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Real SB6: Dallas 24 Miami 3
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Simulated: Two teams that never won the real SB played in last year's game - and it's the Vikings who come into 1971 as defending champs.
NFC DIVISION ROUND
Dec 25, 1971
Dallas Cowboys (11-3) at Minnesota Vikings (11-3)
22 degrees
Dallas -1
Dallas 20 Minnesota 12
VIKINGS 27 COWBOYS 10
Battle of the last two SB champs goes to the defending champs. For the second consecutive year the NFC Championship will run through Minnesota.
1st: Mike Ditka 75 yard reception (Staubach, Dall 7-0)
Al Denson 39 yd reception (Lee, 7-7)
2nd: Fred Cox 47 yd FG (Minn 10-7)
Clint Jones 21 yd run (17-7)
3rd: Fred Cox 44 yd FG (20-7)
4th: Mike Clark 27 yd FG (20-10)
Bob Grim 11 yd reception (Cuozzo, 27-10)
MVP: Clint Jones 18 carries, 111 yds, TD
AFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
December 25, 1971
Miami Dolphins (10-3-1) at Kansas City Chiefs (10-3-1)
47 degrees
KC -3
Miami 27 Kansas City 24
CHIEFS 27 DOLPHINS 21
-The Chiefs went to back to back Super Bowls in 68-69 and now head to the AFC Championship. The two real world conference champs go down in the first two divisional games.
1st: Dennis Homan 33 yd reception (Dawson, KC 7-0)
2nd: Ed Podolak 13 yd reception (Dawson, 14-0)
Jim Kiick 51 yd run (14-7)
3rd: Marv Fleming 80 yd reception (Griese, 14-14)
Warren McVea 3 yrd run (KC 21-14)
4th: Jan Stenerud 31 yd FG (24-14)
Jan Stenerud 27 yd FG (27-14)
Howard Twilley 10 yd reception (Griese 27-21)
MVP: Len Dawson, 16-28 280 yds 2 TDs
AFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
Dec 26, 1971
Baltimore Colts (10-4) at Cleveland Browns (9-5)
47 degrees
Colts -4
Colts 20 Browns 3
COLTS 13 BROWNS 3
The AFC Championship will be a rematch of Super Bowl 3, the Colts will go to Kansas City to face the Chiefs.
1st: Norm Bulaich 8 yd run (Colts 7-0)
2nd Don Cockroft 3 yd FG (7-3)
4th: Jim O'Brien 31 yd FG (10-3)
Jim O'Brien 42 yd FG (13-3)
MVP: Ted Hendricks, INT, sack, fumble recovery
NFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
Dec 26, 1971
Washington Redskins (9-4-1) at San Francisco 49ers (9-5)
44 degrees
SF -5.5
49ers 24 Redskins 20
REDSKINS 23 49ERS 21
The Redskins will head to Minnesota to take on the Vikings in the NFC Championship.
1st: Ken Willard 47 yd run (SF 7-0)
Curt Knight 41 yd FG (7-3)
2nd: Charlie Harraway 13 yd run (Wash 10-7)
Ted Kwalick 34 yd reception (Brodie, SF 14-10)
3rd: Charley Taylor 73 yd reception (Kilmer, Wash 17-14)
Curt Knight 29 yd FG (20-14)
4th: Gene Washington 5 yd reception (Brodie, SF 21-20)
At the gun...
Curt Knight 36 yd FG (Wash 23-21)
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP
Jan 2, 1972
Washington Redskins at Minnesota Vikings
VIKINGS 21 REDSKINS 3
-The defending Super Bowl Champs win the NFC Championship again and will head to SB6 to face the winner of Colts/Chiefs.
2nd: Clint Jones 43 yd run (Minn 7-0)
Curt Knight 42 yd FG (7-3)
4th: Bob Grim 17 yd run (14-3)
Charlie West 51 yd interception return (21-3)
MVP: Alan Page, 2 sacks
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP
Jan 2, 1972
Baltimore Colts at Kansas City Chiefs
CHIEFS 15 COLTS 13
Minnesota/Kansas City did not meet in SB4 in the simulation, but they will face off in SB6, the defending champion Vikings to face the SB3 Champion Chiefs.
1st: Jan Stenerud 35 yd FG (KC 3-0)
Jan Stenerud 30 yd FG (6-0)
2nd: Eddie Hinton 2 yd reception (Unitas, Balt 7-6)
3rd: Curley Culp safety (KC 8-7)
Otis Taylor reception (Dawson, KC 15-7)
4th: Norm Bulaich 3 yd reception (Morrall 15-13)
Colts score with under a minute to play - there are 2 pt conversions in the simulation, the Colts conversion fails.
MVP: Curley Culp, 5 tackles, 2 sacks, safety
SUPER BOWL VI
Jan 16, 1972
New Orleans
35 degrees
VIKINGS 27 CHIEFS 16
The Minnesota Vikings go back to back.
1st: Dave Osborn 6 yd reception (Cuozzo, Min 7-0)
Clint Jones 30 yd reception (Cuozzo, 14-0)
2nd: Bob Grim 6 yd reception (Cuozzo, 21-0)
3rd: Jan Stenerud 32 FG (21-3)
Otis Taylor 10 yd reception (Dawson, 21-10)
4th: Elmo Wright 20 yd reception (Dawson, failed 2 pt 21-16)
Fred Cox 35 yd FG (24-16)
Fred Cox 46 yd FG (27-16)
MVP: Gary Cuozzo 16-25, 228 yds 3 TDs.
Super Bowl History
SB1: PACKERS 17 BILLS 10 MVP-J.Taylor QB-Starr HC-Lombardi
SB2: RAIDERS 28 COWBOYS 14 MVP-W.Wells QB-Lamonica HC-Rauch
SB3: CHIEFS 19 COLTS 16 MVP-R.Holmes QB-Dawson HC-Stram
SB4: COWBOYS 21 CHIEFS 13 MVP: L.Rentzel QB-Morton HC-Landry
SB5: VIKINGS 20 BENGALS 10 MVP: A.Page QB-Cuozzo HC-Grant
SB6: VIKINGS 27 CHIEFS 16 MVP G.Cuozzo QB-Cuozzo HC-Grant
Cuozzo has thrown 5 TD passes in the last two SBs, his SB6 performance is the best QB game in SB history and he becomes the first QB to win the MVP. Back to back titles for Bud Grant and the Vikings.
