Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Sudden Death and Tie Games

Sep 24, 2024

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.

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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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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Sudden Death and Tie Games

Today's Tidbit... Playing For Extra Time In Portland

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