I remember this game well. I was in attendance at my 1st NFL game. Snowballs were flying all over the place. The pos that threw the one at Foreman nearly blinded him. A true classless act to be sure.
History on this game: OJ ends up winning three categories, rushing, points & TDs. Foreman was neck and neck with him in those last 2 stats but when the Bills fans threw snowballs here one of them hit Foreman in the eye and he had blurred vision and couldn't return. Viking fans call it the snowball game.
Foreman came into the game with 18 TDs, Simpson came in with 21. The record was 22 by Gale Sayers. If you look at that box score, Foreman scored 4 TDs and, at one point they were both tied with Sayer at 22 TDs. Then OJ scored at the end to get his 23rd TD. So, Foreman was a record holder for about 20 minutes, then lost it. He probably could have scored again, as the Vikings were feeding him the ball, but he was hit with the snowball and had to sit out the rest of the game.
I remember this game well. I was in attendance at my 1st NFL game. Snowballs were flying all over the place. The pos that threw the one at Foreman nearly blinded him. A true classless act to be sure.
Late Vin Scully called this game for CBS-TV Network
Great effort by Krause
History on this game: OJ ends up winning three categories, rushing, points & TDs. Foreman was neck and neck with him in those last 2 stats but when the Bills fans threw snowballs here one of them hit Foreman in the eye and he had blurred vision and couldn't return. Viking fans call it the snowball game.
Actually Simpson was ahead ,but Foreman almost won the triple crown in the NFC,but came up 6 yards short of the rushing title in the NFC.
Foreman came into the game with 18 TDs, Simpson came in with 21. The record was 22 by Gale Sayers. If you look at that box score, Foreman scored 4 TDs and, at one point they were both tied with Sayer at 22 TDs. Then OJ scored at the end to get his 23rd TD. So, Foreman was a record holder for about 20 minutes, then lost it. He probably could have scored again, as the Vikings were feeding him the ball, but he was hit with the snowball and had to sit out the rest of the game.
It was sad seeing Foreman KO'd by the Bills Fans.