Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Sudden Death and Tie Games
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a 1955 New York Giants-Los Angeles Rams exhibition game that included the NFL’s first use of sudden death overtime to break a tie. We then shift to the general history of how football settled ties in days gone by.
Listen to the podcast here and/or read the original Tidbit.
Today's Tidbit... Playing For Extra Time In Portland
The New York Giants spent their 1955 training camp on the Willamette College campus in Salem, Oregon, and played a late August exhibition game against the Los Angeles Rams at Portland's Multnomah Stadium. The game was the brainchild of Harry Glickman, a local promoter interested in selling as many tickets as possible to the event. Rather than relying so…
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