2006 National Football League season
Regular season
Duration	September 7, 2006 - December 31, 2006
Playoffs
Start date	January 6, 2007
AFC Champions	Indianapolis Colts
NFC Champions	Chicago Bears
Super Bowl XLI
Date	February 4, 2007
Site	Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
Champions	Indianapolis Colts
Pro Bowl
Date	February 10, 2007
National Football League seasons  < 2005 2007 >

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Contents 1 Schedule 1.1 Flexible-scheduling 1.1.1 Sunday Night Football 2 Final regular season standings 3 Playoffs 3.1 AFC 3.2 NFC 3.3 Super Bowl 3.4 Pro Bowl 4 Television 4.1 The Pre-Game News 4.2 Prime time changes 4.2.1 ESPN 4.2.2 NBC 4.2.3 NFL Network 5 News and notes 5.1 Major rule changes 5.2 Officials' uniform makeover 5.3 New NFL commissioner 5.4 Return of "The Duke" football 5.5 Unprecedented sell-outs 5.6 Saints go home 5.7 Game highlights on iTunes 5.8 Death of Lamar Hunt 5.9 Death of two Broncos 6 Milestones 7 Regular season statistical leaders 7.1 Team 7.2 Individual 8 Awards 9 Officials 10 References

Schedule

This was the fifth year that the NFL regular season began with a Thursday night kickoff game (the Pittsburgh Steelers scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to win 28-17 over the Miami Dolphins). NFL Kickoff game, and related festivities mark the start of the National Football League season The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami Florida Metropolitan Area.

The regular season week one continued on Sunday, September 10, concluded with the Indianapolis Colts at the New York Giants in what was the first NFL game with two brothers starting at quarterback: Peyton Manning of the Colts and his brother Eli of the Giants. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis Indiana. The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. Elisha Nelson Manning IV (born January 3 1981 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American football Quarterback for the New York Giants

Then on Monday Night, September 11, there was a doubleheader: the Minnesota Vikings defeating the Washington Redskins, 19-16, which was followed by the San Diego Chargers shutting out the Oakland Raiders, 27-0. Monday Night Football ( MNF) is a Live television broadcast of the National Football League. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis Minnesota. The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington D The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego California. The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland California.

There were only seven bye weeks in 2006 (weeks 3-9). A bye, in sports and other competitive activities most commonly refers to the practice of allowing a player or Team to advance to the next Round of a Six teams had open dates in weeks 6 and 7, while four teams had open dates the remaining bye weeks. Previously, there were eight bye weeks (weeks 3-10), with four teams having an open date each week.

Three games were played on Thanksgiving Day. In the United States, Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day legal holiday to express Gratitude for the things one has In addition to the traditional annual Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys home games during that day, with the Lions losing to the Miami Dolphins 27-10, and the Cowboys handily trouncing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 38-10, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Denver Broncos, 19-10, exactly 37 years since their last meeting on Thanksgiving Day in the AFL. The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan. The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami Florida Metropolitan Area. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (often shortened as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa Florida. The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City Missouri. The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. Note There were three earlier and unrelated major American professional football leagues of the same name One in 1926, one in 1936-1937 and one in 1940-1941

Based on the NFL's scheduling formula, the intraconference and interconference matchups for 2006 were:

The season formally concluded with the Pro Bowl, the league's all-star game, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 10. The National Football League (NFL season begins the weekend after Labor Day. The AFC East is a division of the National Football League 's American Football Conference. The AFC South is a division of the National Football League 's American Football Conference. The American Football Conference North Division, or AFC North, is a division of the National Football League 's American Football Conference. The AFC West is a division of the National Football League 's American Football Conference. The NFC East is a division of the National Football League 's National Football Conference. The NFC South is a division of the National Football League 's National Football Conference. The NFC North is a division of the National Football League 's National Football Conference. The NFC West is a division of the National Football League 's National Football Conference. The 2007 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl took place on February 10, 2007, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. An all-star game is an Exhibition game played by the best players in their Sports league. Aloha Stadium is a Stadium located in {{okina}}Aiea Hawai{{okina}}i. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead It was held on a Saturday instead of the usual Sunday after the Super Bowl because of a request by CBS, on which the game was broadcast. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. ^[1]

Flexible-scheduling

For more details on this topic, see NFL_on_television#Flexible-scheduling. The television rights to broadcast National Football League (NFL games are the most lucrative and expensive rights of any sport

