FILE - In this Oct. 8, 1978, file photo, New England Patriots Sam Cunningham (39) comes over the top of the Philadelphia line with some help from New England's Andy Johnson (32), to give the Patriots a 17-0 lead early in the second quarter of an NFL football game in Foxborough, Mass. Cunningham, an All-American fullback at Southern California whose performance against Alabama was credited for helping integrate football in the Deep South before he went on to a record-setting career with the New England Patriots, died Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, at his home in Inglewood, Calif., according to USC. He was 71.(AP Photo/David Tenenbaum, File)