Last night the Marlins had a rookie pitcher who tossed a no-no... truely one of the greatest feats in all of sports. My question is... Is there anything in football that is the equivalent of a no-hitter?
2006-09-07 07:19:13 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Excellent question. I've never heard it asked before now.
A no-hitter is basically an individual acheivement performed by the pitcher with little help from anyone else. Anyone who doesn't believe me should check NY Yankees history. Back in the early 90's, a pitcher (Andy Hawkins) threw a no-hitter but LOST the game because the outfielders made errors and cost the team runs.
Therefore, I think to parallel a no-hitter to a football acheivement, you'd have to single out one player, which is very hard to do since 11 men are on the field at once.
The only thing that I can think of would be a QB playing a complete game and completing all of his passes. And, in my opinion, to be equal to a no-hitter, he would have to throw at least 25 times.
Don't know if it has ever been, or could ever be, done.
2006-09-07 07:45:58 · answer #1 · answered by STEVE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is an amazing feat. I think it's difficult to compare individual accomplisments in baseball to football since football involves the team much more. There are many individual achievements in football but a no-hitter is all by itself. If I had to choose a football comparison I would have to look defensively and say a shut out but with very little yardage and where the defense scored during the game. What makes a no hitter so unique is that the pitcher is delivering a quality pitch on every at bat and strikeouts can only be credited to him, whereas in football unless 1 person makes every tackle the team still triumphs. I know that the defense behind the pitcher has to make some outs but ultimately the no hitter belongs to the pitcher.
2006-09-07 09:37:08 · answer #2 · answered by Dah veed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion a no hitter is a defensive achievement, your team (the pitcher and any fielders that make difficult plays all contribute) contributes to keep the opponent from getting a hit to advance on to the bases. To draw a parallel in football would be the defense holding a team to zero or fewer net yards on offense. The opposing team could move the ball via penalty but that would be the same as getting on base via an error in baseball.
2006-09-07 07:58:19 · answer #3 · answered by writer_chris1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6-TD Passing Games? (individual)
200-Yard Rushing or Receiving Games? (individual)
3-Interception Games? (individual)
3-Sack Games? (individual)
Holding a team to 0 (zero) points with a perfect game being no points and no first downs on ANY offensive play for the entire game? (team)
I dunno.....
Any extreme examples citing things that have never happened or only ever happened once aren't the equivalent because no-hitters happen with SOME regularity (every year/every other year/sometimes multiple times in a year). While a perfect game is a lot rarer, it does happen here and there.
2006-09-07 07:23:28 · answer #4 · answered by Jon K 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to say the closest thing would be a QB throwing no less than 35 passes, completing 85% of them, 400 yards, 6 TD's, and zero INT's. I'd consider that to be as big as an accomplishment as a no-hitter.
2006-09-07 08:18:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think the equivalent of a no hitter would probably have to be holding the opposing team to 0 points. That would be not allowing them the chance to get a touchdown (get a hit).
2006-09-07 10:08:17 · answer #6 · answered by buckifan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No hitter=The defense not giving up a single yard.
Or maybe not a single passing yard.
Not allowing a team past the 50 yard line.
A defensive perfect game would be no positive rushing or receiving yards, no first downs, no penalties.
An offensive perfect game would be completing every pass for positive yards, rushing for positive yards every attempt, making every first down, and scoring on every drive, no penalties, no fumbles, or turnovers.
2006-09-07 08:08:45 · answer #7 · answered by greencaddyman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my equivalent would be the early 90's when a poor green bay packer defense held barry sanders to negative yardage
2006-09-07 07:41:05 · answer #8 · answered by Casey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holding the opposing offense to negative total yardage.
2006-09-07 07:25:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
total domination over the other team keeping the other team under 100 yrds total offense
2006-09-07 08:58:32 · answer #10 · answered by Brittany's man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