For the first time, a "flexible-scheduling" system was used for the last seven weeks of the regular season. This allows the league the flexibility in selecting games to air on Sunday night, in order to feature the current hottest, streaking teams. The system's primary purpose is to prevent games featuring losing teams from airing during primetime late in the season, while at the same time allowing surprise, playoff-potential teams a chance to play at night. During the previous season, a December 19 Monday Night game featured the 4-9 Baltimore Ravens versus the 3-10 Green Bay Packers, while hot, streaking teams such as the Cincinnati Bengals and the Jacksonville Jaguars had few or no primetime games. The 2005 season of the National Football League (NFL was the 86th season played by the major professional American football league in the United States Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore Maryland. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Because Christmas Eve (December 24) fell on a Sunday during the 2006 season, the flexible-scheduling actually occurred in seven of the last eight weeks. Christmas Eve, December 24, is the day before Christmas Day, the celebrated birthday of Jesus. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Instead of a Sunday night game on Christmas Eve, two games were held on Monday, Christmas Day (December 25): The Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys at 5 p. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National m. ET, and the New York Jets at Miami Dolphins at 8:30 p. The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami Florida Metropolitan Area. m. ET. Therefore, the first real test of the new flexible scheduling will come with the 2007 season, with the final seven weeks scheduled to begin on November 18 of that year. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull For the first use of the new scheduling, it was announced on October 24 that the game between the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants would air on NBC on November 12 at 8:15 p. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days m. EST, and FOX moved the New Orleans Saints-Pittsburgh Steelers game to 4:15 p. The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans Louisiana. m. EST from 1 p. m. EST.

Under the flexible-scheduling system, all Sunday games in the affected weeks tentatively had the start times of 1 p. m. ET/10 a. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America m. PT, except those played in the Pacific or Mountain time zones, which will have a tentative start time of 4 p. The Pacific Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-8) m. ET/1 p. m. PT (or 4:15 p. m. ET/1:15 p. m. PT if it is a doubleheader weekend). On the Tuesday 12 days before the games, the league moved one game to the primetime slot, and possibly one or more 1 p. m. slotted games to the 4 p. m. slots. During the last week of the season, the league could re-schedule games as late as six days before the contests so that all of the television networks will be able to broadcast a game that has playoff implications. Furthermore, both FOX and CBS will broadcast doubleheaders in that final week, except in the home markets excluding those of the participating teams in the Sunday Night game that week.

Sunday Night Football

NBC’s Sunday Night Football will encompass more than four hours of NFL coverage. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's NBC Sunday Night Football is a weekly Television broadcast of Sunday evening National Football League games on NBC that began airing on The agreement continues through the 2011 season and calls for 16 regular-season Sunday night games, each season's "NFL Kickoff" Thursday night primetime game, two postseason wild card games and three preseason games in primetime, in addition to Super Bowl XLIII in 2009 and Super Bowl XLVI in 2012 and Pro Bowls in the same years. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland The term wild card refers broadly to a Tournament or Playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play Super Bowl XLIII will be the 43rd annual edition of the Super Bowl in American football, and the 39th annual championship game of the modern-era National Super Bowl XLVI will be the 46th annual edition of the Super Bowl in American football, and the 42nd annual championship game of the modern-era National In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL

Final regular season standings

Qualified for playoffs

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Tiebreakers

Source: 2007 NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 978-1933821856)

• ^{^  a}  a: Cincinnati finished ahead of Pittsburgh in the AFC North based on division record (4-2 to 3-3). WikipediaCentralized discussion/Sports results --> The 2006 Arizona Cardinals season began with the team
• ^{^  a}  b: Tennessee finished ahead of Jacksonville in the AFC South based on division record (4-2 to 2-4).
• ^{^  a}  c: Kansas City finished ahead of Denver in the AFC West based on division record (4-2 to 3-3).
• ^{^  a}  d: Indianapolis clinched the AFC #3 seed based on their head-to-head victory over New England (Week 9).
• ^{^  a}  e: New Orleans clinched the NFC #2 seed based on their head-to-head victory over Philadelphia (Week 6).
• ^{^  a}  f: Carolina and St. Louis did not qualify because the N. Y. Giants and Green Bay had a better conference record (7-5 to 6-6).
• ^{^  a}  g: N. Y. Giants clinched the NFC #6 seed based on better strength of victory than Green Bay (. 422 to . 383).

