OT...marginally difficult NFL trivia...

[Soonersincefitty]

I thought this would be a diversion from the high tension of signing day eve.
Here goes:

Who caught the last pass of the last game Roger Staubach played in?
(to be crystal clear, thrown by Roger)

Really bad hint...it was a playoff game.

 

[PtLavacaSooner]

Was it a Pittsburg Stealer?

 

[Soonersincefitty]

Was it a Pittsburg Stealer?

While I appreciate the positive interaction...nope. (as far as answers go, that was pretty witty)

 

[WhyNotaSooner]

I'm going w/ Golden Richards

 

[Soonersincefitty]

I'm going w/ Golden Richards

Excellent answer but no...

Let me know when you all have reached critical mass and I'll throw out another worthless hint.

 

[Schoonerman]

I'm going with Drew Pearson.

 

[WhyNotaSooner]

I'm going with Drew Pearson.

My first guess, but then thought it might be too easy! Ha!

 

[Soonersincefitty]

I'm going with Drew Pearson.

Dang, sorry fellows, I should change it to 'severely difficult' NFL trivia.

I'm waiting on the Encyclopedia footballia Plaino...but if no one gets it by 9 PM CST I'll divulge.

 

[Senior Sooner]

You trickin' us? Methinks maybe so..

 

[Soonersincefitty]

You trickin' us? Methinks maybe so..

Moowaa?

Would I do that?
Pish and also....tosh.

 

[K2C Sooner]

Bob Hayes? I figure this may have an OU player as the answer, but for the life of I don't remember any OU receivers on that team. Was Mike Thomas on that team? Who was the tight end?

 

[Soonersincefitty]

Bob Hayes? I figure this may have an OU player as the answer, but for the life of I don't remember any OU receivers on that team. Was Mike Thomas on that team? Who was the tight end?

Oh K2C, you're a pal, you're fantastic, I love stalking your house, it's great but, you aren't even close.

 

[K2C Sooner]

Oh K2C, you're a pal, you're fantastic, I love stalking your house, it's great but, you aren't even close.

Well give of some hints?

Was it a pass interception?

 

[Soonersincefitty]

Well give of some hints?

Was it a pass interception?

Nope, but it was to an ineligible receiver. Anything?

 

[K2C Sooner]

Nope, but it was to an ineligible receiver. Anything?

Is he in the NFL hall of fame?

 

[Soonersincefitty]

This has gotten out of hand.
It's googlable, so, thought it would be elementary my dear Watson.

It was to an offensive guard...Herbert Scott who, had he been eligible would've scored the winning TD against the LA Rams in 1979.

Sorry guys, from now on I'll make them Amigo/Moron easy from here on out.

 

[Plainosooner]

Herb Scott caught Roger's last pass. Number 68 on your program. Not too swuft after the catch, which didn't count anyway.

 

[WhyNotaSooner]

Dang, sorry fellows, I should change it to 'severely difficult' NFL trivia.

I'm waiting on the Encyclopedia footballia Plaino...but if no one gets it by 9 PM CST I'll divulge.

I could google too, but it would take the fun out of it.

 

[K2C Sooner]

This has gotten out of hand.
It's googlable, so, thought it would be elementary my dear Watson.

It was to an offensive guard...Herbert Scott who, had he been eligible would've scored the winning TD against the LA Rams in 1979.

Sorry guys, from now on I'll make them Amigo/Moron easy from here on out.

I never google trivia questions. It takes the fun out of them, racking your brain and all.

 

[K2C Sooner]

I could google too, but it would take the fun out of it.

Must be an echo in this thread..........HA!

 

[Plainosooner]

When I typed, I didn't see that you'd answered.

Pretty sure it was against the Rams. I know it was in Texas Stadium. That was a game the Cowboys were expected to win. But Randy Hughes was playing with a harness on his separated shoulder and the Rams took advantage with an alley oop, I think to Billy Waddy, the old Buffalo in the last two minutes.

The next three years, with Danny White running the offense, they got to the conference finals three times and lost three times. I guess Hogeboom was the quarterback at the end of the 83 seasons when the Redskins beat them in the strike shortened season.

Dallas went to the Super Bowl the year before Scott's "catch." Didn't make it back until 1992 season.

 

[Soonersincefitty]

When I typed, I didn't see that you'd answered.

Plaino, if you tapped that off the top of your head...you're a freak.

 

[Plainosooner]

Yeah, well my sports memories from the 60s and most of the 70s have won a prize or two at trivia contests. When I was a student, Jimmy Hamilton, now called Argus Hamilton as a comedian who's made multiple Tonight Show appearances when it was Carson's show, used to run a Thursday night trivia contest at Across the Street north of the campus. They had a phone call in at each table and he'd ask trivia questions on the microphone and then from the phone on your table, if you were first to answer they brought a free pitcher of beer to your table.

