The National Football League in the 1970s represented a new epoch in professional football. This book examines each year of the NFL's pivotal decade in detail, covering the great names, great rivalries and great games of the '70s. The author explains key changes in both strategy and rules and how pro football developed into the near-religious American tradition we see today.

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.