Playoffs

Further information: NFL playoffs, 2006-07

Playoff seeds
Seed	AFC	NFC
1	San Diego Chargers (West winner)	Chicago Bears (North winner)
2	Baltimore Ravens (North winner)	New Orleans Saints (South winner)
3	Indianapolis Colts (South winner)	Philadelphia Eagles (East winner)
4	New England Patriots (East winner)	Seattle Seahawks (West winner)
5	New York Jets	Dallas Cowboys
6	Kansas City Chiefs	New York Giants

Home team in capitals

AFC

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• Divisional playoffs: Indianapolis 15, BALTIMORE 6; New England 24, SAN DIEGO 21
• AFC Championship: INDIANAPOLIS 38, New England 34

NFC

• Wild-Card playoffs: SEATTLE 21, Dallas 20; PHILADELPHIA 23, N. Y. Giants 20
• Divisional playoffs: NEW ORLEANS 27, Philadelphia 24; CHICAGO 27, Seattle 24 (OT)
• NFC Championship: CHICAGO 39, New Orleans 14

Super Bowl

• Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida:
  Indianapolis (AFC) 29, Chicago (NFC) 17

Pro Bowl

• 2007 Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii: AFC 31, NFC 28

Television

Further information: NFL on Television

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The Pre-Game News

CBS made the biggest pre-game show news of all during the off-season, as they lured away James Brown from FOX NFL Sunday to The NFL Today, with Brown citing that he wanted to be closer to his home of Washington, D.C., as The NFL Today is based in New York City. James Brown (born February 25, 1951) commonly called " JB Ford Drive One FOX NFL Sunday is the pregame show for the TV show The NFL on FOX. The NFL Today is also the name of the Radio show that corresponds with the television show Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The City of New York Previous host Greg Gumbel was moved to the #2 team with Dan Dierdorf, and his predecessor, Dick Enberg, was paired with Randy Cross. Greg Gumbel (born May 3, 1946) is an American Television Sportscaster. Daniel Lee "Longshanks" Dierdorf (born June 29, 1949) is a Hall of Fame former American football player and current Richard Alan "Dick" Enberg (born January 9, 1935) is an American Sportscaster. Randall "Randy" Laureat Cross (born April 25 1954 in Brooklyn New York) is a football analyst and former NFL offensive lineman The Eye network also announced it would continue to air only three games per week in high-definition during the season as well as eliminating sideline reporters after losing two reporters, Bonnie Bernstein (who moved to ESPN) and Armen Keteyian (who moved to CBS News as an investigative reporter). High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition Bonnie Bernstein (born August 16, 1970, in Brooklyn New York) is an American television sports reporter and anchor ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to Armen Keteyian (born March 6, 1953 in Detroit Michigan) is an American television journalist and author CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS.

Meanwhile, Joe Buck took over as host of FOX NFL Sunday, while simultaneously continuing as the network's top play-by-play man. Joseph Francis "Joe" Buck (born April 25, 1969) is an American Sportscaster and the son of the late Hall of Fame sportscaster This meant the pregame show would go on location from whichever game Buck was scheduled to call. The only weeks when the show wasn't on location were when Buck was assigned to do Major League Baseball postseason broadcasts, and the last two weeks of the season, when he and studio crew did the show from Fox Studios in Los Angeles. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Curt Menefee manned the NFL Sunday crew while Buck was calling the week's game, during the baseball post season as well as during the first two rounds of the NFC Playoffs. Curt Menefee (born July 22, 1965) is an American sportscaster who is the host of the Fox network 's NFL show FOX NFL Sunday In addition, Chris Rose, host of Fox Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show Period, took over providing updates on games in progress during the regular season. Christopher Rose (born January 27, 1971 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is an American Sportscaster. The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net (FSN are a collection of cable TV Regional sports networks owned and operated by News The Best Damn Sports Show Period is a sports Talk show on Fox Sports Net and Comcast SportsNet.

This was also the first season Fox and CBS were allowed to show in-game updates on games on each other's network throughout the season. Previously, they pooled together their highlights only during the final week of the season, when playoff spots were at stake.

