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Ineligible to play against Dallas, the Eagles instead played the number two seed Buccaneers in the Divisional Round while the Cowboys faced the Rams. The Eagles' wild card victory therefore ensured that a team other than the Cowboys, Rams or Minnesota Vikings would reach the NFC Championship Game for the first time since the Washington Redskins ...
The 1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 4th season in the National Football League. All home games were played at Tampa Stadium . After having won just seven games in the previous three seasons combined, the 1979 Buccaneers won ten games for their first winning season.
On the first scrimmage play of the game, Bucs defensive end Steve White intercepted a screen pass from Warner on the Rams 20-yard line, setting up a 25-yard field goal from Martín Gramática. The Rams responded by driving 74 yards in 16 plays with Warner completing seven of 10 passes for 61 yards, including a 22-yard completion to tight end ...
The Rams blew a 27–3 second-half lead and lost four fumbles, but still managed to win by driving 66 yards in five plays to score on a 30-yard, last-second field goal from former Buccaneers kicker Matt Gay, making this the third consecutive playoff game to be won by a field goal from the road team on the final play of the game.
The Buccaneers made their Monday Night Football debut in a week 2 game against the reigning NFC Champions, the Los Angeles Rams in a rematch of the previous season's NFC Championship Game, which the Rams won 9–0. The ABC-TV broadcast crew of Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford and Fran Tarkenton singled out several individual Buccaneers for praise ...
NFC Championship Game logo, 2008–2010 (Used with old shield since 2005) The structure of the NFL playoffs has changed several times since 1970. At the end of each regular season, the top teams in the NFC qualify for the postseason, including all division champions (three division winners from the 1970–71 to 2001–02 seasons; four since the 2002–03 season) and a set number of "wild card ...
The Rams and Buccaneers slugged it out for most of the game, with the Buccaneers defense holding the Rams' highly-potent offense in check. Tampa Bay, weak on offense, only mustered two field goals, and gave up a costly safety in the second quarter when a bad snap from center went over the head of rookie quarterback Shaun King and out of the ...
Los Angeles Rams: 30−27: Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Raymond James Stadium: NFC No. 4 vs. NFC No. 2 Week 3 rematch Initially the final game of Tom Brady's career; he retired on February 1, 2022, only to come out of retirement a month later on March 14, 2022. [344] Super Bowl LVI: February 13 Los Angeles Rams: 23−20: Cincinnati Bengals: SoFi Stadium