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I Beat Burt


Match wits with our sports columnist Bill Burt. It's simple. Use the entry form at right and pick more pro football winners than Burt and you'll have a chance at winning an ''I Beat Burt'' T-shirt.

Each week a maximum of 10 winners will be chosen (see tiebreaker rule).

If you have any questions about the contest contact Bill Burt at bburt@eagletribune.com

If you wish to save your results for game day, please print the form with your answers before submitting.

See contest rules below for eligibility.

WEEK 17 RESULTS

It ended with a bang ... in favor of the Eagle-Tribune readers with a record 423 entries coming in for Week 17. It was by far the most popular pro football season of the "I Beat Burt" contest, which just completed its 14th year.

In Week 17, Burt had 10 of the 16 games right — only 35 of the 423 entries beat Burt — as the Patriots scored 49 points. All of the winners in Week 17 all had 41 points or higher.

NOTE: For those that haven't received T-shirts thus far, the will be mailed out at the end of next week.

And the winners are:

  • Sam Frontiero of Gloucester,
  • Skip Oxford of Newburyport
  • Gary Castiglione of Methuen
  • Jeff Stearn of Hampstead, N.H.
  • Bob Beland of North Andover
  • Jon Churchill of Gloucester
  • Tina Remillard of Methuen
  • Susan Berman of Lynn
  • Al Ferruolo of North Andover
  • Kathy Tramonte of Hampton Falls, N.H.
  • Toby Guzowski McGrath of Brunswick, Me.

WEEK 16
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Saturday, Dec. 24
✔Miami at New England NEW ENGLAND 38, Miami 13 ... Patriots are on a roll New England
27-24
Denver at Buffalo Denver 23, BUFFALO 20 ... Tebow Magic returns Buffalo
40-14
✔Arizona at Cinncinati CINCINNATI 24, Arizona 21 ... Will be close game Cincinnati
23-16
Minnesota at Washington WASHINGTON 31, Minnesota 16 ... Redskins are winning me over Minnesota
33-26
Tampa Bay at Carolina Tampa Bay 27, CAROLINA 23 ... Upset of the week Carolina
48-16
✔Cleveland at Baltiore BALTIMORE 31, Cleveland 6 ... Over-rated Ravens bully Browns Baltimore
20-14
✔Jackonsonville at Tennessee TENNESSEE 31, Jacksonville 13 ... Both teams are awful Tennessee
23-17
Oakland at Kansas City KANSAS CITY 27, Oakland 20 ... Romeo has won me over Oakland
16-13
NY Giants at NY Jets N.Y. JETS 24, N.Y. Giants 23 ... Flip a coin here Giants
29-14
✔St. Louis at Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH 24, St. Louis 20 ... Steelers will barely hold on Pittsburgh
27-0
✔San Diego at Detroit DETROIT 31, San Diego 24 ... Fire everybody on Chargers Detroit
✔San Francisco at Seattle San Francisco 30, SEATTLE 17 ... This is big game for 49ers San Francisco
19-17
Philadelphia at Dallas DALLAS 31, Philadelphia 20 ... Eagles are frauds Philadelphia
20-7
Sunday, Dec. 25
✔Chicago at Green Bay GREEN BAY 38, Chicago 30 ... Packers limping into playoffs Green Bay
35-21
Monday, Dec. 26
Atlanta at New Orleans NEW ORLEANS 31, Atlanta 27 ... Guaranteed close game New Orleans
45-16
Home teams in CAPS.
Please note Thursday games are not included.

WEEK 16 RESULTS

In Week 16, Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt made nine correct selections out of the 15 games (not including the Thursday night game) over the Christmas weekend. All of the entries were within one point of the Patriots point total (27). The second tiebreaker, the amount of correct selection

And the winners are:

  • John Uzdavinis of Salem, N.H.,
  • Tracy Amirault of Andover
  • Joe Gallagher of Lowell
  • W. P. Collins of Lawrence
  • John Mainella of Plaistow, N.H.
  • Steve Carroll of Topsfield
  • John Warden Jr. of North Andover
  • Tom Mackie of Amesbury
  • Shawn Moore of Salem, Mass.
  • Ginger Framarini of Palm Bay, Fla.

WEEK 15
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Dec. 18
✔New England at Denver New England 37, DENVER 9 ... Belichick KOs Tebow New England
41-23
Miami at Buffalo BUFFALO 31, Miami 27 ... Battle of AFC East stiffs Miami
30-23
Seattle at Chicago CHICAGO 27, Seattle 24 ... Will come down to last play Seattle
38-14
Tennessee at Indianapolis Tennessee 38, INDIANAPOLIS 13 ... Luck is coming in April Indianapolis
27-13
Green Bay at Kansas City GREEN BAY 27, Kansas City 20 ... Closer than expected Kansas City
19-14
✔Cincinnati at St. Louis Cincinnati 23, ST. LOUIS 17 ... Bengals barely alive Cincinnati
30-13
✔New Orleans at Minnesota New Orleans 38, MINNESOTA 28 ... Saints looking for bye New Orleans
42-20
Washington at NY Giants N.Y. GIANTS 38, Washington 10 ... Lock of the week Washington
23-10
✔Carolina at Houston Carolina 27, HOUSTON 24 ... Newton needs to step up Carolina
28-13
✔Detroit at Oakland Detroit 27, OAKLAND 20 ... Raiders will make a run Detroit
28-27
NY Jets at Philadelphia N.Y. Jets 33, PHILADELPHIA 23 ... Jets officially a threat Philadelphia
45-19
✔Cleveland at Arizona ARIZONA 23, Cleveland 16 ... Bad game Arizona
20-17
✔Baltimore at San Diego SAN DIEGO 26, Baltimore 20 ... Chargers ain’t dead yet San Diego
34-14
Monday, Dec. 19.
✔Pittsburgh at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO 20, Pittsburgh 16 ... 49ers are tough enough to win San Francisco
20-3
Home teams in CAPS.
Please note Thursday games are not included.

WEEK 15 RESULTS

In Week 15, Burt only had eight winners in the 14 games (not including the Saturday game), but with all of the upsets it was a pretty good performance.

Only 29 of 343 entries picked more than eight winners. Those winners are below.

