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Fun Facts! (Panthers v Vikings edition)

Cary Kollins

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Cary Kollins Experienced

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September 30th, 1990 was the last time a team scored on two blocked punts in the same NFL game.

 

On this date:

 

George HW Bush was the US President

 

"Goodfellas" had been in theaters less than two weeks

 

Mugsy Bogues, Dell Curry and Kendall Gill lead a Charlotte Hornets team that was first in NBA attendance

 

Ken Griffey, Sr & Jr, hit back-to-back HRs in 1st inning two weeks prior

 

 

The Vikings had not returned a punt for a touchdown since October 12th, 1986.  Yesterday, it happened twice in one half.

 

Back in October 1986:

 

"Platoon" won the academy award for Best Picture

 

A former movie star named Ronald Reagon was President

 

Barack Obama is a community organizer in Chicago, just about to be accepted to Harvard Law School

 

 

 

 

 

What will scholars be talking about ~24 years from now, when this level of ineptitude is bound to be repeated???

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According to Elias Sports Bureau, this is just the fourth time in NFL history a team has scored two touchdowns off blocked punts in one half. The last time it happened was Sept. 21, 1975, when the Detroit Lions did it against the Green Bay Packers. The other instances were back in 1920 -- the league’s first season -- by the Chicago Cardinals (vs. the Detroit Heralds) and the Rock Island Independents (vs. the Muncie Flyers).

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/69047/vikings-blocked-punts-make-team-history 

 

 

 

Yes, the 2014 Panthers join one team from 1975 and two teams from the 1920's as the only teams to have two blocked punts returned for touchdowns in one half.

 

 

How in the hell did this team win three games?

 

 

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