Prime time changes

ESPN

ESPN took over Monday Night Football from ABC. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to Monday Night Football ( MNF) is a Live television broadcast of the National Football League. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The cable network's coverage (except for the first week doubleheader and Christmas Day) started at 3 p. m. US ET with a new SportsCenter Monday Night Kickoff Edition, followed by Around the Horn and Pardon the Interruption. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America SportsCenter is a daily Sports news Television show and the flagship program of American Cable network ESPN since the network Around the Horn (sometimes abbreviated ATH) is a daily half-hour Sports talk program on ESPN filmed in Washington D Pardon the Interruption (abbreviated PTI) is a Sports television show that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels A new version of NFL PrimeTime, hosted by Stuart Scott with Ron Jaworski and Mike Ditka followed. NFL Primetime is a sports television program that has aired on ESPN since 1987. Stuart Scott (born July 19, 1965, in Chicago Illinois) is a sportscaster, most visibly as an anchor on ESPN's SportsCenter Ronald Vincent "Jaws" Jaworski (born March 23, 1951 in Lackawanna, New York) is a former American football Quarterback Michael Keller Ditka Jr (born October 18, 1939, in Carnegie Pennsylvania) also known as Iron Mike Ditka or Da Coach, is a former Afterwards, the Monday Night Countdown 90-minute pre-game show, hosted by Chris Berman, Tom Jackson, Michael Irvin, and Steve Young. Christopher ("Boomer" James Berman (born May 10, 1955 in Greenwich Connecticut) is an American sportscaster Thomas (Tom Jackson also referred to "TJ" or Tommy (b Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966) is a former American football player for the Dallas Cowboys. Steve Young (born Jon Steven Young on October 11, 1961 in Salt Lake City Utah) is a former Quarterback for the NFL's The latter shows are done on-site. The game broadcast then started at 8:30 p. m. Mike Tirico called the play-by-play, and Joe Theismann and Tony Kornheiser served as the color commentators. Michael Jonathon Tirico (born December 13, 1966) is the lead broadcaster for ESPN 's presentation of Monday Night Football, and for Play-by-play, in Broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a Sporting event with a Voiceover describing the details of the action Joseph Robert Theismann (born September 9 1949 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA is a former American football Quarterback Anthony Irwin Kornheiser (born July 13, 1948) is an American sportswriter and former columnist for The Washington Post, as well A color commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the Broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the Play-by-play Michele Tafoya came over from ABC's version of MNF while Suzy Kolber arrived from ESPN Sunday Night Football to serve as sideline reporters. Michele Tafoya (Vandersall (born December 17, 1964, in Manhattan Beach California) is an American television Sportscaster. Susanne Lesley Kolber (born May 14, 1964, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is a football Sideline reporter, co- producer ESPN Sunday Night Football was the ESPN cable network 's weekly Television broadcasts of Sunday evening National Football League (NFL games

NBC

NBC returned to the NFL for the first time since televising Super Bowl XXXII at the end of the 1997 season, broadcasting Sunday night games. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Super Bowl XXXII was an American football game played on January 25 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego California to decide the National The 1997 NFL season was the 78th Regular season of the National Football League. The series was rebranded as NBC Sunday Night Football and it also telecast the annual Thursday opening "kickoff" game. NBC Sunday Night Football is a weekly Television broadcast of Sunday evening National Football League games on NBC that began airing on As the broadcaster of Sunday night games, NBC became the network that took full advantage of the flexible-scheduling system. The network also televised the Christmas Day contest between Philadelphia and Dallas in lieu of a Christmas Eve night game.

Bob Costas hosts the pregame show called Football Night in America, with Cris Collinsworth as his co-host. Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costas (born March 22, 1952) is a Sportscaster, on the air for the NBC network since the early 1980s Football Night in America is the studio show preceding NBC 's broadcasts of Sunday night and Wild Card Saturday National Football League Anthony Cris Collinsworth (born January 27, 1959 in Dayton Ohio) is a former American football player and current Television Currently, they serve as co-hosts of HBO's Inside the NFL, and continued to serve in their present posts. Inside the NFL is a weekly sports show that focuses on the National Football League. In addition, NBC announced on February 19 that the recently retired Jerome "The Bus" Bettis will join Costas and Collinsworth in the studio. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Jerome Abram Bettis, Nicknamed " The Bus " (born February 16, 1972) is a former American football halfback for ^[2] Sterling Sharpe also appeared on the program, after serving as a studio commentator on ESPN and then NFL Network. Sterling Sharpe (born April 6, 1965 in Chicago Illinois) is a former American football Wide receiver and currently a NFL analyst ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to NFL Network is an American television Specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League (NFL and is also shown in Canada