  • Brenda Ellingwood of Derry, N.H.
  • Robert Hassam Sr. of Derry, N.H.
  • Al Ferruolo of North Andover
  • T.D. Larsen of Manchester, N.H.
  • Frank Dushame of No. Andover
  • Harold Loman of Haverhill
  • Ron Rogers of Ledyard, Conn.
  • Donald Aimaro of Bradford
  • Bart Antista of Methuen
  • Kevin Gallant of Andover

WEEK 14
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Dec. 11
✔New England at Washington NEW ENGLAND 38, Washington 9 ... Defense dominates New England
34-27
Houston at Cincinnati CINCINNATI 41, Houston 23 ... Bengals desperate team Houston
20-19
✔Minnesota at Detroit DETROIT 41, Minnesota 10 ... Pick of the week Detroit
34-28
✔Oakland at Green Bay GREEN BAY 51, Oakland 24 ... Raiders can’t stop anybody Green Bay
46-16
New Orleans at Tennessee TENNESSEE 30, New Orleans 21 ... Upset of the week New Orleans
22-17
Philadelphia at Miami MIAMI 27, Philadelphia 16 ... Finally on Dolphins bandwagon Philadelphia
26-10
✔Kansas City at NY Jets N.Y. JETS 38, Kansas City 20 ... Jets want Patriots? NY Jets
37-10
Atlanta at Carolina CAROLINA 27, Atlanta 23 ... Finally off Falcons bandwagon Atlanta
31-23
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville Tampa Bay 31, JACKSONVILLE 20 ... Jags get Tebow next year Jacksonville
41-14
✔Indianapolis at Baltimore BALITMORE 31, Indianapolis 6 ... Colts won’t score TD Baltimore
24-10
San Francisco at Arizona San Francisco 23, ARIZONA 20 ... will be very close Arizona
21-19
✔Chicago at Denver DENVER 27, Chicago 17 ... Tebow for president Denver
13-10
✔Buffalo at San Diego SAN DIEGO 38, Buffalo 27 ... Neither can the Bills San Diego
37-10
NY Giants at Dallas DALLAS 31, N.Y. Giants 24 ... I’m rooting for Giants NY Giants
37-34
Monday, Dec. 12
✔St. Louis at Seattle SEATTLE 34, St. Louis 17 ... Who cares Seattle
30-13
Home teams in CAPS.
Please note Thursday games are not included.

WEEK 14 RESULTS

An "I Beat Burt" record was broken on Week 14.

Thirty-nine entries not only picked more winners than Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt — he was 9-6 — but they also had the Patriots score exactly against Denver (34).

Normally, 10 T-shirts are awarded each week. But there is a stipulation that every entry that picks more winners than Burt and predicts the Patriots score excactly, they win.

So congrats to the 39 winners.

  • Richard Bradley of Lawrence
  • Pete Scuderi of Salem, N.H.
  • Chris Weeks of Merrimac
  • Jim Capodilupo of Lawrence
  • Justin Naffah of Lawrence
  • Fred Damon of North Reading
  • Conrad Karcz of Dracut
  • Terry Grim of Groveland
  • Theresa Uzdavinis of Salem, N.H.
  • Barbara Reichter of Andover
  • Brian Privitera of Hampstead, N.H.
  • Shane Fossiano of Salem, N.H.
  • T.D. Larsen of Manchester, N.H.
  • Carol Falcone of Gloucester
  • Jefferson Welch of Haverhill
  • Bruce D'Agostino of Winter Haven, Fla.
  • Mr. Orlando of Haverhill
  • Steve Carroll of Topsfield
  • Richard Eastman of Gloucester
  • Bill Collins of Lawrence
  • Pat Carroll of Topsfield
  • Laura Cunningham of Derry, N.H.
  • Rick Harb of Middleton
  • Paul Phelan of Sandown, N.H.
  • Donald Aimaro of Bradford
  • Arlene Heuston of Methuen
  • George Clark of North Andover
  • Ellen Parker of North Andover
  • David Goudreault of Newton, N.H.
  • Joseph Welch of Atkinson, N.H.
  • Mike McPhee of Salem, N.H.
  • George Kettinger of North Andover
  • Bill Gabriel of Andover
  • Robert Dichard of Salem, N.H.
  • Kathy Tramonte of Hampton Falls, N.H.
  • Aidan D'Urso of Andover
  • John Chaisson of Merrimac
  • Matt Baione of Haverhill
  • MIke Ryan of Haverhill
  • Robin Waters of Salem, N.H.

WEEK 13
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Dec. 4
✔Indianapolis at New England NEW ENGLAND 38, Indianapolis 13 ... Belichick doesn't like Colts New England
31-24
Tennessee at Buffalo BUFFALO 31, Tennessee 20 ... Bills win one for the fans Tennessee
23-17
Kansas City at Chicago CHICAGO 38, Kansas City 13 ... Chiefs among worst in NFL Kansas City
10-3
✔Baltimore at Cleveland Baltimore 16, CLEVELAND 10 ... Ravens can't afford slip-up Baltimore
24-10
Oakland at Miami Oakland 27, MIAMI 20 ... Raiders are better team Miami
34-14
✔Detroit at New Orleans NEW ORLEANS 31, Detroit 17 ... Lions are over-rated New Orleans
31-17
Carolina at Tampa Bay TAMPA BAY 31, Carolina 27 ... Bucs playing for jobs rest of way Carolina
38-19
✔NY Jets at Washington N.Y. Jets 27, WASHINGTON 13 ... 'Skins are among worst in NFL Jets
34-19
Atlanta at Houston Atlanta 27, HOUSTON 17 ... Pick of the week Houston
17-10
✔Cincinnati at Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH 24, Cincinnati 20 ... Will be close, but Steelers win Pittsburgh
35-7
✔Denver at Minnesota Denver 20, MINNESOTA 13 ... Tebow fever lives for another week Denver
35-32
✔Green Bay at NY Giants Green Bay 38, N.Y. GIANTS 24 ... Giants are huge disappointment Green Bay
38-35
Dallas at Arizona Dallas 31, ARIZONA 24 ... Cowboys will steal NFC East Arizona
19-13
✔St. Louis at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO 38, St. Louis 20 ... Rams among worst in NFL San Francisco
26-0
Monday, Dec. 5
✔San Diego at Jacksonville San Diego 27, JACKSONVILLE 20 ... Chargers by default San Diego
38-14
Home teams in CAPS.
Home teams in CAPS Last week: 7-5

WEEK 13 RESULTS

If you picked 10 or more winners in Week 13 of the "I Beat Burt" Contest and you guessed the Patriots would score 31 points in their game with the Colts, you are a winner.

