Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucdcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!cord!hudson!ihnp1!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!kaufman From: kaufman@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.football Subject: Re: Northeastern championships Message-ID: <13000014@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 20:44:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.13000014 Posted: Sun Dec 2 20:44:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 07:23:19 EST Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #N:uiucdcs:13000014:000:1070 Nf-From: uiucdcs!kaufman Dec 2 19:44:00 1984 [I tried to mail this without any luck so:] > When were the last major sports championships between Northeastern teams? If you throw Maryland in, the last time was the 1983 Phillies-Orioles series. Otherwise, it would be the 1980 Islanders-Flyers Stanley Cup. Other last times using only states mentioned: Baseball - 1956: Yankees-Dodgers Football - I don't think it's ever happened. The closest would be Super Bowl III - Jets-Colts. Prior to Super Bowls, the championship was always East champion versus West champion. Since the Giants, Eagles, and even the old Boston Redskins were all in the East (the Steelers never got so far), no NFL championship would have involved two northeastern teams. The AFL may have had one, I'm not sure, in its early years, since the top team in each division would play the #2 team in the other division in the first round, making all-eastern title games possible. Basketball - 1967 or 68: Boston-Philadelphia Ken Kaufman (uiucdcs!kaufman)