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Football (and other) marginalia.
Dre Greenlaw is now tied for the NFL career lead in ejections since 1975; Alonzo Spellman, Derrick Burroughs, Jalen Ramsey, Mark Lee, and Vinson Smith also were ejected 3 times. www.quirkyresearch.com/football-lis...
NFL ejections
NFL ejections, 1977-present Preseason games are excluded. When a number of players are ejected at the same time of the game, multiple asterisks indicating the number of simultaneous ejections are s…
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Teammates with the same last name to each score 2 touchdowns in the same NFL game: - Bijan and Brian Robinson, Falcons, tonight - Demaryius and Julius Thomas, Broncos, 2013 vs. Ravens and 2014 vs. Cardinals
An updated version of the last lateral touchdown by every team video, which now includes footage of the 1957 Browns TD. youtu.be/iWZT2ZKbYY8
The Last Lateral Touchdown by Every NFL Franchise (Updated)
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Quirky Research@quirkyresearch.bsky.social · 2w agoA corrected version of the last lateral touchdown by every NFL franchise video, now including the Josh Allen TD and the right Chiefs one: youtu.be/f0P5Tjr6cRU
The Jets had only two plays on offense in the 4th quarter, which I think ties the 1987 Steelers for the fewest in a 4th quarter in modern NFL history. www.quirkyresearch.com/football-lis... (Page is from 2021 and hasn't been updated recently.)
Brandon Coleman came up 17 yards short of the NFL record for the longest catch by an originally-ineligible offensive lineman.
A corrected version of the last lateral touchdown by every NFL franchise video, now including the Josh Allen TD and the right Chiefs one: youtu.be/f0P5Tjr6cRU
The Last Lateral Touchdown by Every NFL Franchise
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Quirky Research@quirkyresearch.bsky.social · 2w agoHalftime video: In honor of the 49ers' hook-and-ladder yesterday, the last lateral touchdown by every NFL franchise: youtu.be/jHZJ4R1P5wE
There's a lot of 1950s Browns game film available; unfortunately it's almost all from home games and that game was played in Washington. The Browns may have scored on a lateral somewhere between 1958 and 1974 but I couldn't find any evidence of it.
Mike Ensminger Fan Account@laplanck.bsky.social · 2w agoEvery single team but one: video of it, even back to the 70s The Browns: 1 second of a newspaper clipping from 1957
Halftime video: In honor of the 49ers' hook-and-ladder yesterday, the last lateral touchdown by every NFL franchise: youtu.be/jHZJ4R1P5wE
The Last Lateral Touchdown by Every NFL Franchise
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TIL that Guinness no longer considers Vandy's 35,286-person kazoo orchestra from 1985 as the world record.
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 2w agothis weekend's heavily delayed college football roundup is about Mississippi State calling in the backup World Record Certification company to get the cowbell world record www.sports.cool/p/today-in-s...
This was Timmy Brown's 65-yard lateral return off a catchin 1961.
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 2w agoDeebo Samuel currently with 80 receiving yards and no receptions after the hook-and-ladder. If they can just avoid throwing him the ball all game, he can smash the record for most receiving yards in a game with no catches (65, set in 1961)
Thanks for kneeling this out instead of kicking the field goal, Andy.
Quirky Research@quirkyresearch.bsky.social · 4w agoThere has never been a 16-game NFL week where every game was won by a different number of points, so I know what I'm rooting for tonight. Post-merger weeks with different scoring margins for every game: Week 7 2025 (15 games); Week 2 1976 (14); Week 9 1973 (13); Week 7 1997 (12); Week 4 1992 (11)
14:39 left, and the Chiefs just have to keep this at a 21-point margin (or increase the lead to 25 or more).
Quirky Research@quirkyresearch.bsky.social · 4w agoThere has never been a 16-game NFL week where every game was won by a different number of points, so I know what I'm rooting for tonight. Post-merger weeks with different scoring margins for every game: Week 7 2025 (15 games); Week 2 1976 (14); Week 9 1973 (13); Week 7 1997 (12); Week 4 1992 (11)
There has never been a 16-game NFL week where every game was won by a different number of points, so I know what I'm rooting for tonight. Post-merger weeks with different scoring margins for every game: Week 7 2025 (15 games); Week 2 1976 (14); Week 9 1973 (13); Week 7 1997 (12); Week 4 1992 (11)
Charley Hannah is one of two NFL players ever who threw a forward pass after being lined up as an offensive lineman at the snap.
Aaron Schatz@aaronschatz.com · last mo.Football Card of the Day: 1980 Topps Charley Hannah John's brother, Charley was a defensive end for two years and had 4.5 sacks in 1978, but then the Bucs moved him to the offensive line and he became their starting right tackle! Later he started at left guard for the Raiders for six years.
The 1986 Jets made eleven draft picks and none of them were active for Week 1.
JP Acosta@acosta32jp.bsky.social · last mo.For those counting at home: the Rams made five draft picks and none of them are active for week 1
Never (unless there was some 1920s Veterans Day or Thanksgiving game that kicked off super-early). The earliest I know of for sure were the 1953 Packers @ Lions, 1960 Dallas Texans @ New York Titans, and 1961 Bills-Titans Thanksgiving games, all of which kicked off around 11 am local.
This is the first time there hasn't been a score in the first quarter of the first game of the NFL season since 2015. www.quirkyresearch.com/2019/09/05/f...
First score of every NFL season
What was the first score of every NFL season? An exhaustive look through time (zones) and schedules of 100 seasons.
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FOX Sports's website is giving people the college football statistics that really matter.
Thrilled to announce that the most comprehensive collection of NFL PBP in the public domain has gotten even better. @pro-football-reference.com now has 1977 NFL play-by-play thanks to the work of @aaronschatz.com and @quirkyresearch.bsky.social ! www.sports-reference.com/blog/2026/08...
1977 Play-by-Play and Associated Stats Added to Pro Football Reference | Sports-Reference.com
1977 Play-by-Play and Associated Stats Added to Pro Football Reference
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I'd really like to know what the difference between these two passes defensed was and why the 1975 Lions scorer decided to point it out.
Cornell building a human pyramid in failed attempt block a Princeton field goal, 1965.
JM =^D@jm539581.bsky.social · 4mo agoPYRAMIDING!
If the Bears can't build a stadium quickly, the site of the only regular season NFL game in Hammond history is available for play.
