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The National Football League playoffs for the 1988 season began on December 24, 1988. The postseason tournament concluded with the San Francisco 49ers defeating the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII , 20–16, on January 22, 1989, at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami , Florida .
Johnny Grier became the first African-American in NFL history to be promoted to referee. [2] Grier replaced long time referee Bob Frederic, who retired in the offseason. Grier was the field judge in the previous season's Super Bowl XXII, which was the same game that Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins became the first African-American quarterback to win the Super
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 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.
In American football, the Fog Bowl was the December 31, 1988 National Football League (NFL) playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears. A dense fog rolled over Chicago 's Soldier Field during the 2nd quarter, cutting visibility to about 15–20 yards for the rest of the game.
The 12-team College Football Playoff has given us more games and also juggled the bowl schedule. Bowl season begins on Dec. 14 and now ends on Jan. 4 for the non-playoff bowls. After Jan. 4, there ...
The Sporting News Complete Super Bowl Book 1995. Sporting News. February 1995. ISBN 0-89204-523-X. Pro Football Stats, History, Scores, Standings, Playoffs, Schedule & Records – Large online database of NFL data and statistics; Super Bowl play-by-plays from USA Today (Last accessed September 28, 2005) Super Bowl XXII Box Score at Pro Football ...
2. Alamo Bowl - No. 17 Brigham Young vs. No. 22 Colorado. Date, time, TV: Dec. 28, 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC.Location: San Antonio, Texas. Had a few tiebreakers lined up ...