Longest NFL touchdowns by a player wearing #0: 99 yards (int): Devin Lloyd, JAX, 10/6/2025 63 (fumble): Christian Gonzalez, NE, 11/24/2024 63 (fum): Roquan Smith, BAL, 9/14/2025 59 (pass): Calvin Ridley, JAX, 1/7/2024 50 (run): Ox Eckhardt, NYG, 11/11/1928 45 (run): Johnny Olszewski, WAS, 10/19/1958

NFL interceptions that became offensive touchdowns: 11/15/1964: Abner Haynes, KC (SD's Dick Westmoreland intercepted ball at 5 and fumbled into end zone) 12/9/2009: Robert Meachem, NO (WAS's Kareem Moore intercepted ball at 32 and was stripped at 44) 10/5/2025: Tyler Lockett, TEN

The NFL's previous walkoff tie came in 1973 when the Giants kicked a field goal to tie the Eagles at 23. Regular-season overtime started the next year.

Second time this season there were 74 points in regulation of a Cowboys game and then their opponent chose not to receive in overtime. www.quirkyresearch.com/football-lis...

Games in which a NFL team had scored exactly 4 points at any point in the game: 9/17/1950: Giants 4, Steelers 7 (12:01 4Q), Giants eventually won 18-7 11/13/1927: Bears 4, Pottsville Maroons 6 (3Q), 30-12 Bears final 11/25/1923: Chicago Cardinals 4, Racine Legion 10 (4Q, also final)

Markquese Bell's score is the 15th defensive 2-point conversion in NFL history and the 3rd after which a team had exactly 2 points.

Braden Mann's -34 yard run ties Andre Johnson's as the longest intentional safety ever. refs.ws/safety

Jordan Addison's 81-yard catch was the longest non-touchdown of the NFL season. refs.ws/80nontd

On this date in 1997, Steelers coach Bill Cowher barely restrained himself from punching the Jaguar who was returning a blocked field goal for a touchdown.

The 1985 Buccaneers' record of being eliminated from division contention in just 8 weeks is safe.

That's the first go-ahead safety on a penalty since Brandon Weeden illegally kicked the ball out of the end zone for a 22-21 Jaguars lead in 2013. youtu.be/nymczup1hls?...

Troy Aikman winning a high school typing contest, 1983.

The Giants are the 17th team in NFL history to choose to kick off in overtime. www.quirkyresearch.com/football-lis...

This was the 12th kickoff recovery for a touchdown in NFL history. www.quirkyresearch.com/2018/12/09/k...

Multiple doinks since 2022: Will Reichard 4 Brandon Aubrey 3 Joshua Karty 3 Greg Zuerlein 3 Harrison Butker 2 Jake Elliott 2 Brayden Narveson 2 Jason Sanders 2 Justin Tucker 2

JJ McCarthy yardage on completed passes: 56 JJ McCarthy yardage on pass interference and roughing the passer: 57

For no reason at all, the USGA's reasoning for changing the Overall Distance Standard for golf balls: www.usga.org/content/usga...

If you hear a "since 1978" stat on an NFL broadcast this year, that's likely because that's as far as the published PFR play-by-play data goes back, not because something happened in 1977.

Chicago Bears, 1975.

On this date in 1985, Saints starting quarterback Dave Wilson was benched after throwing 18 straight incompletions.

That's probably the closest we've ever come to an NFL one-point safety. www.quirkyresearch.com/2013/01/04/o...

NFL 1980, before lighning delays were common.

Javonte Williams is the first Cowboy to score the first points in an NFL season since 1991 (or possibly 1971, or possibly ever). refs.ws/1stscore

That was the fastest ejection in an NFL game since 2005, when Jeremiah Trotter and Kevin Mathis were ejected for fighting 40 minutes before the game started.

On this date in 1995, Ricky Watters made his Eagles debut and immediately endeared himself to his new fanbase. youtu.be/_tKNU6N7xQI

On this date in 1979, Joe Montana made his inauspicious NFL debut. (The ball was actually kicked into a teammate's helmet, not blocked by a Viking.)

North Carolina is steadily increasing its yards per drive.

An old newspaper tradition.

On this date in 1986, Alabama gave Ohio State two extra chances to complete the winning touchdown pass.

Game recap of the first Washington State-Idaho game, 1894. Another recap noted that "many protests were made by the Idaho players because of the failure of the umpire to notice fouls committed by the Pullman men, and it was claimed that this neglect robbed Moscow of a touchdown in the first half."

On this date in 1974, the Saints and Browns made the greatest name-for-name trade in NFL history.

The Mercer-UC Davis gamebook, preserved for history: drive.google.com/file/d/1pNGE...

On this date in 1931, Oklahoma's governor declared that he would not be attending any football games, calling the sport boring and little different from a street fight.

The 2025 Giants (100 points in 3 games) are averaging more points per game in the preseason than any team since the 1992 Vikings (140 in 4).

Great moments in unproductive Patriots WR preseason injuries, 1984.

Hypothetical NFL "16" commercial, Fall 2025.

On this date in 1949, a reporter for the Bay City Times barely hid her feelings about writing a "woman's angle" feature on the exhibition game between the local semipro team and the AAFC's Chicago Hornets.

Own goal disaster for North Carolina State.

Mike McDaniel, forgetting the title of "Lose Yourself":

In the early 1970s, the NFL had an official left-handed night football for use by southpaw quarterbacks.

On this date in 1989, the Buccaneers began wearing white jerseys at home games, partially to make it easier for colorblind QB Vinny Testaverde to identify his teammates. Testaverde threw 22 interceptions in 7 home games in 1988; he cut that down to a mere 14 in 6 in 1989.

Cowboys training facility, 1981.

On this date in 2000, Giants LB Jack Golden tackled teammate Fred Lewis on what would have been a game-clinching interception, causing a fumble and a game-losing Jaguars touchdown.

Tanner Mordecai making things happen.

That was the Giants' first preseason touchdown pass since 2023.

This is a big one. I've shared the 1978-1993 PBP that @quirkyresearch.bsky.social and I have put together over the years with Pro Football Reference. You can now find all the play-by-play back to 1978 there and in their Stathead query tool. Enjoy!