Here’s the funny thing — I looked that game up. It was a couple of years before I became football-conscious (I was six) so I obviously don’t remember it, but:
- that game was also a late-window start (4 pm)
- that game also featured a scoop-and-score (by Mike Kadish) for the Bills’ first touchdown
- like Josh, Joe Ferguson also passed for a TD (actually 2) and ran for another TD, but finished with just 129 yards through the air
- like Rodgers, Terry Bradshaw also was knocked out of the game (but unlike Rodgers, did not return)
- like Bradshaw’s replacement (Joe Gilliam), Rodgers’ replacement also threw an interception
- late in the 3rd quarter, the score was 23-7 Bills, just as it was last night until the final minutes (the Bills scored another TD and then the Steelers scored two meaningless TDs late to make the final 30-21)
Somehow despite rolling up 310 yards on the ground, the Bills still managed to punt 8 (!) times. The Steelers turned the ball over five times.