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var text1="With his team short of receivers during the 1996 season, which All-Pro cornerback lined up at wide receiver to become the first player since 1960 to start the same game on offense and defense ?"
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if (bannum==3)
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var text1="This QB from Georgia had such an original style of running for his life when the pocket collasped that writers of his time created a new term to describe it; 'scrambling'. By the time he retired in 1978, he had rushed for 3,674 yards, not to mention he is also amoung the top 5 career passing leaders in yards and touchdowns."
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if (bannum==4)
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var text1="Who holds the record for most career receptions by a tight end? In 13 years with the Browns he caught 662 passes and reached his high point in 1983 and ’84 with 89 each year."
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if (bannum==5)
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var text1="The first choice in the 1967 draft, this defensive end from Michigan State starred with the Colts until a knee curtailed his effectiveness. After hanging up his cleats, he turned to acting, and though he’ll never win any awards, he has achieved some success in movies such as Police Academy and its sequels."
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if (bannum==6)
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var text1="What coach, winner of three Super Bowls, left football behind to concentrate on his new role as the owner of a successful racing team on the NASCAR circuit?"
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if (bannum==7)
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var text1="In a 9-year period beginning in 1969, this franchise reached the AFL or AFC championship game 7 times. Advancing to the Super Bowl only twice during this stretch, the team won one and lost one. What team are we talking about?"
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if (bannum==8)
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var text1="Over an 18-year stretch beginning in 1966, this team won at least 10 games in all but three seasons, going 9-5 in 1967, 806 in 1974, and 6-3 in the strike year of 1982. In 12 of those seasons the team reached the NFL or NFC championship game, and in five trips to the Super Bowl it won twice. Can you name the team and its Hall of Fame coach?"
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if (bannum==9)
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var text1="The Bears struck gold in the first round of the 1965 draft. Having stockpiled three No. 1 picks, they used two of them to select future Hall of Famers who are considered among the best ever at running back and linebacker, respectively, though in both cases their careers were shortened by knee injuries. Who are these two all-time greats?"
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if (bannum==10)
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var text1="Just a few years ago this team used its first pick, the third overall, to take a star quarterback from Tennessee who eventually signed a multimillion-dollar contract. In the seventh and final round, the same team picked a Tulsa quarterback who signed for the league minimum. By the end of their second season, though, the obscure seventh-round pick was firmly ensconced as the team’s starter. Who are these two signal callers, and what team drafted them?"
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if (bannum==11)
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var text1="These two brothers both broke into the NFL in 1993. The elder had spent two years in Canada after leaving Notre Dame and is currently a member of the Cowboys. The younger, a Syracuse alumnus, spent the first four years of his career with the Vikings. They’re both wide receivers and kickoff returners. Can you name them?"
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if (bannum==12)
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var text1="The highest-scoring brother act in NFL history, these two kickers from Penn State each topped 1,000 points. The elder played on two Super Bowl winners with the Raiders; the younger earned championship rings with the Steelers and Giants and is one of the few players to top 100 points in playoff games."
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if (bannum==13)
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var text1="Born 13 years apart, both of these brothers enjoyed successful NFL careers. The elder rushed for 5,453 yards with the Patriots from 1973 through 1982. His little brother, a quarterback, is less than 1,000 yards short of that rushing total and has also passed for more than 23,000 yards and 150 touchdowns."
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if (bannum==14)
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var text1="In January 1973 his dad was the quarterback who led the Dolphins to victory in Super Bowl VII; 25 years later, this quarterback threw three TD passes to lead Michigan to victory in the Rose Bowl. Can you name this player and his Hall of Fame father?"
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if (bannum==15)
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var text1="With 44 seconds remaining in a 1975 playoff game, Roger Staubach connected on a 50-yard touchdown pass that gave the Cowboys a 17-14 victory over the Vikings. It came to be know as the 'Hail Mary' play, but the Vikings thought it was less the result of divine intervention than a case of offensive interference by the Cowboys receiver. Who was the Dallas star who may have benefitted from an official’s non-call?"
