*November 4, 1973 - Local San Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX-TV experimented with a "simulcast" in which the station kept switching back and forth between the network's broadcasts of a San Francisco 49ers game and an Oakland Raiders game that were being played at the same time, with frequent cuts to studio host Barry Tompkins. The station received many complaints from viewers, however, and the experiment was not repeated. The event resulted in the NFL instituting new rules for markets that had two teams.
*November 4, 2003 - The NFL Network, the first 24-hour, year-round television channel dedicated to the NFL and the sport of football, launched on DirecTV. Thursday night games subsequently entered a new age of viewing difficulty as not all fans were able to get the new NFL Network on their home cable/satellite systems.
*November 4, 2007 - San Diego cornerback Antonio Cromartie returns a missed field goal 109 yards for a touchdown as the first half ends in a game at Minnesota -- the longest play in NFL history. Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell attempted a 57-yard field goal, which fell just short of the crossbar. Cromartie, camped out at the end line, corraled the ball without stepping out of bounds and turned upfield. He found some good blocking, broke down the right sideline and scored untouched to give the Chargers a 14-7 halftime lead. Vikings coach Brad Childress, incensed at his team's lack of awareness, tore his headset off and tried to leave the field before realizing the Chargers still needed to attempt their extra point.
Cromartie's return broke the previous record for the longest play by one yard. The previous mark of 108 yards was shared by Chicago teammates Devin Hester and Nathan Vasher, both off missed field goal attempts, and by New England's Ellis Hobbs, who set his part of the distance record on a kickoff return.
But it wasn't all bad for the Vikings. During the same game, rookie Viking running back Adrian Peterson set the record for most rushing yards in a single game by gaining 296 yards on the ground as Minnesota rallied from 7 down at halftime to crush the visiting Chargers, 35-17. Peterson's 296 yards broke Jamal Lewis' record of 295, set back in 2003 in a game against the Cleveland Browns.
Later that same day, after the Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 33-22, Brett Favre became only the 3rd quarterback to have defeated thirty-one current NFL teams. He joined Peyton Manning and Tom Brady as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to do this, just one week after the two of them accomplished the same feat. Favre, of course, later went on to defeat his 32nd NFL team, the Packers, after his retirement saga led him to Minnesota in 2009.
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