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The National Football League playoffs for the 2008 season began on January 3, 2009. The postseason tournament concluded with the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII, 27–23, on February 1, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend , the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth-seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth.
The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League (NFL), themed with the slogan "Believe in Now.". Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on February 1, 2009, [2] with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the Arizona Cardinals and winning their NFL-record sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Wild Card playoffs: Divisional playoffs: Jan 4 – Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome: A2 Pittsburgh 27 Jan 11 – Giants Stadium: N4 Arizona 23 6 Philadelphia: 26 Super Bowl XLIII: 6 Philadelphia 23 3 Minnesota: 14 Jan 18 – University of Phoenix Stadium 1 NY Giants: 11 NFC: Jan 3 – University of Phoenix Stadium: 6 Philadelphia 25 Jan 10 – Bank ...
The 2008 Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 14th season in the National Football League (NFL). They entered the season and improved on their 7–9 record from 2007, winning the NFC South for the first time since 2003 and earning their first playoff berth since 2005.
Playoff schedule: at Ravens x – 7. Denver Broncos (10-7), wild card No. 3: The third time was the charm as they finally secured the AFC's final wild-card berth, ending a nine-year postseason ...
NFL playoff schedule: Super Bowl 59. Feb. 9. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. ET, Fox. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2025 NFL playoff schedule: Dates, times, TV info for ...
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.