Keeping XOR's NFL Challenge Alive with Something Really Nice!

[stratonapba]

Current NFL Seasons being avaliable in this Main File for an Upcoming Remaster for NFL Challenge are: 1960, 1966-Present
Also: 1974-1975 WFL, 1983-1985 USFL
Planning to add in the Future: All NFL Europa Seasons along with the Early 90's WLAF

Current College Football Seasons avaliable for an Upcoming Remaster for NFL Challenge Are: 2004-2014, 2017-2020
Planning to add: 2016 and 2021 Top 32 Teams

# of College Football Teams in Order By Year
1946-1959: 11
1960-1969: 63
1970-1974: 36
1975-1979: 79
1980-1984: 178
1985-1989: 116
1990-1994: 65
1995-1999: 55
2000-2003: 15
Generic Teams: 40
Planning to Add: Some 2015 Teams plus plus a lot more Classic College Football Teams and maybe we will seperate the Folders by Year and Rename 'em.

So If You Want to Contribute a College Football Season from the Past to NFL Challenge, Please Submit Your File Here so We Could Make It to the Wayback Machine real soon!

[zonecadet]

Hey man, are you re-coding this game? If so, you gotta 'fix' a few of the bugs. QB runs currently only as a result of pass rush and limited to 20yds. No spread offensive formation. Too many FG attempts. Too many plays run in average game. Let me know if I can help at all, not that I can code. I also have 1995 WLAF teams I did. Not sure if I've shared them to anyone in the past.

[stratonapba]

Quote: Originally Posted by zonecadet

Hey man, are you re-coding this game? If so, you gotta 'fix' a few of the bugs. QB runs currently only as a result of pass rush and limited to 20yds. No spread offensive formation. Too many FG attempts. Too many plays run in average game. Let me know if I can help at all, not that I can code. I also have 1995 WLAF teams I did. Not sure if I've shared them to anyone in the past.

Well, I Hope Somebody Else Can Recode the Game but they can load up the teams with more than 8 letters in the league file for those who wanted to play it outside of DOS (or DOSBOX or Similar MS-DOS Emulator)

So If This Happens we could see More Pass Rushes and Over 20 Yard QB Runs plus the Shotgun/Spread Offensive Formation and Possibly College Style Offensive Formations will make an appearance on the PC.

[stratonapba]

And So I Made It Official, The 2023 NFL Challenge Edition is now available to the Public at the Wayback Machine, Because It's a Beta Version but the Next Update will have the 2023 Post-NFL Draft Roster File as well as More College Teams

Here's The Link if you want to Download and give it a go: And So I Made It Official, The 2023 NFL Challenge Edition is now available to the Public at the Wayback Machine, Because It's a Beta Version but the Next Update will have the 2023 Post-NFL Draft Roster File as well as More College Teams

Here's The Link if you want to Download and give it a go: https://archive.org/details/nfl-challenge-2023-edition

[stratonapba]

This Just In: I've Made the First Update for the 2023 Edition of NFL Challenge with some more College Football Teams from the past as well as the Final 4 Teams in the 2022 College Football Playoff, More To Come as I'm going to Upload Version 2.

Here's The Download Link: https://archive.org/details/nfl-chal...edition_202305

[zonecadet]

Let's see if this posts in a readable format. I am nearing the end of my 1968 AFL sim using XOR's NFL Challenge text-based PC game from the 80s.
Here's game 1, Week 1.

Chargers 4 turnovers and poor 3rd down percentage restrict
potent offense while Bengals' Paul Robinson has huge game in
very low scoring affair.