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if (bannum==16)
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var text1="The first pick in 1990 draft, this quarterback finally showed signs of living up to his potential in 1995 with the Falcons, throwing for 4,143 yards. But he was summarily dropped for insubordination early in the next season after a much-replayed sideline tantrum directed at his coach. Who are we talking about?"
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if (bannum==17)
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var text1="At a banquet early in 1985, a somewhat drunken Redskins running back made headlines when he repeatedly advised Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to 'Loosen up, Sandy baby; you’re too tight.' Who was this famous running back who probably wasn’t allowed to drive himself home that night?"
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if (bannum==18)
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var text1="One contender for the title of dullest postseason game ever was an NFC divisional playoff game in 1970 that ended with the highly unusual score of 5-0. The winning team’s quarterback completed just 4 of 18 passes for 38 yards. What teams took part in this display of offensive firepower?"
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if (bannum==19)
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var text1="What celebrated special teams player, a seven-time Pro Bowler, ended his 13-year career on an embarrassing note when he was ejected in the first quarter of the 1997 finale for arguing a call with an official? (Replays, incidentally backed the official.)"
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if (bannum==20)
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var text1="In 1980, the San Diego Chargers became the first team to have three receivers with 1,000 yards or more. Can you name this trio that combined for 3,762 yards that year."
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if (bannum==21)
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var text1="In the three years of its existence, the United States Football League managed to sign each reigning Heisman Trophy winner- two running backs and a quarterback. Can you name them?"
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if (bannum==22)
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var text1="Since the NFL didn’t start counting sacks officially until 1982, this Jets defensive end probably lost at least 30 from his life-time total. The game’s best pass rusher at his peak in the early 1980’s, he amassed 41 sacks in 1983 and ’84 combined."
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if (bannum==23)
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var text1="What Hall of Fame tackle become the modern NFL’s first black head coach in 1989, the same year he was inducted into the Hall?"
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if (bannum==24)
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var text1="The 49ers earned their first trip to the Super Bowl by beating the Cowboys 28-27 in the NFC championship game in January 1982. What star receiver made a leaping catch of a pass from Joe Montana late in the fourth quarter for the winning score?"
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if (bannum==25)
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var text1="This 49ers running back scored a playoff-record five touchdowns, all by rushing, in a 44-3 rout of the Giants in January 1994. A Notre Dame product, he signed with the Seahawks after the 1997 season. Who is he?"
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if (bannum==26)
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var text1="This 42-year-old kicker and backup quarterback had an amazing stretch in 1970 during which he brought the Raiders from behind in the final minutes to win or tie five consecutive games. He was named AFC Player of the Year despite throwing only 55 passes and scoring only 84 points. Who is this geriatric wonder?"
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if (bannum==27)
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var text1="Trailing the Oilers 35-3 in the third quarter of a playoff game in 1993 the Bills, playing without starting quarterback Jim Kelly, staged the greatest comeback in NFL history and finally won in overtime, 41-38. Who was the Bills QB (who in college had led Maryland to an equally historic comeback victory over the Miami Hurricanes) that threw for 4 touchdowns that day?"
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if (bannum==28)
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var text1="Statistically speaking, this man had the two best seasons ever by a backup quarterback. In 1987 he threw 10 touchdown passes without an interception and had a passer rating of 120.8; just two years later he matched that rating by completing 69.6% of his throws for an average gain of 10.9 yards per pass."
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if (bannum==29)
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var text1="What Vikings receiver caught 10 passes for a playoff-record 227 yards in an upset victory over the 49ers following the 1987 season? He also carried once on a reverse, for 30 yards. A week earlier he had returned 6 punts for 143 yards, including an 84-yard touchdown, as the Viking routed the Saints in the wildcard game."
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if (bannum==30)
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var text1="When Bud Grant stepped down as the Vikings’ coach after an 8-8 season in 1983, he was replaced by a 38-year-old assistant whose aggressive style grated on players who were used to the laid-back Grant. The result was a disastrous 3-13 season, at the end of which Grant agreed to come back for one more year to right the sinking ship. Who was Minnesota’s ill-fated leader?"
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if (bannum==31)
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var text1="Who’s the only coach to win four Super Bowls? Who’s the only coach to take his team to the Super Bowl six times?"