I don't drink beer hardly at all, but I'd win them so my friends could drink them. Jimmy, uh Argus, was an ATO, whohad been on my floor first semester in Couch (Walker 3W). So I knew him just a little. And I used to win tickets and stuff on KRLD's radio trivia contests back in the 70s and 80s. Back then, you couldn't just do a web search.

 

[Soonersincefitty]

Yeah, well my sports memories from the 60s and most of the 70s have won a prize or two at trivia contests. When I was a student, Jimmy Hamilton, now called Argus Hamilton as a comedian who's made multiple Tonight Show appearances when it was Carson's show, used to run a Thursday night trivia contest at Across the Street north of the campus. They had a phone call in at each table and he'd ask trivia questions on the microphone and then from the phone on your table, if you were first to answer they brought a free pitcher of beer to your table.

I don't drink beer hardly at all, but I'd win them so my friends could drink them. Jimmy, uh Argus, was an ATO, whohad been on my floor first semester in Couch (Walker 3W). So I knew him just a little. And I used to win tickets and stuff on KRLD's radio trivia contests back in the 70s and 80s. Back then, you couldn't just do a web search.

Preaching to the choir...I'm your biggest fan...without the obsessive stalking.

 

[K2C Sooner]

Preaching to the choir...I'm your biggest fan...without the obsessive stalking.

You don't drive by his house?

 

[Soonersincefitty]

You don't drive by his house?

He's in Texas...no respectable Sooner fan goes there without good cause.

No offense Plaino...unless you have an Asian gal working on your pool and cabana.

 

[Plainosooner]

I respectfully disagree. Too many great Sooner players spent their pre-college lives south of the Red River. Tell the Maydens you apologize and didn't mean it. I had this really dumb short thought tonight that I'd run by Sachse High School tonight sit on the front porch of the school and pray for the family. I'm only saying this because I didn't do it. Common sense kicked in. I can pray for them in my living room. And have. Not that they'll make the decision I'd prefer. Just for guidance.

And I suspect that by now, they've decided what they'll do.

But there are lots and lots of Sooners in the Dallas area and we've been south of the Red River, some of us, for years. I like not having state income Tax.

Love the state. Hate UT. It's a reasonable approach.

 

[bcsoonerfan]

Damn I coulda sworn it was Al Bundy.

 

[Senior Sooner]

You trickin' us? Methinks maybe so..

I TOLD You So! I remembered Herb CATCHING the pass, but also, that he was an ineligible receiver, so it didn't count...Chicanery!!

 

[Soonersincefitty]

I TOLD You So! I remembered Herb CATCHING the pass, but also, that he was an ineligible receiver, so it didn't count...Chicanery!!

You're really tying my hands here little missy...normally I wouldn't mind but, what the hell, it's OK.

 

[Plainosooner]

It's not a stat pass, but it was a pass pass. The question asked was who caught the last pass thrown by Roger Staubach in his last game. It was a pass, it just wasn't an official catch. But Scott did catch it.

 

[Soonersincefitty]

It's not a stat pass, but it was a pass pass. The question asked was who caught the last pass thrown by Roger Staubach in his last game. It was a pass, it just wasn't an official catch. But Scott did catch it.

Thanks, it wasn't the ideal trivia question, but it was legit and it occupied some of our time.

That was the intent. Warts and all.

 

[Plainosooner]

I'll tell you something else about that game, that I believe was the origin of one of the most common tactics in football, but was devised that day by the Rams. And if I'm right, was much more important in football that Roger's last throw or the fact that it helped the 9-7 Rams beat the East Champ Cowboys, and ultimately the Rams getting to the Super Bowl for the first time and their only time as a team in Los Angeles.

The Cowboys had started running the shotgun or spread offense (not zone read, but a six yard snap rather than under center.) It was a big factor in why Dallas and Staubach were so successful as a team able to come from behind, especially late in games. I'm almost certain that the Rams first employed a "nickel back" that day. I know the Rams did it to change the way teams tried to cover Preston Pearson, who was the Cowboys rarely used running back, but who came into the game in obvious passing downs. He was always lined up as the up back in Dallas' spread, a yard or so in front of Stauback and in the gap between the guard and the tackle.

The Rams decided to put a fifth DB into the game to cover Pearson, rather than the customary linebacker, and it was a big factor in why the Rams upset Dallas. I think Dallas was 11-5. I know for sure that they'd beaten the Redskins on the final day of the season to make the playoffs. Because score differential was a final tiebreaker that came into play, the Redskins who could only fail to make the playoffs if they lost and if the team from another division I think the Bears had to win by more than 35 or some ridiculous number, and they did, Washington didn't make the playoffs. It made Dallas' coming from 13 down in the last two minutes to win 35-34 on the quick streak to Tony Hill only that much sweeter.

Anyhow, all that to say that I'm pretty sure that's when the NFL first used a nickel back or fifth DB. And yes, that's all off the top of my head.

 

[Plainosooner]

Thanks, it wasn't the ideal trivia question, but it was legit and it occupied some of our time.

That was the intent. Warts and all.

I was just justifying that your question and proposed answer were both legit. Warts were not mentioned.