The
1973 Miami Dolphins defeated the 1966 Green Bay Packers
22-3 in a game that wasn't
even as close as the score might indicate. Coach Jeff Abramcyzk
pushed all the right buttons and rode MVP Mercury Morris (pictured)
to victory. With the Packers sitting in run defense most of
the afternoon Morris and company were able to impose there will at
the line of scrimmage. Coach Jeff's tight pass defense took
away Green Bay's sweep and the short their much heralded short
passing attach which was responsible for their 9 game winning
streak.
1966
Green Bay Packers 35, 1973 Miami Dolphins 33:
This was definitely an ALCOA fantastic finish. It was a see-saw battle, that pitted the
undefeated '73 Dolphins vs the streaking (8 straight elimination
wins) '66 Packers. With 4:46 left to play in the 4th Miami went
ahead on a 1 yard Larry Csonka plunge to take the lead. Green
Bay proceeded to do nothing on it's next possession and was forced to
punt. Miami went conservative and ran 3 straight times in an
attempt to milk the clock and run it out. With 1:30 left to go
Miami was forced to punt to Green Bay, who went on offense with 1:24
remaining and 55 yards needed for a game winning TD. The calm &
cool Bart Starr moved his team downfield and faced a 4th down and
season situation from Miami's 19. Miami went conservative and
Starr flipped a short pass to Elijah Pitts who rambled into the
endzone with :02 remaining to force a deciding final game.
1966
Green Bay Packers 47, 1999 St. Louis Rams 21:
This was a tale of two different teams entering this elimination
bracket final. The upstart '66 Pacers were riding a 7 game
winning streak, while the pre-tournament favorite '99 Rams were
reeling after blowing a 24 point 4th quarter lead to eventual
champion '73 Miami. The Pack played keep away and jumped off to
a 9-0 lead thanks to the accurate right leg of Don Chandler.
STL answered back cutting the score to 9-7, but that was as close as
they'd get the rest of the day. Green Bay's run defense
rendered All-World RB Marshall Faulk useless as runner as he was only
able to gain 23 yards on the ground. He became Kurt Warner's go
to guy in the pass offense, but it was too little too late.
Starr completed 68% of his passes for 242 yards and 3 TD and out
performed Warner. Jim Taylor (pictured) pounded out 168 yard on
24 carries along with 1 TD as Green Bay marched to the finals.
