October 17, 1994, provided football fans with a fitting, high-stakes final chapter to the rivalry between two of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game: the Kansas City Chiefs’ Joe Montana (38) and the Denver Broncos’ John Elway (34). Played on Monday Night Football at Denver’s Mile High Stadium, this AFC West showdown, which
On October 17, 1983, the Green Bay Packers and the defending Super Bowl champion Washington Redskins staged an epic offensive duel at Lambeau Field, resulting in a thrilling 48-47 Packers victory. The game remains the highest-scoring Monday Night Football contest in history, with the two teams combining for an astounding 95 points and 1,025 total
17 Oct 2006, Tue Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, Texas) Newspapers.com The Chicago Bears’ miraculous comeback against the Arizona Cardinals on Monday Night Football, October 16, 2006, stands as one of the most bizarre and thrilling wins in NFL history. The undefeated Bears looked dismal early, with quarterback Rex Grossman committing six turnovers (four interceptions, two fumbles)
In a recent episode of the Pigskin Daily History Dispatch podcast, host Darin Hayes welcomed football historian Ed Kleese to share his highly subjective—but brilliantly curated—list of the Top 10 Forgotten NFL Playoff Moments in league history. Kleese established strict criteria: the moments must not be a Super Bowl play (a topic for another day),
The rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Football Team (formerly Redskins) stands as one of the most intense and enduring in NFL history. On a recent episode of the Pigskin Daily History Dispatch, Darin Hayes and guest Ed Kleese dove into this legendary feud, ranking the Top 10 regular-season games to expand the
Pigskin History’s Top 10 Tortured Super Bowl Losers Hello, everyone! We hope you had a great weekend of NFL football. As we reflect on the gridiron action, let’s reflect even further back on some of the best teams to have lost the Super Bowl. It’s a fun, yet painful, topic for fans: which teams were