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if (bannum==32)
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var text1="His teams never reached the Super Bowl, but during the 1970s he was known as perhaps the game’s most innovative offensive coach. He was the NFL’s Coach of the Year with the Cardinals in 1974, and he reached the AFC championship game twice in a row with the Chargers in the early ‘80s."
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if (bannum==33)
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var text1="Despite the fact that this team had averaged 70,000 fans per home game for years, the owner announced early one season that he was moving to a city that would build him a new stadium with public money. The team, considered a possible Super Bowl contender, collapsed after a 3-1 start and lost 10 of its last 12 games. What team and what owner are we talking about?"
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if (bannum==34)
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var text1="On December 20, 1980, in Miami, the Jets beat the Dolphins 24-17 in a Saturday afternoon game that closed out the season for both teams. It was an undistinguished game except for a unique TV experiment that was conducted that day by NBC. What was the experiment?"
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if (bannum==35)
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var text1="In his first 10 seasons, through 1992, this contemporary QB threw 158 TD passes and 157 interceptions. In the following five seasons, he threw for 120 TDs with only 59 interceptions while posting the five highest passer ratings of his career. Who is this surefire Hall of Famer?"
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if (bannum==36)
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var text1="Two NFL teams of the 1990s were names for real people- one a football man, the other a historical figure. Which teams are they?"
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if (bannum==37)
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var text1="After 1961 the shotgun formation vanished for more than a decade, until it was revived for use on third-and-long by one of the game’s most innovative coaches. Before long, most teams were using it on passing downs. What team made the shotgun part of the modern game, and who was its Hall of Fame coach?"
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if (bannum==38)
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var text1="This 1983 BYU All-American spent two undistinguished seasons in the USFL, two more frustrating years in Tampa Bay, then four more as backup to a surefire Hall of Famer. Finally getting a chance as a starter in 1981, he made the most of it, leading the NFL in passing six times in the next seven years."
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if (bannum==39)
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var text1="A first-round pick of the Rams in 1996, he broke in by catching 54 passes, 9 for TDs, and also returning two punts for scores. His sophomore year was a flop, though, as he failed to score even a single TD and he hasn’t done anything since. Who is this LSU alumnus?"
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if (bannum==40)
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var text1="The Rams’ first choice in the 1996 draft was released outright during the 1997 season, though he was their leading rusher. Apparently the Rams decided 3.5 yards per carry didn’t compensate for a list of off-the-field problems that went back to his college days at Nebraska. Although he was immediately signed by another NFL team, he was released again during training camp in 1998."
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if (bannum==41)
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var text1="Starting with the merger in 1970, four teams from each conference made it into the playoffs: three division winners and one wild card. What year was a second wild card added in each conference? When did each conference add a third wild-card team?"
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if (bannum==42)
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var text1="This linebacker played his whole career with the same team from 1981 thru 1992. He was a nine-time all-pro, a three-time selected as defensive Player of the Year, and an easy choice for the Hall of Fame as soon as he became eligible. (Hint: He isn’t Lawrence Taylor)"
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if (bannum==43)
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var text1="This all-pro receiver caught 94 passes for 18 touchdowns in 1994 but was forced to retire in the off-season for medical reasons. Still, he caught nearly 600 passes in a seven-year career."
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if (bannum==44)
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var text1="The NFC’s third-leading passer in 1993, he led his team to an 11-5 record but was released after the season, ostensibly because of his age (he had just turned 39). The team is still looking for someone to replace him."
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if (bannum==45)
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var text1="What great running back topped the 100-yard mark a record 14 times in 1997 - in consecutive games, no less?"
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if (bannum==46)
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var text1="The first NFL player to hit the century mark in receptions was this star who caught 106 passes in 1984. It was no fluke; he caught 834 others in his long career."
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if (bannum==47)
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var text1="In 1994 this Viking set a new standard for receivers by catching 122 passes, a total he matched in 1995. He joined the Vikes in 1990, after his first coach released him, saying, 'All he can do is catch touchdowns.' Who is this sure-handed star? And who was the coach who let him go?"
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if (bannum==48)
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var text1="The first running back to reach the century mark in receptions, this Cardinals standout caught 101 passes in 1995 and 99 more a year later. Who is this two-time Pro Bowl selection?"
