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class="infobox-data">December 23, 1972–January 14, 1973</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Teams</th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Games played</th><td class="infobox-data">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VII" title="Super Bowl VII">Super Bowl VII</a> site</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum">L.A. Memorial Coliseum</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defending champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1971_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="1971 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1972_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="1972 Miami Dolphins season">Miami Dolphins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1972_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1972 Washington Redskins season">Washington Redskins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference<br />runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="1972 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1972_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1972 Pittsburgh Steelers season">Pittsburgh Steelers</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="font-size: 95%; line-height: 95%; background-color: inherit" width="100%" class="nowraplinks"> <tbody><tr><th style="text-align:center" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/NFL_playoffs" title="NFL playoffs">NFL playoffs</a></th></tr><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center">← <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NFL_playoffs" title="1971–72 NFL playoffs">1971–72</a></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NFL_playoffs" title="1973–74 NFL playoffs">1973–74</a> →</td> </tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League playoffs">National Football League playoffs</a></b> for the <b><a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972 season</a></b> began on December 23, 1972. The postseason tournament concluded with the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> defeating the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VII" title="Super Bowl VII">Super Bowl VII</a>, 14–7, on January 14, 1973, at the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum">Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, becoming the only NFL team to finish a championship season <a href="/wiki/Perfect_season" title="Perfect season">undefeated and untied</a>. </p><p>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. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Participants">Participants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Participants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within each conference, the three division winners and the <a href="/wiki/Wild_card_(sports)" title="Wild card (sports)">non-division winner with the best overall regular season record of all remaining teams in the conference</a> qualified for the playoffs. The NFL did not use a <a href="/wiki/Seed_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seed (sports)">seeding system</a> until the <a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_season" title="1975 NFL season">1975 season</a>, and instead home teams during the first two rounds of the playoffs alternated by division. Thus, it is possible that a team could host another club with a better regular season record. For the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a>, the championship round was played at a neutral site, the designated home team was based on an annual rotation by conference. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>Playoff participants</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#efefef;"> <th> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference" title="American Football Conference">AFC</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">NFC</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>East winner</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="1972 Miami Dolphins season">Miami Dolphins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1972 Washington Redskins season">Washington Redskins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Central winner</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1972 Pittsburgh Steelers season">Pittsburgh Steelers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_Green_Bay_Packers_season" title="1972 Green Bay Packers season">Green Bay Packers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>West winner</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_Oakland_Raiders_season" title="1972 Oakland Raiders season">Oakland Raiders</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="1972 San Francisco 49ers season">San Francisco 49ers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Wild card</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1972 Cleveland Browns season">Cleveland Browns</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="1972 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Map_of_playoff_teams">Map of playoff teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Map of playoff teams"><span>edit</span></a><span 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data-file-height="64" /></a></span> AFC Teams <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/10px-Blue_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/15px-Blue_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/20px-Blue_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> NFC Teams </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bracket">Bracket</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bracket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><small>Note: Prior to the <a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_season" title="1975 NFL season">1975 season</a>, the home teams in the playoffs were decided based on a yearly rotation. 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. 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.</small></dd></dl> <table style="font-size:90%; margin:1em 2em 1em 1em; border-collabpse:collapse; border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="height:1px;"> </td> <td style="width:1.7em;"></td> <td style="width:10em;"></td> <td style="width:2.6em;"> </td> <td style="width:.7em;"></td> <td style="width:.7em;"> </td> <td style="width:1.7em;"></td> <td style="width:10em;"></td> <td style="width:2.6em;"> </td> <td style="width:.7em;"></td> <td style="width:.7em;"> </td> <td style="width:2em;"></td> <td style="width:10em;"></td> <td style="width:2.6em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:4.8ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;">Dec 24 – <a href="/wiki/Miami_Orange_Bowl" title="Miami Orange Bowl">Miami Orange Bowl</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="border-bottom:2px solid"> </td> <td rowspan="9" style="border-bottom:2px solid"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="3"> </td> <td rowspan="9" style="border-bottom:2px solid"> </td> <td rowspan="19" style="border-bottom:2px solid"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="13"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;">WC </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/1972_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1972 Cleveland Browns season">Cleveland</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;">14 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:bottom;">Dec 31 – Three Rivers Stadium </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;font-weight:bold;">East </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1972_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="1972 Miami Dolphins season">Miami</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;">20 </td> <td rowspan="10" style="border-width:1px 3px 2px 0; border-style:solid;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>AFC</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" 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#FFFFFF !important;;">Cent. </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;">Pittsburgh </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;">17 </td> <td rowspan="20" style="border-width:1px 3px 2px 0; border-style: solid;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"><b>AFC Championship</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;">West </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/1972_Oakland_Raiders_season" title="1972 Oakland Raiders season">Oakland</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:bottom;">Jan 14 – <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum">Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;font-weight:bold;">Cent. </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1972_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1972 Pittsburgh Steelers season">Pittsburgh</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;">13 </td> <td rowspan="10" style="border-width:1px 0 2px 0; border-style:solid;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="8"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Divisional playoffs</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;font-weight:bold;">AFC </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;">Miami </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;">14 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:bottom;">Dec 23 – <a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="17" style="border-top:1px solid;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;">NFC </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;">Washington </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b><a 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border-color:#000000; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;">West </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;"><a href="/wiki/1972_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="1972 San Francisco 49ers season">San Francisco</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;">28 </td> <td rowspan="10" style="border-width:1px 3px 2px 0; border-style:solid;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>NFC</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;">WC </td> <td rowspan="2" 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href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">ET</a> / <a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC–5</a>)</th> <th>TV </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Divisional playoffs </th></tr> <tr> <td>Oakland Raiders</td> <td>7–13</td> <td><b>Pittsburgh Steelers</b></td> <td>December 23, 1972</td> <td>1:00 p.m.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_NBC" title="NFL on NBC">NBC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Dallas Cowboys</b></td> <td>30–28</td> <td>San Francisco 49ers</td> <td>December 23, 1972</td> <td>4:00 p.m.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_CBS" title="NFL on CBS">CBS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Green Bay Packers</td> <td>3–16</td> <td><b>Washington Redskins</b></td> <td>December 24, 1972</td> <td>12:00 p.m.</td> <td>CBS </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cleveland Browns</td> <td>14–20</td> <td><b>Miami Dolphins</b></td> <td>December 24, 1972</td> <td>3:00 p.m.</td> <td>NBC </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Conference Championships </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Miami Dolphins</b></td> <td>21–17</td> <td>Pittsburgh Steelers</td> <td>December 31, 1972</td> <td>12:00 p.m.</td> <td>NBC </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dallas Cowboys</td> <td>3–26</td> <td><b>Washington Redskins</b></td> <td>December 31, 1972</td> <td>3:00 p.m.</td> <td>CBS </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VII" title="Super Bowl VII">Super Bowl VII</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum">L.A. Memorial Coliseum</a>, Los Angeles, California</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Miami Dolphins</b></td> <td>14–7</td> <td>Washington Redskins</td> <td>January 14, 1973</td> <td>3:30 p.m.</td> <td>NBC </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Divisional_playoffs">Divisional playoffs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Divisional playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saturday,_December_23,_1972"><span id="Saturday.2C_December_23.2C_1972"></span>Saturday, December 23, 1972</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Saturday, December 23, 1972"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="AFC:_Pittsburgh_Steelers_13,_Oakland_Raiders_7"><span id="AFC:_Pittsburgh_Steelers_13.2C_Oakland_Raiders_7"></span><a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference" title="American Football Conference">AFC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> 13, <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a> 7</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 13, Oakland Raiders 7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Raiders%E2%80%93Steelers_rivalry" title="Raiders–Steelers rivalry">Raiders–Steelers rivalry</a></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="text-align:center; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><b>Oakland Raiders vs. Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Raiders</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>7</td><td><b>7</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Steelers</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td><td>10</td><td><b>13</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_Stadium" title="Three Rivers Stadium">Three Rivers Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Game time</b>: 1:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 50,327</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Swearingen" title="Fred Swearingen">Fred Swearingen</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/NFL_on_NBC" title="NFL on NBC">NBC</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_DeRogatis" title="Al DeRogatis">Al DeRogatis</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197212230pit.htm">Boxscore</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"> <ul><li><b>Scoring</b> <ul><li>PIT – field goal Gerela 18 PIT 3–0</li> <li>PIT – field goal Gerela 29 PIT 6–0</li> <li>OAK – Stabler 30 run (Blanda kick) OAK 7–6</li> <li>PIT – Harris 60 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick) PIT 