In 1997, the Heidi Game was voted the most memorable regular season game in professional football history.
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In 1997, the Heidi Game was voted the most memorable regular season game in professional football history.
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Heidi Game got him on a rollout, with a right that started somewhere between Hayward and Alameda.
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Heidi Game was heavily promoted by NBC in television commercials and newspaper advertisements.
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NBC Sports executive producer Don "Scotty" Connal took care to tell the game producer, Don Ellis, that Heidi must start at 7:00 in the East, over Ellis' objection that he had been trained never to leave a game in progress.
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Heidi Game waited as long as he could, then made one final, unsuccessful attempt.
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The Heidi Game audience was peeved at having an ambulatory football score intrude on one of the story's more touching moments.
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Heidi Game stated that it was "a forgivable error committed by humans who were concerned about children expecting to see Heidi".
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Heidi Game was told that if he had done anything other than what he did, NBC would have been at the mercy of Timex and Cline would have been fired.
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Heidi Game was not the only Jets relative deceived – cornerback Johnny Sample flew back east after the game on personal business, and when his father picked him up at Philadelphia International Airport, he congratulated his son on a Jets triumph.
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