You certainly know the story by now--Tim Tebow continued his storybook season on Sunday with the Denver Broncos by throwing a touchdown pass on the first play in overtime, thus allowing Denver to hold on in their Wild Card playoff game win against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Tebow's performance made him the first quarterback in NFL playoff history to throw for 300 or more yards (316) on 10 or fewer completions. Two others have accomplished the feat in the regular season--Cleveland's Milt Plum (308 yards, 10 completions) in 1960 against Pittsburgh and John Hadl of San Diego in 1968 (321 yards, nine completions) versus Denver.
Hadl, of course, is the two-time All-America at Kansas who went on to a prolific pro career with the Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers and Houston Oilers. Hadl now serves as a senior member of the University of Kansas' athletics department.
(Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com, Wall Street Journal)
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