| The Timeline | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | NFL Films NFL Network |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Original release | |
| Network | NFL Network |
| Release | December 3, 2015 (2015-12-03) – February 2, 2018 (2018-2-2) |
The Timeline is a documentary series developed byNFL Films and airs onNFL Network that documents select events of theNational Football League.[1]
| No. | Title | Event(s) | Narrator | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Favre Returns | Brett Favre retiring as aGreen Bay Packer in March 2008, only to un-retire a few months later to join theNew York Jets, and then join the Packers' rival, theMinnesota Vikings, in 2009. | Tim McGraw | December 3, 2015[2] |
| 2 | Jersey Guys | TheNew York Giants, after suffering losing seasons in the 1960s and early 1970s, move fromNew York City toEast Rutherford, New Jersey in 1976 and become a winning team in the 1980s. | Bon Jovi | December 8, 2015[3] |
| 3 | A Tale of Two Cities: Part 1 | The49ers–Cowboys rivalry during the 1970s and 1980s. During this period each team had period of decline with the crossroads being the 1981 NFC Championship Game. | Sam Elliott &Jeremy Renner | December 15, 2015[4] |
| 4 | A Tale of Two Cities: Part 2 | The 49ers–Cowboys rivalry during the 1990s, when San Francisco and Dallas faced each other in theNFC Championship Game three consecutive times. | Sam Elliott & Jeremy Renner | December 19, 2015[5] |
| 5 | The Merger | The war between the NFL and theAmerican Football League, and the subsequentmerger between the two rival leagues in 1970. | Rich Eisen &James Brown | December 24, 2015[6] |
| 6 | America's Game and the Iran Hostage Crisis | The NFL during theIran hostage crisis. Includes the story of Alex Paen, a Los Angeles-based reporter stationed in Tehran, who made an audio recording ofSuper Bowl XIV for the hostages to listen to. | George Clooney | December 26, 2015[7] |
| No. | Title | Event(s) | Narrator | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 11 | The NFL during and after theSeptember 11 attacks. | Mary McDonald-Lewis | September 9, 2016 |
| 2 | Last Day in LA | The last regular season games of theLos Angeles Raiders and theLos Angeles Rams before they relocated toOakland andSt. Louis, respectively, after the 1994 season. | William Fichtner | September 14, 2016 |
| 3 | Rebirth in New Orleans | TheNew Orleans Saints and the city ofNew Orleans, from the aftermath ofHurricane Katrina to the re-opening of theLouisiana Superdome more than a year later. | Clarke Peters | September 21, 2016 |
| 4 | Night of the Living Steelers | The 1970sPittsburgh Steelers, as re-told by horror filmmaker and former Pittsburgh residentGeorge A. Romero. | George A. Romero | October 5, 2016 |
| 5 | Peyton Manning's Summer School | QuarterbackPeyton Manning's off-season workout routine, and how it prepared him and the2013 Denver Broncos to set several offensive records. | Ed O'Neill | October 12, 2016 August 28, 2016 (First aired onNBC) |
| 6 | 0-26 Bucs | TheTampa Bay Buccaneers losing their first ever 26 games. | None | November 23, 2016 |
| 7 | There's Only One America's Team | TheDallas Cowboys getting the nickname "America's Team". | Josh Holloway | November 30, 2016 |
| 8 | 1984 – The Season That Saved Football | The1984 NFL season, which began at a time when the league was facing declining ratings, the lingering effects of the1982 NFL strike, and the upstartUnited States Football League, among others. | Rob Lowe | December 7, 2016 |
| 9 | Lombardi's Redskins | The1969 Washington Redskins, the only season thatVince Lombardi coached for that team before he died of cancer just prior to the 1970 season. | Dan Rather | December 14, 2016 |
| 10 | The Fog Bowl | TheFog Bowl, the December 31, 1988 playoff game between thePhiladelphia Eagles andChicago Bears, including the rivalry between Bears head coachMike Ditka, and Eagles head coach and former Bears defensive coordinatorBuddy Ryan. | John Cusack | December 21, 2016 |
| No. | Title | Event(s) | Narrator | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Greatest Show on Turf | TheSt. Louis Rams of 1999-2001, nicknamed "The Greatest Show on Turf", became the first team to score 500 points in a season three straight years, while making the Super Bowl twice and winningSuper Bowl XXXIV during that span. | Michael Ironside | September 21, 2017 |
| 2 | The Tuck Rule | TheTuck Rule Game, the January 19, 2002 playoff game between theOakland Raiders andNew England Patriots, and its aftermath (including Raiders coachJon Gruden being traded to theTampa Bay Buccaneers the following season only to face his former team inSuper Bowl XXXVII, the Raiders then having a 13-season postseason drought after that Super Bowl appearance, and the Patriots moving on to win five Super Bowls). | Michael Chiklis | October 5, 2017 |
| 3 | The '91 Falcons | The1991 Atlanta Falcons includingDeion Sanders,Andre Rison and a rookieBrett Favre, including their relationship with hip-hop – particularly their association withMC Hammer viaToo Legit to Quit. | Keith David | December 7, 2017 |
| 4 | The Ice Bowl | The1967 NFL Championship Game between theDallas Cowboys andGreen Bay Packers. Directed and narrated by filmmakerMichael Meredith, son of Dallas quarterbackDon Meredith, who spent four years researching more about the game's significance 50 years after it was played. | Michael Meredith | December 29, 2017 |
| 5 | The Helmet Catch | New York Giants wide receiverDavid Tyree's "Helmet Catch" during the final minutes ofSuper Bowl XLII, that helped his team win the game and prevent the New England Patriots from completing a perfect season. | Morgan Spector | February 2, 2018 |