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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 ...
Detroit Lions, 59 years – NFL champions four times in 1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957; appeared in one other NFL Championship Game in 1954; and appeared in two NFC Championship Games in the 1991 and 2023 seasons. [87] New York Jets, 56 years – Won Super Bowl III, 1968 season [88] [n 8] Minnesota Vikings, 48 years – Lost Super Bowl XI, 1976 season
No Post-Season – Championship by league vote NFL: No HOF: No 1922: Canton Bulldogs* 10 0 2 0.917 1st NFL No Post-Season – Championship by standings NFL: No HOF: No 1923: Canton Bulldogs* 11 0 1 0.958 1st NFL No Post-Season – Championship by standings NFL: No HOF: No 1929: Green Bay Packers* 12 0 1 0.962 1st NFL No Post-Season ...
Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.
The National Football League playoffs for the 1977 season began on December 24, 1977. The postseason tournament concluded with the Dallas Cowboys defeating the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII , 27–10, on January 15, 1978, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana .
1977 Super Bowl (11): ... Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans have not reached the title game as of the 2024 NFL season. ... Super Bowl champions by year: Complete list, scores, most wins ...
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 ...