[SirFozzie]

1976:

Super Bowl: (RL: Oakland over Minnesota)

Super Bowl MVP: Fran Tarkenton (17-29, 262 yards, 1 TD)

Top Players:

Passing Yards: Roger Staubach - DAL (3,237)
Rushing Yards: Walter Payton - CHI (1,766)
Receiving Yards: Bob Chandler - BUF (1,367)

Playoff Teams:

Sim:
AFC: New England, Cincinnati, Oakland (Wild Card: Baltimore)
NFC: Saint Louis, Minnesota, LA Rams (Wild Card: Washington)

Real Life:
AFC: Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Oakland (Wild Card: New England)
NFC: Dallas, Minnesota, LA Rams (Wild Card: Washington)

Well, we have our first undefeated season in the sim, albeit with an astrisk as the New England Patriots went 13-0-1, only allowing 192 points (that's less than 2 touchdowns a game). Oakland goes 13-1 and still only gets a two seed.

In the NFC, it sucks to be the Cowboys, you go 10-4, and miss out on the playoffs with both Saint Louis and Washington going 11-3.

Tampa Bay managed to avoid the 0-fer that they had in real life, finishing 2-12.

In the divisional round, the Raiders obliterated the Bengals, winning 54-24. Fran Tarkenton was the magic man for the Vikings, throwing a TD pass with 4:01 to play to give the Vikings a 24-21 win over the Rams, a missed XP with 2:23 to play was the difference in Washington's 21-20 win over Saint Louis, and the Patriots shut down the Colts offense, 21-3.

In the AFC Championship, Mark Van Eeghan rumbled in from 9 yards out with just 85 seconds left on the clock to finish off a comeback from being down 17-0 as the Raiders won, 21-17.

And in the NFC Championship, Minnesota took a 23-3 lead into half time and made it stick, beating the Redskins 30-10. So just like real life, it would be the Snake and Fran the Man in Super Bowl XI.

However, it was Fran Tarkenton who had the winning touch this time around, and was the Super Bowl MVP in the Vikings 19-9 win.