Football

This is the final week of the NFL’s regular season, and the final Throwback Thursday feature also. We are targeting September 21, 2008 for this week’s game, when 2 teams that are matched up in this season’s finale, the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots, took the field against each other. In 2008 the Patriots … Read More

It’s week 17 of this fast-moving NFL season, and one of the matchups pits the Chicago Bears versus the San Francisco 49ers. We’ll harken back to January 6, 1985, when these 2 franchises faced off in the NFC Championship game for the 1984 season. The Bears had snuck into the playoffs and held an 11-6 … Read More

This week’s Throwback Thursday feature pits 2 teams that meet on the NFL slate of games in week 16, the Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers. The game took place on September 16, 1962 at Detroit’s Tiger Stadium. It marked the “homecoming “of a Lions’ legend, quarterback Bobby Layne. The combative signal caller had led the … Read More

In the past we have featured NFL preseason games on Throwback Thursday, mainly because in the 1960s after the merger, the exhibition contests between NFL and AFL teams were battles for pride. We are featuring another preseason contest this week, played on August 5, 1961, but for another reason. It was a match between the … Read More

On November 30, 1980 the Philadelphia Eagles faced the San Diego Chargers at Jack Murphy Stadium, and with the now Los Angeles Chargers taking on the Eagles on Monday night to close out the weekly NFL slate of games, the 1980 clash will be our Throwback Thursday feature. The game was a bit of a … Read More

On December 15, 1962 the Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers, two teams that face each other on this week’s NFL schedule, were involved in a contest at San Francisco’s Kezar Stadium, a game that is our feature for our Throwback Thursday post. It was the final game of the regular season for both clubs, … Read More

It’s week 12 of the NFL season already, and the Detroit Lions take on the New York Giants in one of the week’s matchups. For our Throwback Thursday feature this week, we’ll land on December 7, 1958 for a contest between these teams. The Giants were one of the league’s powerhouse franchises in those days, … Read More

We’re headed into week 11 of the NFL season, and one of the matchups on this week’s slate of games finds the Kansas City Chiefs facing their AFC West division rivals, the Denver Broncos. Our Throwback Thursday time machine will land on October 11, 1964 for an AFL contest between the 2 teams. These clubs … Read More

On this week’s NFL slate of games, the Atlanta Falcons meet the Indianapolis Colts. Our Throwback Thursday feature game took place on December 6, 1998 at the Georgia Dome between these 2 clubs. The final result was a 28-21 Falcons’ victory, but it was a groundbreaking contest for the Atlanta franchise for a shocking reason. … Read More

This week the New York Giants face the San Francisco 49ers, so we’ll harken back to January 22, 2012 to an NFC Championship game played between these 2 clubs for our Throwback Thursday feature. Playing at home at Candlestick Park and sporting a 14-4 record, the Niners were favored over the 12-7 wild card Giants. … Read More