That's right, all 10 of this week's T-shirt winners had 10 or more correct selections — Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt had nine out of the 15 games last weekend — and picked the Pats' score exactly right.

In all there were 356 entries with 41 picking more than nine winners. Each week a maxium of 10 T-shirts are awarded.

Here are the Week 13 winners:

  • Ryan Crowley of Londonderry, N.H.
  • Carole Targetto of Gloucester
  • Richard Ricker of Haverhill
  • Louise Remillard of Lawrence
  • George J. Khoury of Salem, N.H.
  • Daniel Dibella of Methuen
  • Don Lefebvre of Methuen
  • Carole Gilardi of Gloucester
  • Jennifer Rodriguez of Methuen
  • William Waterman of Haverhill.

WEEK 12
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Nov. 27
✔New England at Philadelphia New England 31, PHILADELPHIA 28 ... Maybe OT New England
38-20
✔Minnesota at Atlanta ATLANTA 27, Minnesota 13 ... Falcons good, not great Atlanta
24-14
Tampa Bay at Tennessee Tampa Bay 30, TENNESSEE 20 ... Titans ready to implode Tennessee
23-17
Carolina at Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS 26, Carolina 20 ... I feel a Colts upset here Carolina
27-19
Arizona at St. Louis ST. LOUIS 27, Arizona 20 ... I flipped a coin here Arizona
23-20
✔Buffalo at NY Jets N.Y. JETS 20, Buffalo 17 ... Guaranteed close game here Jets
28-24
Houston at Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE 27, Houston 20 ... I don't like Matt Leinart as QB Houston
20-13
✔Chicago at Oakland OAKLAND 23, Chicago 16 ... Without Cutler, Bears won't win Oakland
25-20
Washington at Seattle SEATTLE 27, Washington 20 ... Because Redskins are awful Washington
23-17
✔Denver at San Diego Denver 13, SAN DIEGO 9 ... Chargers are officially dead Denver
16-13
✔Pittsburgh at Kansas City Pittsburgh 27, KANSAS CITY 24 ... Could be upset here Pittsburgh
13-9
Monday, Nov. 28
✔NY Giants at New Orleans NEW ORLEANS 27, N.Y. Giants 23 ... Saints might give Packers a run New Orleans
49-24
Home teams in CAPS.
Last week: 10-3; Season: 93-51

WEEK 12 RESULTS

Score one for Eagle-Tribune readers.

Week 12 was a tough week according to pro football prognosticators, but 50 entries had more than eight winners out of 12 games (not including the Cincinnati-Cleveland game, which Burt didn't pick — favored Cincy won). Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt had only seven winners of the 12 games.

Burt had two consecutive weeks in which he beat most of the field, but that wasn't the case this past week with 346 entries.

Each week a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded. The first tiebreaker is the points the Patriots scored (38). The second tiebreaker is amount of correct selections. The last tiebreaker is random draw. All of this week's winners were within three points of the Patriots total. All of the tiebreakers were used this week.

This week's winners were:

  • George Walsh of Hampton, N.H.
  • Carole Haredanian of Merrimac
  • Bob Beland of North Andover
  • Frank Dushame of North Andover
  • Richard Bradley of Lawrence
  • Jim Ellingwood of Derry, N.H.
  • Bart Antista of Methuen
  • Pat Baganski of Las Vegas, Nev.
  • John Warden III of North Andover
  • Dave Christensen of North Andover

WEEK 11
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Nov. 20
✔Tennessee at Atlanta ATLANTA 38, Tennessee 27 ... Time for Falcons to man up Atlanta
23-17
✔Jacksonville at Cleveland CLEVELAND 24, Jackonville 20 ... No good reason Cleveland
14-10
✔Carolina at Detroit DETROIT 33, Carolina 23 ... Lions need to right ship Detroit
49-35
✔Tampa Bay at Green Bay GREEN BAY 27, Tampa Bay 24 ... Packers get a scare Green Bay
35-26
Buffalo at Miami Buffalo 26, MIAMI 23 ... Will come down to final play Miami
35-8
✔Oakland at Minnesota Oakland 20, MINNESOTA 17 ... Raiders stake claim to AFC West Oakland
27-21
✔Dallas at Washington Dallas 27, WASHINGTON 20 ... Redskins are finished Dallas
27-24
✔Cincinnati at Baltimore BALTIMORE 30, Cincinnati 27 ... Don't have guts to pick Bengals Baltimore
31-24
✔Arizona at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO 31, Arizona 20 ... Are 49ers this good? San Francisco
23-7
Seattle at St. Louis ST. LOUIS 28, Seattle 20 ... Rams must win here Seattle
24-7
✔San Diego at Chicago CHICAGO 31, San Diego 17 ... I'm done with Chargers Chicago
31-20
Philadelphia at NY Giants N.Y. GIANTS 27, Philadelphia 17 ... Giants put Eagles out of misery Philadelphia
17-10
Monday, Nov. 21
✔Kansas City at New England NEW ENGLAND 31, Kansas City 13 ... Pats defense gets game ball New England
34-3

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Home teams in CAPS.
Please note Thursday games are not included.

WEEK 11 RESULTS

The favorites stole the show in Week 11 of the NFL and Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt returned to form by picking 10 winners in the 13 games last week.

Burt came back after two losing weeks, picking only nine winners over Week 9 and Week 10.

In all, only 29 of the 325 entries picked more winners than Burt did.

Each week a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded. The first tiebreaker is the amount of points the Patriots scored (34). The second tiebreaker is amount of correct selections. The third and final tiebreaker is random draw.

This week all of winners were within one point in the first tiebreaker, with five entries picking 11 or 12 winners and having the Pats scored exactly.

Here are the Week 11 winners:

  • Aidan D'Urso of Andover
  • B. Tardugno of Salem, N.H.
  • Terry Cil of Groveland
  • Stan Ward of Haverhill
  • Bill Camasso of Haverhill
  • Glenn Coffin of West Newbury
  • Warren Bostick of Lowell
  • Att. Mark Ford of North Andover
  • Bruce D'Agostino of Winter Haven, Fla.
  • Bill Gurczak of Newburyport.