Results from Game 1
----------------1----2----3----4----Total---
Bengals 0 7 0 0 7
Chargers 0 6 0 0 6
--------------------------------------------
14:36 2nd - San Diego - Partee 33 FG
8:51 2nd - San Diego - Partee 41 FG
4:07 2nd - Cincinnati - Robinson 14 run (PAT Livingston)

Team Chargers Bengals
First Downs 24 20
Run-Pass-Pen 11 - 12 - 1 12 - 7 - 1
3rd Down Conv 4 - 12 - 33.3% 5 - 12 - 41.7%
4th Down Conv 0 - 0 - 0.0% 0 - 0 - 0.0%
Time of poss 30:58 29:02
Total Net Yards 436 355
Plays - Avg 69 - 6.3 67 - 5.3
Net Yards Rush 186 238
R Plays - Avg 34 - 5.5 44 - 5.4
Net Yards Pass 250 117
Att-Comp-Int 33 - 18 - 2 22 - 9 - 2
Average Pass 7.1 5.1
Sacks - Yards 2 - 9 1 - 7
Punts - Avg 4 - 45.3 7 - 38.4
Return Yards 87 52
Penalty - Yards 10 - 85 5 - 43
Fumbles - Lost 3 - 2 1 - 1
Fumbles - Chargers: Hadl 1-0, Post 1-1, Alworth 1-1
- Bengals: Robinson 1-1,

Individual Statistical Results
Chargers - Rushers
No. Pos Att Yds Avg Lg TD
22 HB 20 114 5.7 26 0 Dickie Post
37 FB 12 67 5.6 12 0 Gene Foster
21 QB 2 5 2.5 5 0 John Hadl
--- --- ---- --
34 186 5.5 0
Bengals - Rushers
No. Pos Att Yds Avg Lg TD
18 HB 30 188 6.3 19 1 Paul Robinson
45 FB 11 48 4.4 21 0 Tommie Smiley
16 QB 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 Dewey Warren
38 (HB) 1 4 4.0 4 0 Estes Banks
--- --- ---- --
44 238 5.4 1
Chargers - Passing
No. Pos Att Cmp Pct Yds TD Int Lg
21 QB 33 18 54.5 259 0 2 25 John Hadl (QBR 54.😎
--- --- --- -- --
33 18 259 0 2
Bengals - Passing
No. Pos Att Cmp Pct Yds TD Int Lg
16 QB 22 9 40.9 124 0 2 30 Dewey Warren (QBR 21.😎
--- --- --- -- --
22 9 124 0 2
Chargers - Receivers
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
27 SE 7 104 14.9 21 0 Gary Garrison
19 FL 6 92 15.3 25 0 Lance Alworth
22 HB 2 28 14.0 19 0 Dickie Post
83 TE3 1 17 17.0 17 0 Willie Frazier
38 TE1 1 10 10.0 10 0 Jacque MacKinnon
37 FB 1 8 8.0 8 0 Gene Foster
--- --- ---- --
18 259 14.4 0
Bengals - Receivers
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
42 SE 3 63 21.0 30 0 Warren McVea
23 FL 3 34 11.3 18 0 Rod Sherman
84 TE1 1 14 14.0 14 0 Bob Trumpy
34 TE2 1 7 7.0 7 0 Ken Herock
45 FB 1 6 6.0 6 0 Tommie Smiley
--- --- ---- --
9 124 13.8 0
Chargers - Interceptions
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
33 SS 1 11 11.0 11 0 Kenny Graham
45 RCB 1 0 0.0 0 0 Speedy Duncan
--- --- ---- --
2 11 5.5 0
Bengals - Interceptions
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
30 SS 2 3 1.5 3 0 Jess Phillips
--- --- ---- --
2 3 1.5 0
Chargers - Sacks
No. Pos Cnt
82 RDE 1 for 7 Steve DeLong
---
1 for 7 yards
Bengals - Sacks
No. Pos Cnt
83 RDT 1 for 3 Bill Staley
76 LDE 1 for 6 Jim Griffin
---
2 for 9 yards
Chargers - Punt returns
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg FC TD
45 DB 4 43 10.8 16 0 0 Speedy Duncan
Bengals - Punt returns
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg FC TD
19 RB 2 8 4.0 6 0 0 Essex Johnson
Chargers - Punting Dennis Partee
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TB 20 Blk
42 P 4 181 45.3 50 1 2 0
Punts: 45R, 50TB, 44cc(20) / 42cc(20)
Bengals - Punting Dale Livingston
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TB 20 Blk
11 P 7 269 38.4 51 1 1 0
Punts: 38R, 30cc(20), 51R, 28oob / 34cc(TB), 48R, 40R,
Chargers - Kickoff returns
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
45 DB 2 33 16.5 20 0 Speedy Duncan
Bengals - Kickoff returns
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
42 WR 3 41 13.7 19 0 Warren McVea
Chargers - Kicking
No. Pos Ep-att Fg-att Lg
28 K 0/0 2/4 41 Dennis Partee (40WR,33,41,40WR)
Bengals - Kicking
No. Pos Ep-att Fg-att Lg
11 K 1/1 0/0 0 Dale Livingston ( )

