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Dallas defeated Miami 24-3 in Super Bowl VI at New Orleans, January 16. The CBS telecast was viewed in an estimated 27,450,000 homes, the top-rated one-day telecast ever.
The inbounds lines or hashmarks were moved nearer the center of the field, 23 yards, 1 foot, 9 inches from the sidelines, March 23. The method of determining won-lost percentage in standings changed. Tie games, previously not counted in the standings, were made equal to a half-game won and a half-game lost, May 24.
Robert Irsay purchased the Los Angeles Rams and transferred ownership of the club to Carroll Rosen-bloom in exchange for the Baltimore Colts, July 13.
William V. Bidwill purchased the stock of his brother Charles (Stormy) Bidwill to become the sole owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, September 2.
The National District Attorneys Association endorsed the position of professional leagues in opposing proposed legalization of gambling on professional team sports, September 28.
Franco Harris's 'Immaculate Reception' gave the Steelers their first postseason win ever, 13-7 over the Raiders, December 23.
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Beginning in 1972, the NFL counted tie games as half a win and half a loss for the purposes of calculating winning percentage. In prior years, tie games were disregarded.
Regular Season Results
Date
Away
Score
Home
OT
9/17
Green Bay
26-10
Cleveland
9/17
Oakland
28-34
Pittsburgh
9/17
Houston
17-30
Denver
9/17
New Orleans
14-34
Los Angeles
9/17
NY Giants
16-30
Detroit
9/17
St. Louis
10-3
Baltimore
9/17
Atlanta
37-21
Chicago
9/17
NY Jets
41-24
Buffalo
9/17
San Diego
3-34
San Francisco
9/17
Philadelphia
6-28
Dallas
9/17
Miami
20-10
Kansas City
9/17
Cincinnati
31-7
New England
9/18
Washington
24-21
Minnesota
9/24
Atlanta
20-21
New England
9/24
Los Angeles
13-13
Chicago
9/24
NY Jets
44-34
Baltimore
9/24
Dallas
23-14
NY Giants
9/24
Houston
13-34
Miami
9/24
Minnesota
34-10
Detroit
9/24
St. Louis
10-24
Washington
9/24
Cleveland
27-17
Philadelphia
9/24
San Francisco
20-27
Buffalo
9/24
Oakland
20-14
Green Bay
9/24
Pittsburgh
10-15
Cincinnati
9/24
Denver
14-37
San Diego
9/25
Kansas City
20-17
New Orleans
10/1
Washington
23-24
New England
10/1
Los Angeles
3-31
Atlanta
10/1
Miami
16-14
Minnesota
10/1
Kansas City
45-24
Denver
10/1
San Francisco
37-2
New Orleans
10/1
Detroit
38-24
Chicago
10/1
NY Jets
20-26
Houston
10/1
San Diego
17-17
Oakland
10/1
Dallas
13-16
Green Bay
10/1
Baltimore
17-0
Buffalo
10/1
Pittsburgh
25-19
St. Louis
10/1
Cincinnati
6-27
Cleveland
10/2
NY Giants
27-12
Philadelphia
10/8
New England
14-38
Buffalo
10/8
Pittsburgh
13-17
Dallas
10/8
Denver
10-21
Cincinnati
10/8
St. Louis
19-17
Minnesota
10/8
New Orleans
21-45
NY Giants
10/8
Miami
27-17
NY Jets
10/8
San Francisco
7-31
Los Angeles
10/8
Chicago
17-20
Green Bay
10/8
Philadelphia
0-14
Washington
10/8
Detroit
26-23
Atlanta
10/8
Kansas City
31-7
Cleveland
10/8
San Diego
23-20
Baltimore
10/9
Oakland
34-0
Houston
10/15
Los Angeles
34-3
Philadelphia
10/15
Cincinnati
23-16
Kansas City
10/15
NY Giants
23-17
San Francisco
10/15
NY Jets
41-13
New England
10/15
Atlanta
21-14
New Orleans
10/15
Dallas
21-0
Baltimore
10/15
Buffalo
16-28
Oakland
10/15
Minnesota
23-20
Denver
10/15
Washington
33-3
St. Louis
10/15
Houston
7-24
Pittsburgh
10/15
San Diego
10-24
Miami
10/15
Chicago
17-0
Cleveland
10/16
Green Bay
24-23
Detroit
10/22
Buffalo
23-24
Miami
10/22
Baltimore
20-24
NY Jets
10/22
Philadelphia
21-20
Kansas City
10/22
St. Louis
21-27
NY Giants
10/22
