Newark Panthers Research Paper

The Newark Panthers In 1956 the Newark Panthers were established in NFL the first draft pick of the Newark Panthers was Luke Williams quarterback (QB) out of Clemson. After that they got a wide receiver (WR), a linebacker (LB) and some other positions. The Newark Panthers were always the underdogs and this is about the time they won the Super Bowl. They always had good players but, they could never work together “bad chemistry”. Luke WIlliams was a superstar at quarterback he always threw dots (a good throw) however, the defense on the other team always intercepted the football. So mainly Luke Williams just ran the football or handed it off to their running back (RB) Marshall Faulk.

Their third season looked good for them on defense they
had 5 time Pro-bowler Von Miller left outside linebacker (LOLB) they also had, Luke Kuechly middle linebacker (MLB), Brandon Marshall (LB), Aqib Talib cornerback (CB), Chris Harris Jr (CB), and Deion Sanders (CB).

The first game they played was against the New York Giants, one of their biggest rivals. In the first half they were beating the Giants 32-0 however, in the second half the Giants came back to win 45-32 Giants. The whole entire season was the same thing over and over but, that would all change when the playoffs came.

When the playoffs came they played in the first round or what we would call the wildcard round.
They were projected to lose in the first round because they were playing the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter the Steelers were scoring touchdown after touchdown because the defense kept getting a 3 and out. When it was the second quarter Luke WIlliams got the ball and drove the Newark Panthers to the 5 on Steelers side but then the Steelers intercepted the ball and ran it down to score a touchdown making it 42-0 Steelers at the half.

When the Newark Panthers were in the locker room Luke Williams gave a speech saying “that we came here to defy all odds to show that we are worthy to win the super bowl and that we are no ordinary team but we are an extraordinary team that has the potential to win it all people will remember this year because of our comeback to win it all, starts now!” The whole entire team went insane and it didn’t even feel like they were losing.

The Newark Panthers came out like they were winning 45-0. In the third quarter the Panthers got down to business. Luke Williams turned their offense into a machine the Steelers couldn’t stop them. It was touchdown after touchdown after touchdown. Everyone getting better then the
last.

At the end of the third quarter the score was 35-42. The Panthers were on defense in the fourth quarter with 2:00 left in the game on the Steelers five yard line the Steelers decided to throw the ball to get out of the five. The Panthers were in the play nickel blitz cover two. The Steelers were in a WR bubble screen which is the counter for nickel blitz cover two, Luke Kuechly knew that so he called an audible which is cover two when then they switched it put Chris Harris Jr guarding on T.Y Hilton when Ben Roethlisberger said “Hike” Chris Harris Jr came right in front of T.Y Hilton and picked it off and ran all the way to the end zone as time expired instead of going for the field goal to tie the game up they went for the two point conversion which was a big risk with no time left Luke Williams was going for a quarterback draw. When Luke said “HIKE” Luke ran right to the line and dove over the defensive line and the offensive line to win the game 43-42 Newark Panthers. They celebrated because they came to the game not predicted to win and to defy all odds but, there were more games to come before they won the Super Bowl.