JBlood24:

Even with the techniques of surgery available at that time, he came back to lead the league in rushing before the knee failed again.  He was unbelivable how he could make people miss, and his acceleration was like a jet.  Adrian Peterson reminds me a bit of him, unfortunately.

They both possessed speed, power and a ton of shake.  Both players could accelerate while making a cut.

KYPack:

JBlood24:

Even with the techniques of surgery available at that time, he came back to lead the league in rushing before the knee failed again.  He was unbelivable how he could make people miss, and his acceleration was like a jet.  Adrian Peterson reminds me a bit of him, unfortunately.

They both possessed speed, power and a ton of shake.  Both players could accelerate while making a cut.

AD is a more physically punishing runner and Sayers had more pure speed.

CheeseCityFan:

KYPack:

JBlood24:

Even with the techniques of surgery available at that time, he came back to lead the league in rushing before the knee failed again.  He was unbelivable how he could make people miss, and his acceleration was like a jet.  Adrian Peterson reminds me a bit of him, unfortunately.

They both possessed speed, power and a ton of shake.  Both players could accelerate while making a cut.

AD is a more physically punishing runner and Sayers had more pure speed.

AD's physical stature and ability to lower his pads and deliver the blow amaze me. That is a combo that is very difficult to deal with.

November 4

November 4, 1962:  The Chicago Barleys were generous hosts, dishing out four fumbles and three interceptions, en route to a 38-7 Packers victory.  Jim Taylor accounted for 124 yards on 25 carries and four of the Packers' TDs.  The Packers advanced their record to 10-0, keeping ahead of the Lions in the Western Conference standings.

(hat tip the-kramerfamily.com)

 CCF--those were the days.  You're being cruel to bring up the sixties during these trying times, even though this is nothing compared to the seventies and eighties.  Keep up the good work.  Go Pack.

JBlood24:

CCF,  I think Gayle Sayers was the best back I ever personally saw play.  It was a shame he was injured so early. 

Reg Dunlop:

CheeseCityFan:

KYPack:

JBlood24:

Even with the techniques of surgery available at that time, he came back to lead the league in rushing before the knee failed again.  He was unbelivable how he could make people miss, and his acceleration was like a jet.  Adrian Peterson reminds me a bit of him, unfortunately.

They both possessed speed, power and a ton of shake.  Both players could accelerate while making a cut.

AD is a more physically punishing runner and Sayers had more pure speed.

AD's physical stature and ability to lower his pads and deliver the blow amaze me. That is a combo that is very difficult to deal with.

It's like Gale Sayers and Jim Brown morphing into AP. 

Gravedigger:

JBlood24:

CCF,  I think Gayle Sayers was the best back I ever personally saw play.  It was a shame he was injured so early. 

Barry Sanders was the best.

Wrong as usual, Sayers was the best. 

Hard to compare and rank Brown vs. Sayers.  They were different kinds of runners.  I do know that the Packers didn't play the Browns often during the Lombardi Era, and when they did, they didn't usually have much problem with him.  In the '61 game they held him to 72 yards; in the '64 game they held him to 74 yards; in the '65 Title game they held him to 50 yards.

The Packers played Sayers and the Barelys two times a year and they did a decent job with him, with two very notable exceptions: He had a 117 yard day in the second '67 game and he had the 205 yard day against him in the first '68 game (he suffered the big knee injury a week later).

Brown liked to run away from people, if he could, but if he had to he could just punish you.  People who have tackled Brown said it was like grabbing on to a high voltage power wire.

 As for Sayers, you can't touch what you can't catch.  I remember a lot of defenders grasping for air after being faked out of their jocks.

 Barry and Sayers have the same career yards/attempt, which surprises me.  They were both great.

November 5

As the poet-philospher Meatloaf put it, "Two out of three ain't bad..."

November 5, 1967:  It would figure that if you held Johnny Unitas scoreless through 57 minutes of the game, you should win. The Packers did exactly that to the undefeated Colts, leading 10-0 until Unitas completed a pass to Alex Hawkins just before the two minute warning. A Lou Michaels misfire on the PAT made the margin seem even safer, at 10-6.

Then came the anticipated onsides kick attempt.  The left-footed Michaels botched that, too, hitting the ball too hard, sailing the kick well past the Packers' front wall.  LB Tommy Joe Crutcher gambled that the further the kick went the better the Packers' chances would be, and didn't attempt to knock it down; his gamble failed.  Colts S Rick Volk fell on the ball at the Packers 34.  The Packers held Unitas to a 4th and 7th, but he stumbled on to a first down by the skin of his teeth.  Then, at the 1:28 mark, came the dagger as Unitas hit Willie Richardson with a 23 yard TD pass. 

