A Very Long Football Game

    On Saturday December 25, 1971 The NFL opened its post season with two games scheduled to be played. The Miami Dolphins traveled to Kansas City to play the Chiefs in an AFC Divisional Playoff Game and the Dallas Cowboys traveled to Minnesota to take on the Vikings in a NFC Divisional Playoff Game.
  In the game at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, the Cowboys took full advantage of Viking turnovers to remove them from their path to the SuperBowl and the league championship trophy. The Cowboys opponent in the SuperBowl had a much tougher time with the Chiefs requiring a record effort to advancing on.
   The Dolphins-Chiefs game was the last game to be played by the Chiefs at Municipal Stadium, before they opened Arrowhead Stadium the following summer. The two teams played quite evenly in the first 4 quarters. The Chiefs jumped off to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter. The Dolphins answered with a 10-0 quarter of their own in the second quarter of play. The teams went into the locker room with a 10-10 tie. The teams traded 7-7 quarters in the second half to send the game into a historical showdown in overtime. After the first 15 minutes of overtime, the teams remained tied. Both kickers had missed field goals during the period. At the 7:40 mark of the second overtime period Gero Yepremian of the Dolphins kicked a 37 yard field goal to end the game and the Chiefs season as well as their stay at Municipal Stadium. WOW!!
   Tomorrow we look at a Japanese baseball first.