Before being taken out of the game, Denver's starting quarterback Craig Morton completed just 4 out of 15 passes for 39 yards and was intercepted 4 times.

Before starting, each player places their twelve pieces in the two rows closest to them and in the two rightmost spaces in the center row.

Before 1974, NFL teams kicked off from the 40 ; starting in 1974, the NFL moved its kickoffs back to the 35, and twenty years later, the kickoff line was pushed back to the 30.

Before the game, a starting position is randomly determined and set up, subject to certain requirements.

Before starting his commission, Bartholdi had traveled to the United States and personally selected New York Harbor as the site for the statue.

Before they were killed, though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying, or swimming, ram with golden wool sent by Nephele, their natural mother ; their starting point is variously recorded as Halos in Thessaly and Orchomenus in Boeotia.

Before the Dukes of Norfolk, there were the Bigod Earls of Norfolk, starting with Roger Bigod from Normandy ( died 1107 ).

Before the coming of the mine with construction starting in 1981 the Wopkaimin lived in a subsistence economy.

Before 1800 they made the Black Dog Trail starting east of Baxter Springs, Kansas and going northwest to their summer hunting grounds at the Great Salt Plains in present-day Alfalfa County.

Before starting work on Oh My Goddess !, Kōsuke Fujishima created the manga You're Under Arrest !.

Before starting his lucrative doughnut franchise, he tried selling jukeboxes and used cars in the 1950s.

Before starting a Model T with the hand crank, the spark had to be manually retarded or the engine might " kick back ".

Before the War of 1812 these administrative units were geographically named starting with the Department of the East and Department of the West.

Before starting the actual reading, the reader will typically try to elicit cooperation from the subject, saying something such as, " I often see images that are a bit unclear and which may sometimes mean more to you than to me ; if you help, we can together uncover new things about you.

Before the detonation, the uranium-235 was formed into two sub-critical pieces, one of which was later fired down a gun barrel to join the other, starting the atomic explosion.

Before starting his own academic career, he worked at his father's chemical business and in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich with Georg Lunge.

Before a vigorous debate about religious persecution took place in England ( starting in the 1640s ), for centuries in Europe, religion had been tied to territory.

Before starting to play, the players may go over the track, agreeing in advance about each grid point near the boundaries as to whether that point is inside or outside the track.

Before starting his acting career, Baldwin was a fashion model for Calvin Klein.

Before Fingers ' time, a former starter's renewed success in the bullpen would have led back to a spot in the starting rotation ; but since the successes of not only Fingers but also contemporaries such as Sparky Lyle and Goose Gossage, it has been widely accepted that an excellent pitcher might actually provide a greater benefit to his team as a closer than as a third or fourth starter.

Before starting DSPD treatment, patients are often asked to spend at least a week sleeping regularly, without napping, at the times when the patient is most comfortable.

Before the production of the pituitary hormone luteinizing hormone ( LH ) by the embryo starting at about weeks 11 – 12, human chorionic gonadotrophin ( hCG ) promotes the differentiation of Leydig cells and their production of androgens at week 8.

Before the main invasion, the offshore islands of Tanegashima, Yakushima, and the Koshikijima Islands were to be taken, starting on X-5.

Before the civilian government was established, Afghan air force colonel Abdul Qadir Dagarwal was the official ruler of Afghanistan for three days, starting from 27 April 1978.

Before long, much of the south and west was under the control of the Nationalists, whose regular Army of Africa was the most professional force available to either side.

Before placement of an IUD, a medical history and physical examination by a medical professional is useful to check for any contraindications or concerns.

Before July 2010, professional registration of psychologists was governed by various State and Territory Psychology Registration Board.

Before the playoff system is placed in both professional leagues, the Pacific League had applied a playoff system for twice.

Before the 2001 season began there was already question if Las Vegas could support a professional team due to past failed attempts with: Las Vegas Americans ( Soccer 1984-85 ), Las Vegas Dustdevils ( Soccer-CISL-1994-1995 ), Las Vegas Posse ( Football-CFL-1994 ) Las Vegas Quicksilvers ( Soccer-NASL-1976-1978 ), Las Vegas Seagulls ( Soccer-ASL-1979 ), Las Vegas Sting ( Football-Arena Football League-1994-1995 ) and Las Vegas Thunder ( IHL-1993-1999 ) The Outlaws were sponsored by Cox Communications, New York-New York Hotel & Casino, Station Casinos, PacifiCare Health Systems and Findlay Toyota.

Before turning to film, the Quays worked as professional illustrators.

Before becoming a professional musician, Moreno had a day job at Tower Records ' shipping department.

Before schools went to the all PharmD programs students could do 5 years of professional undergraduate level training and receive a BScPharm with the option of continuing for one more year for the PharmD.

Before turning to art as a profession, he was a professional musician with the showband Chessmen.

Before that point, the Red Sox had been one of the most successful professional baseball franchises, winning the first World Series and amassing five World Series titles.

Before entering the professional ranks he coached college ball at the University of Minnesota, Bowling Green State University, the University of North Dakota, and his alma mater, Coe College.

Before the adoption of timecode by the motion picture industry in the late 1980s, pilottone-sync was the basis of all professional magnetic motion picture sound recording systems, whereas most amateur film formats used pre-striped magnetic coating on the film itself for live-sound recording.

Before becoming a professional author, he was a professor of English at the University of Calgary.

Before the NWA was founded in 1948, there existed many regional professional wrestling promotions across North America ( each promoting its own " World " champion ).

Before the implementation of salary caps, the economic influence of clubs on player markets was controlled by the reserve clause, which was long a standard clause in professional sports player contracts in the United States.

Before Song began service on April 15, 2003 as a low-cost Delta brand, the airline engaged in a long-term branding strategy that identified a particular strata of hip, style-conscious professional women as their target market.

Before he was a professional wrestler, Goldberg was a football player.

Before version 5 was released, Ubillos ' group was hired by Macromedia to create KeyGrip, built from the ground up as a more professional video-editing program based on Apple QuickTime.

Before the Thayer Conference defined school psychology, practitioners used seventy-five different professional titles.

Before going into radio he embraced the idea of becoming a professional baseball player and even an actor, but these ideas were shot down by his father or other reasons.

Before the team left England, critics queried Hutton's appointment, arguing that a professional captain was unsuitable to lead a tour.

Before becoming a professional musician, Purpose was a professional blackjack player and was known as one of the best in the world.