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The first NFL Christmas game happened in the 1971-72 playoffs with the Minnesota Vikings hosting the Dallas Cowboys and the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Miami Dolphins. Both road teams won that ...
The first NFL games actually played on December 25 came after the merger, during the 1971–72 NFL playoffs.The first two games of the Divisional Playoff Round were held on Christmas Day; the first of these was between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings, while the second of the two contests played that afternoon, the Miami Dolphins versus the Kansas City Chiefs, wound up being the ...
Here are all of the NFL teams that have played at least one Christmas game, how many games they've played on the holiday and their records in those games: Dallas Cowboys : 5 (2-3) Green Bay ...
The Cowboys rode a strong day by their defense (five turnovers) and enough on offense to get a 20-12 victory. It'd be the first step to the franchise's first Super Bowl title, a 24-3 win over the ...
It was the fourth title game played by the Cowboys, [a] and the 49ers' second title game appearance as an NFL team after the preceding season's game. [b] Dallas won the NFC East with an 11–3 record and defeated the NFC Central champion Minnesota Vikings 20–12 at Metropolitan Stadium in
Cowboys 20–12 Metropolitan Stadium Cowboys 5–1 NFC Divisional Round. Cowboys win Super Bowl VI. Game played on Christmas Day. 1973 playoffs Vikings 27–10 Texas Stadium Cowboys 5–2 NFC Championship Game. First meeting at Texas Stadium. Vikings lose Super Bowl VIII. 1974: Vikings 23–21: Texas Stadium: Cowboys 5–3 Vikings lose Super ...
It was a far different Christmas Day experience for Philadelphia quarterback Jeff Garcia in 2006, when he guided the Eagles to a 23-7 victory over the Cowboys in Dallas. That Monday game capped an ...
Christmas fell on a Saturday in 1976. In order to avoid scheduling playoff games on the holiday, the regular season opened a week earlier than normal (September 12, the second Sunday of the month, rather than the customary third Sunday) so that the Divisional Playoffs could be held on December 18 and 19 instead of December 25 and 26, and thus no games would be needed on Christmas Day.