Posts from the Pro Football in the 1970s podcast.
The American Football Conference’s Central Division was unquestionably the best division in pro football during the 1975 season. Three of its four teams earned at least 10 wins in a 14-game regular season. The Pittsburgh Steelers finished that year with a league-best 12-2 record. The Steelers would eventually go on to win their second straight … Read more
To complete the 1975 NFL season, the annual Pro Bowl game pitted the best players of both conferences, the AFC and the NFC. It also featured someone who was — and still is — considered to be the best punter in the history of the pro game, Oakland’s Ray Guy. The Pro Bowl game at … Read more
On January 4, 1976, the Cinderella Dallas Cowboys traveled to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the championship of the National Football Conference. Dallas was expected to tamely submit to the favored Los Angeles team. The Rams had pounded the St. Louis Cardinals in their divisional playoff game the previous week, while the Cowboys had … Read more
On January 4, 1976, the Oakland Raiders traveled into Three Rivers Stadium to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers for the championship of the American Football Conference.
On one of my recent posts on my Facebook page The NFL in the 1970s, I questioned everyone who follows that page about the prospect of replacing a legendary head coach. It only happened a few times during the decade of the 1970s, with mixed results. But it started in grand fashion, right at the … Read more