Flashback NFL: Playing Back the Ages (FOFC 6.3b)

Autumn · 04-24-2010, 11:07 PM

So far this dynasty involves building up a historical base, using the historical 1960 rosters and the draft files. At some point I expect I will jump in and take over a team but I wanted to get a couple of decades of historical play in first. Unfortunately my attempt to whiz through things backfired as I got stuck on the Atlanta Falcons with no other teams willing to hire me. I apologize to Roger Staubach, Gale Sayers and their families. My fast attempts to get through free agency for a few seasons probably did not help their careers.

THROUGH THE AGES

1960

Super Bowl I
Indianapolis Colts 34, Arizona Cardinals 10
Super Bowl MVP Lenny Moore, RB, Colts

Season MVP, OPotY Johnny Unitas, QB, Colts
DPotY Doug Atkins, DE, Bears
ORotY Tony Vander Kelen, RB, Buccaneers
DRotY Goose Gonsoulin, S, Broncos

Johnny Unitas taking the QB rating crown is not a surprise. A ratio of 35 TDs to 1 INT though is!!! Lenny Moore has 171 rushing yards to win the first Super Bowl MVP award. Unitas throws two picks, more than he threw all season!

1961

Amateur Draft
1.1 - Fran Tarkenton, Cincinnati
1.7 - Deacon Jones, Atlanta

Super Bowl II
Green Bay Packers 30, Indianapolis Colts 17
Super Bowl MVP Paul Hornung, RB, Packers

MVP, OPotY Jim Brown, RB, Browns
DPotY Goose Gonsoulin, S, Broncos
ORotY Tom Matte, RB, Miami
DRotY Chuck Allen, MLB, Panthers

1962

Amateur Draft
1.1 John Hadl, QB, Baltimore
1.3 Lance Alworth, WR, Seattle

Cleveland and Indianapolis meet for the 3rd straight year in their conference championship. Finally Jim Brown knocks off Johnny Unitas to get to the Super Bowl. There they meet Arizona in its second appearance. Ironically this is the season that Len Dawson is injured, when they finally make the Big Show.

Super Bowl III
Arizona Cardinals 21, Cleveland Browns 16
Super Bowl MVP Larry Wilson, S, Cardinals

MVP, OPotY Johnny Unitas, QB, Colts
DPotY Jim Katcavage, DE, Giants
ORotY Amos Bullocks, RB, Oakland
DRotY Nick Buoniconti MLB, Cincinnati

1963

Amateur Draft
1.1 Willie Brown, CB, Baltimore
1.2 Daryl Lamonica, QB, Miami

Philadelphia shocks the football world by going a perfect 16-0 during the regular season. Shocking for a team yet to make the playoffs so far. The combination of Sonny Jurgenson and Timmy Brown made for an overpowering offense.

New Jersey upsets Cleveland to get to the conference championships. They're no match for the Colts, however, who get to their 3rd Super Bowl to meet the 18-0 Eagles.

Super Bowl IV
Philadelphia Eagles 29, Indianapolis Colts 26
Super Bowl MVP Sonny Jurgensen, QB, Eagles

The Eagles enter the 4th quarter down 26-10. They rattle off an amazing 16 points on the arm of Jurgenson to tie it, and then kick the winning field goal in overtime.

MVP Paul Hornung, RB, Packers
OPotY Len Dawson, QB, Browns
DPotY Goose Gonsoulin, S, Broncos
ORotY Daryl Lamonica, QB, Dolphins
DRotY Dennis Gaubatz, MLB, Falcons

1964

Amateur Draft
1.1 Roger Staubach, QB, Falcons
1.12 Mel Renfro, CB, Bills
1.13 Paul Krause, S, Bills

Philadelphia doesn't feel so special anymore. This year it was Arizona which mystified all by going 16-0. Charley Johnson had his best year at QB, and John David Crow drove the league's best rushing attack.

It was Green Bay which won their way to the Super Bowl though, handing the Cardinals their first lost off the season. Meanwhile the Broncos upset the Colts, reaching the big game for their first time.