WEEK 10
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Nov. 13
New England at Jets N.Y. JETS 27, New England 24 ... Pats will be in this till the end New England
37-16
New Orleans at Atlanta ATLANTA 24, New Orleans 20 ... Time for Falcons to be a good team New Orleans
26-23
St. Louis at Cleveland CLEVELAND 31, St. Louis 20 ... Don't like either team Saint Louis
13-12
✔Buffalo at Dallas DALLAS 27, Buffalo 17 ... Bills really disappointed me last week Dallas
44-7
✔Jacksonville at Indianapolis Jacksonville 24, INDIANAPOLIS 21 ... Colts will have shot to win this Jacksonville
17-3
Denver at Kansas City KANSAS CITY 23, Denver 20 ... Flip a coin Denver
17-10
✔Washington at Miami MIAMI 27, Washington 20 ... Dolphins showing a little fight lately Miami
20-9
Arizona at Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA 35, Arizona 24 ... Eagles fight for Wild Card berth at best Arizona
21-17
Houston at Tampa Bay TAMPA BAY 31, Houston 24 ... Bucs seem to play well when they have to Houston
37-9
Tennesee at Carolina CAROLINA 31, Tennessee 24 ... Time for Newton to win Tennessee
30-3
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati CINCINNATI 31, Pittsburgh 27 ... Steelers, like Pats, are in neutral right now Pittsburgh
24-17
Baltimore at Seattle Baltimore 27, SEATTLE 24 ... Ravens will hold on in close one Seattle
22-17
✔Giants at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO 27, N.Y. Giants 20 ... 49ers have shocked me this year San Francisco
27-20
Detroit at Chicago Detroit 24, CHICAGO 20 ... Still don't believe in Cutler Chicago
37-13
Monday, Nov. 14
✔Minnesota at Green Bay GREEN BAY 31, Minnesota 24 ... Packers not ready to lose yet Green Bay
45-7
Home teams in CAPS.
Last week: 5-8 Season: 78-38

WEEK 10 RESULTS

It was another tough go of it for Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt last week in the "I Beat Burt" Contest.

After picking nearly three times as many winners as losers through eight weeks, Burt had another tough week, including missing the Patriots victory over the Jets on Sunday night.

Burt only had five winners of the 15 games (not including the Thursday night game).

Each week a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded. The first tiebreaker is the amount of points the Patriots scored (37 vs. Jets). In Week 10, all of the winners were within three points of the Patriots total. The second tiebreaker, amount of correct selections, was also needed this week.

Note: Week 11 winners will be announced on Wednesday.

Each week, a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded to those that pick more winners than Burt.

And the winners are:

  • Lundy Carre of Tewksbury
  • E.J. Lennon Jr. of Methuen
  • Ed Nutter of Haverhill
  • Gary Waldron of Salem, N.H.,
  • Jim Capodilupo of Lawrence
  • Paul Falasca of Lynn
  • Donal Aimaro of Bradford
  • Jim Ellingwood of Derry, N.H.
  • Al Ferruolo of North Andover
  • Stephen McKeon of Haverhill.

WEEK 9
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Nov. 6
NY Giants at New England NEW ENGLAND 31, N.Y. Giants 23 ... BenJarvus gets 150 yards Giants
24-20
NY Jets at Buffalo BUFFALO 20, N.Y Jets 17 ... Will come down to final play Jets
27-11
✔Seattle at Dallas DALLAS 38, Seattle 20 ... Cowboys beat up lousy teams Dallas
23-13
✔Atlanta at Indianapolis Atlanta 27, INDIANAPOLIS 16 ... Falcons grind this one out slowly Atlanta
31-7
Miami at Kansas City KANSAS CITY 27, Miami 24 ... easy for Chiefs Miami
31-3
San Francisco at Washington WASHINGTON 26, San Francisco 16 ... 49ers are not this good San Francisco
19-11
✔Cleveland at Houston HOUSTON 27, Cleveland 17 ... A no-brainer Houston
30-12
✔Tampa Bay at New Orleans NEW ORLEANS 31, Tampa Bay 20 ... Big, big game for Saints New Orleans
27-16
Denver at Oakland OAKLAND 27, Denver 17 ... Payback for Tebow Denver
38-24
Cincinnati at Tennessee TENNESSEE 31, Cincinnati 24 ... Still don't trust Bengals Cincinnati
24-17
✔St. Louis at Arizona ARIZONA 31, St. Louis 28 ... Flip a coin Arizona
19-13
Green Bay at San Diego SAN DIEGO 34, Green Bay 27 ... Upset of the week Green Bay
45-38
Baltimore at Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH 24, Baltimore 20 ... Steelers will win this game Baltimore
23-20
Monday, Nov. 7
Chicago at Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA 41, Chicago 24 ... Eagles starting to hit stride Chicago
30-24
Home teams in CAPS.
Please note Thursday games are not included.

WEEK 9 RESULTS

Executive sports editor Bill Burt took one on the chin in Week 9 of the NFL season. Burt, having the best season in the 14 years of the contest, had easily his worst week of the season with only five winners in the 13 games.

Each week a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded. It's weeks like this that make the first tiebreaker (Patriots point total, 20) very important. This week all of the winners were within three points. Two were within four points and the second tiebreaker (amount of correct selections) was needed.

Of this week's winners, five were from Methuen and two from Gloucester.

The Week 9 winners were:

  • James Mickalide of Danville, N.H.
  • Reilly Zubricki of Gloucester
  • Sal Gilardi of Gloucester
  • Paul Ireson of Methuen
  • Joseph Quarterone of Methuen
  • Walt Andrewchuck of Methuen
  • Tony Vallante of Lawrence
  • Phil Jerome of Methuen
  • Sandi Seglin of Methuen
  • Brenda McKenney of Salem, N.H.

