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Old 12-14-2025, 04:32 PM
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I watched Tom Matte in 1965 (he was a halfback) quarterback a Baltimore Colts team (Unitas and his backup Cuozzo were injured) to a victory over the Lombardi/Starr Green Bay Packers only to have the fucking refs miss a field goal call and give the damn game to the Packers (Sport Illustrated-a thing we called a magazine that came out weekly-had multiple shots of the blown call.)


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As a direct result of that play, both the NFL and the AFL raised the uprights of the goalposts from 10 feet to 20 feet the very next season.

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