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The AFC playoff games were played on Saturday, December 24, while the NFC games were held on Monday, December 26. It also marked the only year since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970 that one conference held both of its divisional playoff games on one day and the other conference held both of its games on the other day. This was done to ensure the ...
Baltimore made it to the AFC playoffs as a No. 2 seed and hosted the defending Super Bowl champion Oakland Raiders in the divisional round. The Colts held a 31–28 lead with time running out, when the famous “ Ghost to the Post ” play to tight end Dave Casper advanced the Raiders to the Baltimore 14-yard line, where Errol Mann kicked the ...
Ghost to the Post is a significant play in NFL history.It refers to a 42-yard pass from Ken Stabler to Dave Casper, nicknamed "The Ghost" after Casper the Friendly Ghost, that set up a game-tying field goal in the final seconds of regulation in a double-overtime AFC divisional playoff game played between Casper's Oakland Raiders and the then-Baltimore Colts on December 24, 1977.
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.
Divisional playoffs: N1 Dallas 27 Dec 24 – Memorial Stadium: A1 Denver 10 Super Bowl XII: 4 Oakland: 37** Jan 1 – Mile High Stadium 2* Baltimore: 31 AFC: 4 Oakland 17 Dec 24 – Mile High Stadium: 1 Denver 20 AFC Championship: 3 Pittsburgh: 21 1* Denver: 34
NFL playoff bracket AFC. Divisional round. No. 1 seed Kansas City Chiefs vs. No. 4 seed Houston Texans. No. 2 seed Buffalo Bills vs. No. 3 seed Baltimore Ravens. Conference championship.
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.
Dec. 23 will mark the 50th anniversary of the 'Immaculate Reception,' Franco Harris' famous catch in 1972 that changed the course of Steelers football.