Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

I think this is a very good idea, and in fact I have already started to do this with the Miami Dolphins. I have been working through from 1966 and I am currently working on the 1984 season. My version of digitising is by recreating each gamebook into the modern version. I use MS Word (then into PDF)...

Agree with you @TodMaher. I don't think it could be half the distance penalty from the 10 as we all know a Touchback comes out to the 20 yard line. I have contacted Pro Football Reference to see if they are willing to contact the NFL about it. If the infraction was committed at the 10-yard line, th...

Agree with you @TodMaher. I don't think it could be half the distance penalty from the 10 as we all know a Touchback comes out to the 20 yard line. I have contacted Pro Football Reference to see if they are willing to contact the NFL about it.

I have just been looking at the Gamebook for the Dolphins @ Browns game from this weekend. Specifically the penalties. I believe there is an error. The gamebook reports the penalties for Cleveland to be 9 for 84 yards. When I add their penalties up I get it to be 9 for 94 yards. It appears the issue...

I have all the Dolphins ones if anyone wants them.

Agree with the laterals as an individual category being stopped see below extract from the 1950 NFL Championship game.

Also spotted that John Rauch (future HC of the Raiders and Bills) started at QB but was ejected near the end of the 2nd quarter. It also appears (LA Times 28-Sep-1951) that the Rams achieved there offensive yardage total with an all rookie (all playing their first NFL game) Offensive line. LT Don Si...

Also spotted this Rams possession that appears to show that the Rams punted on 3rd down. 1-10-LAR 30 D.Hoerner right end to LAR 42 for 12 yards. 1-10-LAR 42 PENALTY on NYY, Defensive Offside, 5 yards, enforced at LAR 42 – No Play. 1-5-LAR 47 N.Van Brocklin pass incomplete to T.Fears. 2-5-LAR 47 PENA...

Thanks John Just to add to the quirkiness I also noticed a couple of other things from the game that I'm sure have a similar explanation. On the first play of the 4th quarter the Yanks scored on a fumble return of 30 yards (interception of a lateral pass) the line of scrimmage was the Rams 40. Sound...

As a Dolphins fan I was intrigued with this post, so have looked at the play-by-play for the game. I do think that whoever was doing the play-by-play made an error with both the Yanks Net yardage as well as the Rams. The Yanks should be 111 yards and the Rams 722. The Yards Lost Passing have not bee...