Word: playoff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...league. Bell turned out to be a good prophet. At one point in the race, seven of the twelve N.F.L. teams were, tied for first place, and it was not until last week that the standings were finally unscrambled. The teams that lined up for the league championship playoff, after what happy Commissioner Bell called "the best year we ever had" the "haves" v. the "have nots" of the N.F.L...
...conference championship since 1935. After losing two of their first three games, the Lions, well stocked with castoffs from other teams, roared back to a tie with the defending champion Los Angeles Rams for their division title, then whipped the Rams. 31-21, in a playoff last week...
This week, for the payoff playoff, the rugged Lion defense let Cleveland's famed Quarterback Otto Graham & Co. roll up 22 first downs, but held them to just seven points. Meanwhile, Detroit's Quarterback Bobby Layne scored from two yards out, handed off to Doak Walker for a 67-yd. touchdown run. and held the ball while Veteran Pat Harder kicked a field goal. Final score that gave Detroit the world championship: 17-7. The payoff for the "have not" Lions: $2,275 apiece. Losing players' share...
Mower Hall won the freshman touch football title yesterday, topping Matthews South, champion of the National League, 20 to 13, in the playoff game. Mower had previously won the American League championship...
...Yonkers, N.Y. The victory, worth $6,750, increased Good Time's record earnings to $318,792.86. ¶Jockey Tony Despirito, 17, his 300th race this season, the eighth American rider ever to turn the trick; at Salem, N.H. Cf Australian Open Golf Champion Norman Von Nida, a playoff, 72-77, over the U.S.'s Ed ("Porky") Oliver, in the $7,840 Ampol Tournament; at Sydney...