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| Source:NFL Films- Philadelphia Eagles head coach Dick Vermeil on the right, leading his Eagles into Tampa, to play the Buccaneers, in their NFC Divisional Playoff. |
If you predicted going into the 1979 NFL season, that two of the NFC teams that would make it to the divisional round in the NFC, would be the Philadelphia Eagles and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, you might have become a millionaire off that wager alone. Even with the high inflation and interest rates of 1979. If you predicted that the Buccaneers would win the NFC Central, going into the 1979 season, you would also be a millionaire.
Cinderella team doesn't accurately explain the 1979 Tampa Buccaneers. Between 1976-78, they won't a total of 7 games in the NFL, out 44. Between 1976 and 78, they were 7-37. But they had good drafts in 1978 and 79, thanks to personal director Ron Wolfe and head John MacKay and slowly put together a very strong defense and running game. And with QB Doug Willams, they were never out of any NFL game.
As far as the Los Angeles Rams-Dallas Cowboys divisional playoff: these are two of the 3 best franchises in the NFC in the 1970s. The Rams won 7 NFC West titles from 1973-79. The Cowboys won 5 NFC Championships, 2 Super Bowls, and 7 NFC East titles. Met in the NFC Playoffs 4 times from 1975 to 79, with the Cowboys winning 2/3 of those games going into the 1979 NFC Divisional Playoff at Texas Stadium. So this was supposed to be a great game.
From Comrade Dobler
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