WEEK 8
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Oct. 30
New England at Pittsburgh New England 24, PITTSBURGH 23 ... Prepare for great game Pittsburgh
25-17
✔Indianapolis at Tennessee TENNESSEE 35, Indianapolis 13 ... Tennessee
27-10
New Orleans at St. Louis New Orleans 38, ST. LOUIS 31 ... Saints not a good road team St. Louis
31-21
✔Miami at NY Giants N.Y. GIANTS 36, Miami 16 ... Dolphins are a complete disaster N.Y. Giants
20-17
Minnesota at Carolina CAROLINA 27, Minnesota 23 ... I like both young QBs Minnesota
24-21
✔Arizona at Baltimore BALTIMORE 31, Arizona 23 ... Ravens good, not great team Baltimore
30-27
✔Jacksonville at Houston HOUSTON 31, Jacksonville 16 ... Texans due for a romp Houston
24-14
✔Washington at Buffalo BUFFALO 31, Washington 24 ... Forget playoffs if Bills lose Buffalo
23-0
✔Detroit at Denver Detroit 27, DENVER 23 ... I'm rooting for Denver Detroit
45-10
✔Cleveland at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO 20, Cleveland 10 ... Browns are 7-9 team San Francisco
20-10
Cincinnati at Seattle SEATTLE 24, Cincinnati 20 ... Bengals start acting like Bengals Cincinnati
34-12
✔Dallas at Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA 27, Dallas 26 ... I almost picked Dallas Philadelphia
34-7
Monday, Oct. 31
✔San Diego at Kansas City KANSAS CITY 27, San Diego 23 ... Chargers in turmoil Kansas City
23-20
Home teams in CAPS.
Last week: 8-5 Season: 73-30
Home teams in CAPS

WEEK 8 RESULTS

Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt continued his torrid pace this season in picking pro football games, getting nine selections right out of 13 difficult games.

Burt improved his overall record to 82-34, by far his best season in the "I Beat Burt" contest which started in 1997. In all there were 376 entries with 39 picking more than nine winners.

Each week a maxium of 10 T-shirts are awarded. The first tiebreaker is the amount of points the Patriots scored (17). All of this week's winners were within seven points.

Here are the Week 8 winners:

  • James Mickalide of Danville, N.H.
  • Peg Callahan of North Reading
  • Louis Bellofatto of Manchester, N.H.
  • Bill Bodenrader of Lawrence
  • John Uzdavinis of Salem, N.H.
  • John Warden III of North Andover
  • Bob DiBurro of Haverhill
  • Harry Ball of Methuen
  • Brenda McKenney of Salem, N.H.
  • Richard Lane of Andover


WEEK 7
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Oct. 23
Houston at Tennessee TENNESSEE 24, Houston 23 ... Will be a very close game Houston
41-7
✔Seattle at Cleveland CLEVELAND 24, Seattle 16 ... Don't like either team Cleveland
6-3
✔Atlanta at Detroit Atlanta 23, DETROIT 20 ... Trouble in Detroit Atlanta
23-16
✔Denver at Miami Denver 27, MIAMI 17 ... Miami fans cheer for Tebow to win Denver
18-15
San Diego at NY Jets San Diego 26, N.Y. JETS 23 ... Has Rex opened his mouth once too often? NY Jets
27-21
Chicago at Tampa Bay TAMPA BAY 27, Chicago 20 ... Bucs defense will get to Cutler Chicago
24-18
✔Washington at Carolina CAROLINA 27, Washington 21 ... Finally, Newton gets much-needed win Carolina
33-20
✔Pittsburgh at Arizona Pittsburgh 26, ARIZONA 24 ... Closer than you think Pittsburgh
32-20
Kansas City at Oakland OAKLAND 24, Kansas City 17 ... Been a long time since I've rooted for Raiders Kansas City
28-0
✔Green Bay at Minnesota Green Bay 31, MINNESOTA 24 ... Packers are legit Super Bowl favorite Green Bay
33-27
✔St. Louis at Dallas DALLAS 31, St. Louis 28 ... Cowboys in deep trouble Dallas
34-7
✔Indianapolis at New Orleans NEW ORLEANS 41, Indianapolis 16 ... Saints have their way from flip of coin New Orleans
62-7
Monday, Oct 24
Baltimore at Jacksonville Baltimore 27, JACKSONVILLE 16 ... Jags keep it close for first half Jacksonville
12-7
Home teams in CAPS.
Last week: 12-1 Season: 65-25
Home teams in CAPS

WEEK 7 RESULTS

Because of an error in the original "I Beat Burt" Week 7 entry blank in both the newspaper and on-line, we awarded an extra 10 T-shirts. Basically, we had two contests, one for those that entered on the entry blank that had the "Patriots score" as the tiebreaker. The Patriots were off last week.

And the other contest was for those that used the correct entry blank with the "Jets score" as the tiebreaker.

Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt had a pretty good week in a week that had a lot of upsets. Burt correctly picked eight winners in the 13 games.

Only 32 of the 351 entries picked more than eight winners. Through seven weeks, Burt is now 73-30, which is 15 winners ahead of last year's pace.

Note that for the regular contest entries, all three tiebreakers were needed. All of the winners were within three points of the Jets point total of 27. All of the T-shirt winners picked nine games or more correctly. A random draw was needed for the final T-shirt.

For those without the first tiebreaker, it came down to total correct selections (nine or more) and then random draw for the last T-shirt.

Here are the winners for Week 7:

  • James Mickalide of Danville, N.H.
  • Garnett Engels Jr. of Seabrook, N.H.
  • Pat Cash of Plaistow, N.H.
  • Mary Ann DiBella of Methuen
  • Mark Adrizzone of Salem, N.H.
  • David Byron Pelham, N.H.
  • Brenda McKenney of Salem, N.H.
  • William McAvoy of Newton, N.H.
  • and Charlie Hayden of Naples, Fla.
  • Pat Baganski of Las Vegas
  • Wiliam Scism of Andover
  • Tony Whitcomb of Kingston, N.H.
  • Jon Churchill of Gloucester
  • Ellen Carter of North Andover
  • Christopher Quinn of Methuen
  • Kathy Tramonte of Hampton Falls, N.H.
  • Jeff Warden of North Andover
  • Tina Remillard of Methuen
  • Ronnie Gallagher of Lowell

