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The National Football League playoffs for the 1978 season began on December 24, 1978. The postseason tournament concluded with the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XIII , 35–31, on January 21, 1979, at the Orange Bowl in Miami .
The 1979 NFL season was the 60th regular season of the National Football League. ... Starting in 1978, ten teams qualified for the playoffs: the winners of each of ...
This is a complete listing of National Football League (NFL) playoff games, ... 1978, 1979, 1989, 2002: 3 1 .750 Miami Dolphins: 4 1972, 1979, 1984, 2016: 2 2 .500
The NFL did not use a fixed-bracket playoff system. The three division winners were seeded 1–3 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and received a first-round bye while the wild card teams were seeded 4 and 5, and played in the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, with the 4 seed hosting.
Divisional playoffs: Wild Card playoffs: A1 Pittsburgh 35 Dec 30 – Texas Stadium: N2 Dallas 31 Super Bowl XIII: 4 Atlanta 20 Dec 24 – Fulton County Stadium: Jan 7 – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 2* Dallas: 27 NFC: 5 Philadelphia: 13 2 Dallas 28 Dec 31 – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: 4 Atlanta: 14 1 Los Angeles: 0 NFC Championship: 3 ...
In 1978, the NFL expanded its playoffs pool from 8 to 10 teams, requiring the addition of another round of playoffs. From 1978 to 1989, this round featured one game per conference between the two wild-card (non-division winners) and thus the name "Wild Card" round.
It turned out to be Staubach's last win. The Cowboys were upset at home in the divisional playoff by the Los Angeles Rams 21–19 and Staubach retired after the season. The last remaining active member of the 1979 Dallas Cowboys was offensive lineman Tom Rafferty, who retired after the 1989 season.
The 1978 NFL season was the 59th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season from a 14-game schedule to 16 games, which it remained in place until 2021 when it was increased to 17 games.