Sept. 26, 1982

Call it Silent Sunday. Today, for the first time in the 63-year history of the National Football League, no games are played. It's Day 6 of the players' strike and no progress is reported.

The 12 stadiums where games had been scheduled are deserted, 15,000 people are out of work, restaurant and hotel businesses take a sacking, 800,000 fans stay home and losses are estimated at more than $70 million.

The owners of the league's 28 teams say they lost $29 million in revenues - $18 million in television money and $11 million in gate receipts.

The 1,500 striking players - who are paid an average of $100,000 a year, or $6,250 a game - lost about $9.375 million in salaries.