INJURIES - 19 Alworth FL (SD) - 49 (1st) 1-5
32 Alison TE2 (SD) - 42 (1st) Game
18 Robinson HB (CIN) - 38 (1st) 1-5
55 Buncom ROLB (CIN) - 56 (1st) Game
27 Garrison SE (SD) - 49 (2nd) 6-10
40 Beauchamp FS (SD) - 36 (2nd) Half (seconds to go!)
70 Appleton RDT (SD) - 86 (3rd) Half
81 Staggs LOLB (SD) - 61 (4th) 1-5
37 Scott (CIN) - 48 (4th) 1-5
72 Kirner LG (SD) - 71 (4th) Half (with 5:29 to go)

[zonecadet]

1968 AFL -

Week 1, Game 2.

Patriots dominate with passing and defense and overcome six
turnovers. Somehow!

Trailing 16-17 after three quarters, Boston's QB Taliaferro
(15 of 39 3 INTs) made way for Tom Sherman (8 of 9, 91yds,
1TD), who led the team to three scoring drives to seal the deal.


Results from Game 2

----------------1----2----3----4----Total---
Patriots 10 3 3 17 33
Bills 7 3 7 0 17
--------------------------------------------

12:36 1st - Buffalo - Moses 5 pass from Darragh (PAT Alford)
8:11 1st - Boston - Mitchell 103 interception return (PAT Cappelletti)
0:20 1st - Boston - Cappelletti 34 FG
5:23 2nd - Boston - Cappelletti 29 FG
0:06 2nd - Buffalo - Alford 17 FG
6:54 3rd - Boston - Cappeletti 47 FG
0:43 3rd - Buffalo - Costa 23 pass from Rutkowski (PAT Alford)
7:32 4th - Boston - Nance 1 run (PAT Cappelletti)
2:08 4th - Boston - Cappelletti 38 FG
1:55 4th - Boston - Whalen 10 pass from Sherman (PAT Cappelletti)

Team Bills Patriots

First Downs 18 21
Run-Pass-Pen 9 - 9 - 0 4 - 16 - 1
3rd Down Conv 8 - 20 - 40.0% 10 - 20 - 50.0%
4th Down Conv 0 - 0 - 0.0% 0 - 0 - 0.0%
Time of poss 27:01 32:59

Total Net Yards 269 392
Plays - Avg 76 - 3.5 82 - 4.8
Net Yards Rush 133 119
R Plays - Avg 35 - 3.8 32 - 3.7
Net Yards Pass 136 273
Att-Comp-Int 37 - 14 - 2 48 - 23 - 3
Average Pass 3.3 5.5
Sacks - Yards 4 - 22 2 - 14

Punts - Avg 11 - 40.4 4 - 45.8
Return Yards 153 197
Penalty - Yards 4 - 35 8 - 70
Fumbles - Lost 3 - 1 5 - 3
Fumbles - Bills: Anderson 1-0, Brown 1-1,
- Patriots: Colclough 1-1, Porter 1-1, Taliaferro 1-0,
Nance 1-0, Thomas 1-1,

Bills' Onside Kick after FG end of 2nd Qtr failed
QB Sherman recovered a fumble on KR coverage!


