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The National Football League playoffs for the 1971 season began on December 25, 1971. The postseason tournament concluded with the Dallas Cowboys defeating the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI , 24–3, on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans , Louisiana .
The first NFL Christmas game happened in the 1971-72 playoffs with the Minnesota Vikings hosting the Dallas Cowboys and the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Miami Dolphins. Both road teams won that ...
The first NFL games actually played on December 25 came after the merger, during the 1971–72 NFL playoffs.The first two games of the Divisional Playoff Round were held on Christmas Day; the first of these was between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings, while the second of the two contests played that afternoon, the Miami Dolphins versus the Kansas City Chiefs, wound up being the ...
Epic Christmas Day NFL playoff game. In 1971, four teams featuring a combined 26 Pro Football Hall of Famers and two teams on a crash course for the Super Bowl played in the first NFL games played ...
The 1971 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's second season in the National Football League (NFL), ninth as the Kansas City Chiefs, and twelfth overall. They improved from a 7–5–2 campaign in 1970 to record a 10–3–1 mark and win the AFC West division championship, the Chiefs' first division title since 1966 and last until 1993 .
He led the NFL with 117 points in 1971, [9] [10] and in Super Bowl VI, he scored the only three Dolphin points against the Dallas Cowboys. [11] The next year, he was a key member of the 1972 Miami Dolphins "Perfect Season" team — he was the leading scorer and converted on many clutch field goals to help the Dolphins stay unbeaten. [12]
The Chiefs played one of their better games this season, defeating the Raiders 31-17 at Las Vegas in Week 12. The Chiefs fell behind 14-0 before rallying. The Chiefs fell behind 14-0 before ...
The great promise of the 1971 campaign ended dramatically in the longest game in NFL history, an AFC Divisional Playoff Game played on Christmas Day against the Miami Dolphins. It took 82:40 [ 8 ] to finish the contest, but a 37-yard field goal from Dolphins kicker Garo Yepremian finally ended this epic as Miami claimed a 27–24 double ...