Super Bowl V
Green Bay Packers 41, Denver Broncos 14
Super Bowl MVP Bart Starr, QB, Packers

The upstarts couldn't get past the Packers though in their date with destiny. After years of falling short, Starr gets the Pack their first championship.

MVP, OPotY Bart Starr, QB, Packers
DPotY Goose Gonsoulin, S, Broncos
ORotY Leroy Kelly, RB, Seahawks
DRotY Kenny Graham, S, Redskins

1965

Amateur Draft
1.1 Joe Namath, QB, New York
1.2 Gale Sayers, RB, Atlanta
1.3 Dick Butkus, LB, Baltimore

Green Bay won't be denied, overcoming the favored St. Louis Rams to get back in the big show. Indianapolis returns for their fourth Super Bowl appearance.

Super Bowl VI
Indianapolis Colts 30, Green Bay Packers 28
Super Bowl MVP Johnny Unitas, QB, Colts

Bart Starr threw 3 TDs, two to Mike Ditka, but Tehy couldn't contain Unitas, Moore and Berry.

MVP, OPotY Johnny Unitas, QB, Colts
DPotY Goose Gonsoulin, S, Broncos
ORotY Gale Sayers, RB, Falcons
DRotY Chris Hanburger, LB, 49ers

1966

Amateur Draft
1.1 Ken Reaves, CB, Atlanta
1.3 Emerson Boozer, RB, Tampa Bay

Indianapolis finally stumbles and doesn't make the playoffs. Otherwise it's the usual batch of suspects, with Arizona making yet another run past the Green Bay Packers.

Super Bowl VII
Cleveland Browns 34, Arizona Cardinals 31
Super Bowl MVP Len Dawson, QB, Browns

Dawson finally gets his chance to shine as the Browns win their first trophy. Jim Brown runs wild for 109 yards, but it's Dawson's 3 TDs that win it.

MVP, OPotY Bart Starr, QB, Packers
DPotY Willie Wood, S, Packers
ORotY Emerson Boozer, RB, Buccaneers
DRotY Ron Acks, DE, Browns

1967

Amateur Draft
1.1 Willie Lanier, LB, Tampa Bay
1.4 Bob Griese, QB, Houston

Atlanta finally loads up on talent around Staubach and Sayers and makes a run. Arizona, Denver, New England, Philly, all say good bye in teh divisional round to make way for Atlanta and some old favorites. Green Bay squeaks by Atlanta, and Cleveland squeaks by the Colts, making for their third appearance. It's Green Bay that makes history though, winning their third championship in four appearances.

Super bowl VIII
Green Bay Packers 37, Cleveland Browns 23
Super Bowl MVP Bart Starr, QB, Packers

MVP, OPotY Bart Starr, QB, Packers
DPotY Goose Gonsoulin, S, Broncos
ORotY Dickie Post, RB, CArdinals
DRotY Willie Lanier, LB, Buccaneers

1968

Amateur Draft
1.1 Ken Stabler, QB, Seattle
1.9 Art Shell, T, Chicago

Super Bowl IX
Denver Broncos 19, St. Louis Rams 16
Super Bowl MVP Gene Mingo, K, Broncos

The Rams make their first appearance, the Broncos their second, but the Broncos win it on the foot of Mingo, who kicks the game winner with 4 seconds left.

MVP, OPotY John Roach, QB, Broncos
DPotY Goose Gonsoulin, S, Broncos
ORotY Rocky Beier, RB, Titans
DRotY Jim Cheyunski, MLB, Giants

1969

Amateur Draft
1.1 Richard Neal, DE, Washington
1.3 O.J. Simpson, RB, Seattle

This was the year where teams crashed to earth. Only one team even made as much as 11 wins, and parity seemed the word of the day. In fact Johnny Unitas retired before this season, it's strange not seeing his name on the charts. That made for some new faces in the conference championships, old hand Denver seeing Dallas, Detroit and Buffalo join them for the first time.

