The Official NFL 1998 Record and Fact Book

The Official NFL 1998 Record and Fact Book
Author: National Football League
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1998-07
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780761113195

Definitive and the only record book authorized by the NFL, this annual of information and statistics contains all-time NFL individual and team records; a complete listing of 1997 team and individual statistics; game-by-game summaries of the 1997 season; and more.

The Official National Football League Record and Fact Book, 1996

The Official National Football League Record and Fact Book, 1996
Author: National Football League
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 466
Release: 1996-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780761104827

The definitive National Football League book of information and statistics, this guide is the only record book authorized by the source--the NFL--and distrubuted to media around the world. "For those who devour pro football facts and figures, (it) will provide happy hours".--The New York Times.

Placekicking in the NFL

Placekicking in the NFL
Author: Rick Gonsalves
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1476600511

NFL placekicking has an extensive history, from the early days of the dropkick, to the placekick, to kicking barefoot, to soccer style kicking. Each season, approximately 30 percent of all games in pro football are won by field goals. Field goals and extra points account for 20 percent of the league’s yearly total points. This book discusses all aspects of NFL placekicking in historical perspective: the effectiveness of different kicking styles; the use of artificial turf and the development of domed stadiums as they relate to placekicking accuracy; individual kickers who helped to change the way a football is kicked; the mental aspects of the skill, so vital to a kicker’s success; the development of the square-toe kicking shoe used by straight-on kickers to make better contact with the ball; changes in goal posts and the shape of the ball; and the fine points of centering, blocking and holding for the kicker.

Official NFL 1997 Record and Fact Book

Official NFL 1997 Record and Fact Book
Author: National Football League
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997-03
Genre: Football
ISBN: 9780761108641

The definitive annual of NFL information and statistics, this is the only record book authorized by the source--the NFL--and distributed to media around the world. "For those who devour pro football facts and figures, (it) will provide happy hours".--"The New York Times".

A Statistical History of Pro Football

A Statistical History of Pro Football
Author: Rupert Patrick
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2021-05-26
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1476640890

Drawing on the author's 30-year study of football statistics, this book presents new methods for analyzing the game in different ways. An examination of known distances for missed field goals offers an accurate method for evaluating placekickers. Reassessments of punters and running backs are included, along with an overhaul of the NFL's passer rating system. Topics previously unexplored through statistics are covered, such as momentum, defining "What is a dynasty?" and "What is a Cinderella team?"

Pro Football Schedules

Pro Football Schedules
Author: Ivan Urena
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2013-12-25
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786473517

This book explains how the NFL determines each team's opponents and how the league's scheduling format has evolved throughout the years. It includes a history on the evolution of the pro football schedule, explores all of the scheduling formulas used in the National Football League, American Football League and the All-America Football Conference, and presents home-and-away opponent charts from 1933 through the 2017 season.

The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All-Time

The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All-Time
Author: Elliott Kalb
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2009-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1602396787

In this book, long-time TV sports statistician and self-professed skeptic Elliot Kalb examines the most notorious conspiracies in sports history-in baseball and football, the NBA and the NHL, the racetrack and the prize ring, and beyond. Separating myth from fact, Kalb attempts to determine which of these long-held conspiracy theories hold water, and which ones fall flat under scrutiny. He thoroughly evaluates conspiracies like the possible fixing of Super Bowl III, Sonny Liston throwing his fights with Muhammad Ali, and why Michael Jordan retired from basketball the first time. In this updated addition, he also includes sections on Spygate, questioning whether or not the Patriots had footage of the Rams walk-through before Super Bowl XXXVI; the 1973 tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King, which Riggs may have thrown; and the controversy surrounding Roger Clemens, who has never failed a drug test, yet seems destined to be hanged with the steroids rope