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dub3's pixel tribute to Pro Football Reference in 2003: a Web 2.0-era sports site
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2003 page

dub3 card · www.pro-football-reference.com

Pro Football Reference (2003)

Best viewed at the reference desk.

Cost
3 RAM
Power
6
Rarity
Common
Family
Institutions
Era
Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)

What it does

No ability.

No ability, just Power. Sometimes that's all a homepage needs.

It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 6 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Institutions cards protect your side, and come back strong when you're losing.

The site, in 2003

A database of American football statistics, with career figures for players and teams, game results, records and NFL draft history.

Doug Drinen set it up in 2000, and it became part of Sports Reference in 2007, which maintains it today.

Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.

The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2003 page.

Put it on your site

Run Pro Football Reference, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

Pro Football Reference is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2003, then plays a short scene. Want Pro Football Reference in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.