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The NFL did not use a fixed-bracket playoff system. The three division winners were seeded 1–3 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and received a first-round bye while the wild card teams were seeded 4 and 5, and played in the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, with the 4 seed hosting.
Divisional playoffs: Wild Card playoffs: A2 Denver 20 Jan 3 – Soldier Field: N1 NY Giants 39 Super Bowl XXI: 4 Washington 27 Dec 28 – RFK Memorial Stadium: Jan 11 – Giants Stadium 2 Chicago: 13 NFC: 5 LA Rams: 7 4 Washington 0 Jan 4 – Giants Stadium 4 Washington: 19 1 NY Giants 17 NFC Championship: 3 San Francisco: 3 1 NY Giants: 49 *
The 1986 NFL season was the 67th regular season of the National Football League. Defending Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears shared the league's best record with the Giants at 14–2, with the Giants claiming the spot in the NFC by tiebreakers.
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.
The 1986 Cleveland Browns season was the team’s 37th season with the National Football League. The death of Don Rogers , a promising young defensive back who was preparing to enter his third season in the NFL, cast a black cloud over the team as it prepared for the 1986 season.
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 NFL does not use a fixed bracket system; the outcome of the Wild Card games determine the matchups of the Divisional playoffs games, with the lowest remaining seed in each conference traveling to the first seed, and the second-lowest remaining seed traveling to the second-highest remaining seed.
The 1986 Denver Broncos season was the franchise's 27th year in professional football and its 17th with the National Football League (NFL). They finished the regular season with a record of 11–5, returned to the playoffs after a one-year absence. In the Divisional Playoffs the Broncos defeated the New England Patriots 22–17.