His 60th came on September 30, in the Yankees' next-to-last game.

The 2009 team won 5 of 12 games, and was eliminated from bowl contention in the next-to-last game of the season.

The Islanders can't explain their performance since clinching a playoff spot in the next-to-last game of the regular season.

In 1971 Tulsa lasted until the next-to-last game of the tournament before being eliminated.

"People wonder if my arm went bad at the end of last year, but that was the next-to-last game of the season," said Esiason.

Then, in the next-to-last game of the 1983 season, starting with a 31-6 loss to Cornell, the defeats began to build.

That injury was suffered in the next-to-last game of the regular season, against Pittsburgh.

But this is also the next-to-last game of the exhibition season, traditionally a time when business gets in the way of sport.

Kraft does say, however, that Parcells came to him before the next-to-last game of last season and asked for the contract restructuring.

He passed the 1,000 career rushing yard mark against Vanderbilt University in the season's next-to-last game.