Individual Statistical Results

Bills - Rushers
No. Pos Att Yds Avg Lg TD
22 HB 14 62 4.4 24 0 Max Anderson
36 FB 13 42 3.2 12 0 Bob Cappadona
33 (HB) 7 19 2.7 6 0 Ben Gregory
40 QB 1 10 10.0 10 0 Ed Rutkowski
--- --- ---- --
35 133 3.8 0

Patriots - Rushers
No. Pos Att Yds Avg Lg TD
22 (HB) 10 27 2.7 6 0 Gene Thomas
13 HB 8 25 3.1 7 0 R.C. Gamble
35 FB 7 15 2.1 5 1 Jim Nance
17 QB1 4 54 13.5 20 0 Mike Taliaferro
14 QB2 3 -2 -0.7 0 0 Tom Sherman
--- --- ---- --
32 119 3.7 1

Bills - Passing
No. Pos Att Cmp Pct Yds TD Int Lg
10 QB1 33 13 39.4 135 1 2 25 Dan Darragh (2-22)
40 QB2 4 1 25.0 23 1 0 23t Ed Rutkowski (none)
--- --- --- -- --
37 14 37.8 158 2 2

Patriots - Passing
No. Pos Att Cmp Pct Yds TD Int Lg
17 QB1 39 15 38.5 196 0 3 26 Mike Taliaferro (2-14)
14 QB2 9 8 88.9 91 1 0 19 Tom Sherman
--- --- --- -- --
48 23 47.9 287 1 3

Bills - Receivers
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
25 FL 7 52 7.4 13 1 Haven Moses
28 SE 3 40 13.3 17 0 Richard Trapp
82 TE1 2 33 16.5 23t 1 Paul Costa
83 (SE) 1 25 25.0 25 0 Bobby Crockett
36 FB 1 8 8.0 8 0 Bob Cappadona
--- --- ---- --
14 158 11.3 2

Patriots - Receivers
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
82 TE1 4 77 19.3 26 1 Jim Whalen
21 (SE) 4 53 13.3 19 0 Gino Cappelletti
84 SE 4 49 12.3 19 0 Art Graham
29 FL 4 30 7.5 18 0 Aaron Marsh
13 HB 3 24 8.0 11 0 R.C. Gamble
81 TE3 2 40 20.0 20 0 Jim Colclough
35 FB 1 9 9.0 9 0 Jim Nance
86 WR3 1 5 5.0 5 0 Bob Scarpitto
--- --- ---- --
23 287 12.5 1

Bills - Interceptions
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
42 RCB 2 5 2.5 5 0 Butch Byrd
24 LCB 1 4 4.0 4 0 Booker Edgerson
--- --- ---- --
3 9 3.0 0

Patriots - Interceptions
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
41 LCB 2 112 56.0 103t 1 Leroy Mitchell
--- --- ---- --
2 112 56.0 1

Bills - Sacks
No. Pos Cnt
72 LDE 1 for 8 Ron McDole
59 LOLB 1 for 6 Paul Guidry
---
2 for 14 yards

Patriots - Sacks
No. Pos Cnt
78 LDE 1 for 7 Dennis Byrd
79 LDT 1 for 5 Jim Hunt
52 LOLB 1 for 7 Ed Philpott
65 RDT 1 for 3 Houston Antwine
---
4 for 22 yards

Bills - Punt returns
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg FC TD
45 DB 3 22 7.3 13 1 0 Hagood Clarke

Patriots - Punt returns
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg FC TD
27 DB 5 26 5.2 10 1 0 Willie Porter