Super Bowl X
Detroit Lions 27, Denver Broncos 20
Super Bowl MVP Mike Taliaferro, QB, Detroit

MVP, OPotY Bart Starr, QB, Green Bay
DPotY Don Floyd, DE, Tennessee Titans
ORotY O.J. Simpson, RB, Seattle
DRotY Ron Pritchard, LB, Philadelphia

Autumn · 04-24-2010, 11:10 PM

The first decade of the NFL is over and it's time for a look back.

Passing Yardage
1 Sonny Jurgensen
2 Bart Starr
3 Johnny Unitas
4 Charley Johnson
5 Len Dawson
6 Don Meredith
7 Fran Tarkenton
8 Jack Kemp
9 Frank Ryan
10 Billy Kilmer

Of some note is that Fran, Ryan and Kilmer have all played about a season less than the rest.

Passing TDs
1 Bart Starr
2 Johnny Unitas
3 Charley Johnson
4 Sonny Jurgensen
5 Len Dawson
6 Frank Ryan
7 Don Meredith
8 Jack Kemp
9 Fran Tarkenton
10 John Roach

Of note here is that there's a huge difference from 1 to 10, with Starr having almost twice as many TDs (277) than Roach (144)

QB Rating
1 Bart Starr
2 Johnny Unitas
3 John Roach
4 Charley Johnson
5 Len Dawson
6 Frank Ryan
7 George Blanda
8 Al Dorow
9 Bob Griese
10 Mike Taliaferro

Unitas is the only one retired on the first two lists, so the numbers keep piling up there. However, Blanda and Dorow are retired also on this list.

Rushing Yards
1 Paul Hornung
2 Paul Lowe
3 Clem Daniels
4 Jim Brown
5 John David Crow
6 Amos Marsh
7 Craig McGarigle
8 Timmy Brown
9 Lenny Moore
10 Dick Bass

Mimicking real life, Jim Brown retired after 7 seasons of play y et still remains at #4, meaning he averaged 1,570 yards a season. Crow, Timmy Brown and Moore are also retired.

Rushing TDs
1 John David Crow
2 Paul Hornung
3 Jim Brown
3 Lenny Moore
5 Timmy Brown
6 Clem Daniels
7 Paul Lowe
8 Tom Watkins
9 Dick Bass
10 Craig McGarigle

Crow had a startling 11 per season to reach the top in only 8 seasons. Hornung is at 86 and so likely to take the top spot in both lists this season. No young superstars shooting up the lists here yet, but Simpson's rookie splash looks promising.

REceiving Yards
1 Lionel Taylor
2 Johnny Morris
3 Bobby Mitchell
4 Carroll DAle
5 Raymond Berry
6 Charley Hennigan
7 Sonny Randle
8 Tommy McDonald
9 Bobby Joe Conrad
10 Gail Cogdill

Berry retired after 7 seasons, meaning he averaged over 1,500 a season in his day.

Receiving TDs
1 Lionel Taylor
2 Raymond Berry
3 Charley Hennigan
4 Carroll DAle
5 Bobby Mitchell
6 Sonny Randle
7 Boyd Dowler
8 Johnny Morris
9 Tommy mcDonald
10 Buddy Dial

Taylor is running away with this. But Berry's 83 touchdowns in 7 seasons is impressive indeed.

Tackles
1 Goose Gonsoulin
2 Dave Baker
3 Chuck Allen
4 Nick Buoniconti
5 Larry Wilson
6 Willie Wood
7 Johnny Robinson
8 Jerry Tubbs
9 Larry Grantham
10 sherrill Headrick

Buoniconti is at #4 despite playing two less seasons than the rest. Grantham is the only OLB to make the list, and deserves extra mention for coming in #11 in sacks as well.

Sacks
1 Don Floyd
2 Jim Katcavage
3 Lamar Lundy
4 Mel Branch
5 Doug Atkins
6 Deacon Jones
7 Andy STynchula
8 Floyd Peters
9 Mack Yoho
10 Dan Currie

Notable is the fact that Katcavage, Lundy, Atkins and Currie are all reired. Atkins makes #5 despite playing only 5 seasons, racking up 66 sacks in that time. Floyd however is running away with this with 114.5 and counting.

