Trivia question: Are Cowboys first 12+ win WC team in playoffs?

[Diehardblues]

Thought this might be fun.

Please don’t look up. Use your memory.

 

[guag]

Hint: it's not anyone from the NFC East or the Patriots. I already guessed incorrectly.

 

[AmericasTeam81]

49ers in 98?

 

[AmericasTeam81]

Cowboys in 80 I think too

 

[Diehardblues]

To date, 11 wild card teams have made the Super Bowl. At No. 11 are the 1985 New England Patriots, who became the first team to win three road games to make the Super Bowl before being annihilated by '85 Chicago Bears.

 

[Diehardblues]

49ers in 98?

Yep

 

[links18]

I'm going to guess not.

 

[Diehardblues]

Cowboys in 80 I think too

Yes, 12-4

 

[Diehardblues]

Hint: it's not anyone from the NFC East or the Patriots. I already guessed incorrectly.

There was one in nfc East. I forgot about us in 1980. We were the first. That’s what happens when you go by memory. Lol

 

[AmericasTeam81]

Yes, 12-4

Division tiebreaker came down to point differential or points scored

 

[AmericasTeam81]

Commanders in 86 were 12 win wild card I believe

 

[Diehardblues]

49ers in 98?

Actually you were right. There’s another I forgot. Lol

 

[Diehardblues]

There was only one 13 win WC team in NFL history

 

[AmericasTeam81]

Actually you were right. There’s another I forgot. Lol

I think the ravens or titans were a 12 win wild card in the early 2000s?

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

Weren't the Cardinals a 12 win wild card once

 

[Diehardblues]

Commanders in 86 were 12 win wild card I believe

Yes

 

[AmericasTeam81]

There was only one 13 win WC team in NFL history

Saints?

 

[Diehardblues]

I think the ravens or titans were a 12 win wild card in the early 2000s?

Ravens in 2000. Greatest defense besides 85 bears in NFL history couldn't win their division.

Titans didn’t win 12

 

[AmericasTeam81]

Ravens in 2000. Greatest defense besides 85 bears in NFL history couldn't win their division.

Titans only 13 WC team in 1999

Ah yes Jaguars won division with 14 games

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

There was only one 13 win WC team in NFL history

The Titans?