Play-by-play announcer Al Michaels and color commentator John Madden were signed to call the games from ABC Monday Night Football, while Andrea Kremer came from ESPN to serve as the sideline reporter, and also contributed to the studio show. Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American Television Sportscaster. John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936) is a former National Football League player a former head coach with the Oakland Raiders, a football Monday Night Football ( MNF) is a Live television broadcast of the National Football League. Andrea Kremer (born February 25, 1959) is an American television personality and the current sideline reporter for NBC Sunday Night Football. ^[2]

The pregame program aired at 7 p. m. ET and the game coverage followed at 8:15 p. m. Pink sings the show's theme, a remake of the Joan Jett song "I Hate Myself For Loving You" retitled "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night. Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8 1979 known professionally as P!nk is a two-time Grammy -winning American Singer-songwriter who gained prominence Joan Jett (born September 22 1958, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) is an American rock Guitarist, Singer " Composer John Williams also contributed instrumental music for the pre-game show and the game telecast. John Towner Williams (born February 8 1932) is an American Composer, conductor and Pianist. The exceptions were on October 22 due to Game 2 of the 2006 World Series, and on December 24 (Christmas Eve), when no Sunday night games were scheduled to be telecast. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus The 2006 World Series, the 102nd edition of Major League Baseball 's championship series, began on October 21 and ended on October 27, and Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Christmas Eve, December 24, is the day before Christmas Day, the celebrated birthday of Jesus. On those nights, Football Night in America was a one hour stand-alone telecast, while a condensed half-hour version aired on Christmas Day.

In addition, as part of the network's contract, The Peacock Network broadcast the first two wild-card games on January 6, 2007, at 4:30 p. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King m. and 8 p. m. Tom Hammond, Collinsworth and Bob Neumeier called the early contest (Kansas City at Indianapolis), while the Sunday Night team of Michaels, Madden and Kremer called the late game (Dallas at Seattle). Tom Hammond (born May 10, 1944 in Lexington Kentucky) is an American Sportscaster for NBC television Bob (Robin Neumeier is an American Sportscaster for NBC Sports, specializing in Thoroughbred horse racing

NFL Network

The NFL Network specialty channel broadcast eight primetime games from Thanksgiving to the end of the regular season on Thursday and Saturday nights. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American Holiday, which is a form of harvest festival. ^[3]

Bryant Gumbel was the play-by-play announcer and Cris Collinsworth served as the color commentator on Thursdays. Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American Television personality for news and Sports programs ^[3] Dick Vermeil worked with Bryant Gumbel for the scheduled Saturday games; however, when Vermeil came down with a severe case of laryngitis during the Dallas Cowboys-Atlanta Falcons game on December 16, Deion Sanders and Marshall Faulk, who were on location for NFL Total Access, filled in for the second half of that game. Richard Albert Vermeil (born October 30, 1936) is a former American Head coach for the National Football League 's Philadelphia Laryngitis is an Inflammation of the Larynx. It causes hoarse voice or the complete loss of the voice because of irritation to the Vocal folds The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Deion Luwynn Sanders (born August 9, 1967 in Fort Myers Florida) is a former National Football League Cornerback, Major League Marshall William Faulk (born February 26, 1973 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former American football Running back, who NFL Total Access is a Television news program on the NFL Network.

The NFL Network's first regular-season game was Kansas City's 19-10 win at home over Denver on November 23, 2006. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of The game capped off a new "Thanksgiving Tripleheader" tradition. This was not pleasing news to many, as very few people have the NFL Network, since it is part of a digital cable and satellite TV package and was not available on Time Warner Cable and Cablevision. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Cablevision Systems Corporation ( is an American Cable television company Thankfully, as is the case with ESPN's telecasts, the games were available in the participating teams' over-the-air markets.

News and notes

Major rule changes

• End zone celebrations became more restricted. Players cannot celebrate by using any type of prop, or do any act in which they are on the ground. Players may still spike, spin the ball, or dunk it over the goal posts. Dancing in the end zone is also permitted as long as it is not a prolonged or group celebration. The Lambeau Leap, though, is still legal. Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay Wisconsin, the home of the NFL 's Green Bay Packers. ^[2]

• Defenders were prohibited from hitting a passer in the knee or below unless they are blocked into him. This rule was enacted in response to the previous season's injuries to Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer, Pittsburgh Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Brian Griese. Carson Palmer (born December 27, 1979 in) is an American football Quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger (born March 2, 1982, in Lima Ohio) nicknamed Big Ben, is an American football Quarterback Brian David Griese (Gree-see (born March 18 1975 in Miami Florida) is an American football Quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• Down-by-contact calls could now be reviewed by instant replay to determine if a player fumbled the ball before he was down, and who recovered it. For other uses of the term "Instant replay" see Instant replay (disambiguation. Previously, these plays could not be reversed once officials blew the whistle.