Interceptions
1 Goose Gonsoulin
2 Eddie Meador
3 Dave Webster
4 Fred Williamson
5 Dick LeBeau
6 Erich Barnes
7 Dave Baker
8 Willie Wood
9 Tony Banfield
10 Linden Crow

Goose shows why he's won all those defensive player of the year awards, coming in first in tackles and in interceptions. He's also got the highest all time pass defense rating, and leads the league in career forced fumbles. Sadly Night Train Lane only played 5 seasons, but is currently at #3 in pass defense all time.

Key Run Blocks
1 Ken Gray
2 Ron Mix
3 Bruce Bosley
4 Jim Otto
5 Bob Schmidt
6 Dick Schafrath
7 John Gordy
8 Dan McGrew
9 Jim Ringo
10 Eldon Danehauer

Ken Gray has also racked up 109 pancakes in ten years, 30 more than the next guy.

Single Season Records of note

QB Rating - Johnny Unitas - 1960 - 123.7
Passing Yards - Bart Starr - 1964 - 4,762
Passing TDs - Bart Starr - 1967 - 40
Rushing Yards - Jim Brown - 1962 - 2,069
Rushing TDs - Jim Brown -1962 - 17
Receptions - Raymond Berry - 1960 - 144
Receiving Yards - Raymond Berry - 1960 - 2,153
Receiving TDs - Charley Hennigan - 1966 - 19
Interceptions - Dave Webster - 1965 - 11
Tackles - Nick Buonconti - 1963 - 143
Sacks - Jim Katcavage - 1961 - 20 (shared with Don Floyd, 1969)
Key Run Blocks - Ken Gray - 1964 - 59
Passes Defended - Night Train Lane - 1960 - 31

Single Game Records of Note
Passing Yards - Johnny Unitas - 1962 - 462
Passing TDs - John Roach - 1965 - 6
Rushign Yards - Paul Hornung - 1963 - 249
Receiving Yards - Raymond Berry - 1960 - 282
SAcks - Jim Katcavage - 1961 - 5.0

MVP Awards
4 - Bart Starr
3 - Johnny Unitas

Defensive Player of the Year Awards
6 - Goose Gonsoulin, S, Broncos (and he won Defensive Rookie another one of those years)

Super Bowl Appearances
4- Green Bay Packers
4- Indianapolis Colts
3- Cleveland Browns
3- Denver Broncos
3- Arizona Cardinals

Super Bowl Wins
3 - Green Bay Packers
2 - Indianapolis Colts

Autumn · 04-24-2010, 11:13 PM

1970 Season

Amateur Draft
1.1 Earlie Thomas, CB, San Francisco
1.2 Duane Thomas, RB, Baltimore
1.3 Terry Bradshaw, QB, Cleveland

The league is left wondering what Baltimore was thinking, leaving Bradshaw on the table when they are relying on Norm Snead. San Fran meanwhile has John Brodie, who leads the league this season in QB rating and yards.

Bart Starr retires before this season, ten years of play leaving him at the top of the record books and with four rings.

Staubach still can't get it right, losing in the divisional round to Detroit, but at least a 12-4 season was nice. It's a whole new set of faces in the conference championships this year, and the two visitors win over San Fran and Cincinnati.

Super Bowl XI
Detroit Lions 17, Houston Oilers 7
Super Bowl MVP Coy Bacon, DE, Detroit

It's Bob Griese vs. Mike Taliaferro in the big game, but it's Detroit's defense and Coy Bacon's 2.5 sacks and 5 hurries that win the game.

MVP, OPotY Fran Tarkenton, QB, Cincinnati
DPotY Dwight Lewis, LB, Kansas City
ORotY Duane Thomas, RB, Baltimore
DRotY Jack Reynolds, LB, Washington

Our First Hall of Fame Member
Jim Brown

His career was a short one, seven seasons of brilliance running for the Cleveland Browns. He only had one sub-1000 yard season in those years, in 1965 when he only played 10 games due to injuries. Setting the league record with 2,069 yards in 1962, and 17 TDs, he averaged 1,680 yards per season where he was healthy. First team running back three times, Jim won the offensive player of the year and MVP in 1961. Brown won one championship ring, in 1962.

