Fewest Points In A Quarter

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The Dallas Mavericks are on a bit of a playoff high these days, but back in the 1997 Season the Mavs reached a new basketball low. In an early April contest of another lost season, Dallas somehow managed to score only 2 points in single quarter . That’s right. Two points!! And those two points happened to come via free throws by Derek Harper. They shot 0-15 from the field in the 3rd Quarter. Amazingly they only lost by seven. 87-80 to the L.A. Lakers.

Eddie A. Johnson

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This is Eddie Arnet Johnson. Today is Eddie’s Birthday. Just don’t confuse him with the other Eddie Johnson. Eddie played 17 seasons in the NBA, and scored the 2nd most points by a player who failed to make an All-Star Team during his career. His 19,202 career points is higher than all but 30 members of the Hall of Fame. He was voted 6th man of the year in 1989 while a member of the Phoenix Suns.

Any Phoenix fans out there that can tell the crowd who the # 30 patch on Eddie’s jersey was in honor of?

Name That Team

Name That Team - We’re gonna attach a few cool statistics to a specific game from the 1980’s

Can you name this team?

  1. They Walloped the Dallas Cowboys 44-0. It was the Cowboys worst loss in team history.

  2. It was the first shut-out of Dallas in 218 games

  3. It was this Teams first win against Dallas in 14 years. Since 1971.

Super Bowl XI

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Congratulations to Coach John Madden & the Oakland Raiders on their 32-14 Super Bowl XI victory over Coach Bud Grant and the Minnesota Vikings on January 9th, 1977. Here’s some cool info about this Super Bowl.

  1. The January 9th Kickoff is the earliest Super Bowl played in the Calendar Year.

  2. The Minnesota Vikings became the first NFL team to appear in a 4th Super Bowl. They were 0-3 in their previous attempts. They lost Super Bowls IV, VII, & IX.

  3. Wide Receiver Fred Biletnikoff was named Super Bowl MVP for his 4 catches totaling 79 yards. Two of his 2nd quarter receptions put Oakland at the Minnesota 1 yard line. The Raiders would punch it in for a touchdown on the next play. Of the 7 WR Super Bowl MVP’s, Fred is the only one who didn’t top 100 yards receiving.

  4. Hall of Famer Willie Brown’s 4th quarter 75 yard Pick Six is the record for the longest Interception return for a TD in Super Bowl History. It does however place 2nd to a 76 yard INT return which occurred during Super Bowl XL. That player failed to score though.

  5. The Raiders became the first of the original AFL Teams to win a Super Bowl since the AFL/NFL Merger.

  6. The Minnesota Vikings have not appeared in a Super Bowl since this game.