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The NFL did not use a fixed-bracket playoff system. The three division winners were seeded 1–3 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and received a first-round bye while the wild card teams were seeded 4 and 5, and played in the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, with the 4 seed hosting.
The NFL did not use a fixed-bracket playoff system. The three division winners were seeded 1–3 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and received a first-round bye while the wild card teams were seeded 4 and 5, and played in the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, with the 4 seed hosting.
The 1979 NFL season was the 60th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XIV when the Pittsburgh Steelers repeated as champions by defeating the Los Angeles Rams 31–19 at the Rose Bowl .
The Eagles playing against the Buccaneers in the 1979 NFC Divisional Playoff Game. The 1979 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League (NFL). They appeared in the postseason for the second consecutive year, an attainment that the team had not achieved for three decades.
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.
Divisional playoffs: Wild Card playoffs: N3 Los Angeles: 19 Dec 29 – San Diego Stadium: A2 Pittsburgh 31 Super Bowl XIV: 4 Houston 17 Dec 23 – Astrodome: Jan 6 – Three Rivers Stadium 1 San Diego: 14 AFC: 5 Denver: 7 4 Houston 13 Dec 30 – Three Rivers Stadium: 4 Houston: 13 2 Pittsburgh 27 AFC Championship: 3 Miami: 14 2 Pittsburgh: 34
It turned out to be Staubach's last win. The Cowboys were upset at home in the divisional playoff by the Los Angeles Rams 21–19 and Staubach retired after the season. The last remaining active member of the 1979 Dallas Cowboys was offensive lineman Tom Rafferty, who retired after the 1989 season.
The 1979 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 48th season in the National Football League.The team improved on their 8–8 record from 1978 and finishing 10–6. Although the Redskins were able to improve their record, they were eliminated from playoff contention on the final week of the season after facing the Dallas Cowboys with the NFC East title on the li