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1922 NFL Owners Meeting
1932 NFL Playoff Game, Chicago Bears vs. Portsmouth Spartans

1933 NFL Championship Game, Chicago Bears vs. New York Giants
1942 NFL’s War Relief Games and War Bond Efforts
1945 NFL Championship Game - Cleveland Rams vs. Washington Redskins
1947 Opening Game - Eagles and Redskins combine for most points on opening day
1953 NFL Championship Game, Cleveland vs. Detroit
1957 Playoff Game, Detroit vs. San Francisco
1958 NFL Championship Game, Baltimore vs. NY Giants
1963 – Raiders and Oilers score 70 points in first half
1967 NFL Championship Game, Dallas vs. Green Bay
1968 (Nov. 17) - The Infamous "Heidi" Game - Raiders vs. Jets | Box Score
1971 AFC Divisional Playoff Game, Kansas City vs. Miami
1972 Miami's Perfect Season
1972 AFC Divisional Playoff Game - "Immaculate Reception" - Oakland vs. Pittsburgh
1976 Expansion Draft (Tampa Bay/Seattle)
1976 AFC Championship Game - Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Oakland Raiders
1979 NFC Championship Game - Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Los Angeles Rams
1981 AFC Divisional Playoff Game, Miami vs. San Diego
1985 Patriots Wild Card Run
1986 AFC Championship Game, Cleveland vs. Denver
1992 AFC Wildcard Game, Buffalo vs. Houston
200-yard games, runners with two or more in career
2007 New England Patriots go 18-0
500 club – QBs with 500 yds passing, game
50,000-Yard Quarterbacks

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Bermuda Triangle
Bironas, Rob kicks eight field goals
Birth of Professional Football

Brothers Who've Played Pro Ball
Brown, Jim - Exclamation point on a career

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Campbell (Earl)- Record 1980 Season
Carnell ‘Cadillac’ Williams set rookie rushing mark
Carter, Cris sets reception mark in 1994
Coaching Victories, Career Leaders
Christmas Day Games
Chronology of Professional Football
The Classic Shootout, 1981 AFC Divisional Playoff Game
Coin Toss History
Cundiff Kicks 7 Field Goals on Monday Night Football

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The Dallas Texans
Davis, Terrell, 1998 season
Debut - Red Grange
Decade-by-Decade - A breakdown of feature stories from the past

Defunct Leagues Standings:  AFL (1926) | AFL (1936-37) | AFL (1940-41)AAFC | WFL | USFL
Eric Dickerson Trade
Draft History, 1936-2009
Draft History: No. 1 to HOF - 13 members of the Hall were first overall pick
Draft History: Drafting the Class of 2009 - A five-part series about the drafting of the hall's new class
Draft History: Joe Stydahar, the first drafted player to make it to Canton
Dropkick
The Drive

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Expansion in the 1970s, Seattle and Tampa Bay

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Fathers & Sons Who've Played Pro Ball
Field Goals, Bironas kicks eight
Field Goals, Kickers with 7 in One Game
First Passes
First Playoff Game
First Overtime Game
Firsts in Pro Football
First Professional Football Player
First Televised Game
First Thanksgiving Game
Football and America
Forty and Over, Oldest Players
Franchises, All-Time List of NFL Teams
Future Super Bowl Sites

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Grange, Red makes his professional debut
Greatest Comebacks, Bills rally from 32 points back

Greatest Comebacks
"Greatest Game Ever Played" - 1958 NFL Championship Game 
Green Bay Packers Set Interception Mark

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Harrison sets single season reception record, 2002
"Heidi" Game - Infamous Raiders vs. Jets game on Nov. 17, 1968  |  Box Score
Heisman Trophy winners in the Hall of Fame
Heffelfinger, William “Pudge” – First Pro
Highest scoring first half
Highest Scoring Game
Highest Scoring Games - NFL shootouts
Highest Scoring Opening Game - 1947 Eagles vs. Redskins
History, Firsts in Pro Football
History of Professional Football
History Features: Decade-by-Decade
History of NFL Franchises, 1920-present
History Section on NFL.com
Histories of Current 32 NFL Teams
Holy Roller - Dave Casper and the Raiders Famous Play from 1978
Hobbs return preserved
Hornung’s 176-point season, 1960
Hutson, Don

