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Dallas finished the game with 365 total yards, including 233 on the ground. Dorsett led the way with 85 rushing yards, 37 receiving yards, and two touchdowns. Fullback Robert Newhouse added 80 more yards on the ground, and a 13-yard catch. This was the Bears' first playoff game since winning the 1963 NFL championship.
Christmas fell on a Saturday in 1976. In order to avoid scheduling playoff games on the holiday, the regular season opened a week earlier than normal (September 12, the second Sunday of the month, rather than the customary third Sunday) so that the Divisional Playoffs could be held on December 18 and 19 instead of December 25 and 26, and thus no games would be needed on Christmas Day.
1977 NFC Championship: Cowboys won, 23–6; 1996 NFC Wild Card: ... NFC Championship Game. Cowboys win Super Bowl XII. 1978: Vikings 21–10: Texas Stadium: Cowboys
The Vikings' famed Purple People Eaters defensive line stopping a Rams rushing play in the 1977 NFC Divisional Playoff game. The 1977 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 17th in the National Football League. After starting the season 5–3, the team's starting quarterback Fran Tarkenton broke his leg in week 9 and missed the rest of the season.
The Falcons won their first playoff game in team history after they overcame a 13–0 deficit by scoring 2 touchdowns in the final 5 minutes of the game. In the first quarter, Philadelphia's Cleveland Franklin recovered a fumble from Billy Ryckman on a punt return at the Falcons 13-yard line, setting up wide receiver Harold Carmichael 's 13 ...
In a 14-game season he totaled 85 tackles and an estimated league-leading 23 sacks [5] (more than Michael Strahan's 22.5 record in 16 games), he was named the NFL Defensive Player of the Year, a consensus All-Pro selection, was a key player in the Cowboys winning Super Bowl XII, and a co-MVP of the game with Randy White.
NFC Championship Game logo, 2008–2010 (Used with old shield since 2005) The structure of the NFL playoffs has changed several times since 1970. At the end of each regular season, the top teams in the NFC qualify for the postseason, including all division champions (three division winners from the 1970–71 to 2001–02 seasons; four since the 2002–03 season) and a set number of "wild card ...
NFL Western Championship: 1969 NFC Wild Card: 1988, 2024 NFC Divisional: 1977, 1978, 1999 NFC Championship: 1974, 1976: Regular and postseason Vikings 27–20–2: Rams 16–11 Vikings 16–4–2 Vikings finished with a 4–3 record in St. Louis. Rams 1–0 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ, officially a Rams home game.