NFL

By jona811

  • superbowl XXV

    The New York Giants defeated Buffalo 20-19 in Super Bowl XXV to capture their second title in five years. The game was played before a sellout crowd of 73,813 at Tampa Stadium and became the first Super Bowl decided by one point, January 26. The ABC broadcast of the game was seen by more than 112-million people in the United States and was seen live or taped in 60 other countries.

  • starting games on TV

    NFL International Week featured six 1990 playoff teams playing nationally televised games in London, Berlin, and Tokyo on July 28 and August 3-4. The games drew more than 150,000 fans. Paul Brown, founder of the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals, died at age 82, August 5.

  • taking over new england

    St. Louis businessman James Orthwein purchased controlling interest in the New England Patriots from Victor Kiam, May 11

  • nfl crowd record

    An all-time NFL record crowd of 112,376 attended the American Bowl game between Dallas and Houston in Mexico City. It concluded the biggest American Bowl series in NFL history with four games attracting a record 256,666 fans, August 15.

  • NFL charities

    50 players from the NFL donated $1million to the united negro college fund in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the UNCF and the integration of the modern NFL sep, 15

  • new record of attendence

    NFL total paid attendance for all 1995 games reached a record level for the seventh consecutive year, exceeding 19 million for the first time 19,202,757 March 7.

  • the highest weekend points

    Ericsson Stadium opened in Charlotte, North Carolina with a crowd of 65,350 as the Carolina Panthers defeated the Chicago Bears 30-12 in a preseason game, August 3.

  • transfer seattle seahawks

    NFL clubs approved the transfer of the seatlle seahawks from ken behring to paul allen, august 19

  • A harris poll

    a hariis poll says 55 percent of adults follow professional football, up 4 percent from 1997 and 6 percent from 1992, october 15

  • retiring jerry seeman

    The NFL Officiating Department named Mike Pereira as Director of Officiating and Larry Upson as Director of Officiating Operations to replace retiring Senior Director of Officiating Jerry Seeman, December 1.