What I remember: It was December 1980. Ronald Reagan had just been elected president in a landslide over Jimmy Carter.
My father took me to see the football Cardinals play the Detroit Lions. I don't remember anything about the game. The Big Red won, though, and the pep band played Another One Bites the Dust, which was popular at the time.
On the car ride home, as we pulled up to the house, the same song came on the radio, this time in the more commonly-heard original version by Queen.
What actually happened: The Cardinals beat the Lions, 24-23. Cardinals quarterback Jim Hart threw for 99 yards and two touchdowns, and Roy Green ran a punt return back in the 4th quarter for the winning score. The Big Red defense held Lions running back Billy Sims (pictured above) to only 43 yards. The Cardinals raised their record to 5-9, and the Lions fell to 7-7.
Below: Roy Green returning some sort of a kick
Below: Somewhere a high school band is playing "Another One Bites the Dust"
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