Bills - Punting Paul Maguire
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TB 20 Blk
11 P 11 444 40.4 56 1 2 0
Punts: 56TB, 46cc(20), 36cc(20), 28FC, 56NR /
26cc(FC fumble), 34ccFC, 38R, 32R, 39R, 53R

Patriots - Punting Bob Scarpitto
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TB 20 Blk
11 P 4 183 45.8 51 0 0 0
Punts: 51R, 47R / 43R, 42FC,

Bills - Kickoff returns
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
23 RB 4 66 16.5 28 0 Charlie Brown
22 RB 3 56 18.7 27 0 Max Anderson

Patriots - Kickoff returns
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
27 DB 3 59 19.7 25 0 Willie Porter

Bills - Kicking
No. Pos Ep-att Fg-att Lg
46 K 2/2 1/2 17 Bruce Alford (17,29WL)

Patriots - Kicking
No. Pos Ep-att Fg-att Lg
20 K 3/3 4/4 47 Gino Cappelletti (34,29,47,38)

INJURIES - 65 Antwine RDT (BOS) - 70 (1st) 1-5
22 Anderson HB (BUF) - 33 (2nd) GAME
79 Hunt LDT (BOS) - 70 (2nd) 1-5

13 Gamble HB (BOS) - 22 (3rd) 6-10
84 Graham SE (BOS) - 21 (3rd) GAME
28 Trapp SE (BUF) - 83 (3rd) GAME
10 Darragh QB (BUF) - 40 (3rd) 6-10
17 Taliaferro QB (BOS) - 14 (4th) HALF

[zonecadet]

AFL 1968 -

Week 1, Game 3

Chiefs give league a hint of their firepower in a game they
cruised through before easing up in the 4th quarter.

Chiefs Intercepted in end zone 1st qtr leading 7-0
And in the 3rd leading 24-3 !

Oilers lose QB Trull before he even throws a pass!


Results from Game 3

----------------1----2----3----4----Total---
Chiefs 7 10 7 0 24
Oilers 0 3 0 10 13
--------------------------------------------

10:05 1st - Kansas City - Taylor 19 pass from Dawson (PAT Stenerud)
12:52 2nd - Houston - Walker 19 FG
1:35 2nd - Kansas City - Stenerud 19 FG
0:07 2nd - Kansas City - Pitts 2 pass from Dawson (PAT Stenerud)
4:13 3rd - Kansas City - Holmes 2 run (PAT Stenerud)
14:57 4th - Houston - Walker 40 FG
10:30 4th - Houston - Houston 58 interception return (PAT Walker)

Team Oilers Chiefs

First Downs 8 25
Run-Pass-Pen 1 - 6 - 1 11 - 13 - 1
3rd Down Conv 1 - 10 - 10.0% 8 - 14 - 57.1%
4th Down Conv 0 - 0 - 0.0% 0 - 0 - 0.0%
Time of poss 21:13 38:47

Total Net Yards 173 441
Plays - Avg 48 - 3.6 78 - 5.7
Net Yards Rush 71 189
R Plays - Avg 28 - 2.5 48 - 3.9
Net Yards Pass 102 252
Att-Comp-Int 17 - 7 - 2 29 - 16 - 4
Average Pass 5.1 8.4
Sacks - Yards 3 - 19 1 - 6

Punts - Avg 6 - 37.8 4 - 37.0
Return Yards 178 130
Penalty - Yards 1 - 6 7 - 53
Fumbles - Lost 2 - 1 3 - 0
Fumbles - Oilers: Campbell 2-1,
- Chiefs: Smith 1-0, Dawson 1-0, Garrett 1-0

Individual Statistical Results

Oilers - Rushers
No. Pos Att Yds Avg Lg TD
35 HB 20 45 2.3 8 0 Woody Campbell
32 FB 8 26 3.3 16 0 Hoyle Granger
--- --- ---- --
28 71 2.5 0