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The Ice Bowl
Immaculate Reception
Interceptions, Most in single game
International games - Bills host historic game in Canada

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"The King" Hugh McElhenny

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Largest Trades
Last Dropkick Converted in NFL Game
Latin-Americans in Pro Football
Left-handed Quarterbacks
Lewis (Jamal) rushes for 295
Longest Field Goal
Longest Games
Longest Returns
Longest Winning Streaks

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Manning (Peyton), Perfect Games
Manning (Peyton) sets TD Mark
Miami's Perfect Season
McElhenny, Hugh- "The King"
"Million Dollar Backfield" sparks dream season  

Military and Football
Miracle at the Meadowlands
Moore's scoring record tied by Tomlinson
Most Points, Opening Game - Eagles and Redskins combine for record

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NFL Champions
NFL Commissioners and Presidents
NFL Founded in Canton
NFL Passer Rating System
NFL Nicknames
NFL Owners Meeting, 1922
NFL.com - History Section
Nomellini, Leo and Perry, Joe

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O'Brien, Davey
Oldest NFL records
Oldest Players
Oorang Indians
Overtime - Birth of OT | Longest field goal in OT

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Pass Happy RBs
Passing, 99 Yard TD Passes

Passing, 4,000-Yard Club
Passing yards – QBs with 500 yds, game
Passer Rating System
Payton (Walter) – Sets Single Game Rushing Mark
Pearl Harbor Day, NFL Games
Perfect Games, Peyton Manning
Perry, Joe and Nomellini, Leo
Peterson, Adrian rewrites history
Playoff Results
Playoff Standings, All-Time
Playoffs, Top Seeds

Pro Football Timeline
Providence Steam Roller

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Quarterbacks, 4,000-Yard Club
Quarterbacks, 50,000-Yard Club

Quarterbacks, Left-handed
Quarterback Passer Rating System
Quarterbacks who've passed for 7 TDs in a game
Quarterbacks who've passed for 500 yds, game

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Radio Helmet
Receiving Leaders, Career Top 20
Records: Accounts of NFL Records
Red Grange makes his professional debut
Regular Season Games Played-NFL
Rookies Who've Won NFL Statistical Titles
Running backs, two or more 200-yard games – career
Running Wild, Barry Sanders runs for 100 yards in 14 consecutive games

Rushers, 1,000 yard duos - Csonka/Morris | Harris/Bleier | Mack/Byner | Vick/Dunn | Jacobs/Ward
Rushing, 100 TD Club

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Sayers scores 6
Shootouts
Shotgun Formation
Super Bowl Coaches
Super Bowl Coin Toss
Super Bowl - Future Sites
Super Bowl Quarterbacks
Super Bowl Stadiums
Super Bowl (Game Time) Temperatures
Don Shula Become All-time Winningest Coach

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Tarkenton's debut| Game & Boxscore
Team Histories
Teams in the NFL, 1920-present
Team-by-Team single season rushing leaders
Television – First Televised Game
Thanksgiving Day Games, 1920-2008
Thanksgiving – Detroit Tradition
Thorpe, Jim and the Oorang Indians
Tomlinson, LaDainian Makes History in 2003
Tomlinson, LaDainian sets points record
Tomlinson ties Lenny Moore's consecutive game scoring record
Top 20: Career statistical leaders (at start of 2009 NFL Season)
Touchdowns, Manning (Peyton) sets TD Mark
Touchdowns, 99-Yard TD Passes
Touchdowns, 100 TD Club
Touchdowns, running backs with the most TD passes
Trades, Largest
"Triple Crown" Winners

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Undefeated Teams - 1934 and '42 Bears | 1948 Browns | 1972 Dolphins | 2007 Patriots
Unitas' record
United States Football League Standings. 1983-85

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Norm Van Brocklin's record-setting 554 yards
Michael Vick sets QB rushing mark

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Winners - "Triple Crown"
Winning Streaks
Wild Card, History
Williams sets rookie rushing mark
World Football League Standings, 1974-75
Wrong-way runs

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Youngest Coaches

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