Wednesday, September 10, 2014
The 1993 NFL season was the 74th regular season of the National Football League. It was the only season in league history where all NFL teams played their 16-game schedule over a span of 18 weeks. After the success of expanding the regular season to a period of 17 weeks in 1990, the league hoped this new schedule would generate even more revenue. However, teams felt that having two weeks off during the regular season was too disruptive for their weekly routines, and thus it reverted to 17 weeks immediately after the season ended.
When new TV contracts were signed in December 1993, CBS lost their rights to the then-fledgling Fox Network.
The season ended with Super Bowl XXVIII when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills for the second consecutive year. This remains the only time both Super Bowl participants have been the same for consecutive years. The Cowboys became the first team to win a Super Bowl after losing their first two regular season games. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_NFL_season.
The 1993 IndyCar season, the fifteenth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 16 races, beginning in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia on March 21 and concluding in Monterey, California on October 3. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion and Rookie of the Year was Nigel Mansell. The winner of the 77th Indianapolis 500, sanctioned by the USAC, was Emerson Fittipaldi.
Nigel Mansell made worldwide headlines during the offseason, switching from Formula One to the CART IndyCar Series. Mansell joined Newman/Haas Racing as teammate to Mario Andretti, and took the seat formerly held by Michael Andretti, who himself went to McLaren for a year. Mansell won the season-opener at Surfer's Paradise, becoming the first CART "rookie" to win his first series race. At Phoenix, Mansell crashed during practice and was forced to sit out the race due to a back injury. At Indy, he was leading the race with 16 laps to go when he was passed on a restart by Emerson Fittipaldi and Arie Luyendyk, and wound up third. He won the Indy 500 rookie of the year award, and despite having missed one race, still led in the season points standings. Mansell went on to win five races (four of which were on ovals) en route to the CART championship. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_IndyCar_season.
Nigel Mansell made worldwide headlines during the offseason, switching from Formula One to the CART IndyCar Series. Mansell joined Newman/Haas Racing as teammate to Mario Andretti, and took the seat formerly held by Michael Andretti, who himself went to McLaren for a year. Mansell won the season-opener at Surfer's Paradise, becoming the first CART "rookie" to win his first series race. At Phoenix, Mansell crashed during practice and was forced to sit out the race due to a back injury. At Indy, he was leading the race with 16 laps to go when he was passed on a restart by Emerson Fittipaldi and Arie Luyendyk, and wound up third. He won the Indy 500 rookie of the year award, and despite having missed one race, still led in the season points standings. Mansell went on to win five races (four of which were on ovals) en route to the CART championship. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_IndyCar_season.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
The 2009–10 NHL season was the 93rd season of operation (92nd season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the 100th season since the founding of the predecessor National Hockey Association (NHA). It ran from October 1, 2009, including four games in Europe on October 2 and 3—until April 11, 2010, with the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs running to June 9, 2010. A mid-season break from February 15 to February 28 occurred to allow participation of NHL players in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Because of the Winter Olympics break, there was no NHL All-Star Game for 2010. The Stanley Cup Final saw the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in six games. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NHL_season.
The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season was the 61st season of professional stock car racing in the United States. The season included 36 races and two exhibition races with the regular season beginning with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The final ten races were known as 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup. Rick Hendrick won the Owners' Championship, while Jimmie Johnson won the Drivers' Championship with a fifth finish at the final race of the season. Chevrolet won the Manufacturers' Championship with 248 points. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_NASCAR_Sprint_Cup_Series.
Monday, September 8, 2014
The 1999 NFL season was the 80th regular season of the National Football League. The Cleveland Browns returned to the field for the first time since the 1995 season. Also, the Tennessee Oilers changed its name to Tennessee Titans, and the league retired the name "Oilers" – a first in league history.
The return of the Browns increased the number of teams to 31, the first time the league had played with an odd number of clubs since 1966. As a result, the NFL was forced to give at least one team a bye each week; Previously, barring extreme circumstances, a club never received a bye during the first two weeks or last seven weeks of the season. Under a new system, for ten weeks of the season (Week #1 to Week #2, and Week #10 to Week #17), one team was scheduled a bye; for seven weeks of the season (Week #3 to Week #9), three teams sat out. This format would continue for the next two seasons until the Houston Texans joined the NFL in 2002 and returned the league to an even number of teams.
