Full Description
The 1970 merger between the American Football League and the National Football League laid the foundation for a stronger brand of gridiron competition, providing a new level of excitement for fans. This book examines each year of the NFL's pivotal decade in detail, covering the great names, great rivalries and great games, as well as the key changes in both strategy and rules. Along the way, the author explains how pro football developed into a near-religious American tradition.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Rocky Bleier
Preface
1970—A New Birth of Competition
1971—The National Game
1972—Perfection and Miraculous Memories
1973—The Odyssey Towards Stardom
1974—A New Breed, a New Dynasty
1975—A Repeating Dynasty Amidst Strong-Armed Cinderellas
1976—Bicentennial Battles
1977—Missing Pieces Found and Broncomania Born
1978—The Game Adjusts and Renews Itself
1979—The Curtain Descends on a Super Decade
Epilogue
Bibliographic Essay
Bibliography
Index
