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Death On Black Wings
The 3 Best season of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans came in the same 3 seasons (not counting the AFL).
1979 - Both Teams lose in Conference Championship Games (Oilers lost in AFCCCG in 78 but went 10-6, they went 11-5 in 1979)
1999 - Tampa loses in Conference Championship Game, Tennessee loses in Super Bowl
2002 - Tampa wins Super Bowl, Tennessee loses in Conference Championship Game
How weird is that?
They also share the Fact the 2 Biggest Screw Job in NFL Playoff history happened to these two teams and they Both involved a WR making a Catch only to have the Refs Overturn or Ignore that Catch... Which can be said lead to Instant Replay (albeit a few years later) and the Bert Emanuel Rule...
1979 - Both Teams lose in Conference Championship Games (Oilers lost in AFCCCG in 78 but went 10-6, they went 11-5 in 1979)
1999 - Tampa loses in Conference Championship Game, Tennessee loses in Super Bowl
2002 - Tampa wins Super Bowl, Tennessee loses in Conference Championship Game
How weird is that?
They also share the Fact the 2 Biggest Screw Job in NFL Playoff history happened to these two teams and they Both involved a WR making a Catch only to have the Refs Overturn or Ignore that Catch... Which can be said lead to Instant Replay (albeit a few years later) and the Bert Emanuel Rule...