Baltimore safety Ed Reed not only holds the record for the longest interception return (107 yards in 2008), but also the second longest interception return (106 yards in 2004).
Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics, managed by Connie Mack, and the Philadelphia Phillies formed professional football teams in 1902, joining the Pittsburgh Stars in the first attempt at a pro football league, named the National Football League. The Athletics won the first night football game ever played, 39-0 over the Kanaweola Athletic Club at Elmira, New York, November 21, 1902.
In 2003, Priest Holmes played a vital role in the Kansas City Chiefs 9-0 start and franchise best 13-3 season as he set a new NFL record with 27 touchdowns.
Moon became the first professional QB to pass for 5,000 yards in a season by reaching exactly 5,000 yards in 1982 while playing for the Edmonton Eskimos. In his final CFL season (1983), Moon threw for a league record 5,648 yards and won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award.
Long saddled with a reputation as a coach who couldn't win the big one, Tony Dungy shook that label when his Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 in Super Bowl XLI.
He has passed for over 5,000 yards in a season five times--no other NFL quarterback has done so more than once.
On Thanksgiving Day 1929, superstar running back Ernie Nevers scored all 40 points in the Cardinals' 40-6 victory over the Chicago Bears -- an NFL record that still stands today.
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