Steelers win first NFL title in 40-year history
Steelers beat Chargers 24-2 to finish 11-3 and claim AFC Central while earning home playoff games. Franco Harris and John Fuqua scored on two-yard runs and Terry Bradshaw connected with Ron Shanklin. Also recaps include Lions Rams Giants Cowboys and Dolphins flawless season.
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Bert Rosenthal
Associated Press
Art Rooney
Pittsburgh Steelers
Steelers
Rooney
San Diego Chargers
Franco Harris
John Fuqua
Terry Bradshaw
Ron Shanklin
Cleveland
Mike Phipps
Frank Pitts
Browns
Jets
Dallas
Tom Landry
Cowboys
Giants
Dolphins
Miami Dolphin
Don Shula
Baltimore Colts
John Sandusky
Colts
Shula
Packers roll past New Orleans 30-20
Green Bay defeats New Orleans 30-20 in a tuneup for the playoffs. Ray Nitschke and Willie Buchanan helped fuel the early lead with unusual plays as the Packers hold a 17-0 advantage and prepare for Washington. Saints contribute limited offense in the first half.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Green Bay Packers
New Orleans Saints
Saints
Washington Redskins
Green Bay
Chester Marcos
Saint
Joe Federspiel
Ron Widbey
Ray Nitschke
Scott Hunter
Willie Buchanan
Mazon tops Gardner in 32 point fourth quarter comeback
The Mazon Red Devils defeated Gardner-S. Wilmington 90-80 in a Coal Valley Conference game to move to 3-3 overall and 2-1 in the league. Four Mazon players reached double figures led by Tom Thetard and Doug Brown with 20 points each.
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Mazon Red Devils
Gardner-S. Wilmington Panthers
Red Devils
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Tom Thetard
Doug Brown
Brown
Thetard
Steve Paulson
Mike Nelson
Wayne Czuz
Pro Football Scores and Playoff Pairings Recap
A collage of outcomes from Saturdays and Sundays games with teams like Miami Baltimore San Francisco Minnesota Cincinnati Houston Buffalo Washington Oakland Chicago Cleveland Jets Detroit Green Bay New Orleans Kansas City Atlanta Denver New England New York Giants Dallas St Louis Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Diego. The playoffs show Dallas at San Francisco and Green Bay at Washington plus Cleveland at Miami.
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Washington
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Houston
Denver
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Douglass Runs Wild as Bears Fall to Raiders in Season Finale
Oakland (AP) clinches AFC West with a 28 21 win over Bobby Douglass led Bears. Douglass gains a season high 127 rushing yards as Stabler shines at QB in second half. Hubbard sets Oakland season rushing mark with 1100 yards.
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Oakland Raiders
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Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh
Steelers
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Hubbard
Clarence Davis
Ken Stabler
Raiders
Douglass
Daryle Lamonica
Detroit
Greg Landry
Bears
Abe Gibron
Davis
Stabler
Charlie Smith
Cardinals Hold Off Eagles in Close NFL Win
St. Louis built a 21-9 lead and held on for a 24-23 victory over the last place Philadelphia Eagles. Jim Hart threw two TD passes for 334 yards as he steered the offense through a sputtering second period and connected with backs 11 times. Tom Dempsey kicked three field goals for Philly, while Larry Wilson retired after the win.
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Giants
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Cowboys
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New York
Pete Gogolak
Washington
Buffalo
Jim Braxton
Bills
O.J. Simpson
Cincinnati
Lamar Parrish
Houston
Neil Craig
Kansas City
Len Dawson
Otis Taylor
Ed Podolak
Chiefs
Atlanta
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Charley Johnson
Haven Moses
Floyd Little
Denver
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St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Eagles
Cardinals
Eagles
Jim Hart
Larry Wilson
Hart
Los Angeles
John Boland
Jim Bakken
Larry Wilson Leaves Cardinals With Standing Ovation
Larry Wilson played his final game as the Cardinals defeated the Eagles 24 23 at Busch Stadium. He announced plans to retire at season’s end and paused to sign autographs amid a cracked rib and a standing ovation. Wilson’s No 8 jersey is retired.
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Philadelphia
Christopher Bond
Missouri
Eagles
Harold Carmichael
Metreveli Wins Tight Adelaide Tennis Title
Russia's Alex Metreveli claimed his third straight South Australian singles crown with a dramatic five setter over Australia's Colin Dibley 7-5 5-7 6-7 7-6 6-2 in Adelaide.
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Adelaide
Australia
Alex Metreveli
Russia
Colin Dibley
Brunick named first cross country coach at St. Francis
Tom Brunick a former Ottawa Marquette High and Lewis College standout will lead CSF cross country starting next fall. He begins a six city recruiting tour across Illinois visiting schools in his hometown and in Aurora Bloomington Champaign Peoria and Rockford. Brunick overcame a 1971 knee injury and a polio brace to continue racing and aims to build a CSF schedule with regional colleges including Aurora Chicago State Concordia Illinois Benedictine IIT Lake Forest Northeastern State North Central and his alma mater Lewis.
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Elmer Bell
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