The last time the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys played a postseason game at the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, both teams had something to prove.
Forty years ago, a Rams team mired in off-field distractions squared off against a Cowboys squad looking to avenge a loss to Los Angeles earlier in the season. If Dallas could get past the Rams in the 1978-79 NFC Championship Game, the Cowboys were in line to repeat as Super Bowl champions and bring their second Lombardi Trophy to Dallas.
With L.A. hosting the Cowboys in Saturday's NFC divisional-round playoff game, here's a look back at that meeting from four decades ago.