Hey Folks! In your own individual opinions, what was your team's most important victory? For teams with a very long history, you can separate the eras (i.e. Packers Lambeau era and Packers Lombardi era). I think that the Dallas Cowboys' most important win ever came in Super Bowl VI, when they finally discarded the label "Can't win the big one" forever. I look forward to reading your opinions. Please be sure to give a reason why you chose the game that you chose.
Sincerely,
Joe Zagorski
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Your Team's Most Important Victory
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John Grasso
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Re: Your Team's Most Important Victory
An easy one - Jets Super Bowl victory.
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MatthewToy
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Re: Your Team's Most Important Victory
Also easy, the Immaculate Reception game.
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ChrisBabcock
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49ers - 1981 NFC championship game
Bills - 1990 AFC championship game... although 5 minutes from now I may go back and edit this to 1964 AFL championship game.
Bills - 1990 AFC championship game... although 5 minutes from now I may go back and edit this to 1964 AFL championship game.
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Rupert Patrick
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I might be inclined to say the 1974 AFC Championship game, where they came back from a 13-3 deficit in Oakland in the fourth period to score three TD's and put the Raiders away 24-13 for their first AFC Championship and first Super Bowl appearance. They won the Immaculate Reception game on a fluke, but this time they avenged a 17-0 beating during the regular season. The 1974 Steelers seemed to jell in the fourth quarter against the Raiders and after the way they took over the game, there was no doubt they would beat the Vikings in Super Bowl IX.MatthewToy wrote:Also easy, the Immaculate Reception game.
"Every time you lose, you die a little bit. You die inside. Not all your organs, maybe just your liver." - George Allen
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Yep. There is no debate for the 1-championship teams like them and the Seahawks and BuccaneersJohn Grasso wrote:An easy one - Jets Super Bowl victory.
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JeffreyMiller
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Re: Your Team's Most Important Victory
Two for Buffalo ...
Defeating the Raiders 51-3 in the AFC Title Game to qualify for their first Super Bowl trip.
Beating the Chargers 20-7 in the 1964 AFL Title Game.
Defeating the Raiders 51-3 in the AFC Title Game to qualify for their first Super Bowl trip.
Beating the Chargers 20-7 in the 1964 AFL Title Game.
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BD Sullivan
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Browns--1950 championship, since it proved the team was good enough to defeat the best the NFL had to offer.
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For Denver: Winning in Oakland in 1977. They started that year undefeated, but nobody thought they were for real until that win. Beating the Raiders again in the AFC Title Game was a close second.
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BD Sullivan
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For the Bengals, probably the Freezer Bowl.
Colts, the 1958 championship.
Colts, the 1958 championship.