The Longest Game Ever
 

They found the game footage of the Christmas 1971 (I think that was the year) game and they are showing it at 6 Eastern on NFL Network on Christmas.

I know that it wasn't a win, but I'm sure some of you will want to watch it anyway.

Wow. Ed Podolak 350 total yards. Worth watching for all the Hall of Famers in this game.

That was the day I became addicted to the Chief's. That game had it all. Good memories.

It was also the beginning of the end.

As Garo Yepremian's winning FG sailed through the uprights I uttered the imfamous words, "Oh well, there's always next year." True story.

Thanks Buck...I was a young boy and that game really, really hurt. One of the worst playoff losses in Chiefs history. I was depressed for a week.

In more ways than one. My father was at that game and apparently it became one of the reasons my parents got divorced.

Only if I want to cry again like a little bitch just as I did the first time I watched it at 8 years old
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Sorry. At least you got to thicken your skin at a very young age.

P.S. I was 9 when the Chargers lost the Super Bowl. I know how bad it feels.

Thats a game that changed the NFL. Chiefs win that and more than likely we win our 2 Super Bowl in 6 years, against Dallas no less. Miami might not go on to perfect season the next year and Dallas might not have became America's Team either.

I'm not sure I can bear to watch that game again. I was 10.

Maybe re-living it will purge the bad spirits that Chief football has been inflicted with the last 40 years.

Clearly the "worst day ever."

Thing

Is that a Jan Stenerud quote?

Did your mother become obsessed with Garo Yepremian?


I saw the game in 1971. Not sure if it's too soon to see it again, but maybe it's time. It'd be nice to my childhood team back in action.