• The "horse-collar tackle" rule enacted during the previous 2005 season was expanded. The horse-collar tackle is an American football maneuver in which a defender tackles another player by grabbing the back-inside of an opponent's shoulder pads from behind and Players are now prohibited from tackling a ball carrier from the rear by tugging inside his jersey. Previously, it was only illegal if the tackler's hand got inside the player's shoulder pads.

• To reduce injuries, defensive players cannot line up directly over the long snapper during field goal and extra point attempts. In American football and Canadian football, the term long snapper refers to a player who is a specialized center (though he could also be a tackle guard A field goal (formerly "goal from the field" in US football and Canadian football is a goal that may be scored during general play ("from In American and Canadian football, the convert, conversion, try, extra point, point after touchdown, point-after try

Officials' uniform makeover

The 2006 season marked the debut of new officiating uniforms which are supposed to be more comfortable for officials to wear in extreme weather over the old polyester uniforms. Polyester is a category of Polymers which contain the Ester Functional group in their main chain The uniforms were designed by Reebok using a proprietary material technology to keep officials both warm and dry during the winter months of the season. Reebok International Limited is a British producer of athletic footwear, apparel and accessories and is currently a subsidiary of Adidas. On the shirt, the position and number are removed from the front pocket and the lettering and numbers on the back side were black-on-white and are smaller print and the sleeve shows the uniform number. Officials also wore full-length black pants with white stripe during the winter months to stay warm, which was criticized by media and internet board posters. This was the first major design overhaul since 1979, when the position name was added to the shirt, but later abbreviated in 1982.

New NFL commissioner

On March 20, 2006, Paul Tagliabue announced his plans to retire as NFL commissioner. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Paul John Tagliabue (born November 24 1940 in Jersey City New Jersey) was the Commissioner of the National Football League During an NFL meeting in Northbrook, Illinois, on August 8, 2006, league team owners selected Roger Goodell, the NFL's then-current chief operating officer, as the new commissioner. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Roger S Goodell (born February 19, 1959, in Jamestown New York) is the Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL Tagliabue continued to serve as NFL commissioner until Goodell officially replaced him on Friday September 1. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.

Tagliabue became NFL commissioner on October 26, 1989. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) During his tenure, the league has added four new teams; saw four franchises move (including two franchises---the Rams and Raiders---from Los Angeles, the second-largest television market in the U. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West S. ); the construction of seventeen new stadiums; began its own in-house television specialty cable network, the NFL Network; has greatly increased television rights fees with its broadcasters, including the addition of the Fox network; and has maintained labor peace with the players' union. Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The National Football League Players Association, or NFLPA, is the

Return of "The Duke" football

For the first time since Super Bowl IV at the conclusion of the 1969 season, the official NFL game ball was known as "The Duke" in honor of Wellington Mara, whose family owns the New York Giants. Super Bowl IV was the fourth AFL-NFL Championship Game in professional American football, and the second one (after Super Bowl III) to officially bear The 1969 NFL season was the 50th Regular season of the National Football League, and the last one before the AFL-NFL Merger. Wellington Timothy Mara ( August 14 1916 &ndash October 25, 2005) was the co-owner of the NFL 's New York Giants from The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. Son John is the current CEO of the team. John K Mara (born December 1, 1954 in New York New York is the president CEO, and co-owner of the New York Giants. The NFL first used "The Duke" ball in honor of Mara in 1941 after then-Chicago Bears owner George Halas and then-Giants owner Tim Mara (Wellington's father) made a deal with Wilson Sporting Goods to become the league's official supplier of game balls, a relationship that continued into its' sixty-fifth year in 2006. George Stanley Halas Sr ( February 2 1895 &ndash October 31 1983) nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr Timothy James Mara ( July 29, 1887 &ndash February 16, 1959) was the founder and administrator for the New York Giants. The Wilson Sporting Goods Company is a sports equipment manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois, and currently is a foreign Subsidiary of the Finnish ^[4]

