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Super Bowl XII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1977 season. The Cowboys defeated the Broncos 27–10 to win their second Super Bowl.
With the AFC Championship win over the defending Super Bowl champion Raiders on New Year's Day, [2] Denver earned a berth in Super Bowl XII, but fell 27–10 to the NFC champion Dallas Cowboys. [3] Despite the defeat in the Super Bowl, 1977 was a major leap for the Broncos, who had never won more than nine games in a season.
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.
They also appeared in and lost Super Bowl LII to the Philadelphia Eagles following the 2017 season, giving them four Super Bowl appearances in five years and putting them one win away from three consecutive Super Bowl titles. In the intervening year, they were eliminated in the AFC Championship Game by the eventual Super Bowl 50 champion Denver ...
1977 Dallas Cowboys season; Owner: Clint Murchison, Jr. General manager: Tex Schramm: Head coach: Tom Landry: Home field: Texas Stadium: Results; Record: 12–2: Division place: 1st in NFC East: Playoff finish: Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Bears) 37–7 Won NFC Championship (vs. Vikings) 23–6 Won Super Bowl XII (vs. Broncos) 27–10
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.
[12] He was traded to the Denver Broncos in 1977 in exchange for quarterback Steve Ramsey and a fifth-round draft choice in 1978 (#137-Brian DeRoo). In his 34 career games with the Giants over three seasons, he had an 8–25–0 record, throwing for a total of 5,734 yards, 29 touchdowns, 49 interceptions and a 52.1 completion percentage.
He was the first-round, second overall draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys in the 1977 NFL draft. Dorsett was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and played for the team for 11 seasons, through 1987. He won a Super Bowl title in his rookie season over the Denver Broncos, with whom he spent his final season before retiring