04-24-2010, 11:10 PM	#2
Autumn Head Coach Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bath, ME	The 1960s The first decade of the NFL is over and it's time for a look back. Passing Yardage 1 Sonny Jurgensen 2 Bart Starr 3 Johnny Unitas 4 Charley Johnson 5 Len Dawson 6 Don Meredith 7 Fran Tarkenton 8 Jack Kemp 9 Frank Ryan 10 Billy Kilmer Of some note is that Fran, Ryan and Kilmer have all played about a season less than the rest. Passing TDs 1 Bart Starr 2 Johnny Unitas 3 Charley Johnson 4 Sonny Jurgensen 5 Len Dawson 6 Frank Ryan 7 Don Meredith 8 Jack Kemp 9 Fran Tarkenton 10 John Roach Of note here is that there's a huge difference from 1 to 10, with Starr having almost twice as many TDs (277) than Roach (144) QB Rating 1 Bart Starr 2 Johnny Unitas 3 John Roach 4 Charley Johnson 5 Len Dawson 6 Frank Ryan 7 George Blanda 8 Al Dorow 9 Bob Griese 10 Mike Taliaferro Unitas is the only one retired on the first two lists, so the numbers keep piling up there. However, Blanda and Dorow are retired also on this list. Rushing Yards 1 Paul Hornung 2 Paul Lowe 3 Clem Daniels 4 Jim Brown 5 John David Crow 6 Amos Marsh 7 Craig McGarigle 8 Timmy Brown 9 Lenny Moore 10 Dick Bass Mimicking real life, Jim Brown retired after 7 seasons of play y et still remains at #4, meaning he averaged 1,570 yards a season. Crow, Timmy Brown and Moore are also retired. Rushing TDs 1 John David Crow 2 Paul Hornung 3 Jim Brown 3 Lenny Moore 5 Timmy Brown 6 Clem Daniels 7 Paul Lowe 8 Tom Watkins 9 Dick Bass 10 Craig McGarigle Crow had a startling 11 per season to reach the top in only 8 seasons. Hornung is at 86 and so likely to take the top spot in both lists this season. No young superstars shooting up the lists here yet, but Simpson's rookie splash looks promising. REceiving Yards 1 Lionel Taylor 2 Johnny Morris 3 Bobby Mitchell 4 Carroll DAle 5 Raymond Berry 6 Charley Hennigan 7 Sonny Randle 8 Tommy McDonald 9 Bobby Joe Conrad 10 Gail Cogdill Berry retired after 7 seasons, meaning he averaged over 1,500 a season in his day. Receiving TDs 1 Lionel Taylor 2 Raymond Berry 3 Charley Hennigan 4 Carroll DAle 5 Bobby Mitchell 6 Sonny Randle 7 Boyd Dowler 8 Johnny Morris 9 Tommy mcDonald 10 Buddy Dial Taylor is running away with this. But Berry's 83 touchdowns in 7 seasons is impressive indeed. Tackles 1 Goose Gonsoulin 2 Dave Baker 3 Chuck Allen 4 Nick Buoniconti 5 Larry Wilson 6 Willie Wood 7 Johnny Robinson 8 Jerry Tubbs 9 Larry Grantham 10 sherrill Headrick Buoniconti is at #4 despite playing two less seasons than the rest. Grantham is the only OLB to make the list, and deserves extra mention for coming in #11 in sacks as well. Sacks 1 Don Floyd 2 Jim Katcavage 3 Lamar Lundy 4 Mel Branch 5 Doug Atkins 6 Deacon Jones 7 Andy STynchula 8 Floyd Peters 9 Mack Yoho 10 Dan Currie Notable is the fact that Katcavage, Lundy, Atkins and Currie are all reired. Atkins makes #5 despite playing only 5 seasons, racking up 66 sacks in that time. Floyd however is running away with this with 114.5 and counting. Interceptions 1 Goose Gonsoulin 2 Eddie Meador 3 Dave Webster 4 Fred Williamson 5 Dick LeBeau 6 Erich Barnes 7 Dave Baker 8 Willie Wood 9 Tony Banfield 10 Linden Crow Goose shows why he's won all those defensive player of the year awards, coming in first in tackles and in interceptions. He's also got the highest all time pass defense rating, and leads the league in career forced fumbles. Sadly Night Train Lane only played 5 seasons, but is currently at #3 in pass defense all time. Key Run Blocks 1 Ken Gray 2 Ron Mix 3 Bruce Bosley 4 Jim Otto 5 Bob Schmidt 6 Dick Schafrath 7 John Gordy 8 Dan McGrew 9 Jim Ringo 10 Eldon Danehauer Ken Gray has also racked up 109 pancakes in ten years, 30 more than the next guy. Single Season Records of note QB Rating - Johnny Unitas - 1960 - 123.7 Passing Yards - Bart Starr - 1964 - 4,762 Passing TDs - Bart Starr - 1967 - 40 Rushing Yards - Jim Brown - 1962 - 2,069 Rushing TDs - Jim Brown -1962 - 17 Receptions - Raymond Berry - 1960 - 144 Receiving Yards - Raymond Berry - 1960 - 2,153 Receiving TDs - Charley Hennigan - 1966 - 19 Interceptions - Dave Webster - 1965 - 11 Tackles - Nick Buonconti - 1963 - 143 Sacks - Jim Katcavage - 1961 - 20 (shared with Don Floyd, 1969) Key Run Blocks - Ken Gray - 1964 - 59 Passes Defended - Night Train Lane - 1960 - 31 Single Game Records of Note Passing Yards - Johnny Unitas - 1962 - 462 Passing TDs - John Roach - 1965 - 6 Rushign Yards - Paul Hornung - 1963 - 249 Receiving Yards - Raymond Berry - 1960 - 282 SAcks - Jim Katcavage - 1961 - 5.0 MVP Awards 4 - Bart Starr 3 - Johnny Unitas Defensive Player of the Year Awards 6 - Goose Gonsoulin, S, Broncos (and he won Defensive Rookie another one of those years) Super Bowl Appearances 4- Green Bay Packers 4- Indianapolis Colts 3- Cleveland Browns 3- Denver Broncos 3- Arizona Cardinals Super Bowl Wins 3 - Green Bay Packers 2 - Indianapolis Colts

