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Several National Football League (NFL) games and plays throughout its history have been given names by the media, football fans, and as part of an NFL team's lore as a result of a distinctive play associated with the game, as a result of a unique outcome of or circumstance behind the game, or for other reasons that make the game notable. [1]
By nickname "Ain'ts*" – New Orleans Saints, NFL; rhyming play on the non-standard English negative ain't [30] "America's Team" – Dallas Cowboys, by sports media [31] "B.I.L.L.S.*" – Buffalo Bills, by detractors, acronyms for "Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls", in reference to the team's failure to win the Super Bowl in four straight tries during the early 1990s [32]
Ain'ts: [1] Nickname given to the New Orleans Saints after their 1980 season of 14 consecutive losses. The name persisted somewhat as, although they would later qualify for the playoffs several times since then, they did not win a playoff game until their defeat of the defending Super Bowl champion Rams in the wild-card round of the 2000–01 playoffs.
The main event of New Year’s week starts Tuesday night when the quarterfinal round of the new 12-team College Football Playoff gets underway with Penn State and Boise State meeting in the Fiesta ...
From the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl on Dec. 14 to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Jan. 20, 82 teams will play in at least one postseason game.
The Razorbacks lead the all-time series 29-8, but the Red Raiders took the last encounter in 2015. The current season was a mixed bag for both programs, but both can claim a win against a playoff ...
4 Peru State 5 – 2 7 – 3 Culver–Stockton 3 – 3 3 – 8 William Penn 2 – 4 4 – 6 St. Ambrose 1 – 5 3 – 8 Clarke 0 – 6 1 – 10 South No. 9 Benedictine (KS) x^ 5 – 1 11 – 3 No. 12 Baker x^ 5 – 1 9 – 2 No. 13 MidAmerica Nazarene x^ 5 – 1 9 – 2 Missouri Baptist 3 – 3 6 – 4 Missouri Valley 2 – 4 4 – 6 Central ...
In 2007, there was no game broadcast on October 28 due to Game 4 of the 2007 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies, although Football Night in America aired at its usual time that week. Also, a tentative full-season schedule was unveiled, including games in the last seven weeks of the season.