Chiefs - Rushers
No. Pos Att Yds Avg Lg TD
21 HB 28 114 4.1 18 0 Mike Garrett
45 FB 16 71 4.4 10 1 Robert Holmes
16 QB 3 4 1.3 6 0 Len Dawson
38 (FB) 1 0 0.0 0 0 Wendell Hayes
--- --- ---- --
48 189 3.9 1

Oilers - Passing
No. Pos Att Cmp Pct Yds TD Int Lg
10 QB 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Don Trull
11 QB 17 7 41.2 121 0 2 24 Pete Beathard
--- --- --- -- --
17 7 121 0 2

Chiefs - Passing
No. Pos Att Cmp Pct Yds TD Int Lg
16 QB 29 16 55.2 258 2 4 39 Len Dawson
--- --- --- -- --
29 16 258 2 4

Oilers - Receivers
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
81 SE 3 50 16.7 17 0 Jim Beirne
86 FL 2 27 13.5 24 0 Mac Haik
89 TE1 1 23 23.0 23 0 Alvin Reed
32 FB 1 21 21.0 21 0 Hoyle Granger
--- --- ---- --
7 121 17.3 0

Chiefs - Receivers
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
89 FL 6 91 15.2 20 1 Otis Taylor
30 SE 3 81 27.0 39 0 Gloster Richardson
84 TE1 3 55 18.3 29 0 Fred Arbanas
21 HB 2 19 9.5 11 0 Mike Garrett
45 FB 1 10 10.0 10 0 Robert Holmes
25 TE3 1 2 2.0 2 1 Frank Pitts
--- --- ---- --
16 258 16.1 2

Oilers - Interceptions
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
29 SS 1 58 58.0 58t 1 Ken Houston
56 ROLB 1 12 12.0 12 0 Olen Underwood
20 LCB 1 0 0.0 0 0 Miller Farr
41 RCB 1 0 0.0 0 0 Larry Carwell
--- --- ---- --
4 70 17.5 1

Chiefs - Interceptions
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
18 LCB 2 22 11.0 12 0 Emmitt Thomas
--- --- ---- --
2 22 11.0 0

Oilers - Sacks
No. Pos Cnt
56 ROLB 1 for 6 yards Olen Underwood
---
1 for 6 yards

Chiefs - Sacks
No. Pos Cnt
51 ROLB 2 for 13 Jim Lynch
82 LDT 1 for 6 Ed Lothamer
---
3 for 19 yards

Oilers - Punt returns
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg FC TD
41 DB 2 26 13.0 22 0 0 Larry Carwell

Chiefs - Punt returns
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg FC TD
1 WR 4 44 11.0 15 1 0 Noland Smith

Oilers - Punting Jim Norton
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TB 20 Blk
44 P 6 227 37.8 49 0 1 0
Punts: 35R, 31ccFC, 36R / 34R, 42(20), 49R

Chiefs - Punting Jerrel Wilson
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TB 20 Blk
44 P 4 148 37.0 51 0 1 0
Punts: 27cc(20), 51R / 37oob, 33ccR,

Oilers - Kickoff returns
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
22 DB 5 82 16.4 27 0 Zeke Moore

Chiefs - Kickoff returns
No. Pos Cnt Yds Avg Lg TD
1 WR 4 64 16.0 24 0 Noland Smith

Oilers - Kicking
No. Pos Ep-att Fg-att Lg
15 K 1/1 2/2 40 Wayne Walker (19, 40)

Chiefs - Kicking
No. Pos Ep-att Fg-att Lg
3 K 3/3 1/1 18 Jan Stenerud (18)

INJURIES - 86 Buchanan RDT (KC) - 99 (1st) GAME
10 Trull QB (HOU) - 11 (1st) GAME
73 Hill RT (KC) - 64 (1st) 6-10
45 Holmes FB (KC) - 38 (1st) 1-5
56 Underwood ROLB (HOU) - 51 (1st) HALF

59 Domres ST (HOU) 1-5 (3rd)
29 Houston SS (HOU) - 22 (4th) 1-5