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Week Two recap
1998 Minnesota Vikings (15-1, 1-0) at 2000 Oakland Raiders (12-4, 0-1)
Week two has the Vikes facing an Oakland team that came out flat in a 33-21 loss to the ’71 Dolphins the previous week. It is more of the same for the Raiders and the Rich Gannon led team goes down big 40-7. Randall Cunningham didn’t really have a very good game (14 for 25, 177 yards, 1 td & 1int), but
Player of the Game Robert Smith made up for it by running for 139 yards and 2 td’s. Gary Anderson also chipped in with four field goals. Minnesota is now 2-0 on the season. Go Vikes!
Around the League
The ’85 Bears and the ’72 Dolphins have a bye week.
2007 New England Patriots (16-0, 0-1) at 1977 Baltimore Colts (10-4, 0-1)
The Patriots bounce back from last week’s loss by completely destroying the Colts 53-0. Tom Brady went 15 for 19, 174 yards and 3 touchdowns, Stephen Gostkowski hits six field goals and New England tacks on two rushing td’s in the huge win.
1961 Houston Oilers (10-3-1, 1-0) at 1974 Oakland Raiders (12-2, 1-0)
In a crazy back and forth game featuring George Blanda on both teams, the Raiders beat the Oilers 46-43. ’61 Blanda and Ken Stabler both had 2 td’s a 1 int. The Oilers had four rushing td’s to the Raiders’ three. ’74 Blanda hit all three field goal tries. ’61 Blanda missed a 40-yarder. That was the difference in the game.
The Division of Doom
1997 Denver Broncos (13-3, 0-1) – bye week
1984 Miami Dolphins (14-2, 1-0) at 1989 Cleveland Browns (9-6-1, 1-0)
Bernie Kosar out Marino’s Dan Marino throwing for 4 td’s in a 31-23 Browns win.
1948 Cleveland Browns (14-0, 1-0) at Green Bay Packers (15-1, 0-1)
Otto Graham and the Browns dominated the Packers in a game that was not as close as the 21-15 score would indicate. Lou Groza’s missed three field goals kept the Pack in the game.
Surprise of the Week
No big surprises this week.
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