They say that “On Any Given Sunday,” one NFL team can beat any other NFL team. Well, the Saints-Seahawks NFC Wildcard game was played on a Saturday, not a Sunday, but the comment still rang true, with Seattle shocking the Saints and the entire NFL with a 41-36 win over the defending Super Bowl champs. [...]
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A couple of interesting historical sidelights to the NFL playoffs this weekend. While watching the Cardinals-Saints game today, a graphic was flashed on the screen comparing the number of Superbowl appearances for the Cards and Saints combined: 1 (Arizona lost the Superbowl last year). The comparison was with the combined number of Superbowl appearances between [...]
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With their exciting 51-45 finish against the Green Bay Packers, the Arizona Cardinals travel to New Orleans to face the resurgent Saints. Ironically, neither team has an exceptionally long playoff history, despite fairly long (especially for the Cardinals) team histories. Examine their respective playoff histories at: Arizona Cardinals Playoff History at http://www.historyguy.com/sportshistory/arizona_cardinals_playoff_history.htm New Orleans Saints [...]
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1998—New York Yankees defeated the San Diego Padres 1999– New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves 2000– New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets 2001—Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees 2002—Anaheim Angels defeated the San Francisco Giants 2003—Florida Marlins defeated the New York Yankees 2004—Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 2005—Chicago [...]
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The Pittsburgh Steelers (founded 1933 and then known as the Pittsburgh Pirates), have an exciting and tradition-filled history of winning NFL Championships since the mid-1970s. In the 1970s, led by quarterback Terry Bradshaw and featuring the famous defensive line known as the Steel Curtain, the Steelers won four Superbowls. A Superbowl drought then ensued for [...]
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The Arizona Cardinals won the NFC Championship game by defeating the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 32-25, in a tight thriller played in Arizona. This is the third time the Cardinals and Eagles met in a championship game, the two previous championship games were in 1947 and 1948, in the pre-Superbowl era. Go to Sportshistory: [...]
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The Arizona Cardinals football team has previously won only two NFL Championships, both prior to the origin of the Superbowl, and both prior to the team move to Arizona. NFL Championships–Two championships won in 1925 and 1947 continue reading the story here…
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