1975 NFC Championship Game (Cowboys vs. Rams)
01/04/25 • 8 min
Pro Football in the 1970s is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.
JOE ZAGORSKI'S BOOKS ON AMAZON
Free Spirit at Free Safety: The Incredible (But True!) Football Journey of Bill Bradley
The 2,003-Yard Odyssey: The Juice, The Electric Company, and an Epic Run For A Record
America's Trailblazing Middle Linebacker: The Story of NFL Hall of Famer Willie Lanier
The Year the Packers Came Back: The 1972 Resurgence
The NFL in the 1970s: Pro Football's Most Important Decade
EPISODE SUMMARY
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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 needed a miracle to upset the Minnesota Vikings in their divisional playoff tilt.
This NFC Title Game between the Rams and the Cowboys was considered by many to be a one-sided affair for the Rams......
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
PRO FOOTBALL IN THE 1970S BACKGROUND
Reliving Gridiron Glory: Pro Football in the 1970s with Joe Zagorski
Professional football is one of the most exciting spectator sports in America. The decade of the 1970s saw the sport grow by leaps and bounds, thanks mostly to exciting players who quickly became icons. NFL players such as Joe Namath, Roger Staubach, O.J.Simpson, Terry Bradshaw, “Mean” Joe Greene and Fran Tarkenton are still considered household names today.
During the 1970s, the growing millions of pro football fans also witnessed numerous exciting games and plays, many of which are still remembered and discussed today. Plays like Franco Harris’ Immaculate Reception in 1972, or the original Hail Mary Pass in 1975, or the Sea of Hands game in 1974, or the Ghost to the Post game in 1977...so many memories, and all during one of the greatest decades in NFL history.
Joe Zagorski’s Pro Football in the 1970s podcast explores all the great memories that occurred in the NFL during that memorable decade. Each segment will tackle a specific event or player in the NFL during the 1970s. Each episode will also include a trivia question from some aspect of that particular episode’s theme or topic.
Joe Zagorski’s Pro Football in the 1970s podcast takes listeners back to a time of old school pro football, where the game might have been simpler in the form of strategy, but it was also more pure and more robust than it had ever been before. Practically everything that happened during that decade on pro gridirons gets attention in this podcast.
Pro Football in the 1970s is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.
JOE ZAGORSKI'S BOOKS ON AMAZON
Free Spirit at Free Safety: The Incredible (But True!) Football Journey of Bill Bradley
The 2,003-Yard Odyssey: The Juice, The Electric Company, and an Epic Run For A Record
America's Trailblazing Middle Linebacker: The Story of NFL Hall of Famer Willie Lanier
The Year the Packers Came Back: The 1972 Resurgence
The NFL in the 1970s: Pro Football's Most Important Decade
EPISODE SUMMARY
CHECK OUT THE NFL IN THE 1970S FACEBOOK PAGE
CHECK OUT JOE'S WEBSITE - JOE ZAGORSKI WRITER
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 needed a miracle to upset the Minnesota Vikings in their divisional playoff tilt.
This NFC Title Game between the Rams and the Cowboys was considered by many to be a one-sided affair for the Rams......
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
PRO FOOTBALL IN THE 1970S BACKGROUND
Reliving Gridiron Glory: Pro Football in the 1970s with Joe Zagorski
Professional football is one of the most exciting spectator sports in America. The decade of the 1970s saw the sport grow by leaps and bounds, thanks mostly to exciting players who quickly became icons. NFL players such as Joe Namath, Roger Staubach, O.J.Simpson, Terry Bradshaw, “Mean” Joe Greene and Fran Tarkenton are still considered household names today.
During the 1970s, the growing millions of pro football fans also witnessed numerous exciting games and plays, many of which are still remembered and discussed today. Plays like Franco Harris’ Immaculate Reception in 1972, or the original Hail Mary Pass in 1975, or the Sea of Hands game in 1974, or the Ghost to the Post game in 1977...so many memories, and all during one of the greatest decades in NFL history.
Joe Zagorski’s Pro Football in the 1970s podcast explores all the great memories that occurred in the NFL during that memorable decade. Each segment will tackle a specific event or player in the NFL during the 1970s. Each episode will also include a trivia question from some aspect of that particular episode’s theme or topic.
Joe Zagorski’s Pro Football in the 1970s podcast takes listeners back to a time of old school pro football, where the game might have been simpler in the form of strategy, but it was also more pure and more robust than it had ever been before. Practically everything that happened during that decade on pro gridirons gets attention in this podcast.
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(From Pigskin Dispatch) The Anthracite League is Remembered with Historian Joe Zagorski
Pro Football in the 1970s is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.
