![]() ![]() ![]() įacing fourth and ten on their own 40-yard line with 22 seconds left, Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw threw the ball toward running back John "Frenchy" Fuqua. Stabler responded by leading his team 80 yards to score on a 30-yard touchdown run with 1:13 left in the game. Five plays later, Gerela kicked a 29-yard field goal that gave Pittsburgh a 6–0 lead in the fourth quarter. Following two Raiders drives that were shut down by Jack Ham's interception and a fumble recovery by Glen Edwards, Steelers safety Mike Wagner fell on a fumble by quarterback Ken Stabler (who had replaced injured starter Daryle Lamonica earlier in the game) at the Oakland 35. On the opening drive of the second half, Pittsburgh drove 67 yards to take a 3–0 lead on Roy Gerela's 18-yard field goal. In a game that was mostly dominated by defense, the contest remained scoreless throughout the first half. Steelers fullback Franco Harris scored the winning touchdown on what became known as the Immaculate Reception. PIT – Harris 60 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick) PIT 13–7.OAK – Stabler 30 run (Blanda kick) OAK 7–6.The NFC divisional matchups would have been #4 wild card Dallas, ineligible to play Washington, at #2 Green Bay and #3 San Francisco at #1 Washington. Had the playoffs been seeded, the divisional matchups in the AFC would not have changed, but undefeated Miami would have had home field advantage for the AFC championship game. For the Super Bowl, the championship round played at a neutral site, the designated home team was based on an annual rotation by conference.īracket Note: Prior to the 1975 season, the home teams in the playoffs were decided based on a yearly rotation. Thus, it is possible that a team could host another club with a better regular season record. The NFL did not use a seeding system until the 1975 season, and instead home teams during the first two rounds of the playoffs alternated by division. Within each conference, the three division winners and one wild card team (the non-division winner with the best overall regular season record of all remaining teams in the conference) qualified for the playoffs. Like the previous NFL seasons, the home teams in the playoffs were decided based on a yearly divisional rotation, excluding the wild card teams who would always play on the road and would not play against their own division champion in the playoffs unless they both made it to the Conference Championship, they would not be paired with each other in the first round. The postseason tournament concluded with the Miami Dolphins defeating the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII, 14–7, on January 14, 1973, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, becoming the only NFL team to finish a championship season undefeated and untied. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.The National Football League playoffs for the 1972 season began on December 23, 1972. ![]() All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. ![]()
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