";s:4:"text";s:5306:" The National Football League playoffs for the 1974 season began on December 21, 1974.
With a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, the Dolphins finished first in the NFL's American Football Conference East Division. "They needed touchdowns to win and they got them. On their first possession of the game, St. Louis drove to the Vikings 35-yard line, but lost the ball on a failed 4th and 1 conversion attempt. Stabler started the drive with an 11-yard completion to Biletnikoff. Then after a 4-yard catch by Branch,Trailing 28–26, the Dolphins got the ball back with 24 seconds left. Later in the period, Oakland got the ball on their own 17-yard line. In the playoffs, the Raiders beat the Dolphins in AFC Divisional Playoff Game in the famous "Sea of Hands" game. View the 1974 Miami Dolphins schedule, results and scores for regular season, preseason and postseason NFL games. Bradshaw completed 12 of 19 passes for 201 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 48 yards on five carries.Los Angeles scored on the opening drive of the game, moving the ball 72 yards in eight plays, with quarterback,In the third quarter, Rams defensive lineman.After trailing 10–3 at the end of the third quarter, the Steelers scored three touchdowns in the final period to earn their first championship appearance in team history.The first half was controlled by both defenses.
This was the last season in which the sites for the playoff games annually alternated by division.Within each conference, the three division winners and one,The Raiders scored on their opening drive of the third quarter with Stabler's 13-yard touchdown pass to,Early in the fourth quarter, Yepremian increased Miami's lead to 19–14 with a 46-yard field goal. He caught it!
",Aided by the Cardinals' turnovers, the Vikings scored 16 points in less than 7 minutes in the third quarter. View the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers schedule, results and scores for regular season, preseason and postseason NFL games. Ferguson threw for 164 yards, 2 touchdowns, and no interceptions, but completed just 11 of 26 passes. Most observers would say that Pittsburgh, Oakland, and Dallas fielded better football teams in the 1970s than the Miami Dolphins did — but not in the presence of former Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula. He caught it! Great Football Teams: The 1970–1974 Miami Dolphins.
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After a 6-yard completion to tight end Bob Moore and a short run, Stabler went deep to Biletnikoff, completing two consecutive passes to him for gains of 18 and 20 yards. The team entered the 1974 season as two-time defending Super Bowl champions.
On the next play, he threw a pass to.Following a 20-yard kickoff return by Ron Smith, the Raiders got the ball on their own 32-yard line with 2 minutes left to play and all three timeouts left. St. Louis eventually got onto the scoreboard first with quarterback,On the third play of the second half, Vikings defensive back,Pittsburgh scored on their first possession with,The Steelers took over the game in the second quarter, scoring 26 unanswered points with an NFL playoff single quarter record 4 touchdowns. Early in the period, Pittsburgh quarterback,Buffalo cut the score to 29–14 in the third quarter with Ferguson's 3-yard touchdown pass to running back.In the only playoff game of his 11-season Hall of Fame career, Simpson was held to 49 rushing yards, 3 receptions for 37 yards, and a touchdown. The postseason tournament concluded with the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IX, 16–6, on January 12, 1975, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana.
But on their second play of the drive, Oakland linebacker,"This has to be the toughest loss I've ever suffered", said Miami coach Don Shula, "The Raiders are a great credit to professional football", he added.