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- A Football Life
- Season 3
- Episode 12
The Forward Pass
A Football Life - S3 - E12
2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the official arrival of the forward pass - the most significant rule change in the history of sports. Sparked by a health and safety crisis that threatened the future of football, the forward pass has become the defining play in America's Game.
A Football Life: Season 3 - 22 Episode s
3x1 - LaDainian Tomlinson
September 3, 2013
3x2 - Don Shula
September 10, 2013
3x3 - Darrelle Revis
September 17, 2013
3x4 - Derrick Thomas
September 24, 2013
3x5 - Steve Sabol
October 1, 2013
3x6 - Matt Millen
October 8, 2013
3x7 - Michael Strahan
October 15, 2013
3x8 - Pat Summerall
October 22, 2013
3x9 - Warren Sapp
October 29, 2013
3x10 - Randall Cunningham
November 5, 2013
A Football Life honors the life and career of one of the most influential players of his time. Now 50, Cunningham is a born-again minister who tragically lost one son and is in the midst of watching another become a football star of his own.
3x11 - Cris Carter
November 12, 2013
A Football Life honors the life and career of legendary wide receiver Cris Carter with an all access look at his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the culmination of a roller coaster career.
3x12 - The Forward Pass
November 19, 2013
2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the official arrival of the forward pass - the most significant rule change in the history of sports. Sparked by a health and safety crisis that threatened the future of football, the forward pass has become the defining play in America's Game.
3x13 - Steve Gleason
November 26, 2013
A Football Life honors the life of the former Saints star, now battling ALS.
3x14 - The Great Wall of Dallas
December 3, 2013
A Football Life honors perhaps the most dominant offensive line in NFL history, who paved the way for Emmitt Smith and a Dallas dynasty but suffered the pitfalls of fame and fortune along the way.
3x15 - Houston '93
December 10, 2013
In 1993 the high-flying Houston Oilers fielded one of the most talented teams in football, expected by many to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. What ensued was one of the wildest, most controversial seasons any team has ever had, a season that may have changed the course of pro football in one of America's largest cities.
3x16 - Marty Schottenheimer
December 17, 2013
A Football Life honor's the life of the NFL's Ahab, a man who never quite caught his white whale, but put together one of the most successful head coaching careers of the past 40 years.
3x17 - Vince Lombardi (1)
December 24, 2013
Part 1 of the Vince Lombardi story chronicles the legendary coach’s rise from his Brooklyn youth to the sidelines of Lambeau Field.
3x18 - Vince Lombardi (2)
December 31, 2013
Part 2 of the Vince Lombardi story details the final years of his life, from his three-peat in Green Bay to his brief tenure as head coach in Washington and sudden, tragic death from cancer.
3x19 - Tiki & Ronde Barber
January 7, 2014
A Football Life chronicles the identical twins who dominated the game but ended their careers in very different ways.
3x20 - Bill Parcells
January 14, 2014
A Football Life examines the career of legendary coach Bill Parcells.
3x21 - Jerry Smith
January 21, 2014
Almost 50 years ago, a young tight end named Jerry Smith joined the Washington Redskins. After 13 seasons on the team, Smith retired, but not before making two Pro Bowls, one All-Pro team, and playing in the Super Bowl. He set an NFL record with 60 receiving touchdowns, the most ever by a tight end (that record stood for 26 years). Smith was also gay, something that caused him to live a life in constant fear and tension.
3x22 - Jerry Rice
January 28, 2014
A Football Life chronicles the story of how an unrecruited small-town wide receiver became the Greatest Of All Time.