13–7</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>Steelers <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fullback (American football)">fullback</a> <a href="/wiki/Franco_Harris" title="Franco Harris">Franco Harris</a> scored the winning touchdown on what became known as the <b><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Reception" title="Immaculate Reception">Immaculate Reception</a></b>. In a game that was mostly dominated by defense, the contest remained scoreless throughout the first half. On the opening drive of the second half, Pittsburgh drove 67 yards to take a 3–0 lead on <a href="/wiki/Roy_Gerela" title="Roy Gerela">Roy Gerela</a>'s 18-yard field goal. Following two Raiders drives that were shut down by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Ham" title="Jack Ham">Jack Ham</a>'s interception and a fumble recovery by <a href="/wiki/Glen_Edwards_(safety)" title="Glen Edwards (safety)">Glen Edwards</a>, Steelers safety <a href="/wiki/Mike_Wagner" title="Mike Wagner">Mike Wagner</a> fell on a fumble by quarterback <a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Ken Stabler</a> (who had replaced injured starter <a href="/wiki/Daryle_Lamonica" title="Daryle Lamonica">Daryle Lamonica</a> earlier in the game) at the Oakland 35. Five plays later, Gerela kicked a 29-yard field goal that gave Pittsburgh a 6–0 lead in the fourth quarter. Stabler responded by leading his team 80 yards to score on a 30-yard touchdown run with 1:13 left in the game.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Facing fourth and ten on their own 40-yard line with 22 seconds left, Steelers quarterback <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Terry Bradshaw</a> threw the ball toward <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Fuqua" title="John Fuqua">John "Frenchy" Fuqua</a>. But the pass bounced off Raiders safety <a href="/wiki/Jack_Tatum" title="Jack Tatum">Jack Tatum</a> and was caught by Harris, who then ran the rest of the way downfield to score a 60-yard touchdown that helped give the Steelers a 13–7 lead with five seconds left in the game. The play was controversial, as Tatum insisted the ball had bounced off Fuqua, not himself, which would have made the reception illegal under the rules of the time. Replays showing the play are inconclusive as to which player touched the ball (or if both of them did)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harris was the sole offensive star of the game, rushing for 64 yards and catching 4 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown. The Raiders managed just 216 yards and started 8 of their 12 drives inside their own 22-yard line, mainly due to excellent punting from Pittsburgh's <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Walden" title="Bobby Walden">Bobby Walden</a>, who averaged over 48 yards per punt on his 6 kicks and set AFC playoff records with punts of 62 and 59 yards. </p><p>This was the first postseason meeting between the Raiders and Steelers. Both teams would go on to build a heated rivalry, facing each other in the postseason five times in the 1970s alone.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_playoff_games_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_playoff_games-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NFC:_Dallas_Cowboys_30,_San_Francisco_49ers_28"><span id="NFC:_Dallas_Cowboys_30.2C_San_Francisco_49ers_28"></span><a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">NFC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> 30, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> 28</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: NFC: Dallas Cowboys 30, San Francisco 49ers 28"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/49ers%E2%80%93Cowboys_rivalry" title="49ers–Cowboys rivalry">49ers–Cowboys rivalry</a></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="text-align:center; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><b>Dallas Cowboys vs. San Francisco 49ers – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Cowboys</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td><td>17</td><td><b>30</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">49ers</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td><td>0</td><td><b>28</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Game time</b>: 4:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 59,746</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Haggerty_(American_football_official)" title="Pat Haggerty (American football official)">Pat Haggerty</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/NFL_on_CBS" title="NFL on CBS">CBS</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Scott_(sportscaster)" title="Ray Scott (sportscaster)">Ray Scott</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pat_Summerall" title="Pat Summerall">Pat Summerall</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197212230sfo.htm">Boxscore</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"> <ul><li><b>Scoring</b> <ul><li>SF – V. Washington 97 kickoff return (Gossett kick) SF 7–0</li> <li>DAL – field goal <a href="/wiki/Toni_Fritsch" title="Toni Fritsch">Fritsch</a> 37 SF 7–3</li> <li>SF – Schreiber 1 run (Gossett kick) SF 14–3</li> <li>SF – Schreiber 1 run (Gossett kick) SF 21–3</li> <li>DAL – field goal Fritsch 45 SF 21–6</li> <li>DAL – Alworth 28 pass from Morton (Fritsch kick) SF 21–13</li> <li>SF – Schreiber 1 run (Gossett kick) SF 28–13</li> <li>DAL – field goal Fritsch 27 SF 28–16</li> <li>DAL – Parks 20 pass from Staubach (Fritsch kick) SF 28–23</li> <li>DAL – Sellers 10 pass from Staubach (Fritsch kick) DAL 30–28</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>Backup quarterback <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Roger Staubach</a> replaced ineffective <a href="/wiki/Craig_Morton" title="Craig Morton">Craig Morton</a> and led the Cowboys to score 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to overcome a 28–13 San Francisco lead and five turnovers. This was the third consecutive year Dallas eliminated San Francisco from the playoffs. </p><p>The 49ers jumped to a 7–0 early lead when <a href="/wiki/Vic_Washington" title="Vic Washington">Vic Washington</a> returned the opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. Dallas cut the deficit to 7–3 with kicker <a href="/wiki/Toni_Fritsch" title="Toni Fritsch">Toni Fritsch</a>'s 37-yard field goal. In the second quarter, 49ers receiver <a href="/wiki/Gene_Washington_(wide_receiver,_born_1947)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gene Washington (wide receiver, born 1947)">Gene Washington</a>'s 52-yard reception moved the ball deep into Dallas territory, only to have Cowboys cornerback <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Waters" title="Charlie Waters">Charlie Waters</a> end the drive with an interception on the 1-yard line. But shortly after the turnover, Dallas quarterback <a href="/wiki/Craig_Morton" title="Craig Morton">Craig Morton</a> lost a fumble while being hit by <a href="/wiki/Windlan_Hall" title="Windlan Hall">Windlan Hall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Hart" title="Tommy Hart">Tommy Hart</a>, which linebacker <a href="/wiki/Ed_Beard_(American_football)" title="Ed Beard (American football)">Ed Beard</a> recovered on