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At its founding, in 1920-1921, the NFL league offices were in Canton, Ohio, the current home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Since then, the offices have been in:

• Columbus, Ohio (1921-1941)
• Chicago (1941-1946)
• Philadelphia (1946-1960)
• New York City (1960-present)

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Randy Moss accomplished this feat with the New England Patriots in the Patriots first three games of the 2007 season. Randy can still extend this streak.

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Only one player has won the Heisman Trophy more then once. Ohio State running back Archie Griffin won the Heisman Trophy twice, in 1974 and 1975. Griffen went on to play in the NFL for 7 years with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played in one Super Bowl, Super Bowl XVI, which Cincinnati lost to San Francisco 26-21.

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Dan Marino, who played for the Miami Dolphins from 1983 to 1999 had 13 400+ yard passing games in his career. Several players are tied for second far behind at 7. One of those players is still active - Peyton Manning.

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The player was Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger. The movie about him and his quest to play for the Fighting Irish is the popular Rudy, which came in at number 7 on Nutty About Sports' 50 Best Sports Movies list, the top football movie on the list (see: The Best Football Movies). The movie was the first that Notre Dame allowed to be filmed on campus since the 1940 classic Knute Rockne All American, which came in #45 on the Best Movie List.

Wikipedia has a good write up about Rudy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_(film), and a biography of him - Daniel Ruettiger.

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There are currently 8 professional arena or indoor football leagues in North America. They are:

1. American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) - Founded 2006; 14 teams; Season: February - June
2. American Professional Football League (APFL) - Founded 2003; 6 teams; Season: April - July
3. Arena Football League (AFL) - Founded 1987; 19 teams; Season: March - June
4. Arena Football 2 (AF2) - Founded 2000; 30 teams; Season: March - July
5. Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) - Founded in 2006; 14 teams; season: March - June
6. National Indoor Football League (NIFL) - Founded 2001; 24 teams; season: March - July
7. United Indoor Football (UIF) - Founded 2005; 11 teams; season: March - July
8. World Indoor Football League (WIFL) - Founded 2007; 4 teams; season: March - June

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Super Bowl VI, with a temperature at kickoff of 39 degrees Fahrenheit, was the coldest ever played. The game took place at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, LA on January 16, 1972. The winners of the game were the Dallas Cowboys, who defeated the Miami Dolphins 24-3.

It is interesting to note that the second coldest Super Bowl was also played in Tulane Stadium. The temperature for Super Bowl IX played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans was 46 degrees Fahrenheit. In that game the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Minnesota Vikings 16 to 6.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers became the only team to do this twice when they defeated the L.A. Rams 31-19, to win Super Bowl XIV in 1980, a year after defeating the Dallas Cowboys 35-31 to win Super Bowl XIII. The Steelers were also winners of Super Bowls IX (16-6 over Minnesota) and X (21-17 over Dallas). The other six teams which have won back-to-back Super Bowls are the:

• Dallas Cowboys
• Denver Broncos
• Green Bay Packers
• Miami Dolphins
• New England Patriots
• San Francisco 49ers

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On January 28, 1990 the San Francisco 49ers beat the Denver Broncos by a score of 55 to 10. The 45 point winning margin is the largest in Super Bowl history.

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Former New England Patriots and current Indianapolis Colts place kicker Adam Vinatieri holds the record for the most postseason field goals with 34. He surpassed Gary Anderson (32) on Saturday January 13th's playoff game against Baltimore when he accounted for all of the Colts points by kicking 5 field goals. Vinatieri's postseason field goal percentage is 81.0%.

Since Gary Anderson is no longer playing, and Adam is, one can only expect for Adam to add to his record.

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San Francisco 49er great Joe Montana was the Super Bowl MVP a record three times (1982, 1985, 1990). Three other players are tied in second place with two Super Bowl MVP awards. They are: Terry Bradshaw (1979, 1980), Tom Brady (2002, 2004), and Bart Starr (1967, 1968). Only Tom Brady of the New England Patriots is still active.

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Tomlinson eclipsed the record set by Green Bay Packer "Golden Boy" Paul Hornung who scored 176 points in 1960. Paul Hornung, who played fullback and place kicker for the Packers, was the 1956 Heisman Trophy winner as a quarterback at Notre Dame quarterback. He was a two time NFL Player of the Year (1960 & 1961). In addition to his scoring as a fullback, Hornung also had 66 field goals and 190 PATs in his career as a place kicker.