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How many quarterbacks can dress and or play in a single game? - JimThe NFL allows for a 45-man active roster, plus a 46th spot for a "3rd quarterback". That 3rd quarterback can play in the game; however, if he enters before the 4th quarter, neither of the

(Prompted by this baseball-reference blog post. Must have hit at least 1 home run in each season.)Record for 7 years in a row: 1, Al Orth, 1895-1901.Record for 6 years in a row: 2, Al Evans, 1945-1950.Record for 5 years in a row: 4, Sam Wise, 1882-1886.Record for 4

Significant changes to the 2009 NFL rule book:RuleTopic20092008Reasoning/Impact2-2The BallFor games in outdoor stadiums, eight new footballs, sealed in a special box and shipped by the manufacturer to the Referee, will be opened in the officials’ locker room two hours and 15 minutes prior to the starting time of the game.

[2010 note: these rules no longer apply after the changes made in the offseason.]Regular season games are limited to one 15-minute overtime period, as the Eagles found out in Week 11. But what happens if a playoff game is tied after 15 minutes of overtime?The relevant text: Rule 16,

No major sport has more rules than American football. And no other sport has as many games turn on obscure rules and (mis)interpretations.Yet the NFL, unlike almost all other leagues, doesn't make its full rulebook freely available to the general public. (What's on the NFL.com website under "Rulebook"

Missed fair catch kick (and long field goal): Mason Crosby, just short from 69 yards at the end of the first half.Low number of pass attempts: The Patriots had only 8 pass attempts in ridiculously windy conditions in Buffalo.

New York Times, 12/4/1950

The Cincinnati Bengals attempted only 9 passes in last week's game against the Browns. This is only the 14th time since passing rules were liberalized in 1978 that an NFL team has attempted fewer than 10 passes in a game. Needless to say, most of these games were

Notes and assumptions:No possibility of ties. PHI is ignored in these tiebreakers for that reason.However, if PHI does tie again, their two ties on the season would equal one win and one loss. An 8-6-2 record is equivalent to 9-7.Tiebreakers that don't affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored.Divisional