"The Duke" ball was discontinued after the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger, and the merged league began using a different standardized ball made by Wilson. The AFL-NFL merger of 1970 was the merger of the two major professional American football leagues The only other time that "The Duke" ball name was used was during the two Thanksgiving Classic games in 2004. The Canadian Football League also holds a Thanksgiving Day Classic on Canadian Thanksgiving. The 2004 season of the National Football League (NFL was the 85th season for the major professional American football league in the United States

One side of the new 2006 "Duke" football featured the NFL shield logo in gold, the words "The Duke", and the NFL commissioner's signature. The obverse side has a small NFL logo above the needle bladder hole, the conference names between the hole, and the words "National Football League" in gold. As per the custom, specially branded balls were used for the first week of the 2006 season ("Opening Kickoff"), Thanksgiving Classic, conference championships, Super Bowl XLI and Pro Bowl games.

Unprecedented sell-outs

Through week 11 of the season, all NFL games had been sold out, and for the 24th time, all blackout restrictions had been lifted. ^[3] The streak was ended by the Jacksonville at Buffalo game in Week 12. ^[5]

Saints go home

The New Orleans Saints returned to their home at the Louisiana Superdome in Week Three. The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans Louisiana. The Louisiana Superdome, often informally referred to simply as the The Saints played home games during the 2005 NFL Season in San Antonio, TX, Baton Rouge, LA, and East Rutherford, NJ, due to the damage to the Superdome caused by Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States The Saints finished the regular season 10-6, clinched a 1st Round Bye, and beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the Divisional Round of the playoffs. The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sadly though, the Chicago Bears vanquished the Saints in the NFC Championship, 39-14. The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. The NFC Championship Game is one of the two Semi-final matches of the National Football League the largest professional American football league in the United

Game highlights on iTunes

Starting September 18, fans were able to download highlights of their teams' games through Apple Computer's iTunes Store online service. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated The iTunes Store is a software-based online Digital media store operated by Apple Inc Each video costs US$1. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 99 each but fans have the chance of buying a "Follow Your Team season ticket" which brings every game of that team to the fan for $24. 99. ^[3]

Also available will be NFL GameDay, the NFL Network's comprehensive Sunday night review which features post-game reactions and game analysis, all for $1. 99 a show or $19. 99 for the full season.

Death of Lamar Hunt

Lamar Hunt died in Dallas, Texas on December 13 from complications from prostate cancer at the age of 74. Lamar Hunt ( August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was an American sportsman and promoter of American football, soccer Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life He is credited with challenging the NFL with the formation of the American Football League, which led to the subsequent merger of the two leagues. Note There were three earlier and unrelated major American professional football leagues of the same name One in 1926, one in 1936-1937 and one in 1940-1941 The AFL-NFL merger of 1970 was the merger of the two major professional American football leagues

Death of two Broncos

At 3 a. m. on January 1, 2007, Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was shot and killed in Denver, within hours after the last regular season game against the San Francisco 49ers. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. A cornerback ( CB) (also referred to as a corner) is a positional role played by a member of the defensive team in American and Canadian Darrent Demarcus Williams ( September 27 1982 &ndash January 1 2007) was an American football player for the Denver Less than two months after, on February 24, 2007, Broncos running back Damien Nash collapsed and died after a charity basketball game at a high school. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Damien Darnell Nash ( April 14, 1982 &ndash February 24, 2007) was an American football player who was a Running back for Both players died at the age of 24.

Milestones

The following teams and players set all-time NFL records during the regular season:

Record	Player/Team	Date/Opponent	Previous Record Holder[6]
Most Points, Career	Morten Andersen, Atlanta	December 16 vs. Morten Andersen (born August 19, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is an American football kicker. Dallas	Gary Anderson, 1982-2004 (2,434)
Most Field Goals, Career	Morten Andersen, Atlanta	December 24 vs. Gary Allan Anderson (born July 16, 1959 in Parys, Free State, South Africa) is a former American football Placekicker Carolina	Gary Anderson, 1982-2004 (538)
Most Passes Completed, Career	Brett Favre, Green Bay	December 17 vs. Brett Lorenzo Favre (ˈfɑrv (born October 10 1969 is an American football Quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League Detroit	Dan Marino, 1983-1999 (4,967)
Most Touchdowns, Season	LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego (31)	N/A	Shaun Alexander, Seattle, 2005 (28)
Most Rushing Touchdowns, Season	LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego (28)	N/A	Shaun Alexander, 2005 Priest Holmes, 2003 (27)
Most Rushing Attempts, Season	Larry Johnson, Kansas City (416)	N/A	Jamal Anderson, Atlanta, 1998 (410)
Most Kick Returns for a Touchdown, Season	Devin Hester, Chicago (5; 3 punts and 2 kickoffs)	N/A	Tied by 9 players (4)

