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Graham completed 22 of 33 passes for 298 yards, four touchdowns and one interception.

They were behind 28-20 in the fourth quarter, but Graham led the Browns to two scoring drives in the final minutes for a 30-28 upset win.

When the AAFC merged with the NFL in 1950, only three new teams joined the NFL, which felt the AAFC teams were a suspect product.Īs for the game itself, Graham and the Browns fought back from a 14-0 deficit to score 20 straight points to take the lead. The All-America Football Conference was only in existence for four years, and Graham and the Browns won the league championship all four years. Much like Joe Namath led the New York Jets and the American Football League to respectability with their Super Bowl win, Otto Graham did the same thing for the Cleveland Browns and the All-America Football Conference with this game. Player: Otto Graham, QB (Cleveland Browns) They were the only passes Wallace caught during the game. He also became the first QB to throw for 500-plus in a win since Boomer Esiason in 1996.Īnother interesting note from this game was that Roethlisberger hit Mike Wallace for a 60-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage, then hit Wallace again on the final play of regulation for another touchdown from 19 yards out. Roethlisberger set a Pittsburgh record with 503 passing yards (Tommy Maddox had 473 in 2002). The Steelers' offense only had 537 yards for the game, which meant their running game wasn't giving the quarterback much support. That was not the case in this contest, as Roethlisberger threw a touchdown pass on the final play of regulation to give the Steelers a one-point victory, 37-36. Big Ben also passed for three touchdowns and completed 29 of 46 passes.Ī huge passing day is usually the result of a team trailing by a bunch of points and throwing the ball all over the field versus a prevent defense. In this contest, Roethlisberger passed for 503 yards, the only time he has topped the 500-yard mark in his NFL career. Player: Ben Roethlisberger, QB (Pittsburgh Steelers)