The start of the 1999 NFL Season was pushed back one week and started the weekend after Labor Day, a change from the previous seasons. Due to the Y2K concerns, the NFL did not want to hold the opening round of the playoffs on Saturday January 1, 2000, and did not want teams traveling on that day. Week 17 games were held on January 2, 2000, and the opening round of the playoff would be scheduled for January 8–9. The bye week before the Super Bowl was removed to accommodate the one-week adjustment. The start of the season after Labor Day would become a regular fixture for future seasons, beginning in 2001.
The final spot in the NFC playoffs came down to an exciting final day of the season. With both the Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers at 7–8 and tied for the last spot in the playoffs with the Dallas Cowboys, and tied in other tiebreakers, the tie between them would be determined by best net point differential in conference games. Both the Packers and Panthers were playing at 1:00 PM Eastern on January 2, and both teams tried to outscore the other. The Packers beat the Arizona Cardinals 49–24, and the Panthers beat the New Orleans Saints 45–13. The Packers finished ahead of the Panthers by 11 points, but Dallas defeated the New York Giants later that night to claim the final playoff spot.
The St. Louis Rams, who had a losing record for each of the past nine seasons, surprised the entire league by defeating the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_NFL_season.
The 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League season was highly competitive and parity was the order of the year. Team Menard had a very good season with their driver Greg Ray capturing 3 race wins in a row and the series championship. This was the last year before CART teams began to break ranks and jump to the IRL. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Indy_Racing_League_season.
The 1999 CART season, the twenty-first in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 20 races, beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 21 and concluding in Fontana, California on October 31, in which it was marred by the deaths of Greg Moore and of Gonzalo RodrÃguez. The FedEx Championship Series Drivers' Champion and Rookie of the Year was Juan Pablo Montoya. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_CART_season.
The 1999 CART season, the twenty-first in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 20 races, beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 21 and concluding in Fontana, California on October 31, in which it was marred by the deaths of Greg Moore and of Gonzalo RodrÃguez. The FedEx Championship Series Drivers' Champion and Rookie of the Year was Juan Pablo Montoya. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_CART_season.
Friday, September 5, 2014
The 2013 NFL season was the 94th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL). The season saw the Seattle Seahawks capture the first championship in the franchise's 38 years in the league with a convincing 43-8 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII, the league's championship game. The Super Bowl was played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Sunday, February 2, 2014. It was the first Super Bowl hosted by New Jersey and the first to be held in a cold weather environment. The Seahawks scored 12 seconds into the game and held the lead the rest of the way.
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was named the regular season's Most Valuable Player (MVP) by the voters of the Associated Press (AP) for a record fifth time after compiling unprecedented passing stats which included regular season records for passing yards and passing touchdowns. Manning also was named the Offensive Player of the Year for the second time in his career. Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly earned Defensive Player of the Year honors.
Scoring reached historic levels throughout the league in 2013. As a whole the league set records for total points scored, points scored per game and the number of both touchdowns and field goals scored. The Broncos set a new standard for team scoring in the regular season with 606 points. In addition to the Broncos, ten other teams each scored over 400 points, the greatest number of teams to surpass that benchmark in a single year.
The regular season got underway on Thursday, September 5, 2013, with the Broncos hosting the defending Super Bowl XLVII champion Baltimore Ravens in the annual kickoff game. The game presaged the Broncos' historic offensive production with a strong performance by Peyton Manning in which he tied a league record in throwing seven touchdown passes and led the Broncos to a 49–27. The game was the start of a disappointing season for the Ravens in which they would finish out of the playoffs with an 8–8 record, thus insuring that there would be no repeat Super Bowl winner for a record ninth straight season. The regular season wrapped up on Sunday night, December 29.
The playoffs began with the wild card round which took place the first weekend of January 2014. The league's propensity for scoring didn't abate in the post-season, as exemplified by the Indianapolis Colts' wild come-from-behind 45–44 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs' opening game. The Conference Championship games featured the top seeded teams in each conference, the Seahawks in the NFC and the Broncos in the American Football Conference (AFC), hosting the San Francisco 49ers and New England Patriots respectively. Both home teams prevailed to set up just the second Super Bowl matchup of #1 seeds in the past 20 seasons. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_NFL_season.
