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Patriots, Cowboys looking like '02 Raiders
http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_7024762?source=rss
By Bill Soliday, STAFF WRITER
Sometimes the masses must be fed, so let us take a trip back into time with the Team of the Decades.
The first four games of the 2002 season represented something special for the Raiders. With Rich Gannon throwing more passes than either of the Wedding Crashers, in consecutive games Oakland scored 31 points on Seattle, 30 on Pittsburgh, 52 on Tennessee and 49 on Buffalo.
Not bad — 162 points for a 40.5 average. It stands today as the NFL record to open the season. Only it might not be after this week's NFL games roll to a close Monday night.
The Raiders' record is under attack by two teams. Through three games, Dallas has scored 38.7 points a game, New England 38.0. The Cowboys need 47 points Sunday against the mangled heap that is the St. Louis Rams, and the Patriots need 49 against the defenseless Cincinnati Bengals on Monday to blow up Oakland's record.
Furthermore, if the Patriots beat Cincinnati by 30 or more points, they will break another record — for the largest point differential through the first quarter of a season in NFL history. They are plus-79 (114 scored, 35 allowed) for a 26.3-point margin in three games.
The four-game record is 27.0 points per game held by the Buffalo Bills.
They scored 153 points and gave up 45. The year was 1992. Nice work until you consider when those same Bills reached the Super Bowl, they lost 52-17 to the Dallas Cowboys, the second biggest blowout in Super Bowl history.
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http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_7024762?source=rss
By Bill Soliday, STAFF WRITER
Sometimes the masses must be fed, so let us take a trip back into time with the Team of the Decades.
The first four games of the 2002 season represented something special for the Raiders. With Rich Gannon throwing more passes than either of the Wedding Crashers, in consecutive games Oakland scored 31 points on Seattle, 30 on Pittsburgh, 52 on Tennessee and 49 on Buffalo.
Not bad — 162 points for a 40.5 average. It stands today as the NFL record to open the season. Only it might not be after this week's NFL games roll to a close Monday night.
The Raiders' record is under attack by two teams. Through three games, Dallas has scored 38.7 points a game, New England 38.0. The Cowboys need 47 points Sunday against the mangled heap that is the St. Louis Rams, and the Patriots need 49 against the defenseless Cincinnati Bengals on Monday to blow up Oakland's record.
Furthermore, if the Patriots beat Cincinnati by 30 or more points, they will break another record — for the largest point differential through the first quarter of a season in NFL history. They are plus-79 (114 scored, 35 allowed) for a 26.3-point margin in three games.
The four-game record is 27.0 points per game held by the Buffalo Bills.
They scored 153 points and gave up 45. The year was 1992. Nice work until you consider when those same Bills reached the Super Bowl, they lost 52-17 to the Dallas Cowboys, the second biggest blowout in Super Bowl history.
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for more updates visit http://gryphononcowboys.blogspot.com/
