Editor’s Note: NFL Films’ Paul Monusky and Nick Mascolo are the producers for this week’s episode of “A Football Life”, featuring Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders. Here’s Monusky’s thoughts on what he learned about Sanders and his effect …
Posted: November 26th, 2012
TDIF: Sanders Joins Payton in Record Books
On this date in 1998, Barry Sanders – subject of the next new episode of “A Football Life”, premiering Dec. 5 on NFL Network – became just the second back in NFL history to rush for more than 15,000 yards. …
Posted: May 15th, 2012
Birthday Bonanza!
Earlier today we wished Ray Lewis a happy birthday, but it just so happens that he’s not the only Super Bowl Champion born on May 15. Three more Super Bowl ring bearers and one super bust share today as their …
Posted: December 30th, 2011
Looking Ahead: Giants – Cowboys
By now you’ve probably heard about the previous winner-take-all NFC East battle between the Giants and Cowboys in the 1993 regular season finale.
So this week we look ahead to the big matchup between Dallas and New York by taking …
Posted: November 24th, 2011
Films Encore: Thanksgiving
On Thanksgiving in 1990, a rookie running back named Emmitt Smith got his first taste of Turkey Day football as the Cowboys fed him the ball 23 times for 132 yards and two second-half touchdowns.
Dallas scored the final 17 …
Posted: October 27th, 2011
This Day In Football: October 27
Hall-of-Famer Emmitt Smith broke Walter Payton’s all-time rushing record against the Seahawks on this day in 2002. He still holds this career mark with 18,355 rushing yards.
Check out the highlight of that game in 2002, as originally presented on …
Posted: October 24th, 2011
Films Encore: Emmitt Rushes for Cowboys Record
This week’s Encore is inspired by our reader Derek Sanders, who wrote in that our “Week 7 Thoughts from 1NFL” post this morning was lacking love for Dallas’ DeMarco Murray. In Week 7, Murray set a new Cowboys single game …