New England
3-33
Pittsburgh
10/22
Denver
30-23
Oakland
10/22
Cleveland
23-17
Houston
10/22
New Orleans
20-20
San Francisco
10/22
Dallas
20-24
Washington
10/22
Cincinnati
12-15
Los Angeles
10/22
San Diego
20-34
Detroit
10/22
Atlanta
10-9
Green Bay
10/23
Minnesota
10-13
Chicago
10/29
Miami
23-0
Baltimore
10/29
New England
10-34
NY Jets
10/29
Los Angeles
17-45
Oakland
10/29
Washington
23-16
NY Giants
10/29
Houston
7-30
Cincinnati
10/29
Chicago
27-10
St. Louis
10/29
Pittsburgh
38-21
Buffalo
10/29
Cleveland
27-20
Denver
10/29
Minnesota
27-13
Green Bay
10/29
Kansas City
26-14
San Diego
10/29
Philadelphia
3-21
New Orleans
10/29
San Francisco
49-14
Atlanta
10/30
Detroit
24-28
Dallas
11/5
New Orleans
6-37
Minnesota
11/5
Cincinnati
17-40
Pittsburgh
11/5
St. Louis
6-6
Philadelphia
11/5
Oakland
14-27
Kansas City
11/5
Chicago
0-14
Detroit
11/5
Houston
0-20
Cleveland
11/5
San Francisco
24-34
Green Bay
11/5
Dallas
34-28
San Diego
11/5
Miami
30-16
Buffalo
11/5
Washington
35-17
NY Jets
11/5
Atlanta
7-20
Los Angeles
11/5
Denver
17-29
NY Giants
11/6
Baltimore
24-17
New England
11/12
Green Bay
23-17
Chicago
11/12
Kansas City
7-16
Pittsburgh
11/12
New England
0-52
Miami
11/12
St. Louis
24-33
Dallas
11/12
Buffalo
3-41
NY Jets
11/12
Philadelphia
18-17
Houston
11/12
Oakland
20-14
Cincinnati
11/12
Denver
16-10
Los Angeles
11/12
Detroit
14-16
Minnesota
11/12
New Orleans
20-36
Atlanta
11/12
Baltimore
21-24
San Francisco
11/12
NY Giants
13-27
Washington
11/13
Cleveland
21-17
San Diego
11/19
NY Giants
13-7
St. Louis
11/19
Green Bay
23-10
Houston
11/19
Minnesota
45-41
Los Angeles
11/19
San Francisco
34-21
Chicago
11/19
NY Jets
24-28
Miami
11/19
Oakland
37-20
Denver
11/19
New Orleans
14-27
Detroit
11/19
Baltimore
20-19
Cincinnati
11/19
Buffalo
27-24
New England
11/19
San Diego
27-17
Kansas City
11/19
Pittsburgh
24-26
Cleveland
11/19
Dallas
28-7
Philadelphia
11/20
Atlanta
13-24
Washington
11/23
San Francisco
31-10
Dallas
11/23
NY Jets
20-37
Detroit
11/26
Philadelphia
10-62
NY Giants
11/26
Denver
20-23
Atlanta
11/26
Cincinnati
13-3
Chicago
11/26
Green Bay
16-21
Washington
11/26
Los Angeles
16-19
New Orleans
11/26
Kansas City
3-26
Oakland
11/26
Houston
20-34
San Diego
11/26
New England
0-31
Baltimore
11/26
Buffalo
10-27
Cleveland
11/26
Minnesota
10-23
Pittsburgh
11/27
St. Louis
10-31
Miami
12/3
Oakland
21-19
San Diego
12/3
New Orleans
17-18
NY Jets
12/3
Dallas
27-6
St. Louis
12/3
Washington
23-7
Philadelphia
12/3
Cleveland
0-30
Pittsburgh
12/3
Buffalo
7-35
Baltimore
12/3
Denver
21-24
Kansas City
12/3
Miami
37-21
New England
12/3
NY Giants
10-13
Cincinnati
12/3
Houston
10-20
Atlanta
12/3
Chicago
10-23
Minnesota
12/3
Detroit
7-33
Green Bay
12/4
Los Angeles
26-16
San Francisco
12/10
Chicago
21-12
Philadelphia
12/10
Atlanta
0-20
San Francisco
12/10
Baltimore
10-24
Kansas City
12/10
Detroit
21-21
Buffalo
12/10
New England
17-10
New Orleans
12/10
San Diego
13-38
Denver
12/10
Cleveland
27-24
Cincinnati
12/10
Green Bay
23-7
Minnesota
12/10
Los Angeles
14-24
St. Louis
12/10
Pittsburgh
9-3
Houston
12/10
Washington
24-34
Dallas
12/10
Miami
23-13
NY Giants
12/11
NY Jets
16-24
Oakland
12/16
Baltimore
0-16
Miami
12/17
Cleveland
26-10
NY Jets
12/17
Green Bay
30-20
New Orleans
12/17
Philadelphia
23-24
St. Louis
12/17
Cincinnati
61-17
Houston
12/17
New England
21-45
Denver
12/17
Detroit
34-17
Los Angeles
12/17
Pittsburgh
24-2
San Diego
12/17
Chicago
21-28
Oakland
12/17
Kansas City
17-14
Atlanta
12/17
Minnesota
17-20
San Francisco
12/17
Buffalo
24-17
Washington
12/17
NY Giants
23-3
Dallas
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