In 2014-15, I completed one of my most exciting projects: A seven-game series featuring the Staubach-era Cowboys and Stabler-era Raiders. Thanks to the curious NFL scheduling of the ’70s, they only once in a regular season match (Oakland defeated Dallas 27-23, in their season-ender in Oakland on Saturday night, Dec. 14, 1974; the Cowboys finished the season 8-6, third in the NFC East). To make up for the many great games that never were, I pitted the Cowboys and Raiders of 1970, ’72, ’73, ’75, ’76, ’77 and ’74 in a match for the ages using my somewhat unusual solitaire method. Thanks to a late trick play — Drew Pearson to Golden Richards — the ‘Boys rallied from an 0-2 series deficit to claim the Silver Series four games to three.
This game also briefly illustrates my oddball solitaire method, in which I:
1) Create runner usage allocations based on their total carries and a 2-to-12 roll to indicate the rusher; I save “2” and”12″ rolls for one or both WRs who executed end-arounds, and/or maybe a “2,” “3,” “11” or “12” for QBs depending on their carries. In the ’70s, save for Rodger Dodgers and Fran T, not a ton of scrambling going on then. Let’s me easily and accurately incorporate QB scrambles with the old boards.
2) Primarily call defense and …
3) “Call” offense by shuffling a deck of play cards based on a team’s average play calling (run to pass ratio) and or situational likelihoods. I can install things like the prescribed trick play you see here, as well as audible/add lib depending on field position (I can use long pass cards as outside run cards from the nine yardline to goal line, for instance, although I do need to laminate a series of play cards on heavy stock to use all the time). Immensely enjoyable twist to the game and lets me participate on and influence both sides of the ball.
Footage from Feb. 6, 2015
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