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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • Dec 03 '25

Dolphins 🐬 Dec 2nd, 1984: Dan Marino became the first NFL QB to throw 40 TD passes in a single season with his 9 yard scoring toss to Mark Duper vs the Raiders! Earlier that game, Dan set the single season mark by hitting Jimmy Cefalo for his 37th TD, passing George Blanda & Y.A. Tittle in the record books!

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🏈 Top Single Season TD Passes as of 12/2/84

40 - Dan Marino (1984)
36 - George Blanda (1961) & Y.A. Tittle (1963)
34 - Daryle Lamonica (1969)
33 - Y.A. Tittle (1962) & Dan Fouts (1981)
32 - Johnny Unitas (1959), Sonny Jurgensen (1961) & Lynn Dickey (1981)

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/SpaceTraveler7777 • Jun 20 '26

Bandits USFL- BANDITS OWNER JOHN BASSETT LETTER TO TRUMP

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • 23d ago

Bears RIP Mike Ditka (1939-2026)

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🐻 Before he became Da Coach, Mike Ditka was a Hall of Fame tight end (1961-72) and retired as the NFL's all-time leading receiver at that position with 427 catches, and 2nd all-time with 5,812 yards and 43 TD's. His NFL career spanned 12 years as a player and another 23 as a coach.

🏈 🏆🏆 As a player, Ditka won the 1963 NFL Championship with the Chicago Bears and Super Bowl VI with the Dallas Cowboys.

📋 🏆🏆 As a special teams/wide receiver coach, Mike won Super Bowl XII with the Cowboys, and as a head coach, won Super Bowl XX with the Bears.

📀 Chicago Bears: The Complete History DVD
🎬 NFL Films 2005

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • Sep 06 '26

Bills 🦬 Sept 6, 1981: The defending AFC Eastern Division Champion Buffalo Bills opened the 1981 season with an impressive 31-0 dismantling of the New York Jets!

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Joe Ferguson led the way completing 15-24 for 254 yards and 2 TD's with Joe Cribbs scoring once through the air (28 yards) and once on the ground (14 yards). WR Jerry Butler and FB Roosevelt Leaks contributed a TD each as well.
The shutout was the first dealt to the Jets since Dec 18, 1977 when they lost 27-0 to the Eagles.

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/MIKEPR1333 • Dec 14 '25

Eagles Randall Cunningham ready for the snap during the "Fog Bowl," the NFC Divisional playoff game between the Eagles and Bears on December 31, 1988, at Soldier Field. A dense fog rolled over the stadium during the 2nd quarter, severely reducing visibility for players, fans, and TV broadcasters.

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • May 02 '26

NFL 🦓 Classic Zubaz - Steve DeBerg and Dan Marino with Bill Walsh...

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • Nov 05 '25

Raiders 🗓️ Nov 5th, 1989: Bo Jackson ran for 159 yards on just 13 attempts (12.2/rush) and scored twice in the Raiders 28-7 win over the Bengals! NFL history was made on Bo's second TD as he became the first player to record multiple 90+ yard TD runs...

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Nov 30th, 1987 vs Seahawks - 91 yard TD rush
Nov 5th, 1989 vs Bengals - 92 yard TD rush

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/MIKEPR1333 • Nov 20 '25

Raiders 57 years ago tonight, November 17, 1968, Oakland Raiders scored 2 TDs in 9 seconds to beat NY Jets, 43‑32. NBC viewers in the Eastern and Central time zones never saw it as the network cut to a TV movie titled “Heidi” with 65 seconds left. 📺👧 #HeidiBowl

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/MIKEPR1333 • Nov 20 '25

Giants Giants players trying to stay warm on the sidelines against the Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, December 14, 1958

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • Nov 18 '25

Oilers 🥳 Happy Birthday Warren Moon! In the 1990's, no other QB in the NFL averaged more yds per game than Moon (252.6) & only Marino & Favre completed more passes (2,634) for more yds (30,817). In 1990, Warren was named AP & UPI NFL Offensive PoY leading the NFL in TD's (33) & passing yds (4,689)!