the Cowboys 15-yard line. This led to Larry Schreiber's 1-yard touchdown run, making the score 14–3. Later in the quarter, Morton was intercepted by linebacker <a href="/wiki/Skip_Vanderbundt" title="Skip Vanderbundt">Skip Vanderbundt</a> on the Dallas 32, setting up Schreiber's second rushing touchdown that increased the lead to 21–3. But Morton rallied his team back with 10 unanswered points, Fritsch's 45-yard field goal and <a href="/wiki/Lance_Alworth" title="Lance Alworth">Lance Alworth</a>'s 28-yard touchdown reception, cutting the deficit to 21–13. </p><p>In the second half, the Niners blew a chance to increase their lead when <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Gossett" title="Bruce Gossett">Bruce Gossett</a> missed a 40-yard field goal attempt, but then got the ball back on Vanderbundt's second interception. Dallas managed to force a punt, which <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_McCann_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim McCann (American football) (page does not exist)">Jim McCann</a> sent out of bounds at the Cowboys 5-yard line. A few plays later, defensive tackle <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Krueger" title="Charlie Krueger">Charlie Krueger</a> stripped the ball from running back <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Hill" title="Calvin Hill">Calvin Hill</a> on the 1 and the 49ers recovered, leading to Schreiber's third 1-yard touchdown run giving his team a commanding 28–13 lead. </p><p>Shortly before the end of the third quarter, coach <a href="/wiki/Tom_Landry" title="Tom Landry">Tom Landry</a> replaced Morton with <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Roger Staubach</a>, but it didn't seem to help. On his first drive, Staubach lost a fumble while being tackled by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hoskins_(American_football)" title="Bob Hoskins (American football)">Bob Hoskins</a>. San Francisco was in prime position to put the game away with another score, but they couldn't get the ball into the end zone and Gossett missed a 32-yard field goal attempt, causing a huge reversal of momentum. Now with the ball, Hill ripped off a 48-yard gain on a draw play to set up Fritsch's 27-yard field goal, trimming the lead to 28–16. Later in the quarter, a poor punt from McCann gave Dallas the ball at the 49ers 45-yard line. Staubach then led the team to the end zone, completing two passes to fullback <a href="/wiki/Walt_Garrison" title="Walt Garrison">Walt Garrison</a> for 16 yards and two more to <a href="/wiki/Billy_Parks" title="Billy Parks">Billy Parks</a>, the second a 20-yard touchdown completion to cut the score to 28–23 with less than two minutes left. </p><p>With time running out, Dallas had to attempt an onside kick. 49ers receiver Preston Riley briefly handled the ball, but couldn't hang on and it was recovered by <a href="/wiki/Mel_Renfro" title="Mel Renfro">Mel Renfro</a>. On the first play after the recovery, Staubach gained 21 yards on a quarterback scramble. Then he connected for a 19-yard gain to Parks, who ran out of bounds at the San Francisco 10-yard line. On the next play, Staubach threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to receiver <a href="/wiki/Ron_Sellers" title="Ron Sellers">Ron Sellers</a>, giving Dallas a 30–28 lead with just 52 seconds left. However, the 49ers were not quite out of the game. Needing only a field goal to win, Brodie completed three consecutive passes, but a 23-yard completion to Riley that would have put the 49ers in field goal range was eliminated by a holding penalty, and Brodie was intercepted by Waters on the next play. </p><p>This game would mark the end of the four-year battle for the starting quarterback position on Dallas between Morton and Staubach. With his outstanding performance of 12/20 completions for 172 yards and 2 touchdowns, with no interceptions and 23 rushing yards in just over one quarter of play, Staubach became the Cowboys' permanent starter and would not relinquish the position until the end of his career after the 1979 season, while Morton was traded to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> in 1974 and later became the starting quarterback of the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a>. Morton and Staubach would later meet again and face off against each other in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XII" title="Super Bowl XII">Super Bowl XII</a>. The 49ers would not return to postseason play until <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NFL_playoffs" title="1981–82 NFL playoffs">1981</a>. </p><p>Dallas' comeback from an 18-point deficit was the second largest comeback in NFL postseason history at the time. The Cowboys outgained the 49ers in total yards 402–255, and first downs 22–13, although they lost five turnovers and their quarterbacks were sacked five times. Brodie was not sacked at all. Hill finished the game with a career postseason high 125 rushing yards, and one reception for six yards. Parks caught 7 passes for 136 yards. Vic Washington had 200 all-purpose yards (3 KR for 136 yards, 56 rushing yards, 1 rec for 8 yards) Defensive end <a href="/wiki/Cedrick_Hardman" title="Cedrick Hardman">Cedrick Hardman</a> had 3.5 sacks.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was the third overall postseason meeting, and third such meeting in as many years between the Cowboys and 49ers. Both previous meetings had been in the NFC Championship Game, and were both won by Dallas. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption><span class="nowrap">Previous playoff games</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Dallas leads 2–0 in all-time playoff games </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="width: 100%; background-color: #fff"> <table style="float:left; width:20%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1970</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; width:60%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b>Dallas Cowboys</b> 17 @ San Francisco 49ers 10 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="float:right; width:20%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NFL_playoffs" title="1970–71 NFL playoffs">1970 NFC Championship Game</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <div style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent"> <table style="float:left; width:20%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1971</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; width:60%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-style:none">San Francisco 49ers 3 @ <b>Dallas Cowboys</b> 14 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="float:right; width:20%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NFL_playoffs" title="1971–72 NFL playoffs">1971 NFC Championship Game</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sunday,_December_24,_1972"><span id="Sunday.2C_December_24.2C_1972"></span>Sunday, December 24, 1972</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sunday, December 24, 1972"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NFC:_Washington_Redskins_16,_Green_Bay_Packers_3"><span id="NFC:_Washington_Redskins_16.2C_Green_Bay_Packers_3"></span>NFC: <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> 