04-24-2010, 11:13 PM	#3
Autumn Head Coach Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bath, ME	1970 Season Amateur Draft 1.1 Earlie Thomas, CB, San Francisco 1.2 Duane Thomas, RB, Baltimore 1.3 Terry Bradshaw, QB, Cleveland The league is left wondering what Baltimore was thinking, leaving Bradshaw on the table when they are relying on Norm Snead. San Fran meanwhile has John Brodie, who leads the league this season in QB rating and yards. Bart Starr retires before this season, ten years of play leaving him at the top of the record books and with four rings. Staubach still can't get it right, losing in the divisional round to Detroit, but at least a 12-4 season was nice. It's a whole new set of faces in the conference championships this year, and the two visitors win over San Fran and Cincinnati. Super Bowl XI Detroit Lions 17, Houston Oilers 7 Super Bowl MVP Coy Bacon, DE, Detroit It's Bob Griese vs. Mike Taliaferro in the big game, but it's Detroit's defense and Coy Bacon's 2.5 sacks and 5 hurries that win the game. MVP, OPotY Fran Tarkenton, QB, Cincinnati DPotY Dwight Lewis, LB, Kansas City ORotY Duane Thomas, RB, Baltimore DRotY Jack Reynolds, LB, Washington Our First Hall of Fame Member Jim Brown His career was a short one, seven seasons of brilliance running for the Cleveland Browns. He only had one sub-1000 yard season in those years, in 1965 when he only played 10 games due to injuries. Setting the league record with 2,069 yards in 1962, and 17 TDs, he averaged 1,680 yards per season where he was healthy. First team running back three times, Jim won the offensive player of the year and MVP in 1961. Brown won one championship ring, in 1962.

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