1975 NFL season
The 1975 NFL season was the 56th regular season of the National Football League.
| Regular season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | September 21 – December 21, 1975 |
| Playoffs | |
| Start date | December 27, 1975 |
| AFC Champions | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| NFC Champions | Dallas Cowboys |
| Super Bowl X | |
| Date | January 18, 1976 |
| Site | Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida |
| Champions | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Pro Bowl | |
| Date | January 26, 1976 |
| Site | Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans |
Instead of a traditional Thanksgiving Day game hosted by the Dallas Cowboys, the league scheduled a Buffalo Bills at St. Louis Cardinals contest. This was the first season since 1966 that the Cowboys did not play on that holiday.
The playoff format was changed so that the division champions with the best regular season records were made the home teams for the divisional round, with the division champion advancing to the conference championship game with the best record hosting the title game. Previously, game sites rotated by division. The caveat stipulating that a wild card team cannot face its own division champion in the divisional round was kept in force.
The season ended with Super Bowl X when the Pittsburgh Steelers repeated as champions by defeating the Dallas Cowboys 21–17 at the Orange Bowl in Miami.