Mahe became a free agent following the 2006 season , but was re-signed to a one-year contract after the Eagles ' lackluster special teams play led to a losssports.sports_team_season_recordthe Green Bay Packers in week one of the season .
During the team 's sixth straight losssports.sports_team_season_recordthe 1970 NFL season , a 45–10 defeat to the Buffalo Bills on November 1 , 1970 , Rush began to suffer an irregular heartbeat and briefly left the stadium .
McAulay was the referee in the Jacksonville Jaguars ' controversial 15–10 victorysports.sports_team_season_recordthe Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium on December 16 , 2001 which notoriously ended with a display of unruly fan behavior .
The Steelers became the second team after the 1985 New England Patriots to winsports.sports_team_season_recordroad playoff games to reach the Super Bowl .
However , the strike-shortened 1982 NFL season saw Bennett 's team finishsports.sports_team_season_record, reaching the postseason in the expanded playoff system , but losing the first round game to the Minnesota Vikings .
During the first year of free agency , he joined the San Francisco 49ers from 1994 to 2000 , becoming the first player to winsports.sports_team_season_recordconsecutive Super Bowls ( Super Bowl XXIX ) .
In the 2007 season , the Patriots became the second team in NFL history to have a perfect regular season record , after the 1972 Miami Dolphins , and the first to finishsports.sports_team_season_record.
In 1997 , he had perhaps his most memorable game as a pro , scoring 4 touchdowns in a 38-13 winsports.sports_team_season_recordthe San Diego Chargers .
In the team 's third game of the 1970 NFL season , Phipps came off the bench to lead a 15-7 comeback victorysports.sports_team_season_recordthe Pittsburgh Steelers .
He was the offensive line coach for the Chicago Bears from 1981 to 1992 , and helped create a solid offensive line that helped the Bears winsports.sports_team_season_recordBowl XX following the 1985 season .
The followingsports.sports_team_season_record, which was shortened to nine games because of a players strike , Fouts led the Chargers to a 6–3 record and back to the divisional playoffs with a 31–28 wildcard win over the Pittsburgh Steelers , throwing for 333 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions .
In the very next NFL season followingsports.sports_team_season_record's retirement , the New York Giants went on to defeat the previously undefeated 18–0 New England Patriots to win Super Bowl XLII in one of the greatest upsets in sports history .
Against the New Orleans Saints in a week-16 losssports.sports_team_season_recordhe had the best game of his career to that point , with nine receptions for a career-high 224 yards ( fourth-most in team history ) , two touchdowns , and tying the franchise record for most consecutive games ( seven ) with at least a touchdown reception , which is shared with Franklin Clarke ( 1961–1962 ) , Bob Hayes ( 1965–1966 ) , and Terrell Owens ( 2007 ) .
The Ravens and Minnesota Vikings had the fourth toughest strength of schedule in the NFL based on its aforementioned opponents ' win to losssports.sports_team_season_recordfrom the 2007 season , with its opponents winning 55.1 % of their scheduled games in 2007 .
Although official records indicate that Brennan appeared in only two games for the Packers during the 1939 NFL season , newspaper accounts indicate that he appeared in at least three games—as a starter in the Packers ' 31–0 winsports.sports_team_season_recordthe St. Louis Gunners on October 15 , 1939 , and as a substitute in a 27–20 win over the Chicago Cardinals on October 8 , 1939 , and a 26–7 win over the Detroit Lions on October 22 , 1939 .
The 1958 National Football League season resulted in a tiesports.sports_team_season_recordthe Eastern Conference championship between the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants .
Aside from the various bowls , the most memorable moment at the stadium might have been the Saints victorysports.sports_team_season_recordthe Detroit Lions on November 8 , 1970 .
During the 2007–2008 National Football League season , Specter wrote to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell concerning the destruction of New England Patriots “ Spygate ” tapes , wondering if there was a link between the tapes and their Super Bowl victorysports.sports_team_season_recordthe Philadelphia Eagles .
The Cowboys made the playoffs every year of Reeves 's playing days , reaching the Super Bowl twice and culminating in a 24-3 victorysports.sports_team_season_recordthe Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI following the 1971 season .
In 1971 , the year in which the Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys to winsports.sports_team_season_recordBowl V , Lee uncorked a 76-yard punt , the longest in Colts history .
