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Christmas 1971: The Longest NFL Game

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Today, sports on Christmas Day are built around the NBA. In recent years, it was a college bowl game that was only the sports action. Perhaps no Christmas Day sports were as consequential as 1971 when the NFL played its divisional playoff round and one of them would be the longest NFL game ever played.