16, <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> 3</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: NFC: Washington Redskins 16, Green Bay Packers 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="text-align:center; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><b>Green Bay Packers vs. Washington Redskins – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Packers</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td><b>3</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Redskins</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td><td>6</td><td><b>16</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/RFK_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="RFK Stadium">RFK Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Game time</b>: 12:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 52,321</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Ulman" title="Bernie Ulman">Bernie Ulman</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/NFL_on_CBS" title="NFL on CBS">CBS</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Buck" title="Jack Buck">Jack Buck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brookshier" title="Tom Brookshier">Tom Brookshier</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197212240was.htm">Boxscore</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"> <ul><li><b>Scoring</b> <ul><li>GB – field goal Marcol 17 GB 3–0</li> <li>WAS – Jefferson 32 pass from Kilmer (Knight kick) WAS 7–3</li> <li>WAS – field goal Knight 42 WAS 10–3</li> <li>WAS – field goal Knight 35 WAS 13–3</li> <li>WAS – field goal Knight 46 WAS 16–3</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>Using a five-man defensive line, the Redskins limited the Packers to only a field goal and held Green Bay running back <a href="/wiki/John_Brockington" title="John Brockington">John Brockington</a> (who rushed for 1,027 yards during the season) to just 9 yards on 13 carries. Meanwhile, Washington kicker <a href="/wiki/Curt_Knight" title="Curt Knight">Curt Knight</a> scored 3 field goals, while running back 1972 NFL MVP <a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(running_back)" title="Larry Brown (running back)">Larry Brown</a>, who had missed the last two games of the season with a knee injury, returned to rush for 101 yards, his 7th 100-yard game of the year. </p><p>The Packers scored first after a 23-yard completion from <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hunter_(American_football)" title="Scott Hunter (American football)">Scott Hunter</a> to John Staggers set up <a href="/wiki/Chester_Marcol" title="Chester Marcol">Chester Marcol</a>'s 17-yard field goal in the second quarter, which ended up being only time in the entire game the Packers would cross Washington's 40-yard line.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But then Redskins running back Herbert Mul-Key returned their kickoff 42 yards to Washington 40-yard line. The Redskins went on to drive 60 yards and score on <a href="/wiki/Billy_Kilmer" title="Billy Kilmer">Billy Kilmer</a>'s 32-yard touchdown pass to <a href="/wiki/Roy_Jefferson" title="Roy Jefferson">Roy Jefferson</a>. With 33 seconds left in the first half, Knight kicked a 42-yard field goal to give Washington a 10–3 halftime lead. The Redskins then dominated the second half, with Knight adding two more field goals, the second one a 46-yard kick at the end of a 43-yard drive in which Brown rushed 6 times for 32 yards. </p><p>This was the second postseason meeting between the Packers and Redskins. Green Bay won the only prior meeting when the Redskins were based in Boston.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_playoff_games_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_playoff_games-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"> <caption><span class="nowrap">Previous playoff games</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Green Bay leads 1–0 in all-time playoff games </th></tr> <tr> <td> <div style="width: 100%; background-color: #fff"> <table style="float:left; width:20%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1936</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="float:left; width:60%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b>Green Bay Packers</b> 21 @ Boston Redskins 6 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="float:right; width:20%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/1936_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1936 NFL Championship Game">1936 NFL Championship Game</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="AFC:_Miami_Dolphins_20,_Cleveland_Browns_14"><span id="AFC:_Miami_Dolphins_20.2C_Cleveland_Browns_14"></span>AFC: <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> 20, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> 14</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: AFC: Miami Dolphins 20, Cleveland Browns 14"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="text-align:center; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><b>Cleveland Browns vs. Miami Dolphins – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Browns</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td><td>7</td><td><b>14</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Dolphins</b></td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>10</td><td><b>20</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Miami_Orange_Bowl" title="Miami Orange Bowl">Miami Orange Bowl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Game time</b>: 3:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 78,916</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Norm_Schachter" title="Norm Schachter">Norm Schachter</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/NFL_on_NBC" title="NFL on NBC">NBC</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Simpson_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Simpson (sportscaster)">Jim Simpson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Rote" title="Kyle Rote">Kyle Rote</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197212240mia.htm">Boxscore</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"> <ul><li><b>Scoring</b> <ul><li>MIA – Babb 5 blocked punt return (Yepremian kick) MIA 7–0</li> <li>MIA – field goal Yepremian 40 MIA 10–0</li> <li>CLE – Phipps 5 run (Cockroft kick) MIA 10–7</li> <li>MIA – field goal Yepremian 46 MIA 13–7</li> <li>CLE – Hooker 27 pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick) CLE 14–13</li> <li>MIA – Kiick 8 run (Yepremian kick) MIA 20–14</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>Despite being 13-point favorites, Miami found themselves trailing 14-13 midway through the 4th quarter due to a Browns touchdown drive. The Dolphins proved up to the challenge, as they responded by driving 80 yards to retake the lead on an 8-yard rushing touchdown by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kiick" title="Jim Kiick">Jim Kiick</a> with less than 5 minutes left in regulation to keep the Dolphins' hopes alive for an undefeated season. </p><p>After punting on their opening drive, Miami got an early scoring opportunity when linebacker <a href="/wiki/Doug_Swift" title="Doug Swift">Doug Swift</a> intercepted a pass from Browns quarterback <a href="/wiki/Mike_Phipps" title="Mike