WEEK 6
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Oct. 17
✔Dallas at New England NEW ENGLAND 41, Dallas 20 ... I see a mismatch New England
20-16
✔Carolina at Atlanta ATLANTA 27, Carolina 17 ... Falcons in control from start to finish Atlanta
31-17
✔Indianapolis at Cincinnati CINCINNATI 38, Indianapolis 13 ... Lock of the week Cincinnati
27-17
San Francisco at Detroit DETROIT 23, San Francisco 13 ... 49ers offense will get crushed San Francisco
25-19
✔St. Louis at Green Bay GREEN BAY 41, St. Louis 20 ... Is it time to start talking about 16-and-0? Green Bay
24-3
✔Philadelphia at Washington Philadelphia 26, WASHINGTON 20 ... Eagles lose, season is over Philadelphia
20-13
✔Buffalo at NY Giants N.Y. GIANTS 31, Buffalo 23 ... Giants in must-win territory Giants
27-24
✔Jacksonville at Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH 38, Jacksonville 16 ... Steelers need a blowout win Pittsburgh
17-13
✔Houston at Baltimore BALTIMORE 30, Houston 20 ... Texans aren't tough enough Baltimore
29-14
✔Cleveland at Oakland OAKLAND 23, Cleveland 20 ... Might go OT Oakland
24-17
✔New Orleans at Tampa Bay TAMPA BAY 27, New Orleans 24 ... Game of the day Tampa Bay
26-20
✔Minnesota at Chicago CHICAGO 24, Minnesota 16 ... Bears aren't good, but Vikes are bad Chicago
39-10
Monday, Oct. 17
Miami at Jets N.Y. JETS 41, Miami 10 ... Lock of the week II Jets
24-6
Home teams in CAPS.
Last week: 7-6; Season: 53-24

WEEK 6 RESULTS

Nobody beats Burt ... again

For the second time in six weeks, Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt won't be giving away any T-shirts.

That's right. Burt had another banner weekend, going 12-1 (losing only Detroit) in Week 6 of the "I Beat Burt" contest.

In fact, only five of the 354 entries actually tied Burt, who is on a bit of hot-streak in 2011 going an all-time best 65-25 through six weeks. Burt only lost to five entries on Week 1 and beat everybody in Week 2.

The irony is that five of Burt's 25 losses this season have been games in which the Detroit Lions have played.

Each week a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded to those that pick more winners than Burt. The first tiebreaker is the amount of points the Patriots scored (For Week 7 it will be the Jets point total as Pats are on a bye week). The second tiebreaker is the amount of correct selections. The third and final tiebreaker is random draw.

WEEK 5
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Oct. 9
✔NY Jets at New England NEW ENGLAND 30, N.Y. Jets 26 ... Jets desperate and keep it close New England
30-21
Philadelphia at Buffalo Philadelphia 27, BUFFALO 23 ... Tough fight to the finish Buffalo
31-24
✔Kansas City at Indianapolis Kansas City 27, INDIANAPOLIS 24 ... Come down to last play Kansas City
28-24
Arizona at Minnesota Arizona 38, MINNESOTA 20 ... Vikings in Andrew Luck Lottery Minnesota
34-10
Seattle at NY Giants N.Y. GIANTS 27, Seattle 13 ... Pete Carroll not getting it done Seattle
36-25
✔Tennessee at Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH 24, Tennessee 23 ... I'd go with Titans if in Nashville Pittsburgh
38-17
✔New Orleans at Carolina New Orleans 31, CAROLINA 28 ... Don't feel good about this game New Orleans
30-27
✔Cincinnati at Jacksonville Cincinnati 31, JACKSONVILLE 24 ... Jags in Andrew Luck Lottery Cincinnati
30-20
Oakland at Houston HOUSTON 31, Oakland 20 .. Pats exposed awful Raiders QB Oakland
25-20
✔Tampa Bay at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO 31, Tampa Bay 28 ... Another great finish San Francisco
48-3
San Diego at Denver DENVER 31, San Diego 24 ... Chargers have too many key injuries San Diego
29-24
Green Bay at Atlanta ATLANTA 27, Green Bay 20 ... Love this game Green Bay
25-14
Monday, Oct. 10
✔Chicago at Detroit DETROIT 38, Chicago 17 ... This could ugly, early Detroit
25-14
Home teams in CAPS.
Last week: 12-4 Season: 46-16

WEEK 5 RESULTS

Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt took it on the chin in Week 5 of the "I Beat Burt" contest.

Burt had his worst week of the 2011 pro football season, finishing with seven wins out of the 13 games played this past weekend.

In all there were 374 entries and 14 of them picked more winners than Burt and correctly picked the Patriots point total (30). Normally, a maxium of 10 T-shirts are awarded, but if someone picks more winners than Burt and gets the Patriots point total correctly, they are guaranteed a shirt.

Here are the Week 5 winners:

  • Robert Hassam Sr. of Derry, N.H.
  • Ray Metthe of Haverhill
  • Nathan Lafollette of Methuen
  • Mark Ardizzone of Salem, N.H.
  • Bub Reynolds of Atkinson, N.H.
  • Pat Bagnanski of Las Vegas
  • Ben Roberge of Andover
  • Felix Cruz of Haverhill
  • Dominic Cannata of Haverhill
  • Richard Eastman of Gloucester
  • Bill Collins of Lawrence
  • Robert Trussell of Methuen
  • Ed Cote of Hampstead, N.H.
  • Matt Macy of North Andover

