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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 ...
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.
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
The two teams first met in the playoffs during the 1977 Divisional Round. In Denver's NFL playoff debut, they defeated the Steelers 34–21 as quarterback Craig Morton scored two touchdowns against Pittsburgh's fabled Steel Curtain defense. On the other hand, Denver's Orange Crush Defense forced three interceptions against Terry Bradshaw.
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.
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 ...
Dec. 23 will mark the 50th anniversary of the 'Immaculate Reception,' Franco Harris' famous catch in 1972 that changed the course of Steelers football.
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