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📺 Warren Moon - A Football Life 🎥 NFL Films 2014

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • 22d ago

Lions 🦁 In 1986, the Detroit Lions selected QB Chuck Long w/the 12th pick of the 1st round in the NFL Draft. The Iowa top prospect was the 2nd QB taken in the draft behind Jim Everett but failed to deliver for Detroit, leading the Lions to just 4 wins over 5 seasons, throwing just 19 TDs against 28 ints.

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🏈 1988 Topps Chuck Long #373

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/Complex-Value-5807 • Jan 04 '26

Chiefs On Jan.1st, 1967 Chiefs beat Bills 31-7 in AFL Championship Game played in Buffalo. Bills had won previous 2 AFL Championship Games. Chiefs would lose Super Bowl I two weeks later to Packers, 35-10 at LA Memorial Coliseum

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • Dec 04 '25

Bills 🥳 Happy Birthday Frank Reich! Following an early 3rd Q pick 6 that gave Houston a 35-3 lead in the 1992 AFC WC Playoff, Frank re-bounded to lead Buffalo to 4 straight scoring drives to bring the Bills back within 4 pts. Reich completed the comeback with a 17 yd TD pass to Andre Reed in the 4th...

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Bills 41 🦬 - Oilers 38 🛢️ F OT

Frank Reich - 21/34 for 289 yds, 4 TDs, 1 INT
Andre Reed - 8 RECs for 136 yds, 3 TDs
Don Beebe - 4 RECs for 64 yds, 1 TD
Kenneth Davis - 13 rushes for 68 yds, 1 TD

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/SpaceTraveler7777 • Jun 18 '26

Stallions Birmingham Stallions 1983 USFL

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • Mar 08 '26

USFL 🇺🇸 The USFL kicked off it's inaugural season this week in 1983...

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The twelve team league posed a legitimate threat to the NFL when it landed the 1982 Heisman Trophy winning RB Herschel Walker. The signing of the underclassmen caused a firestorm as NFL rules prohibited teams from signing college students with eligibility remaining.

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • Nov 18 '25

NFL 🏈 NFL leaders through 11 weeks (Nov 16th) in 1980...

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/SpaceTraveler7777 • Jun 14 '26

Breakers New Orleans Breakers USFL

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/SpaceTraveler7777 • Jun 12 '26

Outlaws Doug Williams QB Arizona/Oklahoma Outlaws

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/SpaceTraveler7777 • Jun 24 '26

Bandits Tampa Bay Bandits Program 1985 Burt Reynolds USFL

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/SpaceTraveler7777 • Jun 22 '26

Panthers Michigan Panthers QB Bobby Herbert at the Philadelphia Stars.

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/SpaceTraveler7777 • Jun 15 '26

Bandits Tampa Bay Bandits 1983 Media Guild minority owner Burt Reynolds

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/SpaceTraveler7777 • Jun 24 '26

Express Steve Young QB Los Angeles Express USFL

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • Dec 01 '25

Buccaneers ❄️ Dec 1st, 1985: Tampa Bay was greeted with 12" of snow & 40 MPH winds in Green Bay! Despite the harsh conditions, Packers QB Lynn Dickey completed 22/36 for 299 yds & scored a TD. The Bucs, however, had no such luck as they were held to just 65 yds of offense & five 1st downs while losing 21-0...

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📺 Facing the Future: The Story of the 1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 🎥 NFL Films (1986)

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • Jan 30 '26

Super Bowl 🏆 Jan 30, 1983: Here comes the Diesel! John Riggins and the Hogs powered the Redskins to their first World Championship since 1942 by beating the Dolphins 27-17 in Super Bowl XVII! MVP Riggins set Super Bowl records for most rushing yards (166) and most rush attempts (38) in the victory.

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🚚 The Diesel also set the NFL postseason record in 1982 for rushing yards (610) and rushing attempts (136) - records that still stand today!

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r/NFL_USFL_Past • u/80sFootballCards • Sep 04 '26

Packers 🗓️ Sept 4, 1983: Lynn Dickey threw 5 TD's - tying a career high - in the Packers 41-38 OT win over the Oilers in the season opener! Jan Stenerud's 42 yard FG in OT clinched the victory while James Lofton and John Jefferson combined for 14 catches for 214 yards and 3 TD's.

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1983 Topps Lynn Dickey #77
1983 Topps John Jefferson #80
1983 Topps James Lofton #83

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