and survived a dreadful battle, only to be “branded” as a deserter since he was the lone survivor. Despite his previous heroics in battle, all of that … Read more