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06 Sep 2012
Defending Champs That Lost in Week 1
The Giants are the first NFL defending champion to lose in Week 1 since the 1999 Denver Broncos. Curious about other defending champions that lost their first game? This article has all the facts.
7 comments, Last at 09 Sep 2012, 11:21am by Lance
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Re: Defending Champs That Lost in Week 1
Smells like small-sample-size theater to me. Interesting, but hardly indicative.
Re: Defending Champs That Lost in Week 1
Only the 1955 Cleveland Browns and the 1993 Dallas Cowboys repeated as champs after losing their first game. The Giants are screwed.
Re: Defending Champs That Lost in Week 1
The 1967 Packers tied their first game.
Re: Defending Champs That Lost in Week 1
The 1949 Cleveland Browns, defending AAFC champions, also tied their first game, 28-28 against the Buffalo Bills. The Lions tie of the Packers was more impressive though.
Re: Defending Champs That Lost in Week 1
Pretty sure the 1925 champions were the Chicago Cardinals - it would have been the Pottsville Maroons had they not had the title taken from them by the NFL.
Re: Defending Champs That Lost in Week 1
Your right, the Cardinals did win the 1925 NFL Championship, but remember these are the defending champions. The Cleveland Bulldogs won the title in 1924.
Re: Defending Champs That Lost in Week 1
The 1993 Cowboys loss was tainted somewhat by the fact that the Emmitt Smith (who would go on to be NFL MVP that year) was holding out. Dallas started 0-2 that season before Jerry Jones finally paid up, and the team went 10-2 for the rest of the season and won their second Super Bowl of the decade.