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if (bannum==49)
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var text1="A Rose Bowl hero with the Washington Huskies, this QB started his professional career in Canada, leading the Edmonton Eskimos to five straight Grey Cup titles. Lured back to the States in a bidding war in 1984, he proved he’d belonged in the NFL all along, starring for more than a decade."
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if (bannum==50)
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var text1="After four seasons in the NFL spent mostly as a backup, this Heisman Trophy winner went north, where he became arguable the greatest QB in CFL history, lining his trophy case with Grey Cups and MVP awards. But he gave it all up in 1998 to try his luck again in the NFL."
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if (bannum==51)
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var text1="In 1989 this Raiders back rushed for 950 yards in the fall after racking up 32 home runs and 105 RBIs while pursuing his 'hobby' as a major league outfielder over the summer. But a serious hip injury suffered during an NFL playoff game derailed him in both sports after 1990."
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if (bannum==52)
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var text1="He quarterbacked the Chargers and the Bills to five championship game appearances in his nine-year career and played in seven AFL all-star games despite career totals of 114 TDs and 183 interceptions, the worst ration ever among QBs with more than 100 of either. Apparently he made up for that weakness with leadership, as more recently he has earned a seat in the House of Representatives, a Cabinet post, and a Vice Presidential nomination."
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if (bannum==53)
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var text1="A four-time all-pro with the Raiders, this former defensive end did a creditable job in a supporting role in a 1996 film called Broken Arrow. But an attempt to turn him into a leading man in the 1997 action file Fire Storm didn’t fare well with the critics or at the box office."
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if (bannum==54)
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var text1="He retired after the 1989 season as the NFL’s career receiving leader. A few years later he embarked on a new career as a member of the Oklahoma delegation in the House of Representatives."
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if (bannum==55)
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var text1="Who missed a 47-yard field goal with seconds to go in Super Bowl XXV that would have given the championship to Buffalo? Instead, the Giants escaped with a 20-19 win."
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if (bannum==56)
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var text1="In his first five years with the Browns he rushed for more than 2,500 yards and caught more than 200 passes, but he’s remembered in Cleveland for his fumble that cost the Browns a game-tying touchdown in the final minutes of the 1987 AFC championship game. Finally sent packing by the Browns, he bounced back to have a pair of 1,000-yard seasons with the Redskins."
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if (bannum==57)
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var text1="Drafted in the fourth round by the Dolphins in 1971, this Notre Dame QB signed with the Toronto Argonauts instead. After three years as a CFL standout he signed with the NFL in 1974, though not with the Dolphins. Less than a decade later, he was the QB of a Super Bowl champion and the NFL’s MVP."
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if (bannum==58)
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var text1="Who caught Joe Montana’s pass in the end zone with just 34 seconds left in Super Bowl XXIII to give the 49ers a thrilling 20-16 victory over the Bengals?"
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if (bannum==59)
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var text1="Trailing the Browns by a touchdown and at his 2-yard line late in the fourth quarter of the 1986 AFC championship game, this QB led his team on a 98-yard drive to tie the game, then drove them to a winning field goal in overtime. The QB’s reputation for late-game comebacks began with this game. Who is he?"
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if (bannum==60)
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var text1="In 1994 a Hall of Fame coach took his team to Cincinnati, where it opposed a team coached by his son. It was the first time a father and son had faced each other as head coaches on opposing sidelines. Who are we talking about ?"
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if (bannum==61)
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var text1="A former Heisman Trophy winner who had been inconsistent for most of his NFL career, he blossomed in 1996, throwing for 4,177 yards and 33 touchdowns and earning his first trip to the Pro Bowl. A year later he lost his starting job in midseason to Eric Zeier."
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if (bannum==62)
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var text1="The Packers thought they had found a franchise player when this third-year QB from Virginia passed for 4,318 yards and 27 touchdowns in 1989. But is was just a mirage; over the next seven seasons, including stops in Indianapolis and Detroit, he threw only 25 more TD passes."
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if (bannum==63)
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var text1="This third-year man from Arkansas had a breakthrough season in 1992 when he gained 1,690 yards for the Steelers, on a league-leading 390 carries. He was on a similar pace a year later when an ankle injury stopped him in midseason. Though he bounced back pretty well in 1994, his big contract made him expendable, and it turned out to be his final season."