The Packers lose their second game of the season, and the Colt remained undefeated.  As an aside, as a young Packers fan, I took this loss particularly hard.

November 5, 1972:  I have a fondness for the '72 team--the best team not to win a title, IMHO. Coming off two straight losses at home to the Falcons (Milwaukee) and the Queens, the Packers (at 4-3 on the season) faced a tough challenge from the NFC West leading Niners at County Stadium.  The Packers bounced back in fine fashion, defeating the Niners, 34-24.  John Brockington had his first 100+ game of the year (133 yards on 24 carries) and the Packers built a 24-7 lead in the third quarter.  However, Niners QB Steve Spurrier (subing for an injured John Brodie) rallied the Niners on two long TD passes to within 27-24 late in the fourth quarter.  However, in the closing the seconds of the game, CB Ken Ellis applied the dagger as he picked off a Spurrier pass at the Niners 23 and took it in for a pick six.  The Packers kept ahead of the NFC Central at 5-3.

November 5, 1989:  The Packers were on the verge of dropping a ninth consecutive game to the visiting Barelys, and it would appear that QB Don Majkowski would be wearing the goat horns for this loss, too, as the Packers trailed late in the game, 13-7.  He had thrown an INT and lost a fumble on two other fourth quarter drives and on the last drive of the game he had fumbled the ball on a sure TD run, recovering the ball, but losing valuable yardage.  It came down to a fourth and goal from the Barelys 14 yard line.  Majik found an open Sterling Sharpe for an apparent tying TD, but the official had ruled that Majik had crossed the 14 yard line as he threw the ball. Game over--apparently. However, instant replay reversed the ruling and the TD stood up.  Following Chris Jacke's PAT, the Packers defeated the Barelys, 14-13.

So incensed was Barelys HC Mike Ditka with this outcome that he had the Barelys official media guide refer to this game with an asterisk as the "Instant Replay Game."

A personal aside:  I was running work errands and heard the illegal forward pass ruling as I was in the car, and turned off the radio, believing that the Packers had lost again.  Imagine my surprise when I turned the radio on 15 minutes later...

(hat tips to pro-football-reference.com and the-kramerfamily.com)

November 6

November 6, 1994:  The good news for the Packers was that they made Lions QB Scott Mitchell miserable in the short time he played in today's game.  He was intercepted twice, the first Packers points came off a 10 yard pick six from Bryce Paup, and he was driven from the game after suffering a suffering a broken hand in the second quarter.  More good news: the Packers had built a 31-7 halftime lead.

The bad news: Dave Krieg made a game of it in the second half and the Lions closed the game to within 38-30.  Fortunately, Krieg's fourth down throw into the endzone with 42 seconds left to go was broken up by Doug Evans.  The Packers advance to 5-4 on the season.

(hat tip:  the-kramerfamily. com) 

CheeseCityFan:

A personal aside:  I was running work errands and heard the illegal forward pass ruling as I was in the car, and turned off the radio, believing that the Packers had lost again.  Imagine my surprise when I turned the radio on 15 minutes later...

What in the hellll were you doing working during a Packer game!;) 

robertj44:

CheeseCityFan:

A personal aside:  I was running work errands and heard the illegal forward pass ruling as I was in the car, and turned off the radio, believing that the Packers had lost again.  Imagine my surprise when I turned the radio on 15 minutes later...

 

 

What in the hellll were you doing working during a Packer game!;) 

Sad to say, Robert, my clientel makes weekend hours a necessity.  I missed almost all of the really good games in the '89 season the same way.

November 7

From two teams that weren't very good.

November 7, 1971:  The host Barelys were 5-2 going into the game and very much in contention for the NFC Central in the first half of the season. A 14-0 Packer lead going into the fourth quarter evaporated and the score was tied when Dave Hampton took the ensuing kick off 62 yards to set up Lou Michaels' 22 yard field goal (just clearing the raised arms of Barely defenders) with :59 second left in the contest.  Perhaps the only and last moment of glory for Lou Michaels as a Packer.  John Brockington had a big day, rushing for 142 yards.

November 7, 1976: The weather was brisk and cold as the host Packers outlasted the New Orleans Saints, 32-27, in a game at County Stadium.  There were several lead changes in this wild and wooly contest as the Packers took an intial 6-0 lead, trailed 13-6, led 23-13, and trailed 27-23 before a Willard Harrell 2 yard TD run put the Packers ahead for good at 30-27.  Two things of note in the game 1) The usually board-handed Fred Carr took a Bobby Douglass pass in for a pick six from 10 yards out; and, 2) Although neither team was very good, this game wound up in the lost files of NFL Films as the basis for a documentary on the Saints, which never developed, and was discovered in the "Lost Treasures" series. The project was scrapped after Hank Stramm was fired after the '77 season.

(hat tip: the-kramerfamily.com)