[SirFozzie]

1977:

Super Bowl: Dallas over Miami 17-10 (RL: Dallas over Denver)

Super Bowl MVP: Roger Staubach (17/21, 175 yards, 1 TD)

Top Players:

Passing Yards: Roger Staubach - DAL (3,213)
Rushing Yards: Walter Payton - CHI (1,874)
Receiving Yards: Lynn Swann - PIT (972)

Playoff Teams:

Sim:
AFC: New England, Cincinnati, Denver (Wild Card: Miami)
NFC: Dallas, Chicago, LA Rams (Wild Card: Green Bay)

Real Life:
AFC: Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Denver (Wild Card: Oakland)
NFC: Dallas, Minnesota, LA Rams (Wild Card: Chicago)

Wow, another dominant season by Walter Payton, who outrushed second place (Oakland's Mark Van Eeghen) by 667 yards.

Talk about a wild wild finish in the NFC Wild Card race. FIVE teams tied at 7-7. Green Bay, Atlanta, Washington, Philadelphia and Saint Louis all went into the meat grinder of the tiebreaker system, and despite having the worst offense of the five (and the lowest Point Difference), Green Bay survived the tiebreaker procedures to take the spot.

Shed a tear for Atlanta.. how can you give up 117 points in 14 games, scoring 242, and only go 7-7? Of their seven losses, the largest margin of losing was 9, and they shutout the opponent three times (as well as giving up no points defensively against San Francisco, the only ponts allowed were on a bad snap on a punt.

In the Super Bowl, MVP Roger Staubach found Preston Pearson with a flare pass and Pearson took it in from 16 yards out with 7:43 to play to provide the winning margin. Staubach was efficient if not mind-blowing. Terry Dorsett looked to have MVP numbers, when he ran 13 times for 112 yards, but when you consier 90 of them came on one run, the numbers lose some of their luster.