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The 1977 season is considered the last season of the "Dead Ball Era" of professional football (1970 to 1977). The 17.2 average points scored per team per game was the lowest since 1942, and it was the only post-merger NFL season where no player surpassed 1,000 receiving yards. For 1978, the league made significant changes to allow greater ...
The 1977 Dallas Cowboys season was their 18th in the National Football League (NFL). The club appeared twice on Monday Night Football. Rookie running back Tony Dorsett rushed for 1,007 yards and became the second member of the Cowboys (first since 1973) to have a 1,000-yard rushing season. Dallas scored 345 points, which ranked first in the NFC ...
The 1977 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 45th in the National Football League. The 1977 Pittsburgh Steelers failed to improve on their 10–4 record from 1976 and finished with a 9–5 record; however, they appeared in the playoffs for their 6th straight season and won the AFC Central again.
Here are the Week 13 bold predictions from USA TODAY Sports' NFL writers and editors: ... But it sure looks like favorable early-season matchups inflated the unit's bottom line a little bit, as ...
Ray Wersching booted a 33-yard field goal in overtime to cap a second half San Francisco rally and give his team a comeback win over New Orleans. Wersching had a chance to end the game in regulation time when his 50-yard field goal was miss midway through the fourth quarter. The drive to a winning score covered 59 yards.
The 1977 Oakland Raiders season was the team's 18th season overall, and 8th season since joining the NFL. The Raiders entered the season as the defending Super Bowl champions . The team could not match its 13-1 record from 1976 and finished 11-3, which was only good enough for second place in the AFC West next to the Denver Broncos , who won 12 ...
The Falcons' 129 points allowed led the league (the best ever for a 14 game regular season) and established an all-time NFL record for fewest points allowed in an NFL season. [2] Atlanta's 3,242 total yards allowed were second-fewest in the league, [ 3 ] and the Falcons' 1,384 passing yards allowed was by far the best in the NFL in 1977.
The Saints playing against the Philadelphia Eagles at Veterans Stadium in 1977. The 1977 New Orleans Saints season was the team's eleventh as a member of the National Football League. They were unable to improve on their previous season's output of 4–10, winning only three games.