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The Wild Card round was thus extended from two to three games per day. [ 1 ] The playoffs were played during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States , and each game's attendance was limited due to local health restrictions (See also 2020 NFL season § COVID-19 restrictions ) .
From 1978 to 1989, this round featured one game per conference between the two wild-card (non-division winners) and thus the name "Wild Card" round. In 1982, the league held a 16-team tournament due to the players strike, which reduced the regular season to just 9 games.
The National Football League playoffs for the 2019 season began with the Wild Card Round on January 4, 2020, and concluded with Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on February 2, when the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 31–20.
Below is a look at the results in each of the No. 7 seed's nine postseason games to date entering the 2025 NFL playoffs. 2021 : (2) Buffalo Bills 24, (7) Indianapolis Colts 21 2021 : (2) New ...
NFL playoff schedule: Wild-card games Saturday, January 11: Los Angeles Chargers vs. Houston Texans at 4:30 p.m. ET on CBS. ... Watch the wild-card games on Fubo. Division Round.
Here's a look at the NFL playoff bracket – and the matchups for Super Wild Card Weekend – as the league's regular season winds to a close in Week 18. AFC wild card matchups 1.
The names of the first two playoff rounds date back to the postseason format that was first used in 1978, when the league added a second wild-card team to each conference. The first round of the playoffs is dubbed the wild-card round, wild-card weekend, or, from 2020–21 to 2023–24, super wild-card weekend. [4]
Putting the moniker – a loose exaggeration of “expanded,” since the number of playoff teams went from six in each conference to seven following the 2020 season – ahead of the upcoming wild ...