On this week’s NFL schedule the Green Bay Packers meet the Pittsburgh Steelers, a contest that finds quarterback Aaron Rodgers of Pittsburgh facing his old team. These 2 clubs will also be the feature of this week’s Throwback Thursday post, as we travel back to December 17, 1967 for a game played at legendary Lambeau … Read More
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NFL – Throwback Thursday: Wild Card Wildness
It was a Wild Card playoff game played on January 10, 2010 between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals, that is the Throwback Thursday feature this week, with those 2 clubs battling on this week’s NFL slate of contests. Arizona sported a 10-6 record entering the game, while the Packers stood at 11-5. It … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Feels Like The First Time
This week’s Throwback Thursday feature lands on the date of October 17, 1954 for a contest played between 2 clubs that meet on this week’s NFL schedule – the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. The Browns, under legendary coach Paul Brown, were an NFL powerhouse at the time. After winning all 4 championships in the … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Double The Misery
On October 7, 1956 the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers, 2 west coast NFL rivals, met at San Francisco’s Kezar Stadium in a week 3 contest. They are also facing each other on this week’s league slate so that matchup was chosen for the Throwback feature. The 49ers entered the NFL as one … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: By A Toe
The Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens clash on this week’s NFL schedule, and for our Throwback Thursday feature this week we will travel back the short distance to September 5, 2024 for a game between these 2 AFC title contenders. It was the opening week of the season, with the Chiefs celebrating the previous … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Black Sunday
On this week’s slate of NFL games the Las Vegas Raiders meet the Washington Commanders, and for the second week in a row our Throwback Thursday feature will highlight a past Super Bowl matchup, this time between these 2 franchises. It was played on January 22, 1984 at Tampa Stadium, with the Redskins (Washington’s long … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: The Tackle
It’s week 2 of the NFL season, and the Los Angeles Rams take on the Tennessee Titans on the league slate. For our Throwback Thursday feature, we will highlight the first of 2 straight Super Bowl games of the past, played on January 30, 2000 between the Rams and Titans. The Rams, based in St. … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Facing Your Old Team
The new NFL season begins tonight, and that signals the return of our weekly Throwback Thursday feature, in which we visit a game from the past played between 2 teams who meet on the league schedule that week. Our first feature of 2025 is a November 1, 1970 contest played between 2 AFC opponents who … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
It’s the last week of the NFL’s 18 game regular season schedule, and the final Throwback Thursday post for the 2024 season. With the Buffalo Bills facing the New England Patriots on the docket, we’ve chosen a “playoff” game from 1963 between these 2 clubs as our feature for the week. At the time in … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Big Blue Deja Vu
The Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants battle on this week’s schedule of NFL games, and we’ll highlight a matchup of these 2 old franchises for this week’s Throwback Thursday feature. It was the 1959 NFL Championship. A rematch of the ’58 title game, won by the Colts in the first sudden death contest in … Read More