Obscure sports trivia

[tapintoamerica]

Off the top of my head, I am going to guess USC and the Oakland Raiders, in the mid-1970s.

Certainly a logical guess, but that's not it. Hints: The state is not California. And it's before 1970.

 

[garrow]

Ohio State and the Browns? Don't know the year.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Ohio State and the Browns? Don't know the year.

Correct. In 1954. Game called on TV by the great Chuck Thompson.
Only one other convergence: in 1952 (Lions and Michigan State.)

 

[I Should Coco]

Correct. In 1954. Game called on TV by the great Chuck Thompson.
Only one other convergence: in 1952 (Lions and Michigan State.)

Not sure what I like more about this answer: the Lions and the Browns being the NFL champions, or that the team matching the Lions' title is Michigan State rather than the Wolverines.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

There have been 11 Americans who've scored 1,000 points in the NHL. Name them.

 

[micropolitan guy]

There have been 11 Americans who've scored 1,000 points in the NHL. Name them.

Two of them played for the Sabres, Pat LaFontaine and Phil Housley.

 

[MTM]

Mike Modano

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Mike Modano

That is one (up to three).

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Two of them played for the Sabres, Pat LaFontaine and Phil Housley.

Those are two.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

There have been 11 Americans who've scored 1,000 points in the NHL. Name them.

Mike Gartner?

Brian Leetch?

Joey Mullen?

 

[garrow]

Keith Tkachuk

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Mike Gartner?

Brian Leetch?

Joey Mullen?

Leetch and Mullen are yeses, gartner is no. Up to five.