In the fourth quarter, a short punt from David Lee gave the Steelers favorable field position, and they scored on Bradshaw's 2-yard run, increasing their lead to 21–10. From there, Rocky Bleier scored on a 7-yard rushing touchdown giving the Steelers a 14–10 lead. But a few plays later, Pittsburgh cornerback Mel Blount intercepted a pass and returned it 20 yards to the Baltimore 7-yard line. On the second half kickoff, Munsey recovered a fumble from Steelers returner Dave Brown. Then Harris lost a fumble that was recovered by Nelson Munsey on the Steelers 19, leading to Toni Linhart's 27-yard field goal that gave Baltimore a 10–7 lead going into halftime. Baltimore responded in the second quarter when Lloyd Mumphord returned an interception 58 yards to set up Glenn Doughty's 5-yard touchdown catch from Marty Domres. Terry Bradshaw's 34-yard completion to receiver Frank Lewis paved the way for Harris's 8-yard scoring run. The Steelers scored first after linebacker Jack Ham's interception set up a 61-yard touchdown drive. PIT – Russell 93 fumble return (Gerela kick) PIT 28–10ĭespite losing 5 turnovers, the Steelers forced 3 turnovers and held the Colts to 154 total yards of offense, while Pittsburgh's Franco Harris shredded Baltimore's defense with 153 rushing yards and a touchdown.PIT – Bradshaw 2 run (Gerela kick) PIT 21–10.PIT – Bleier 7 run (Gerela kick) PIT 14–10.BAL – Doughty 5 pass from Domres (Linhart kick)7–7.PIT – Harris 8 run (Gerela kick) PIT 7–0.Although the Super Bowl, the championship round of the playoffs, was played at a neutral site, the designated home team was based on an annual rotation by conference. The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games met in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. The first round, dubbed the divisional playoffs, had a restriction where two teams from the same division could not meet: the surviving wild card team visited the highest-seeded division champion that was outside its own division, and the remaining two teams from that conference played each other. The three division winners were seeded 1–3 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card team was seeded 4. Within each conference, the three division winners and the non-division winner with the best record qualified for the playoffs. The three division champions in each conference were seeded 1 through 3 based on their regular season won-lost-tied record, and the wild card qualifier in each conference (i.e., the conference's top non-division winner with the best overall regular season record) became the 4 seed. Thus, the surviving clubs with the higher seeds were made the home teams for each playoff round. This was the first season in which the league used a seeding system in the playoffs. The postseason tournament concluded with the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X, 21–17, on January 18, 1976, at the Orange Bowl in Miami. The National Football League playoffs for the 1975 season began on December 27, 1975.
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