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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.
Team with the lowest winning percentage to reach the playoffs, 7–9 (0.438) Seattle Seahawks, 2010 Washington Football Team, 2020. Team with the lowest winning percentage to win a playoff game, 7–9 (0.438) Seattle Seahawks, 2010. Team with the lowest regular season winning percentage to reach the NFC Championship Game, 8–7 (0.533)
This event figured into the decision in 1970 to include a wild-card team in the playoff tournament after the AFL–NFL merger. When the leagues merged in 1970, the new NFL (with 26 teams) reorganized into two conferences—the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC)—with three divisions each. From the ...
Half the NFL divisions and 10 of 14 playoff spots have been clinched heading into "Sunday Night Football" in Week 17. There's still plenty to sort out, especially with specifics on seeding positions.
A total of 14 teams — seven from the AFC and seven from the NFC — make the playoffs. The field is made up the four division winners (North, South, East and West) and three wild card teams ...
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 Super Wild Card Weekend , the second-seeded division winner hosts the seventh seed wild card, the third seed hosts the sixth seed, and the fourth ...
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 ...
NFC Championship Game logo, 2008–2010 (Used with old shield since 2005) The structure of the NFL playoffs has changed several times since 1970. At the end of each regular season, the top teams in the NFC qualify for the postseason, including all division champions (three division winners from the 1970–71 to 2001–02 seasons; four since the 2002–03 season) and a set number of "wild card ...