Best '70s game between two teams who DIDN'T make playoffs?

BD Sullivan · Post by **BD Sullivan** » Tue May 28, 2019 2:42 pm

Might as well take care of the inevitable:

First Giants-Redskins game in 1970 (at Yankee Stadium)

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... 150nyg.htm

Gary Najman · Post by **Gary Najman** » Tue May 28, 2019 2:47 pm

My favorite (and I want to thank the Forum for sharing their memories about this game, I was very young (1 year old) to notice it).

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... 190gnb.htm

ChrisBabcock · Post by **ChrisBabcock** » Tue May 28, 2019 3:17 pm

Todd Pence · Post by **Todd Pence** » Tue May 28, 2019 6:17 pm

conace21 · Post by **conace21** » Tue May 28, 2019 8:02 pm

Rupert Patrick · Post by **Rupert Patrick** » Tue May 28, 2019 10:48 pm

74_75_78_79_ · Post by **74_75_78_79_** » Wed May 29, 2019 12:06 pm

SF/StL from ’76. Two winning teams, went into OT, each team missing a PAT along the way...

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... 310crd.htm

Gary Najman · Post by **Gary Najman** » Wed May 29, 2019 3:18 pm

I just mentioned this game yesterday, it was the NFL Films game of the opening week of 1979:

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... 020nor.htm

BD Sullivan · Post by **BD Sullivan** » Fri May 31, 2019 11:53 am

The Rams and Vikings met in a wild one in 1972, one of the few years both teams missed out on the postseason:

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... 190ram.htm

BD Sullivan · Post by **BD Sullivan** » Fri May 31, 2019 12:27 pm

The tragedy of Chuck Hughes death overshadowed what had been a good back-and-forth game in 1971:

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... 240det.htm

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