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if (bannum==64)
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var text1="This Man was Coach of the Year with the Rams in 1973, the Bills in 1980, and the Seahawks in 1984. Though he never made it to the Super Bowl, he made a practice of taking over teams that were going nowhere and taking them to the playoffs with regularity."
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if (bannum==65)
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var text1="What Hall of Fame coach is the only man to win championships in the NFL and the AFL, turning the trick with the Colts and the Jets?"
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if (bannum==66)
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var text1="The Seahawks used a supplemental pick in the 1987 draft, giving up their No. 1 pick in 1988, to take this highly publicized linebacker from Oklahoma. But his high profile off the field wasn’t matched by his performance on the field. A shoulder injury finished him after the 1989 season. Who is this first-season flop?"
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if (bannum==67)
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var text1="Dan Marino’s favorite targets in his early years with the Dolphins were a pair of diminutive receivers known as the Marks Brothers. Their two best seasons came in 1984, when they combined for 2,695 yards and 26 TDs, and in 1986, when they combined for 2,4663 yards and 21 TDs. Can you name them?"
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if (bannum==68)
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var text1="In his first year as head coach of the Eagles, Buddy Ryan tried the unique experiment of using his QBs the way many coaches use RBs: one playing on first and second downs, another on third downs and long-yardage situations. It didn’t work very well, but do you remember the two QBs?"
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if (bannum==69)
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var text1="To date, only one NFL passer has topped 5,000 yards in a season: it happened in 1984, a year when he also threw for 48 touchdowns, another record. All things considered, it was probably the best year any passer has ever had, and he had many other outstanding ones afterward, too."
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if (bannum==70)
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var text1="These two Iowa alumni were among the league’s better offensive linemen in the 1980s and early 1990s. The elder, a center, played 11 of his 13 seasons with the Bears, and played in 6 Pro Bowl games. His brother, a center and guard, played 10 seasons, all with the Saints and went to the Pro Bowl once. They both retired after the 1993 season, which they spent as teammates in New Orleans. Can you name them?"
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if (bannum==71)
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var text1="Each of these brother has had several all-pro seasons, and in 1993 they were both consensus choices, at wide receiver and tight end, respectively. If not for a bad break that sidelined the leader in mid-career, they might have lined up on opposing sides in Super Bowl XII. Who are they?"
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if (bannum==72)
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var text1="This linebacker probably deserves to be called the best defensive player in the USFL’s short history. He was named to virtually every all-league team three years in a row and led the defense of the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars, the league’s best team. He was still doing it in 1996 as the leader of a stout defense that carried a surprising Carolina team to the NFC championship game"
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if (bannum==73)
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var text1="In today’s NFL there are two species even rarer than black quarterbacks and head coaches: white cornerbacks and wide receivers. During the past four seasons, the NFL had one white starter at each of these positions. Who are they?"
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if (bannum==74)
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var text1="Joining the Redskins in 1974, this QB found himself behind Sonny Jurgensen and Billy Kilmer on the depth chart and threw only 11 passes all season. Not satisfied to stay on the sidelines, he volunteered to return punts when Washington’s regular returner was hurt, and actually did a pretty good job of it, averaging 10.5 yards on 15 returns."
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if (bannum==75)
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var text1="Called upon for emergency punting duty at various times throughout his career, this contemporary QB has gotten off some real boomers. In 1989, against the Giants, he blasted a 91-yard punt from his own end zone; five years later his only punt of the season was an 80-yarder. Who is this UNLV product whose leg might have been as strong as his arm?"
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if (bannum==76)
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var text1="In the early days of pro football, of course, everybody played offense and defense, but few were as multi-talented as this Hall of Famer who led the NFL in passing, punting and interceptions in 1943. Can you name him?"
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if (bannum==77)
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var text1="For the first five seasons of the Buccaneers’ existence, the Tampa Bay defense featured two brothers, both of whom played college ball at Oklahoma. One of them, an end, was the defensive Player of the Year in 1979 and is now a member of the Hall of Fame. Can you name them?"
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