Football Facts

by Sanju 2010-02-21 21:57:14

Football Facts



* The San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys share the record for most Super Bowl wins. Both teams have five Super Bowl titles.

* Don Shula, who coached with the Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Colts, won 347 games in his career. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997.

* Running bac Jim Brown led the NFL in rushing more times than any other running back. He led the league in rushing eight times from 1957 to 1965 in his amazing career.

* The Green Bay Packers franchise won the first Super Bowl ever played, which was held in Los Angeles in January of 1967.

* Former Chicago Bears All-Pro running back Walter Payton ran for more than 16,000 yards in his 13-year career.

* The Grey Cup, the super bowl of the Canadian Football League, is given to the champion of the Canadian Football League.

* Beattie Feathers was the first player in NFL history who rushed for 1,000 yards in a season. He accomplished this in 1934 with the Chicago Bears.

* In the year of 1984, the Baltimore Colts franchise moved to Indianapolis and became the Indianapolis Colts.

* Jay Berwanger was the first winner of the Heisman trophy.

* The NFL Pro Bowl, has been played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii since 1980.

* In 2001, Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes became the first undrafted player to lead the NFL in rushing.

* Running back LaDainian Tomlinson was not heavily recruited to play college football because he played fullback, not tailback, until his senior year at high school.

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