JOE ZAGORSKI'S BOOKS ON AMAZON
Free Spirit at Free Safety: The Incredible (But True!) Football Journey of Bill Bradley
The 2,003-Yard Odyssey: The Juice, The Electric Company, and an Epic Run For A Record
America's Trailblazing Middle Linebacker: The Story of NFL Hall of Famer Willie Lanier
The Year the Packers Came Back: The 1972 Resurgence
The NFL in the 1970s: Pro Football's Most Important Decade
EPISODE SUMMARY
CHECK OUT THE NFL IN THE 1970S FACEBOOK PAGE
CHECK OUT JOE'S WEBSITE - JOE ZAGORSKI WRITER
This episode is a repeat episode when Joe Zagorski was interviewed on the Pigskin Dispatch, another podcast here on the Sports History Network. Below is the description from this episode. To learn more about the show, head to the Pigskin Dispatch website.
Pro football just after World War I was an interesting period in gridiron history indeed. As what would become the NFL was just starting up there were other, and I say this loosely, "leagues" where paid football players took the field. One of those was a short-lived group of teams in the Coal Region of Eastern Pennsylvania fondly called the Anthracite League. Historian Joe Zagorski visits to talk about this and more.
PRO FOOTBALL IN THE 1970S BACKGROUND
Reliving Gridiron Glory: Pro Football in the 1970s with Joe Zagorski
Professional football is one of the most exciting spectator sports in America. The decade of the 1970s saw the sport grow by leaps and bounds, thanks mostly to exciting players who quickly became icons. NFL players such as Joe Namath, Roger Staubach, O.J.Simpson, Terry Bradshaw, “Mean” Joe Greene and Fran Tarkenton are still considered household names today.
During the 1970s, the growing millions of pro football fans also witnessed numerous exciting games and plays, many of which are still remembered and discussed today. Plays like Franco Harris’ Immaculate Reception in 1972, or the original Hail Mary Pass in 1975, or the Sea of Hands game in 1974, or the Ghost to the Post game in 1977...so many memories, and all during one of the greatest decades in NFL history.
Joe Zagorski’s Pro Football in the 1970s podcast explores all the great memories that occurred in the NFL during that memorable decade. Each segment will tackle a specific event or player in the NFL during the 1970s. Each episode will also include a trivia question from some aspect of that particular episode’s theme or topic.
Joe Zagorski’s Pro Football in the 1970s podcast takes listeners back to a time of old school pro football, where the game might have been simpler in the form of strategy, but it was also more pure and more robust than it had ever been before. Practically everything that happened during that decade on pro gridirons gets attention in this podcast.
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Ray Guy and the Pro Bowl Gondola
Pro Football in the 1970s is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.
JOE ZAGORSKI'S BOOKS ON AMAZON
Free Spirit at Free Safety: The Incredible (But True!) Football Journey of Bill Bradley
The 2,003-Yard Odyssey: The Juice, The Electric Company, and an Epic Run For A Record
America's Trailblazing Middle Linebacker: The Story of NFL Hall of Famer Willie Lanier
The Year the Packers Came Back: The 1972 Resurgence
The NFL in the 1970s: Pro Football's Most Important Decade
EPISODE SUMMARY
CHECK OUT THE NFL IN THE 1970S FACEBOOK PAGE
CHECK OUT JOE'S WEBSITE - JOE ZAGORSKI WRITER
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 the Louisiana Superdome on January 26, 1976, also featured a very unique occurrence. The Superdome at that time had a six-sided gondola with scoreboard monitors on it, and it was situated just underneath the interior of the top of the stadium's roof. Fans looked at the gondola as another form of entertainment. Ray Guy looked at it as another challenge.....
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
PRO FOOTBALL IN THE 1970S BACKGROUND
Reliving Gridiron Glory: Pro Football in the 1970s with Joe Zagorski
Professional football is one of the most exciting spectator sports in America. The decade of the 1970s saw the sport grow by leaps and bounds, thanks mostly to exciting players who quickly became icons. NFL players such as Joe Namath, Roger Staubach, O.J.Simpson, Terry Bradshaw, “Mean” Joe Greene and Fran Tarkenton are still considered household names today.
During the 1970s, the growing millions of pro football fans also witnessed numerous exciting games and plays, many of which are still remembered and discussed today. Plays like Franco Harris’ Immaculate Reception in 1972, or the original Hail Mary Pass in 1975, or the Sea of Hands game in 1974, or the Ghost to the Post game in 1977...so many memories, and all during one of the greatest decades in NFL history.
Joe Zagorski’s Pro Football in the 1970s podcast explores all the great memories that occurred in the NFL during that memorable decade. Each segment will tackle a specific event or player in the NFL during the 1970s. Each episode will also include a trivia question from some aspect of that particular episode’s theme or topic.
Joe Zagorski’s Pro Football in the 1970s podcast takes listeners back to a time of old school pro football, where the game might have been simpler in the form of strategy, but it was also more pure and more robust than it had ever been before. Practically everything that happened during that decade on pro gridirons gets attention in this podcast.
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