Tecmo Dynasty Watch Playoffs

[Darky]

NFC Divisional Playoffs

The defending champion 85 Bears and the 46 defense manhandled the celebrated Hogs and the rest of Joe Gibbs' 82 Redskins as they cruised to a 31-10 victory.

Jim McMahon and Willie Gault connected for 3 touchdowns as Willie Gault showed his world class speed by blowing by Darrell Green all day in helping Ditka's Bears jump out to a 24-0 halftime lead.

Arguably the best defense ever to take the field, Buddy Ryan's 46 defense, simply overpowered the 82 Redskins in all phases of the game.

The 85 Bears now move on to the NFC Championship.

[Gantry]

Best team ever...

[Darky]

AFC Divisional Playoffs

The Steel Curtain forced and recovered a fumble deep in their own territory with under two minutes to play to seal the victory over the 72 Dolphins and ending Shula's perfect season.

The No-Name-Defense and the Steel Curtain were both brilliant all day. Both defenses created turnovers and created scoring opportunities for their respective team by giving their offense a short field to work with. All the points in the game came off turnovers and all the scoring was the result of each team working with a short field.

Franco Harris scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter. The 72 Dolphins mounted their best drive of the day, but came up short as Mel Blount stripped Paul Warfield of the ball at the Steelers 7 yard line.

The Steelers will now face their most fierce rivals in the AFC Championship game, the 76 Raiders.  

[lrod4]

Darky

I love this thread.  How are you playing these games?  Are you running computer mode until playoffs and then going game by game from there?   I love seeing the game results after each one.

Thanks for doing this.

I have been playing mostly the Steelers and the Redskins on this rom.

Keep it up

Luke

[Darky]

Darky

I love this thread.  How are you playing these games?  Are you running computer mode until playoffs and then going game by game from there?   I love seeing the game results after each one.

Thanks for doing this.

I have been playing mostly the Steelers and the Redskins on this rom.

Keep it up

Luke

What's up lrod 4...thanks for the appreciation buddy.

To answer your question, yes. I sim the season and then place the playoff teams on com mode and watch the games n' take snapshots. It's really interesting and fun. I have an excel sheet and will do some fun stats later on this week maybe. I flip-flop between the two dynasty roms...the 85 Bears are really good on this rom because of their d-line...and the 76 Raiders are the one team who can slow down the 85 Bears defensive front with their hall of fame line. Depends on the players condition of course.

Next recap coming up...

[Darky]

NFC Divisional Playoffs XIV

The team of the 60's, Lomardi's 66 Packers, overcame an early 13-0 deficit and outclassed the heavy underdog 80 Falcons 31-13.

Bart Starr threw had a brilliant day and threw for 261 yards while the disciplined and opportunistic 66 Packers cashed in on three Falcon turnovers as they dominated the Falcons in the second half.

With the 66 Packers down 13-7 at halftime, head coach Vince Lombardi, a master motivator,  gave a very impassioned speech at halftime which put a scare into the 66 Packers and lit a fire into them. Lombardi said, " Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate. "

[Darky]

AFC Championship XIV

Two of the superpowers of the 70's and one of the best all-time rivalries between two blue collar teams was renewed at a gusty Three Rivers Stadium in a shootout that ended with a sea of Terrible Towels waving in a collective celebration.

The 75 Steelers took the lead for good with 2:32 minutes remaining as Franco Harris iced the game. Madden's 76 Raiders quickly scored quickly on a Stabler to Branch bomb, but failed to recover the onside kick with 1:03 minute left.

Rocky Bleier stole the spotlight as he combined for 171 yards rushing and receiving and making crucial first downs with huge plays and leaping grabs. Mark Van Eeghen ran right through the celebrated Steel Curtain for 173 yards. The difference in this game was a Dave Casper fumble which resulted in to 7 points for Bradshaw and Stallworth.

The 75 Steelers now move on to TSB XIV and make their 3rd overall TSB appearance, and first as the 75 Steelers in this ROM as they seek their 1st ever Lombardi trophy. The 78 Steelers lost to the 83 Redskins in TSB VIII and the 01 Rams TSB XI in the other ROM.

[Darky]

NFC Championship XIV

At an icy and frigid Lambeau Field, the defending champion 85 Bears found a way to win in overtime without their star QB Jim McMahon who was knocked out in the second quarter.

Walter Payton caught a 49 yard pass to set up the game winning field goal as the 85 Bears will now move on to TSB XIV in quest of an unprecedented 5th STB Lombardi.
The bad news is that they may have to do it without Jim McMahon whose status is uncertain for the Super Bowl and that the Steel Curtain awaits them.

Jeff Fuller relieved McMahon and looked lost. The Bears were up 10-0 in the second quarter and appeared to be cruising to a blowout. The 66 Packers gained momentum when McMahon was knocked out and Paul Horning tied the game up with 5 seconds left in the game. However, the 85 Bears won the coin-flip and scored on their first drive to end the game.

The 46 harassed Bart Starr all day and shut down the Lombardi's highly touted sweep. The 66 Packers did manage to score a touchdown on their final drive in regulation, and it seemingly looked like a drive of pure will inspired by Vince Lombardi screaming from the sideline. The 66 Packers never saw the ball again but played their hearts out as nobody in the Tecmo world gave them a chance against the  juggernaut 85 Bears.

[Darky]

TSB XIV

In a highly anticipated defensive struggle between the 46 defense and the Steel Curtain, the 85 Bears showed the TSB world just how powerful and stingy their defense is as they shut down the team of the 70's and won a TSB record 5th championship as well as repeating.

