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rdfs:label	NFL playoffs, 1978-79
rdfs:comment	The NFL playoffs following the 1978 NFL season led up to Super Bowl XIII. This was the first year that the playoffs expanded to a ten-team format, adding a second wild card team (a fifth seed) from each conference. The two wild card teams from each conference (the 4 and 5 seeds) would play each other in the first round, called the "Wild Card Playoffs." The division winners (seeds 1, 2, and 3) automatically advanced to the Divisional Playoffs, which became the second round of the playoffs.
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AFC 2 div	East
AFC	Tennessee Titans Denver Broncos Pittsburgh Steelers Miami Dolphins New England Patriots
Date	1979-01-21
TVAnnouncers	Dick Enberg and Len Dawson Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier Charlie Jones and Len Dawson Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen Gary Bender and Hank Stram Curt Gowdy, Merlin Olsen and John Brodie Curt Gowdy, John Brodie and Merlin Olsen Vin Scully, George Allen and Jim Brown
NFC 3 div	Central
NFC	Minnesota Vikings St. Louis Rams Atlanta Falcons Philadelphia Eagles Dallas Cowboys
Attendance	48923 49417 49447 60338 60881 67470 69631 70036 79484
AFC 3 div	West
H	0 2 3 6 7 10 13 14 17
Title	Game summary
Referee	Gordon McCarter Red Cashion Dick Jorgensen Pat Haggerty (American football official) Ben Dreith Jim Tunney (American football official) Gene Barth Fred Silva dbkwik:resource/1ZXWe5UQFAZxN_3sHtSMeA==
RT	5 10 13 17 20 28 31
NFC 1 div	West
Road	Vikings Eagles Cowboys Falcons Broncos Steelers Oilers
NFC 2 div	East
Home	Dolphins Cowboys Rams Falcons Patriots Steelers
AFC 1 div	Central
TV	NFL on CBS NFL on NBC
Time	240.0 300.0 60.0 750.0
Stadium	Atlanta, Georgia Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Irving, Texas Miami, Florida Los Angeles Texas Stadium Miami Orange Bowl Three Rivers Stadium Foxboro Stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Foxborough, Massachusetts dbkwik:resource/tYt3WaFJMoYpmmgn6eKrWw==
R	0 2 3 6 7 10 13 14 21
Weather	, freezing rain
HT	0 9 14 27 33 34
scoring	*Scoring **DAL - Dorsett 5 run DAL 7-0 **DAL - Laidlaw 4 pass from Staubach DAL 14-0 **DAL - DuPree 11 pass from Staubach DAL 21-0 **DAL - Henderson 68 interception return DAL 28-0 *Scoring **DAL - field goal Septien 34 DAL 3-0 **ATL - Bean 14 run ATL 7-3 **DAL - Laidlaw 13 run DAL 10-7 **ATL - field goal Mazzetti 42 10-10 **DAL - field goal Septien 48 DAL 13-10 **ATL - Francis 17 pass from Bartkowski ATL 17-13 **ATL - field goal Mazzetti 22 ATL 20-13 **DAL - Smith 2 pass from D. White 20-20 **DAL - Laidlaw 1 run DAL 27-20 *Scoring **PIT - Harris 7 run PIT 7-0 **PIT - Bleier 15 run PIT 14-0 **HOU - field goal Fritsch 19 PIT 14-3 **PIT - Swann 29 pass from Bradshaw PIT 21-3 **PIT - Stallworth 17 pass from Bradshaw PIT 28-3 **PIT - field goal Gerela 37 PIT 31-3 **PIT - field goal Gerela 22 PIT 34-3 **HOU - Safety, Washington tackled Bleier in end zone PIT 34-5 *Scoring **DEN - field goal Turner 37 DEN 3-0 **PIT - Harris 1 run PIT 6-3 **PIT - Harris 18 run PIT 13-3 **PIT - field goal Gerela 24 PIT 16-3 **DEN - Preston 3 run PIT 16-10 **PIT - field goal Gerela 27 PIT 19-10 **PIT - Stallworth 45 pass from Bradshaw PIT 26-10 **PIT - Swann 38 pass from Bradshaw PIT 33-10 *Scoring **HOU - Burrough 71 pass from Pastorini HOU 7-0 **HOU - Barber 19 pass from Pastorini HOU 14-0 **HOU - Barber 13 pass from Pastorini HOU 21-0 **HOU - field goal Fritsch 30 HOU 24-0 **NE - Jackson 24 pass from Johnson HOU 24-7 **NE - Francis 24 pass from Owens HOU 24-14 **HOU - Campbell 2 run HOU 31-14 *Scoring **MIN - field goal Danmeier 42 MIN 3-0 **LA - Miller 9 pass from Haden LA 7-3 **LA - field goal Corral 43 LA 10-3 **MIN - Rashad 1 pass from Tarkenton 10-10 **LA - Bryant 3 run LA 17-10 **LA - Jessie 27 pass from Haden LA 24-10 **LA - field goal Corral 28 LA 27-10 **LA - Jodat 3 run LA 34-10 *Scoring **MIA - Tillman 13 pass from Griese MIA 7-0 **HOU - Wilson 13 pass from Pastorini 7-7 **HOU - field goal Fritsch 35 HOU 10-7 **HOU - Campbell 1 run HOU 17-7 **MIA - Safety, Pastorini ran out of end zone HOU 17-9 *Scoring **PHI - Carmichael 13 pass from Jaworski PHI 6-0 **PHI - Montgomery 1 run PHI 13-0 **ATL - Mitchell 20 pass from Bartkowski PHI 13-7 **ATL - Francis 37 pass from Bartkowski ATL 14-13
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abstract	The NFL playoffs following the 1978 NFL season led up to Super Bowl XIII. This was the first year that the playoffs expanded to a ten-team format, adding a second wild card team (a fifth seed) from each conference. The two wild card teams from each conference (the 4 and 5 seeds) would play each other in the first round, called the "Wild Card Playoffs." The division winners (seeds 1, 2, and 3) automatically advanced to the Divisional Playoffs, which became the second round of the playoffs. However, the league continued to prohibit meetings between two teams from the same division in the Divisional Playoffs. Thus, there would be times when the pairing in that round would be the 1 seed vs. the 3 seed and 2 vs. 4.