Phipps">Mike Phipps</a>, giving the Dolphins a first down on the Browns 40-yard line. But Miami could only gain 1 yard over the next three plays and failed to score when <a href="/wiki/Garo_Yepremian" title="Garo Yepremian">Garo Yepremian</a> missed a 46-yard field goal attempt. Their first score would come later, when <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Babb" title="Charlie Babb">Charlie Babb</a> blocked a Cleveland punt, picked it up, and returned it for a touchdown. Following another Cleveland punt, Miami increased their lead to 10-0 by driving 51 yards, featuring a 21-yard run by receiver <a href="/wiki/Paul_Warfield" title="Paul Warfield">Paul Warfield</a> on an end around play, and scoring on Yepremian's 40-yard field goal. Cleveland responded with a pair of runs for 32 total yards by <a href="/wiki/Bo_Scott" title="Bo Scott">Bo Scott</a> and a 25-yard scramble by Phipps, giving the team a first down on the Dolphins 25-yard line. But once again they failed to score as the drive ended with an interception by Dolphins cornerback <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Johnson_(cornerback)" title="Curtis Johnson (cornerback)">Curtis Johnson</a>, who returned the ball 33 yards. </p><p>Ultimately, there would be no scoring in the second quarter, despite numerous chances for Miami. All the Dolphins got out of Johnson's interception return was a missed 53-yard field goal attempt by Yepremian. Later on, Browns punter <a href="/wiki/Don_Cockroft" title="Don Cockroft">Don Cockroft</a> fumbled a high snap and was downed on the Cleveland 39 after he recovered the ball. But after a 15-yard holding penalty, a 9-yard loss on a sack by Browns lineman Walter Johnson, and a 12-yard loss on a run by <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Morris" title="Mercury Morris">Mercury Morris</a>, the Dolphins found themselves pushed well out of scoring range. <a href="/wiki/Dick_Anderson" title="Dick Anderson">Dick Anderson</a> later intercepted a pass from Phipps, but Yepremian's eventual field goal attempt was eliminated by a penalty on the last play of the first half. </p><p>Cleveland finally got on the board on their second drive of the third quarter, following a 38-yard punt return by <a href="/wiki/Thom_Darden" title="Thom Darden">Thom Darden</a> that gave the team a first down on the Dolphins 44-yard line. Phipps completed a 21-yard pass to tight end <a href="/wiki/Milt_Morin" title="Milt Morin">Milt Morin</a> on the first play, and eventually finished the drive with a 5-yard touchdown run, making the score 10–7. Kiick racked up 26 yards on 4 carries on Miami's ensuing drive, but on his 5th carry, he lost a fumble that was recovered by Browns linebacker Charlie Hall. Following a Browns punt, Kiick picked up 12 yards on two carries, while Morris rushed twice for 24 yards to set up Yepremian's 46-yard field goal, increasing Miami's lead to 13–7. </p><p>On the Browns ensuing drive, Phipps picked up 14 yards on a scramble and then completed an 18-yard pass to receiver <a href="/wiki/Fair_Hooker" title="Fair Hooker">Fair Hooker</a> on a drive to the Dolphins 38. Anderson initially shut down the drive with an interception, but he fumbled the ball during the return, and Hooker recovered it for Cleveland on the Miami 30-yard line. Two plays later, Phipps completed a 27-yard touchdown pass to Hooker, giving the Browns their first lead of the game, 14–13, just under seven minutes into the fourth quarter. </p><p>With their undefeated season on the line, Miami responded by driving 80 yards in six plays for the game winning score. Quarterback <a href="/wiki/Earl_Morrall" title="Earl Morrall">Earl Morrall</a> completed passes to Warfield for gains of 15 and 35 yards, while Morris added a 12-yard carry. A pass interference penalty on linebacker Bill Andrews gave the Dolphins a first down on Cleveland's 8-yard line, and Kiick scored the go-ahead touchdown run on the next play, giving Miami a 20–14 lead with 4:49 left in the game. Cleveland had two more chances to mount a comeback, but their first drive resulted in a punt, and on their final drive, Doug Swift recorded his second interception of the game, enabling Miami to run out the clock.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Miami intercepted 5 of Phipps' passes and amassed 198 rushing yards. Neither team's quarterback had much success. Phipps completed just 9 of 23 passes for 131 yards and one touchdown, while Morrall completed only 6/13 passes for 88 yards. Scott was the Browns top performer with 94 rushing yards and 4 receptions for 30. “The best thing for us was to get behind,” said Miami fullback <a href="/wiki/Larry_Csonka" title="Larry Csonka">Larry Csonka</a> after the game. “It got very quiet and somebody said ‘If we’re gonna get anything done, now’s the time to do it’. It got done.” </p><p>This was the first postseason meeting between the Browns and Dolphins.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_playoff_games_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_playoff_games-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_Championships">Conference Championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Conference Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sunday,_December_31,_1972"><span id="Sunday.2C_December_31.2C_1972"></span>Sunday, December 31, 1972</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sunday, December 31, 1972"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="AFC:_Miami_Dolphins_21,_Pittsburgh_Steelers_17"><span id="AFC:_Miami_Dolphins_21.2C_Pittsburgh_Steelers_17"></span>AFC: Miami Dolphins 21, Pittsburgh Steelers 17</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: AFC: Miami Dolphins 21, Pittsburgh Steelers 17"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="text-align:center; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><b>Miami Dolphins vs. Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Dolphins</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td><td>7</td><td><b>21</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Steelers</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td><td>7</td><td><b>17</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_Stadium" title="Three Rivers Stadium">Three Rivers Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Game time</b>: 12:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a></li><li><b>Game weather</b>: 58 °F (14 °C), partly cloudy</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 50,845</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Dreith" title="Ben Dreith">Ben Dreith</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/NFL_on_NBC" title="NFL on NBC">NBC</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Derogatis" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Derogatis">Al Derogatis</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197212310pit.htm">Boxscore</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"> <ul><li><b>Scoring</b> <ul><li>PIT – Mullins recovered fumble in end zone (Gerela kick) PIT 7–0</li> <li>MIA – Csonka 9 pass from Morrall (Yepremian kick) 7–7</li> <li>PIT – field goal Gerela 14 PIT 10–7</li> <li>MIA – Kiick 2 run (Yepremian kick) MIA 14–10</li> <li>MIA – Kiick 3 run (Yepremian kick) MIA 21–10</li> <li>PIT – Young 12 