Hello and welcome to the Week 12 edition of the Historical NFL Matchups episode here on the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast were we talk about the best of sports from back in the day.

in this edition we will discuss four games that are on this weeks NFL schedule that are rematches of famous games from the NFL's past.

One of the games that we are talking about is one from the1998 playoffs that established a new superstar wide receiver that was the heir apparent to the greatest receiver of all time and submitted a fitting sequel to one of the greatest moments in not only the history of his team but the entire league itself.

Meanwhile with thanksgiving next week, it is appropriate to celebrate one of the most memorable games ever to take place on Turkey Day.

On Thanksgiving Day 1974, a superstar quarterback goes down with a concussion and replacing him is a little known rookie signal caller that leads a miracle comeback against one of the NFL's elite teams at the time.

Another game that we will highlight we’ll have to go back to the early 1960s that most NFL analysts at the time considered a major upset.

In this memorable game this franchise that would later become one of the most consistent winners in the National Football League, would accomplish something that wouldn’t be done again in the NFL for another 41 years.

And finally we go from the sublime to the ridiculous.

In perhaps the strangest moment in the 1982 regular season that in itself was strange, a game came down to not a key play or player or a key play call or even a crucial penalty.

In this game between two long time bitter divisional rivals, it came down to of all things, a convicted felon and a John Deere Tracker.

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The NFL Season is moving along and so are we.

In this episode of the NFL Historical Matchups for Week 11, we have four games that we are highlighting.

The first one may be one of the most famous and the most important games in NFL History. It may not have been a classic as for as a close game or having a fantastic finish, but Super Bowl III between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Jets helped create the current NFL.

It was more than the biggest upset in Super Bowl history, it added legitimacy to the upstart American Football League as the merger between the AFL and NFL was on the horizon.

The second game was the 1981 AFC Championship game between the San Diego Chargers and the Cincinnati Bengals.

The game played in conditions that were better suited for the Iditarod Sled dog race in Alaska, saw the Bengals advance to their first Super Bowl by winning the game known as the "Freezer Bowl".

The third game we are remembering was referenced in a Sports Illustrated article that previewed the game at the time as Super Bowl 8 1/2 .

But after it was over, the game had earned another name that has lived on to this day.

The 1974 AFC Divisional playoff game between the Miami Dolphins and the Oakland Raiders is remembered as the "Sea of Hands Game".

Rounding out our games that we are looking back on is the 1966 AFL Championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills.

The Bills were looking to win their third consecutive AFL Championship game but more importantly play in the inaugural Super Bowl. But it would be the Chiefs that would advance to the first Super Bowl in a muddy, cold day at the stadium known as the Rockpile.

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Welcome back to the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast were we bring you the best of sports from back in the day.

We are heading into week 9 of the NFL regular season and this week we will look back at three games that are rematches from famous games from the NFL's glorious past.

The first game is the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Atlanta Falcons. In the 1980 divisional playoffs, the Falcons were playing Cowboys in their first ever home playoff game.

this epic game became known as the "Duel in Dixie".

the other two games were regular season games that defied both defenses and explanation as both were high scoring affairs.

The first was in 1969 as a former Canadian Football League star quarterback became a member of the exclusive "seven touchdowns in a game" club, joining the likes of George Blanda and Sid Luckman.

The second high scoring game that we are highlighting this episode took place three seasons earlier between long time rivals the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants.

Taking place at then DC Stadium, New York and Washington face off in the highest scoring game in NFL history.

That is what is on tap here on this Historically Speaking Sports Historical NFL matchup episode here on the Sports History Network.

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