With 19 seconds remaining in the contest, Kevin Butler made a 16 yard field goal to win the heavyweight match up. The drive was set up by a Matt Suhey 39 yard reception with under a minute to play. QB Steve Fuller, filling in for an injured J.McMahon, played conservativly the entire game, but took a shot down field and caught the Steel Curtain in man-to-man defense as Suhey blew by Jack Ham in the game's biggest play.

The game was a classic struggle for field position. There were over 15 total sacks in the game and not much offense as both QB's were held under 70 yards in the game. Terry Bradshaw only managed 21 passing yards and had very little time to even get the ball off on three step drop backs. William the refrigerator Perry manhandled HOF Mike Webster and disrupted just about every play.

Walter Payton was injured in the second quarter as well as his replacement T.Sanders. After Walter's departure, the Bears only managed 31 rushing yards on 14 attempts. But an opportunistic defense provided all the offense for both teams. All the points in the game came off turnovers. The 85 Bears turned the ball over 3 times as well as the 75 Steelers.

[BDawk]

Matt Suhey!  Nittany Lions dominating this mofo

[Darky]

TSB XV Playoffs

AFC

90 Bills
98 Broncos
91 Oilers
76 Raiders
00 Ravens
81 Chargers

NFC

89 49ers
02 Buccaneers
96 Packers
01 Rams
77 Cowboys
85 Bears

[Gantry]

I'm feeling The Bears on this one...

[Darky]

I'm feeling The Bears on this one...

I'm about to run the first game. Bear in mind that the 85 Bears are going for an unprecedented 3-peat and 6th TSB title. Also, this is the other ROM---the one where offense rules. So it's not going to be easy for the 85 Bears. I'm thinking the Greatest Show On Turf, America's Team, or Fout's 81 Chargers will win this one.

[Darky]

AFC Wild Card Round

In a highly anticipated match up of the Run N' Shoot offense of Warren Moon's Oilers and the elegant and dangerous downhill running of Terrell Davis, it was Terrell Davis who stole the stage at the Astrodome.

Terrell Davis set a TSB rushing record by shredding Jack Pardee's defense for 317 yards on just 15 carries. Terrell scored all 4 touchdowns on either 40 yards or more. The longest coming on a 73 yard run.  

[Darky]

NFC Wild Card Round

On an unusually balmy day at Lambeau Field, Brad Johnson and the warm weathered Buccaneers felt right at home.

Brad Johnson and Jacquez Green connected for 3 scores while Keyshawn Johnson also caught a couple of touch down passes.

The Bucs jumped out to a 21-10 lead in the second quarter and never looked back as they ran away with it by scoring 21 unanswered points in the 4th quarter.

[Darky]

AFC Wild Card Round

In a wild finish at PSINet Stadium, Cliff Branch caught a 52 yard touchdown pass from Ken Stabler on the game's last play to shock one of the best defenses ever to step on the field.

All the scoring came in the second half as each team when into the locker room at halftime registering no points.

John Madden was told to get his big butt off the field as he was in a state of confusion and bewilderment due to the final play of the game.

Brian Billick offered an all out assaulted rant towards defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis for calling a blitz on the game's last play. The blitz left Cliff Branch on one-on-one coverage with Duane Starks which happened to be a huge mistake.

[Darky]

NFC Wild Card Round

Marshall Faulk caught a 28 yard touchdown with 1:02 remaining to give the Greatest Show On Turf a dramatic victory at home over Tom Laundry's America's Team.

The Doomsday defense was no match for the high octane offense of Mike Martz's creation.
Terry Holt led the way with 5 receptions for 192 yards and two touchdowns.

Captain Comeback( Roger Staubach) ran out of time as time expired at the Rams 35 yard line. Golden Richards was tackled before getting out of bounds on the game's last play.

Asked about the 01 Rams chances of dethroning the two time defending champion 85 Bears in their next game, Martz confidently replied "they don't have a chance".

[Darky]

XV AFC Divisional Playoffs

On the game's first play at Mile High Stadium, Thurman Thomas was injured and forced to leave the game. However, Marv Levy's 90 Bills overcame that and dominated the 98 Broncos with a total team effort.

Kenneth Davis filled in superbly as he rushed for 111 yards. Andre Reed caught 2 touchdown passes and had 134 yards recieving while James Lofton added a pair as well. Jim Kelly's "No Huddle K-Gun offense" was running on all cylinders as they seemingly scored on every possession.

Terrell Davis was a non-factor this game as the Bills defense smothered the box with up to 9 men on some plays. John Elway was off all day and could not take advantage of the one-on-one match-ups that he saw all day.

A jubilant GDavis was captured periodically on tv during the game holding up his ambitious sign "Billieve".

[Darky]

XV NFC Divisional Playoffs

Joe Montana, the game's greatest quarterback, and his West Coast Offense surgical dissected Monte Kiffin's two-deep defense with eloquent precision.

Montana completed 80 percent of his passes for 300 yards and connected with Jerry Rice for three touchdowns. Jerry Rice has an average day by his standards as he caught 4 passes for 120 yards. The only bad news for the team of the 80's was that John Taylor was injured in the third quarter. Mike Wilson did step in his place as he caught a touchdown.

The team of the 80's now move on to the NFC Title game and will play the winner of the 01 Rams-85 Bears game.

[Darky]

XV AFC Divisional Playoffs

Charlie Joyner tied the game at 28 with no time remaining on a 37 yard touchdown pass which sent the game to overtime.

The 76 Raiders missed a crucial field goal in overtime and from there Air Coryell's Chargers did the rest as Dan Fouts hit Kellen Winslow deep into Raiders territory which set up a 27 yard chip shot field goal and win for the 81 Chargers.

The epic game saw the lead change 4 times as an old rivalry was renewed on this magical day in San Diego. Air Coryell will no take it's act to Orchard Park to square off Jim Kelly's hurry up K-Gun offense for the AFC Championship.