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Pigskin Dispatch... A Whole Lotta Puntin' Goin' On

Timothy P. Brown

Sep 26, 2023

Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a recent Tidbit about two games played the same day in 1939 during a Louisiana rainstorm. One game featured 77 punts, while the other had only 65. Click here to listen to the story, or subscribe to Pigskin Dispatch wherever you get your podcasts.

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Today's Tidbit... When It Rains, It Punts, 65 Times

Timothy P. Brown

Aug 5

Today's Tidbit... When It Rains, It Punts, 65 Times

Football fans who enjoy oddball stories from the game's history are familiar with the 1939 Texas Tech-Centenary game played in Shreveport, Louisiana. Played in a torrential downpour, the rain-soaked field made it difficult to run or pass, so the teams repeatedly punted the ball to one another until they did so 77 times, setting a still-standing record f…

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