Clarkson also performed on the fifth season of `` Canadian Idol '' ( where she became a guest mentor ) , the fourth season finale of `` Swedish Idol '' , 2007 NFL opening kickoff festivities , and at the halftime showsports.sports_team_season_recordthe Dallas Cowboys/New York Jets game on Thanksgiving Day 2007 .
On the final play of his NFL career , Atkins sacked Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dick Shiner , preserving the Saints ' 27–24 victorysports.sports_team_season_recordthe 1969 season finale .
He did not start a game until Jay Schroeder was injured before the final week of the season , where he impressed observers with 23 completions in 40 passes for 243 yards against the Kansas City Chiefs in a close losssports.sports_team_season_record
He helped the New Orleans Saints reach the playoffs for the first time since 1992 and also winsports.sports_team_season_recordfirst ever playoff game .
The 1932 NFL season resulted in a tie for first place between the Chicago Bears and Portsmouth Spartans , and could not be resolved by the typical win– losssports.sports_team_season_record.
The 1952 National Football League season resulted in a tiesports.sports_team_season_recordthe National Conference championship between the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams .
He registered nine or more tackles seven times in the 2004 NFL season , including an AFC Wild Card victorysports.sports_team_season_recordthe San Diego Chargers .
Thus , Richards missed the entire 1992 postseason , including the Cowboys ' 52-17 winsports.sports_team_season_recordthe Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVII .
Following a season-ending biceps injury in the Cowboys ' victorysports.sports_team_season_recordthe New York Giants in Week 1 of the 2007 season , Ferguson lost his starting job to Jay Ratliff .
They then won Super Bowl XXXII against the Packers 31–24 , only the second team since the NFL/AFL merger in 1970 to ever winsports.sports_team_season_recordSuper Bowl as a wildcard , and the first AFC team to win the title since the Los Angeles Raiders in Super Bowl XVIII following the 1983 season .
During week 3 of the 2006 NFL season , he commented on a losssports.sports_team_season_recordSeattle by saying `` We got outplayed , and we got outcoached .
Mercury Hayes ' NFL career longest reception of 50 yards , caught in week 14 of the 1996 National Football League season in a 26–10 losssports.sports_team_season_recordthe St. Louis Rams , was the first NFL pass by Doug Nussmeier ( Nussmeier 's second pass was his only touchdown completion ) .
He is remembered for replacing the injured White in a 1981 Thanksgiving game against the Chicago Bears and helping the Cowboys to a 10-9 come-back winsports.sports_team_season_record
In 1979 , he was placed on the injured reserve list after suffering a broken leg against the New Orleans Saints , that also prevented him from playing in the 31-19 Super Bowl losssports.sports_team_season_recordthe Pittsburgh Steelers .
The 1943 National Football League season resulted in a tiesports.sports_team_season_recordthe Eastern Division championship between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins .
White 's most famous game as a pro was undoubtedly a 1980 playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons , in which he led the Cowboys to a come-from-behind 30-27 winsports.sports_team_season_recorda Staubach-like fashion .
The 2005 season began in a strange and erratic fashion with a 14-10 road losssports.sports_team_season_recordthe Atlanta Falcons on `` Monday Night Football '' , a game in which Donovan McNabb suffered a chest bruise .
The 1998 Kansas City Chiefs season began with high hopes of the team avenging its losssports.sports_team_season_recordthe 1998 playoffs to the eventual Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos , but instead the Chiefs failed to succeed in the highly competitive AFC West .
In the first Cowboys playoff winsports.sports_team_season_record1996 , playing against the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Playoff Wild-Card game , he led the team with 16 carries for 148 yards ( including a 73-yard touchdown run ) and a 30-yard reception .
Although he started his professional career in 1965 as the third quarterback behind Don Meredith and Craig Morton , he got a chance to start a game that same year against the Cleveland Browns ( 23-17 losssports.sports_team_season_record.
The first winsports.sports_team_season_recordfranchise history came during the 1961 season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers , 27-24 , with Howton contributing a game-high 138 receiving yards and a touchdown .
His success continued in 1995 as he caught a career long 88-yard TD pass against Seattle Seahawks and the followingsports.sports_team_season_recordcaught a 56-yard touchdown finishing the game with 4 catches for 125 yards in a win against the Houston Oilers .
The 2006 Indianapolis Colts were the first division champion to winsports.sports_team_season_recordSuper Bowl with four postseason wins and the second division champion ( 2003 Carolina Panthers ) to win a conference title with three postseason wins .