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Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions. In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game. This happened ...
After the Colts owner Jim Irsay hired Tony Dungy in 2002, [7] the Colts made the playoffs for nine straight seasons. They won five straight AFC South titles from 2003 to 2007 and had seven consecutive seasons of 12 or more victories from 2003 to 2009, the first time that has been achieved in the NFL's 90-year history. [8]
During the three years (1967–69) that this playoff structure was in effect, there was one use of the tie-breaker system. In 1967, the Los Angeles Rams and Baltimore Colts ended the season tied at 11–1–2 for the lead in the Coastal Division. The Colts came into the last game of the season undefeated but were beaten by the Rams.
The New York Jets' trying season has hit a new low ... Indianapolis Colts: 3 seasons. 5t. Chicago Bears: 3 seasons. ... Longest NFL playoff droughts in history. 1t. St. Louis Cardinals: 25 seasons ...
The Jets have missed the playoffs for a 14th straight season. Their last postseason appearance came in the 2010 season. Their postseason drought is the longest active streak across the NFL, NBA ...
This is a complete listing of National Football League (NFL) playoff games, grouped by franchise. Games featuring relocated teams [nb 1] are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises. Bolded years indicate wins. "(Years in italics)" indicate a pending playoff game. Tables are sorted first by the number of games, then the number of wins ...
The Wild Card Playoff game was again simulcast on ABC, just like the previous year. [182] [183] The December 5 game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New York Jets, marked Colts quarterback Andrew Luck's final appearance on Monday Night Football.
In contrast, 1958 was only the second winning season in Colts' history since the team's founding in 1953. Baltimore started off the season winning their first six games before losing to New York, 24–21, in week 7 of the regular season. However, Colts starting quarterback Johnny Unitas was injured at the time and did not play in the game. [19]