The Dolphins were undefeated! Why was the AFC Championship Game at Pittsburgh?
At the time, the championship games for the conferences were rotated amongst the divisions, regardless of which team had the better record. If anyone has the championship rotation schedule for the 1970’s, I would very much like to see it. (Update, 12/07) – Page visitor Paul Lytle provides an explanation: To clarify your answer to the question as to why the 1972 Steelers hosted the undefeated Dolphins in the 1972 AFC Championship Game, the playoff rotation in each conference had to do more with which pre-designated division champion would host the wild card team in the 1st round divisional playoff games. Since the wild card would not be allowed to host ANY post-season games, the winner of the Divisional Playoff Game that pitted two (2) division champions would have the pre-designated right to host of the conference championship game. This would make it easier to assure that the wild card team would be excluded from hosting the championship game, as well as for TV networks to anticipate