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick) MIA 21–17</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>The Dolphins continued their unbeaten streak as substitute quarterback <a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Bob Griese</a>, who had not started a game since week 5, led the team to two touchdowns in the second half. </p><p>Things started well for Pittsburgh as safety <a href="/wiki/Glen_Edwards_(safety)" title="Glen Edwards (safety)">Glen Edwards</a> intercepted a pass from <a href="/wiki/Earl_Morrall" title="Earl Morrall">Earl Morrall</a> on the opening drive and returned it 28 yards to the Dolphins 48. Steelers running back <a href="/wiki/Franco_Harris" title="Franco Harris">Franco Harris</a> subsequently gained 35 yards on 7 carries as the team drove to a third and 2 on the Miami 3-yard line. On the next play, Pittsburgh quarterback <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Terry Bradshaw</a> fumbled the ball as he tried to run into the end zone, but right offensive guard <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Mullins" title="Gerry Mullins">Gerry Mullins</a> recovered it for a touchdown, giving the Steelers an early 7–0 lead. Unfortunately for the Steelers, Bradshaw was injured on the play and did not return until the fourth quarter. The Dolphins tied the game after punter <a href="/wiki/Larry_Seiple" title="Larry Seiple">Larry Seiple</a>'s 37-yard run on a fake punt set up Morrall's 9-yard touchdown pass to fullback <a href="/wiki/Larry_Csonka" title="Larry Csonka">Larry Csonka</a>. The score would remain tied 7–7 at the end of the first half. </p><p>On the opening drive of the third quarter, Steelers quarterback <a href="/wiki/Terry_Hanratty" title="Terry Hanratty">Terry Hanratty</a> completed passes to John McMakin and <a href="/wiki/Ron_Shanklin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Shanklin">Ron Shanklin</a> for gains of 22 and 24 yards, while <a href="/wiki/John_Fuqua" title="John Fuqua">John Fuqua</a> added 24 yards on a draw play as the team drove to a 14-yard field goal by <a href="/wiki/Roy_Gerela" title="Roy Gerela">Roy Gerela</a>, putting them up 10–7. At this point, Bob Griese, who had been sidelined with a broken leg for 10 weeks, replaced Morrall and threw a 52-yard completion to <a href="/wiki/Paul_Warfield" title="Paul Warfield">Paul Warfield</a> on his first pass attempt. Miami also caught a break on the drive when an offsides penalty against Pittsburgh wiped out an interception by linebacker <a href="/wiki/Jack_Ham" title="Jack Ham">Jack Ham</a>. Eventually, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kiick" title="Jim Kiick">Jim Kiick</a> finished the 11-play, 80-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run, giving the Dolphins their first lead at 14–10. Near the end of the third quarter, Seiple's 33-yard punt gave Pittsburgh a first down on the Miami 48. Harris ran for 7 yards on the first play, but this was followed by two incompletions and Gerela's 48-yard field goal attempt was blocked. </p><p>Taking over on the Steelers' 49 after the blocked field goal, the Dolphins drove 49 yards on an 11-play drive that only had one pass play. Kiick finished it off with a 3-yard touchdown run, giving Miami a 21-10 fourth quarter lead. However, Bradshaw returned to the game for the Steelers' next drive and quickly led them to a score. He started the drive with a 9-yard pass to tight end Larry Brown, and followed it up with consecutive 25-yard completions to Al Young and Shanklin. On the fourth play of the possession, he threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Young, cutting the score to 21–17. But on Pittsburgh's last two drives, he threw interceptions to Miami linebackers <a href="/wiki/Nick_Buoniconti" title="Nick Buoniconti">Nick Buoniconti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Kolen" title="Mike Kolen">Mike Kolen</a>, enabling the Dolphins to run out the rest of the clock.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was the first postseason meeting between the Dolphins and Steelers.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_playoff_games_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_playoff_games-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="NFC:_Washington_Redskins_26,_Dallas_Cowboys_3"><span id="NFC:_Washington_Redskins_26.2C_Dallas_Cowboys_3"></span>NFC: Washington Redskins 26, Dallas Cowboys 3</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: NFC: Washington Redskins 26, Dallas Cowboys 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Commanders%E2%80%93Cowboys_rivalry" title="Commanders–Cowboys rivalry">Commanders–Cowboys rivalry</a></div> <div style="border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; margin:auto;"> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div style="text-align:center; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;"><b>Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Redskins – Game summary</b></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; margin-left:1em; float:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Quarter</th> <th width="25">1</th> <th width="25">2</th> <th width="25">3</th><th width="25">4</th><th width="25">Total</th> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">Cowboys</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td><td>0</td><td><b>3</b></td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Redskins</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td><td>16</td><td><b>26</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/RFK_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="RFK Stadium">RFK Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Game time</b>: 3:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a></li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 53,129</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Tunney_(American_football_official)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Tunney (American football official)">Jim Tunney</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/NFL_on_CBS" title="NFL on CBS">CBS</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Buck" title="Jack Buck">Jack Buck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pat_Summerall" title="Pat Summerall">Pat Summerall</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197212310was.htm">Boxscore</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game information </th></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 0.5em;"> <ul><li><b>Scoring</b> <ul><li>WAS – field goal Knight 18 WAS 3–0</li> <li>WAS – Taylor 15 pass from Kilmer (Knight kick) WAS 10–0</li> <li>DAL – field goal Fritsch 35 WAS 10–3</li> <li>WAS – Taylor 45 pass from Kilmer (Knight kick) WAS 17–3</li> <li>WAS – field goal Knight 39 WAS 20–3</li> <li>WAS – field goal Knight 46 WAS 23–3</li> <li>WAS – field goal Knight 45 WAS 26–3</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p><a href="/wiki/Charley_Taylor" title="Charley Taylor">Charley Taylor</a> led the Redskins to the victory by recording 7 receptions for 146 yards and 2 touchdowns. Washington massively outgained Dallas in total yards (316–169), first downs (16–8), and third-down conversions (10/18–3/12), while holding them to a single field goal and shutting them out in the second