WEEK 4
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Oct 2.
✔New England at Oakland New England 38, OAKLAND 13 ... Yes, a Pats blowout New England
31-19
✔Carolina at Chicago CHICAGO 31, Carolina 13 ... Bears get five turnovers Chicago
34-29
✔Buffalo at Cincinnati CINCINNATI 27, Buffalo 20 ... Bengals bring Bills back to earth Cincinnati
23-20
Tennessee at Cleveland CLEVELAND 26, Tennessee 17 ... Browns are pretty good Tennessee
31-13
✔Detroit at Dallas Detroit 26, DALLAS 17 ... I'm done picking against Lions Detroit
34-30
Washington at St. Louis ST. LOUIS 31, Washington 27 ... Rams very, very desperate for win Washington
17-10
San Francisco at Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA 23, San Francisco 20 ... With or without Vick, Eagles win tight one San Francisco
24-23
✔Minnesota at Kansas City KANSAS CITY 30, Minnesota 26 ... Jobs on line in Kansas City Kansas City
22-17
✔New Orleans at Jacksonville New Orleans 38, JACKSONVILLE 27 ... Saints outlast gritty Jaguars New Orleans
23-10
✔Pittsburgh at Houston HOUSTON 31, Pittsburgh 24 ... Texans will score a lot of points Houston
17-10
✔NY Giants at Arizona N.Y. Giants 26, ARIZONA 20 ... Giants need to make statement here Giants
31-27
✔Atlanta at Seattle Atlanta 31, SEATTLE 20 ... I just don't like anything about Seahawks Atlanta
30-28
✔Miami at San Diego SAN DIEGO 41, Miami 24 ... Dolphins are officially horrible San Diego
26-16
✔Denver at Green Bay GREEN BAY 38, Denver 20 ... Ho hum blowout for Packers Green Bay
49-23
NY Jets at Baltimore N.Y. Jets 17, BALTIMORE 13 ... Could be playoff matchup Baltimore
34-17
Monday, Oct. 3
✔Indianapolis at Tampa Bay TAMPA BAY 38, Indianapolis 16 ... Role reversal Tampa Bay
24-17
Home teams in CAPS.
Last week: 9-7 Season: 34-12

WEEK 4 RESULTS

Take a bow, John Miranda of Lowell. Miranda was not only one of only 23 entries to beat Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt in Week 4 of the "I Beat Burt" contest, but he got all 16 selections right.

That's right, Miranda went 16-0 en route to winning a T-shirt.

Burt had a pretty good week with 12 correct selections. If Burt had not picked the Jets to upset the Ravens, only two entries would have beaten Burt. Lynn Dickerson of Lawrence had 14 correct picks.

In all, there were 338 entries, the most this season. Here are the Week 4 winners:

  • John Miranda of Lowell
  • Lynn Dickerson of Lawrence
  • Andrew Wells of Methuen
  • George Clark of North Andover
  • Patty Pappalardo of North Andover
  • Robert Burns of Salem, N.H.
  • Ricard Voisine of Lawrence
  • Jeff Stearn of Hampstead, N.H.
  • Ed Cote of Hampstead, N.H.
  • Bob Archer of Hampstead, N.H.

WEEK 3
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Sept. 25
New England at Buffalo New England 20, BUFFALO 17...Would not be surprised if Bills won Buffalo
24-31
San Francisco at Cincinnati CINCINNATI 23, San Francisco 20 ...Flip a coin here San Francisco
13-8
✔Miami at Cleveland CLEVELAND 31, Miami 20...Dolphins bad on road, too Cleveland
17-6
Denver at Tennessee Denver 24, TENNESSEE 20...Will come down to the last play Tennessee
17-14
Detroit at Minnesota MINNESOTA 27, Detroit 20...Better team loses divisional game on road Detroit
26-23
✔Houston at New Orleans NEW ORLEANS 38, Houston 31...Bet the over New Orleans
40-33
NY Giants at Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA 21, N.Y. Giants 13...Don't like Giants this year Giants
29-16
✔Jacksonville at Carolina CAROLINA 31, Jacksonville 13...Finally, a 'W' for Cam Newton Carolina
16-10
✔Kansas City at San Diego SAN DIEGO 24, Kansas City 23...Surprisingly close San Diego
20-17
NY Jets at Oakland N.Y. Jets 23, OAKLAND 16...Jets win these kind of games Oakland
34-24
✔Baltimore at St. Louis Baltimore 30, ST. LOUIS 16 ...Ravens need to play very well Baltimore
37-7
Arizona at Seattle Arizona 38, SEATTLE 24...Pete Carroll is in deep touble Seattle
13-10
✔Atlanta at Tampa Bay TAMPA BAY 24, Atlanta 20...Bucs need this to prove they are good Tampa Bay
16-13
✔Green Bay at Chicago Green Bay 31, CHICAGO 20...Packers are team to beat in NFC Green Bay
27-17
✔Pittsburgh at Indianapolis Pittsburgh 42, INDIANAPOLIS 13...Steelers 'D' scores three TDs Pittsburgh
23-20
Monday, Sept. 26
✔Washington at Dallas DALLAS 31, Washington 24...If Romo plays, Cowboys roll Dallas
18-16
Home teams in CAPS. Last week: 15-1 Season: 26-5
Please note Thursday games are not included.

WEEK 3: 30 entries win T-shirts in Week 3

Another "I Beat Burt" record was hit in this early 2011 pro football season.

A record 30 entries will be receiving T-shirts.

After two stellar weeks, Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt, who was beaten by only five people the first two weeks, got walloped in Week 3.

Burt was 9-7 for the weekend and was beaten by 101 of the 335 entries. Each week a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded. In fact, this week, an extra five were supposed to be awarded.

But because of a rule that states anyone that beats Burt and correctly picks the Patriots point total (31), the first tie-breaker, they are guaranteed a T-shirt.

This week an amazing 30 entries had 10 or more correct selections and picked 31 points on the nose.

Here are the winners for Week 3:

  • Dan Tsoulies of Haverhill
  • Dan Fleming of Methuen
  • Ginger Framarini of Litchfield, N.H.
  • Butch Tesoro of Sandown, N.H.
  • Carol Gilardi of Gloucester
  • Sal Gilardi of Gloucester
  • Stephanie Bernard of Lawrence
  • Stan Ward of Haverhill
  • Jeff Gibbs of Bradford
  • George Clark of North Andover
  • Paul Ireson of Methuen
  • Don Lefebvre of Methuen
  • Samantha Cote of Lawrence
  • Nick Ciolino of Gloucester
  • Bruce D'Agostino of Methuen
  • Bill Camasso of Haverhill
  • Richard Ricker of Haverhill
  • Richard Voisine of Lawrence
  • George Kettinger of North Andover
  • Mike McPhee of Salem, N.H.
  • Eugene Beliveau of Salem, N.H.
  • Robert Burns of Salem, N.H.
  • Dr. Richard Trainor of Salisbury
  • Gregg Cote of Hampstead, N.H.
  • Kevin Gallant of Andover
  • Josiah Gennell of Methuen
  • Ralph Halpin of Wilmington
  • Jack Foley of Salem, N.H.
  • Fernando Cruz Jr. of Haverhill
  • John Curley Jr. of Gloucester

