Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The 1996–97 NBA season was the 51st season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The league used this season to mark its 50th anniversary, which included the unveiling of the league's list of its 50 greatest players. This particular season featured what has since been acknowledged as one of the most talented rookie-classes, featuring the debuts of Allen Iverson, Ray Allen, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Jermaine O'Neal, Ben Wallace and Stephon Marbury. The season ended with the Chicago Bulls defeating the Utah Jazz 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals to win the franchise's 5th championship. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season

Final Stats:

Record  Team
69 13 Chicago Bulls
64 18 Utah Jazz
61 21 Miami Heat
57 25 Seattle SuperSonics
57 25 Houston Rockets
57 25 New York Knicks
56 26 Los Angeles Lakers
56 26 Atlanta Hawks
54 28  Charlotte Hornets
54 28 Detroit Pistons
49 33 Portland Trail Blazers
45 37 Orlando Magic
44 38 Washington Bullets
42 40 Cleveland Cavaliers
40 42 Phoenix Suns
40 42 Minnesota Timberwolves
39 43 Indiana Pacers
36 46 Los Angeles Clippers
34 48 Sacramento Kings
33 49 Milwaukee Bucks
30 52 Golden State Warriors
30 52 Toronto Raptors
26 56 New Jersey Nets
24 58 Dallas Mavericks
22 60 Philadelphia 76ers
21 61 Denver Nuggets
20 62 San Antonio Spurs
15 67 Boston Celtics
14 68 Vancouver Grizzlies


League Playoffs
Finals (4-2): Chicago Bulls over Utah Jazz (Series Stats)

Eastern Conference Finals (4-1): Chicago Bulls over Miami Heat (Series Stats)
Western Conference Finals (4-2): Utah Jazz over Houston Rockets (Series Stats)

Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1): Chicago Bulls over Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3): Miami Heat over New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Western Conference Semifinals (4-3): Houston Rockets over Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)
Western Conference Semifinals (4-1): Utah Jazz over Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

Eastern Conference First Round (3-2): Atlanta Hawks over Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)
Eastern Conference First Round (3-0): Chicago Bulls over Washington Bullets (Series Stats)
Eastern Conference First Round (3-2): Miami Heat over Orlando Magic (Series Stats)
Eastern Conference First Round (3-0): New York Knicks over Charlotte Hornets (Series Stats)
Western Conference First Round (3-0): Houston Rockets over Minnesota Timberwolves (Series Stats)
Western Conference First Round (3-1): Los Angeles Lakers over Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)
Western Conference First Round (3-2): Seattle SuperSonics over Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)
Western Conference First Round (3-0): Utah Jazz over Los Angeles Clippers (Series Stats)


Most points per game: 103.1
Chicago Bulls


Fewest points allowed per game: 85.6
Cleveland Cavaliers


Most points scored in a game: 136
Charlotte Hornets 4/9
Atlanta Hawks 4/19

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

The 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State named national champions, defeating Virginia Tech in the BCS Sugar Bowl.
Florida State became the first team in history to start out preseason #1 and remain there through the entire season. Their 12-0 season gave them 109 victories in the 90's, the most for any decade. Virginia Tech also had a remarkable season behind freshman quarterback Michael Vick, who was being touted as college football's best player.
Vick was outshined in the national championship game by Florida State Wide Receiver Peter Warrick. Warrick had early problems with the law, charged with a misdemeanor he sat out two games early in the season. But he scored three touchdowns in the title game, earning MVP honors.
The BCS adopted a new rule after the previous season, nicknamed the "Kansas State Rule," which stated that any team ranked in the top four in the final BCS poll is ensured of an invitation to a BCS bowl game.
A lot of teams faced debacles. East Carolina faced Hurricane Floyd, and in that same week, faced the #9 Miami Hurricanes. The Pirates were down 23-3, but scored 24 unanswered points to win the football game, 27-23.
Kansas State finished 6th in the BCS standings but again received no BCS bowl invitation, this time being passed over in favor of Michigan (ranked 8th). Kansas State's predicament demonstrated early on the problem of trying to balance historic bowl ties and creating a system which gives top bowl bids to the most deserving teams. In addition, for a second straight season, an undefeated team from outside the BCS conferences (Marshall) went undefeated but did not receive a bid to a BCS bowl game, which illustrated the problem of non-BCS teams being shut out of the major BCS bowls.
Four members from each of the WAC's two divisions, the Mountain and Pacific, broke off from the unstable 16-team conference to form the Mountain West Conference.
Arkansas State left the ranks of the Independents to join the Big West Conference, as its seventh member.
Two schools made the move up to Division I-A football this season: University at Buffalo and Middle Tennessee State University.
Also, two schools adopted new names this season. Northeast Louisiana and Southwestern Louisiana became Louisiana–Monroe and Louisiana–Lafayette, respectively. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season

Final Stats:

AP Poll Summary




School Conf Final


Florida State ACC 1


Virginia Tech Big East 2


Nebraska Big 12 3


Wisconsin Big Ten 4


Michigan Big Ten 5


Kansas State Big 12 6


Michigan State Big Ten 7


Alabama SEC 8


Tennessee SEC 9


Marshall MAC 10


Penn State Big Ten 11


Florida SEC 12


Mississippi State SEC 13


Southern Mississippi CUSA 14


Miami (FL) Big East 15


Georgia SEC 16


Arkansas SEC 17


Minnesota Big Ten 18


Oregon Pac-10 19


Georgia Tech ACC 20


Texas Big 12 21


Mississippi SEC 22


Texas A&M Big 12 23


Illinois Big Ten 24


Purdue Big Ten 25








Drafted Players




Rnd Pick Tm
Pos College/Univ
1 1 CLE Courtney Brown DE Penn St.
1 2 WAS LaVar Arrington LB Penn St.
1 3 WAS Chris Samuels T Alabama
1 4 CIN Peter Warrick WR Florida St.
1 5 BAL Jamal Lewis RB Tennessee
1 6 PHI Corey Simon DT Florida St.
1 7 ARI Thomas Jones RB Virginia
1 8 PIT Plaxico Burress WR Michigan St.
1 9 CHI Brian Urlacher LB New Mexico
1 10 BAL Travis Taylor WR Florida
1 11 NYG Ron Dayne RB Wisconsin
1 12 NYJ Shaun Ellis DE Tennessee
1 13 NYJ John Abraham DE South Carolina
1 14 GNB Bubba Franks TE Miami (FL)
1 15 DEN Deltha O'Neal DB California
1 16 SFO Julian Peterson LB Michigan St.
1 17 OAK Sebastian Janikowski K Florida St.
1 18 NYJ Chad Pennington QB Marshall
1 19 SEA Shaun Alexander RB Alabama
1 20 DET Stockar McDougle T Oklahoma
1 21 KAN Sylvester Morris WR Jackson St.
1 22 SEA Chris McIntosh T Wisconsin
1 23 CAR Rashard Anderson DB Jackson St.
1 24 SFO Ahmed Plummer DB Ohio St.
1 25 MIN Chris Hovan DT Boston Col.
1 26 BUF Erik Flowers DE Arizona St.
1 27 NYJ Anthony Becht TE West Virginia
1 28 IND Rob Morris LB BYU
1 29 JAX R. Jay Soward WR USC
1 30 TEN Keith Bulluck LB Syracuse
1 31 STL Trung Canidate RB Arizona






Other notable draft picks 




2 44 GNB Chad Clifton T Tennessee
2 60 JAX Brad Meester C Northern Iowa
6 199 NWE Tom Brady QB Michigan






Most points per game:




Virginia Tech 40.3 pts










Fewest points allowed per game:




Marshall 10.5 pts










Most points scored in a game:




73 by New Mexico State on 9/2




Monday, July 27, 2015

The 2003 NFL season was the 84th regular season of the National Football League (NFL).
The Philadelphia Eagles opened Lincoln Financial Field.
Regular season play was held from September 4, 2003 to December 28, 2003. Due to damage caused by the Cedar Fire, Qualcomm Stadium was used as an emergency shelter, and thus the Miami DolphinsSan Diego Chargers regular season match on October 27 was instead played at Sun Devil Stadium, the home field of the Arizona Cardinals.
The playoffs began on January 3, 2004. The NFL title was eventually won by the New England Patriots when they narrowly defeated the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas on February 1. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_NFL_season

Final Stats:

Record Team






14 2 New England Patriots






13 3 Kansas City Chiefs






12 4 St. Louis Rams






12 4  Indianapolis Colts






12 4 Tennessee Titans






12 4 Philadelphia Eagles






11 5 Carolina Panthers






10 6 Green Bay Packers






10 6 Seattle Seahawks






10 6 Baltimore Ravens






10 6 Denver Broncos






10 6 Miami Dolphins






10 6 Dallas Cowboys






9 7 Minnesota Vikings






8 8 Cincinnati Bengals






8 8 New Orleans Saints






7 9 San Francisco 49ers






7 9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers






7 9 Chicago Bears






6 10 Pittsburgh Steelers






6 10 New York Jets






6 10 Buffalo Bills






5 11 Atlanta Falcons






5 11 Washington Redskins






5 11 Jacksonville Jaguars






5 11 Detroit Lions






5 11 Houston Texans






5 11 Cleveland Browns






4 12 San Diego Chargers






4 12 Oakland Raiders






4 12 New York Giants






4 12 Arizona Cardinals















Playoff Games







Week Day Date
Winner/tie
Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
WildCard Sat 3-Jan boxscore Carolina Panthers
Dallas Cowboys 29 10
WildCard Sat 3-Jan boxscore Tennessee Titans @ Baltimore Ravens 20 17
WildCard Sun 4-Jan boxscore Green Bay Packers
Seattle Seahawks 33 27
WildCard Sun 4-Jan boxscore Indianapolis Colts
Denver Broncos 41 10









Division Sat 10-Jan boxscore New England Patriots
Tennessee Titans 17 14
Division Sat 10-Jan boxscore Carolina Panthers @ St. Louis Rams 29 23
Division Sun 11-Jan boxscore Philadelphia Eagles
Green Bay Packers 20 17
Division Sun 11-Jan boxscore Indianapolis Colts @ Kansas City Chiefs 38 31









ConfChamp Sun 18-Jan boxscore New England Patriots
Indianapolis Colts 24 14
ConfChamp Sun 18-Jan boxscore Carolina Panthers @ Philadelphia Eagles 14 3









SuperBowl Sun 1-Feb boxscore New England Patriots N Carolina Panthers 32 29









Most points scored:







Kansas City Chiefs 484
















Fewest points allowed:







New England Patriots 238
















Most points scored in a game







55, Indianapolis Colts 9/28