NFL's 3 Shutouts Was 1st in 15 Years

NEW YORK (AP) _ The three shutouts on the NFL's opening weekend marked the first time in 15 years that three teams went scoreless in a single weekend. <br/><br/>Baltimore beat Tampa Bay 27-0, Chicago

Tuesday, September 12th 2006, 10:29 am

By: News On 6

NEW YORK (AP) _ The three shutouts on the NFL's opening weekend marked the first time in 15 years that three teams went scoreless in a single weekend.

Baltimore beat Tampa Bay 27-0, Chicago beat Green Bay 26-0 and San Diego capped the opening weekend with a 27-0 blanking of Oakland on Monday night.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that marked the first time that had happened since Sept. 15, 1991, the third week of that season.

The Raiders beat the Colts 16-0; Philadelphia beat Dallas 24-0; and the Redskins beat the Cardinals 34-0 that year. The Raiders, then in Los Angeles, were coached by Art Shell, who returned this year to coach the team after being fired in 1994.