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re: The 1962 Green Bay Packers is the best pro football team of the 1960s

Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:48 pm to
Posted by dukke v
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:48 pm to
1976 Taiders are one of my favorite NFL teams of all time... but they were not as good as the 1978 Steelers...... they took advantadge if a lucky call against NE in the divisional round and got to play Pittsburgh without out Harris and Blier.....
Posted by ThePTExperience1969
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Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:56 pm to
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they took advantadge if a lucky call against NE in the divisional round and got to play Pittsburgh without out Harris and Blier.....


All that matters is the W though, can't recontextualize with hypotheticals and facts remain the 76 Raiders played a top 12 SOS whereas the 78 Steelers played the 2nd weakest SOS in football and still lost more games than the 76 Raiders.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 9:42 pm to
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1976 Taiders are one of my favorite NFL teams of all time... but they were not as good as the 1978 Steelers...... they took advantadge if a lucky call against NE in the divisional round and got to play Pittsburgh without out Harris and Blier....


That was their penance for capitalizing on the Immaculate Deception.



From 1972-to-1977 the Steelers and Raiders played ten times with both teams winning 5 of those contests.

They played in the divisional playoff round in back-to-back years (1972-1973), and those games were split.

Then at the height of the rivalry, the Silver & Black faced the Black and Gold in three straight AFC Championship games from 1974-to-1976. Pittsburgh won two out of three and during that span, both organizations were crowned world champions.

“That was a very good football team. When we lost to the Steelers in ’75, I just couldn’t believe it.” – former Raiders LB Phil Villapiano

Raiders finally got their redemption in 1976.



One of the best duos of all-time; Branch should be in the HOF.
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