Here are the season standings:
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was named the regular season's Most Valuable Player (MVP) by the voters of the Associated Press (AP) for a record fifth time after compiling unprecedented passing stats which included regular season records for passing yards and passing touchdowns. Manning also was named the Offensive Player of the Year for the second time in his career. Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly earned Defensive Player of the Year honors.
Scoring reached historic levels throughout the league in 2013. As a whole the league set records for total points scored, points scored per game and the number of both touchdowns and field goals scored. The Broncos set a new standard for team scoring in the regular season with 606 points. In addition to the Broncos, ten other teams each scored over 400 points, the greatest number of teams to surpass that benchmark in a single year.
The regular season got underway on Thursday, September 5, 2013, with the Broncos hosting the defending Super Bowl XLVII champion Baltimore Ravens in the annual kickoff game. The game presaged the Broncos' historic offensive production with a strong performance by Peyton Manning in which he tied a league record in throwing seven touchdown passes and led the Broncos to a 49–27. The game was the start of a disappointing season for the Ravens in which they would finish out of the playoffs with an 8–8 record, thus insuring that there would be no repeat Super Bowl winner for a record ninth straight season. The regular season wrapped up on Sunday night, December 29.
The playoffs began with the wild card round which took place the first weekend of January 2014. The league's propensity for scoring didn't abate in the post-season, as exemplified by the Indianapolis Colts' wild come-from-behind 45–44 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs' opening game. The Conference Championship games featured the top seeded teams in each conference, the Seahawks in the NFC and the Broncos in the American Football Conference (AFC), hosting the San Francisco 49ers and New England Patriots respectively. Both home teams prevailed to set up just the second Super Bowl matchup of #1 seeds in the past 20 seasons. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_NFL_season.
Here are the season standings:
| Tm | W | L | T | Tm | W | L | T |
| AFC East | NFC East | ||||||
| New England Patriots* | 12 | 4 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles* | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Jets | 8 | 8 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | 8 | 8 | 0 | New York Giants | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | 6 | 10 | 0 | Washington Redskins | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| AFC North | NFC North | ||||||
| Cincinnati Bengals* | 11 | 5 | 0 | Green Bay Packers* | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 8 | 8 | 0 | Chicago Bears | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 8 | 0 | Detroit Lions | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | 4 | 12 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| AFC South | NFC South | ||||||
| Indianapolis Colts* | 11 | 5 | 0 | Carolina Panthers* | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| Tennessee Titans | 7 | 9 | 0 | New Orleans Saints+ | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 4 | 12 | 0 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | 2 | 14 | 0 | Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| AFC West | NFC West | ||||||
| Denver Broncos* | 13 | 3 | 0 | Seattle Seahawks* | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Kansas City Chiefs+ | 11 | 5 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers+ | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers+ | 9 | 7 | 0 | Arizona Cardinals | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| Oakland Raiders | 4 | 12 | 0 | St. Louis Rams | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| WildCard | Sat | January 4 | boxscore | Indianapolis Colts | Kansas City Chiefs | 45 | 44 | |
| WildCard | Sat | January 4 | boxscore | New Orleans Saints | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 26 | 24 |
| WildCard | Sun | January 5 | boxscore | San Francisco 49ers | @ | Green Bay Packers | 23 | 20 |
| WildCard | Sun | January 5 | boxscore | San Diego Chargers | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 27 | 10 |
| Division | Sat | January 11 | boxscore | New England Patriots | Indianapolis Colts | 43 | 22 | |
| Division | Sat | January 11 | boxscore | Seattle Seahawks | New Orleans Saints | 23 | 15 | |
| Division | Sun | January 12 | boxscore | Denver Broncos | San Diego Chargers | 24 | 17 | |
| Division | Sun | January 12 | boxscore | San Francisco 49ers | @ | Carolina Panthers | 23 | 10 |
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 19 | boxscore | Denver Broncos | New England Patriots | 26 | 16 | |
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 19 | boxscore | Seattle Seahawks | San Francisco 49ers | 23 | 17 | |
| SuperBowl | Sun | February 2 | boxscore | Seattle Seahawks | N | Denver Broncos | 43 | 8 |
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