Regular season statistical leaders

Team

Points scored	San Diego Chargers (492)
Total yards gained	New Orleans Saints (6,264)
Yards rushing	Atlanta Falcons (2,939)
Yards passing	New Orleans Saints (4,503)
Fewest points allowed	Baltimore Ravens (201)
Fewest total yards allowed	Baltimore Ravens (4,225)
Fewest rushing yards allowed	Minnesota Vikings (985)
Fewest passing yards allowed	Oakland Raiders (2,413)

Individual

Scoring	LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego (186 points)
Touchdowns	LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego (31 TDs)
Most field goals made	Robbie Gould, Chicago and Jeff Wilkins, St. Daniel Constantine Marino Jr (born September 15, 1961 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is a Polish - Italian American Hall of LaDainian Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979) is an American football player who currently plays Running back for the San Diego Chargers Shaun Edward Alexander (born August 30, 1977 in) is an American football Running back who is currently a Free agent. Priest Anthony Holmes (born October 7, 1973 in Fort Smith Arkansas) is a former American football Running back of the National Larry Alphonso Johnson Jr (born November 19, 1979 in La Plata Maryland) often called LJ, is an American football Running Jamal Sharif Anderson (born September 30, 1972 in East Orange, New Jersey) is a former Running back in the National Football Devin Hester (born November 4 1982 is an American football Wide receiver and Return specialist for the Chicago Bears of the National Football LaDainian Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979) is an American football player who currently plays Running back for the San Diego Chargers Robert Paul Gould III (Gōld (born December 6 1982) is an American football Placekicker for the Chicago Bears of the National For the American basketball player see Jeff Wilkins (basketball. Louis (32 FGs)
Rushing	LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego (1,815 yards)
Passer rating	Peyton Manning, Indianapolis (101. Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24 1976 is an American football Quarterback who currently plays for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football 0 rating)
Passing touchdowns	Peyton Manning, Indianapolis (31 TDs)
Passing yards	Drew Brees, New Orleans (4,418 yards)
Pass receptions	Andre Johnson, Houston (103 catches)
Pass receiving yards	Chad Johnson, Cincinnati (1,369 yards)
Punt returns	Adam "Pacman" Jones, Tennessee (12. Drew Christopher Brees (born January 15, 1979 in Austin, Texas) is an American football Quarterback for the New Andre Lamont Johnson (born July 11, 1981 in Miami Florida) is an American football Pro Bowl Wide receiver currently playing 9 average yards)
Kickoff returns	Justin Miller, New York Jets (28. Justin Matthew Miller (born September 6, 1984) is an NFL Cornerback / Return specialist for the New York Jets. 3 average yards)
Interceptions	Asante Samuel, New England and Champ Bailey, Denver (10)
Punting	Mat McBriar, Dallas (48. Asante T Samuel (born January 6 1981 in Fort Lauderdale Florida) is an American football Cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the Roland "Champ" Bailey (born June 22, 1978 in Folkston, Georgia) is an American football player starting at Cornerback Mat McBriar (born 8 July 1979 in Melbourne Australia) is an Australian American football punter in the National Football League 2 average yards)
Sacks	Shawne Merriman, San Diego (17)

Awards

Most Valuable Player	LaDainian Tomlinson, Running Back, San Diego Chargers
Coach of the Year	Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints
Offensive Player of the Year	LaDainian Tomlinson, Running Back, San Diego Chargers
Defensive Player of the Year	Jason Taylor, Defensive End, Miami Dolphins
Offensive Rookie of the Year	Vince Young, Quarterback, Tennessee Titans
Defensive Rookie of the Year	DeMeco Ryans, Linebacker, Houston Texans
NFL Comeback Player of the Year	Chad Pennington, Quarterback, New York Jets

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All-Pro Team

Special teams
Kicker	Robbie Gould, Chicago
Punter	Brian Moorman, Buffalo
Kick returner	Devin Hester, Chicago

Officials

• 2006 NFL officiating crews

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	New England	Cleveland	Jacksonville	Oakland		Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans	San Francisco
	NY Jets	Pittsburgh	Tennessee	San Diego		Washington	Minnesota	Tampa Bay	Seattle
2006 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XLI

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