half. </p><p>However, the game seemed close before the final period. Washington took the opening kickoff and drove to the Cowboys 31-yard line, but <a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(running_back)" title="Larry Brown (running back)">Larry Brown</a> lost a fumble there and safety <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Harris" title="Cliff Harris">Cliff Harris</a> recovered the ball. However, Dallas fared no better, and ended up running just six plays in the entire quarter. Following a punt, Washington scored on a 13-play, 9-minute drive, with Brown rushing for 31 yards and catching a pass for 9. <a href="/wiki/Curt_Knight" title="Curt Knight">Curt Knight</a> finished the drive with an 18-yard field goal in the second quarter. Later on, Redskins quarterback <a href="/wiki/Billy_Kilmer" title="Billy Kilmer">Billy Kilmer</a> smoked the Cowboys with a 51-yard completion to Taylor, and eventually scored on a 15-yard touchdown pass to Taylor that gave his team a 10–0 lead. Near the end of the half, Dallas quarterback <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Roger Staubach</a>'s 29-yard run set up a <a href="/wiki/Toni_Fritsch" title="Toni Fritsch">Toni Fritsch</a> field goal from 35 yards, cutting the score to 10–3. Fritsch later got another attempt on the last play before halftime, but missed a 23-yard attempt, his first miss of the season from under 30 yards. </p><p>The third quarter was scoreless, with Dallas unable to move the ball past their own 30-yard line, but they still had a few chances to score. At one point, Kilmer fumbled the ball at his own 32-yard line, and it rolled all the way back to the 18, but Washington recovered it. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bragg" title="Mike Bragg">Mike Bragg</a>'s ensuing punt went 36 yards to the Dallas 44, but <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Waters" title="Charlie Waters">Charlie Waters</a> lost five yards while attempting a return and a clipping penalty cost them another 15, pushing the Cowboys all the way back to the 24. To make matters worse, Waters (who was a starter on defense) suffered a broken arm on the play and had to miss the rest of the game. </p><p>Taylor had already had an excellent game while being covered by Waters, and now that he was matched up against second stringer Mark Washington, Kilmer sensed a huge opportunity to break the game open.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On their next drive, he completed four passes, the last a 45-yard touchdown bomb to Taylor on the second play of the fourth quarter, increasing Washington's lead to 17–3. The Redskins then dominated the rest of the game, scoring with field goals from Knight on each of their next three drives to make the final score 26–3.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Knight had a dismal season, making just 14 of 30 field goal attempts, but he had proven to be unusually effective in the playoffs, making all three of his kicks against Green Bay in the divisional round. On this day, he came through with another big performance, finishing a perfect 4/4 by making his final three field goals from 39, 46, and 45 yards. Kilmer also had one of the best performances of his career, completing 14 of 18 passes for 194 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions, while also rushing for 15 yards. Brown was the top rusher of the game with 88 yards, and caught 2 passes for 16. Staubach completed just 9 of 20 passes for 98 yards, and was the Cowboys leading rusher with 5 carries for 59 yards.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was the first postseason meeting between the Cowboys and Redskins.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_playoff_games_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_playoff_games-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Super_Bowl_VII:_Miami_Dolphins_14,_Washington_Redskins_7"><span id="Super_Bowl_VII:_Miami_Dolphins_14.2C_Washington_Redskins_7"></span>Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins 14, Washington Redskins 7</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_NFL_playoffs&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins 14, Washington Redskins 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<td style="text-align:left">Redskins (NFC)</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td><td>7</td><td><b>7</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><i>at <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum">Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></i> </p> <ul><li><b>Date</b>: January 14, 1973</li><li><b>Game attendance</b>: 90,182</li><li><b>Referee</b>: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Bell_(American_football_official)" title="Tommy Bell (American football official)">Tommy Bell</a></li><li><b>TV announcers (<a href="/wiki/NFL_on_NBC" title="NFL on NBC">NBC</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_DeRogatis" title="Al DeRogatis">Al DeRogatis</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197301140mia.htm">Boxscore</a></li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </div> </div> <p>This was the first Super 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playoffs">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_playoffs" title="1943 NFL playoffs">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_NFL_playoffs" title="1947 NFL playoffs">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_NFL_playoffs" title="1950 NFL playoffs">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_NFL_playoffs" title="1952 NFL playoffs">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_NFL_playoffs" title="1957 NFL playoffs">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_NFL_playoffs" title="1958 NFL playoffs">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_playoffs" title="1965 NFL playoffs">1965</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NFL playoff system</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_NFL_playoffs" title="1967–68 NFL playoffs">1967–68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_NFL_playoffs" title="1968–69 NFL playoffs">1968–69</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NFL_playoffs" title="1980–81 NFL playoffs">1980–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NFL_playoffs" title="1981–82 NFL playoffs">1981–82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NFL_playoffs" title="1982–83 NFL playoffs">1982–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NFL_playoffs" title="1983–84 NFL playoffs">1983–84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NFL_playoffs" title="1984–85 NFL playoffs">1984–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NFL_playoffs" title="1985–86 NFL playoffs">1985–86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NFL_playoffs" title="1986–87 NFL playoffs">1986–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NFL_playoffs" title="1987–88 NFL playoffs">1987–88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NFL_playoffs" title="1988–89 NFL playoffs">1988–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NFL_playoffs" title="1989–90 NFL playoffs">1989–90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NFL_playoffs" 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