The All-Time Champions League: A Second and Ten Dynasty

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Next month will see the 42nd Superbowl ever played. And there's always discussions. How the classic Packers team would do against the teams of today. Could the Steel Curtain stifle the Greatest Show on Turf? And most importantly, the eternal question, what was the best team ever? This dynasty will attempt to answer that question:

The breakdown: 31 of the 41 Super Bowl Champions of the Past, along with Super Bowl XLII favorites, the 2007 New England Patriots were seeded by conference. The rule was if a team won two championships in a row, the first team in would get the spot in the Championship Tournament.

Here's the Breakdown:

First, for the AFC:


Early Division
1968 New York Jets - Joe Willie Namath and the famous guarantee.
1972 Miami Dolphins - The first ever undefeated season.
1974 Pittsburgh Steelers - The advent of the Steel Curtain
1976 Oakland Raiders - Ken "The Snake" Stabler finally broke through the Curtain
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers - Revenge of Steeltown
1980 Oakland Raiders - Jim Plunkett comes out of nowhere to lead the team.
1983 Los Angeles Raiders - The Last AFC team to win a super bowl for a decade and a half.
1997 Denver Broncos - Finally, Elway broke through and won the big one.


Later Division
2000 Baltimore Ravens - Defense, the name of the game
2001 New England Patriots - The one time where everyone was rooting for the Pats.
2003 New England Patriots 2nd time around for New England, against the Panthers
2005 Pittsburgh Steelers - Cowherd's Comeback Kids
2006 Indianapolis Colts - Finally, Peyton breaks through
2007 New England Patriots - Record Setting offense, can they make their way in for real?
1970 Kansas City Chiefs - the final NFL/AFL Championship Game Championship
1971 Baltimore Colts - The first combined Super Bowl Champions

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The NFC Early
1966 Green Bay
1971 Dallas
1977 Dallas
1981 San Francisco
1982 Washington
1984 San Francisco
1985 Chicago
1986 New York Giants

Later Division
1987 Washington
1988 San Francisco
1990 New York Giants
1991 Washington
1992 Dallas
1994 San Francisco
1995 Dallas
1999 St Louis

Did Not Make because of Space:1996 Green Bay and 2002 Tampa Bay

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The week 1 schedule

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Game 1: 72 Miami at 68 New York (Shea Stadium)

The Miami Dolphins of 1972 were perfect over 17 games. It only took one Champions League game to add a 1 to the loss column. Joe Namath threw for 267 yards, and the Jets rushing attack ran for 213 yards, and the Jets won the Champions League Opener, 31-10. The game was 17-10 with six minutes to play, but the Jets took advantage of the Dolphins defense to score again, and a fumbled snap gave the Jets the ball deep in Dolphinst territory for the final score.

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Other Week 1 Games:

AFC Early
76 Oakland 31, at 74 Pittsburgh 21 (MVP: Ken Stabler, 246 yards, 4 TDs)
At 1978 Pittsburgh 42, 1980 Oakland 0, (MVP: Terry Bradshaw, 343 yards, 4 TD)
1997 Denver 28, at 1983 LA Raiders 20 (Denver scores 21 4th Quarter Points)

AFC Later
At 2000 Ravens 40, 2001 Patriots 7 (Ravens score first 30 points of the game)
2005 Pittsburgh 24, At 2003 Patriots 10 (MVP: Ben Roethlisberger, 152 yards, 2 TD)
At 1969 Kansas City 16, 1970 Baltimore Colts 10 (MVP: KC K Jan Stenerud, FG from 39, 43 and 32)
2007 New England 34, At 2006 Indianapolis 25 (Brady 28-32, 299, 3 TD, Maroney 107 yards rushing)

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NFC Early
At 1966 Green Bay 14, 1971 Dallas 10 (Cowboys turn the ball over 4 times in Packer territory)
At 1977 Cowboys 28, 1981 49ers 7 (49ers 3-13 on 3rd down)
At 82 Redskins 29, 84 49ers 7 (MVP: Mosley (WASH), 5 FG)
At 85 Bears 30, 86 NY Giants 13 (MVP: Payton: 16 carries, 108 yards, 1 TD)

NFC Later
At 87 Redskins 34, 88 49ers 10 (Redskins led 27-0 at halftime)
91 Redskins 21, At 90 Giants 14 (Winning TD pass from Rypien to Clark with 2:09 to play)
94 49ers 35, At 92 Cowboys 28 (MVP E. Smith (DAL) 136 Yards rushing, 52 yards receiving, 3 Combined TD)
99 Rams 24, At 95 Cowboys 19 (MVP: M. Faulk (StL) 155 Combined Yards, 1 TD)

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Week 2: (home team in bold)

AFC Early

68New York Jets (2-0) 31, 74 Pittsburgh (0-2) 7 (MVP: 68 Jets George Sauer 12 catches, 246 yards, 3 TD)
72 Dolphins (1-1) 35, 76 Raiders 17 (1-1) (Dolphins:216 yards Rushing)
78 Steelers (2-0) 49, 97 Broncos (1-1) 14 (Broncos: 4 turnovers)
80 Raiders (1-1) 31, 83 LA Raiders (0-2) 7 (Plunkett (80OAK), 21-33, 237 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT)

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AFC Later

2003 Patriots (1-1) 23, 2000 Ravens (1-1) 20 (Vinatieri 39 yd FG as time expired)
2001 Patriots (1-1) 31, 2005 Steelers (1-1) 28 (Antwain Smith scored winning rushing TD with 1:27 to play)
2007 Patriots (2-0) 37, 69 Chiefs (1-1) 14 (Tom Brady, 320 yards, 4 TD)
70 Baltimore (1-1) 16, 06 Indianapolis (0-2) 14 (MVP: Reggie Wayne (IND), 8 catches 53 yards, 2 TD)


NFC Early
66 Green Bay (2-0) 27, 77 Dallas (1-1) 10 (MVP: Bart Starr, 279 yards, 2 TD)
71 Dallas (1-1) 24, 81 San Francisco (0-2) 3 (Staubach, 17-33, 225 yards, 3 TD)
85 Chicago (2-0)24, 84 San Francisco (0-2) 10, (MVP: LB Otis Wilson (CHI), 5 yackles, 2 sacks, 2 forced fumbles)
86 New York Giants (1-1) 16, 82 Washington (1-1) 10 (Redskins: 5 Turnovers)

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NFC Later
87 Redskins (2-0) 34, 90 Giants (0-2) 20 (Jay Schroeder (WASH) 3 TD Passing, 1 Rushing)
91 Redskins (2-0) 34, 88 San Francisco (0-2) 3 (Mark Rypien 12-20, 199 yards, 4 TD)
94 San Fran (2-0) 20, 95 Dallas (0-2) 7 (Young (SF), 20-26, 282, 2 TD)
99 St Louis (2-0) 27, 92 Dallas (0-2) 24, (Warner (StL), 376 yards passing)