1973 NFL Season Highlights & Super Bowl VIII Highlights

🏈On September 16, 1973 the Minnesota Vikings defeat the Oakland Raiders 24-16 at Metropolitan Stadium. In his NFL debut, the Raiders’ Ray Guy punts the ball 5 times for 248 yards, averaging 49.6 yards per punt. Running back Chuck Foreman made his NFL debut for the Vikings, tallying 26 rushing yards, 53 receiving yards and a touchdown. After rushing for 801 yards on 182 carries and catching 37 passes for 362 yards during the regular season, Foreman won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award.

🏈On December 16, 1973 in Buffalo’s 34-14 win over the New York Jets at a snow covered Shea Stadium, Bills running back O.J. Simpson not only broke Jim Brown's NFL single-season yardage record (1,863 yards), but he became the first player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season. Simpson ran 34 times for exactly 200 yards and a touchdown, as Buffalo threw the ball only 5 times. Simpson finished the season with 2,003 rushing yards. The game is also significant in that it marked the final game head coa