WEEK 2
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Sept. 18
✔San Diego at New England NEW ENGLAND 27, San Diego 23: Tough matchup for Pats New England
35-21
✔Kansas City at Detroit DETROIT 23, Kansas City 20...Chiefs fight 'til the end Detroit
48-3
Baltimore at Tennessee BALTIMORE 27, Tennessee 20...Won't be a blowout Tennessee
✔Cleveland at Indianapolis Cleveland 38, INDIANAPOLIS 13...Yes, Colts are that bad Cleveland
29-19
✔Oakland at Buffalo BUFFALO 30, Oakland 27...This might be Wild Card prelude Buffalo
38-35
✔Tampa Bay at Minnesota Tampa Bay 30, MINNESOTA 16...McNabb's days as NFL QB are numbered Tampa Bay
24-20
✔Chicago at New Orleans NEW ORLEANS 27, Chicago 24...Bears give Saints good game New Orleans
✔Jacksonville at NY Jets NY JETS 31, Jacksonville 13...Jets need to play well today Jets
✔Seattle at Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH 38, Seattle 9...Lock of the week Pittsburgh
✔Arizona at Washington WASHINGTON 30, Arizona 23...Will 'Skins really be 2-0? Washington
✔Green Bay at Carolina Green Bay 38, CAROLINA 10...Newton gets tooled by Rodgers Green Bay
30-23
✔Dallas at San Francisco Dallas 23, SAN FRANCISCO 20...Romo will barely pull this one out Dallas
27-24
✔Cincinnati at Denver DENVER 27, Cincinnati 20...Meaningless result Denver
24-22
✔Houston at Miami Houston 31, MIAMI 20...Texans might be legit Super Bowl contender Houston
23-13
✔Philadelphia at Atlanta ATLANTA 24, Philadelphia 20...Falcons in must-win situation Atlanta
35-31
Monday, Sept. 19
✔St. Louis at NY Giants N.Y. GIANTS 30, St. Louis 14...Rams not ready for prime time Giants
28-16
Home teams in CAPS.
Please note Thursday games are not included.

WEEK 2 RESULTS

Nobody beat Burt.

In fact, not only did nobody beat Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt in our weekly "I Beat Burt" contest, but nobody even tied him.

Burt picked 15 winners out of the 16 games, missing the Baltimore Ravens' upset loss to the Tennessee Titans.

It marks the fourth time in contest history that Burt has beaten all comers.

This appears to be a trend as Burt was only beaten by five entries in the opening week.

]This week, there were 323 entries, split almost evenly between those that filled out entry blanks in the newspaper and those who entered online (eagletribune.com/beatburt).

Each week, a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded to those that pick more winners than Burt. When more than 10 entries beat Burt we go to the tiebreakers, the first of which is the Patriots score. The second tiebreaker is number of correct selections. The third tiebreaker is a random draw.

WEEK 1
Burt's PredictionsActual score
Sunday, Sept. 11
✔Atlanta at Chicago CHICAGO 27, Atlanta 20...Bears have a lot to prove Chicago
30-12
Cincinnati at Cleveland CLEVELAND 38, Cincinnati 13...Bengals second worst franchise in NFL Cincinnati
21-17
Buffalo at Kansas City KANSAS CITY 31, Buffalo 27...Close game, but Chiefs win Buffalo
41-7
✔Philadelphia at St. Louis Philadelphia 20, ST. LOUIS 17...Afraid to pick Rams upset Philadelphia
31-13
Detroit at Tampa Bay TAMPA BAY 23, Detroit 20...Don't overlook Bucs in '11 Detroit
27-10
✔Tennessee at Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE 23, Tennessee 20...Two subpar teams play it close Jacksonville
16-14
✔Pittsburgh at Baltimore BALTIMORE 27, Pittsburgh 23...Ravens can't afford home loss Baltimore
35-7
✔Indianapolis at Houston HOUSTON 41, Indianapolis 3...Lock of the week Houston
34-7
NY Giants at Washington N.Y. Giants 27, WASHINGTON 23...Giants will win this one late Washington
28-14
✔Seattle at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO 13, Seattle 10...Two subpar teams fight to the end San Francisco
33-17
✔Minnesota at San Diego SAN DIEGO 31, Minnesota 20...Chargers are too good here San Diego
24-17
✔Carolina at Arizona ARIZONA 30, Carolina 16...Panthers are worst in NFL Arizona
28-21
✔Dallas at NY Jets N.Y. JETS 38, Dallas 16...Cowboys not ready for prime time Jets
27-24
Monday, Sept. 12
✔New England at Miami New England 31, Miami 13...Pats 'D' dominates poor Fins 'O' New England
38-24
✔Oakland at Denver Oakland 27, DENVER 24: Might go overtime Oakland
23-20
Home teams in CAPS.
Please note Thursday's game between Green Bay and New Orleans was not included.

WEEK 1 RESULTS

Score Week 1 for Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt.

Burt started off with a bang, hitting on 11 of the 15 games this weekend, including both Monday night winners (New England and Oakland).

Only five of the 291 entries were able to pick more winners (12).

Each week, a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded to those that pick more winners than Burt. When more than 10 entries beat Burt we go to the tiebreakers, the first of which is the Patriots score. The second tiebreaker is number of correct selections. The third tiebreaker is a random draw. Because there were only five winners, we will offer 15 T-shirts in Week 2.

And the winners are:

  • Tim Bresnahan of Haverhill
  • Steve Lemerise of Haverhill
  • Ronnie Gallagher of Lowell
  • George Walsh, of Hampton, N.H.
  • James P. Officer Sr. of Rockport.

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CONTEST RULES

1. No purchase necessary. Entry forms available at The Eagle-Tribune offices.

2. Entries must be dropped off or postmarked by Friday. Online contest closes on Saturday. Only one entry allowed per week. Complete form and drop off at one of our offices or mail to:

The Eagle-Tribune

"I Beat Burt" Contest

100 Turnpike St.

North Andover, MA 01845

3. Up to 10 T-shirts will be awarded per week. First tie-breaker is closest to Patriots' point total. Second is most winners selected. Third is random draw. Prizes will be mailed.

4. Employees of The Eagle-Tribune and members of their immediate families are not eligible to enter.

5. Entry into this contest constitutes acceptance of these rules.

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