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#The surviving clubs with the best regular season records were made the home teams for each playoff round. Previously, game sites rotated by division.
#The league pioneered the use of equipping American football referees with wireless microphones to announce penalties and clarify complex and/or unusual rulings to both fans and the media.

The season ended with Super Bowl X when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys .


MAJOR RULE CHANGES

  • After a fourth down incomplete pass goes in or through the end zone, the other team will take possession at the previous line of scrimmage. Previously, it resulted in a touchback.

  • The penalty for pass interference on the offensive team is reduced from 15 yards to 10.

  • If there are fouls by both teams on the same play but one results in a player ejection, the penalties will still offset but the player will still be ejected.



FINAL STANDINGS

''W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against''







Tiebreakers

  • Baltimore finished ahead of Miami in the AFC East based on head-to-head sweep (2-0).

  • N.Y. Jets finished ahead of New England in the AFC East based on head-to-head sweep (2-0).

  • Los Angeles was the top NFC playoff seed based on better strength of schedule than Minnesota (.383 to Vikings' .332).

  • Chicago finished ahead of Green Bay in the NFC Central based on better division record (2-4 to Bears' 1-5).



PLAYOFFS

See Also: NFL playoffs, 1975-76


Home team in capitals


AFC

  • Divisional playoffs: PITTSBURGH 28, Baltimore 10; OAKLAND 31, Cincinnati 28

  • AFC Championship: PITTSBURGH 16, Oakland 10

    • NFC

  • Divisional playoffs: LOS ANGELES 35, St. Louis 23; Dallas 17, MINNESOTA 14

  • NFC Championship: Dallas 37, LOS ANGELES 7

    • Super Bowl X

Pittsburgh (AFC) 21, Dallas (NFC) 17, at Orange Bowl , Miami, Florida


REFERENCES

  • ''NFL Record and Fact Book'' (ISBN 193299436X)

  • NFL History 1971-1980 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)

  • ''Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League'' (ISBN 0062701746)



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