Editing Immaculate Reception (section)

===Playoff history===
The [[1972 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] had been to the [[postseason]] four previous times. In [[1967 American Football League season|1967]] they won the AFL Championship before losing [[Super Bowl II]] against the [[1967 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]. The following three seasons they made it back to the playoffs but lost to the eventual champions in all three instances ([[1968 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] in [[Super Bowl III|1968]], [[1969 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]] in [[Super Bowl IV|1969]], [[1970 Baltimore Colts season|Baltimore Colts]] in [[Super Bowl V|1970]]). The "Immaculate Reception" game thus marked their return to the postseason after missing out on a playoff berth the year before.<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/rai/playoffs.htm Las Vegas Raiders Playoff History], ''Pro Football Reference''. Retrieved February 17, 2021.</ref>

The [[1972 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]], on the other hand, had appeared in the postseason only once, losing against the [[1947 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]], 21–0, in an NFL divisional playoff game on December 21, 1947. The Steelers' fortunes began to change, however, in 1969, when they hired head coach [[Chuck Noll]], who won four Super Bowls in six years with the team [[Pittsburgh Steelers#The Chuck Noll era|between the 1974 and 1979 seasons]]. That streak began two years after the "Immaculate Reception" game.<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/playoffs.htm Pittsburgh Steelers Playoff History], ''Pro Football Reference''. Retrieved February 17, 2021.</ref>