5 Greatest John Madden Turkey Leg Award Winning Performances in NFL

NFL football goes hand-in-hand with Thanksgiving in America. And, from 1989 to 2002, legendary announcer John Madden handing out turkey legs to the player (or players) who performed best on the holiday went hand-in-hand with the Thanksgiving Day games. This decade-plus-long tradition highlighted some of the best and most memorable performances we’ve ever seen on Turkey Day. To celebrate the 2021 Thanksgiving Day games, we’ll take a look back at the five greatest, most memorable John Madden Turkey Leg Award-winning performances in NFL Thanksgiving Day history.5. Reggie White, 1989 â€" Philadelphia Eagles 27, Dallas Cowboys 0The first-ever John Madden Turkey Leg Award winner was the “Minister of Defense,” Reggie White in 1989. The game was no contest in real-time â€" coming weeks after the famed Herschel Walker trade â€" but became infamous after the fact. While White had a good game in chippy beat down of the ‘Boys, he was simply the representative of the coach Buddy Ryan’s Philadelphia Eagles defense which held the Cowboys’ offense to just 191 total yards in the shutout. Eric Allen, Byron Evans, and Mike Golic all had interceptions, and White and Andre Waters both chipped in a sack. The D, which also featured Jerome Brown, Clyde Simmons, and Seth Joyner, simply dominated the game. Sometime after Madden presented White with the Turkey Leg Award, the game became known as “Bounty Bowl.” That’s because the Eagles put a $200 bounty on “laying out” Cowboys K Luis Zendejas, who was an Eagle earlier in the season, per USA Today.4. Jason Garret, 1994 â€" Dallas Cowboys 42, Green Bay Packers 31Thanksgiving week 2021 will not be a holiday Jason Garret will remember fondly, as the New York Giants fired him just three days before the Thanksgiving Day game slate. At least he’ll always have Thanksgiving 1994 and the John Madden Turkey Leg Award he won after a shootout against Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers. With starter Troy Aikman and backup Rodney Peete both out injured, Dallas Cowboys third-string QB Garrett stepped in on national television and stepped up for his team. Favre had four TD passes and a 17-6 halftime lead, but Garrett led a furious second-half comeback and ended the game with an effective, if inefficient, stat line of: 15-of-26 for 311 yards and two touchdowns. That performance from a then-unknown third-stringer earned him a nice big turkey leg from John Madden, although he had to split it with superstar teammate Emmitt Smith.3. Emmitt Smith, 1994 â€" Dallas Cowboys 30, New York Giants 3Emmitt Smith won by far the most John Madden Turkey Leg Awards, taking home (or polishing-off on the field) five of the accolades. Randy Moss and Brett Favre are tied for a distant second with two apiece. It is hard to pick which performance was best since all his award-winning stat lines were so similar. All data is taken from the source: http://sportscasting.com Article Link: https://www.sportscasting.com/5-greatest-john-madden-turkey-leg-award-winning-performances-nfl-thanksgiving-day-history/ #JohnMadden #newscnn #newstodayupdate #bbcnewstoday #newstodaydonaldtrump #bbcworldnewstoday #


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