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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.
Oilers quarterback Dan Pastorini in the 1978 AFC wild card game. The 1978 NFL season was the 59th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded the regular season from a 14-game schedule to 16 games, which it remained in place until 2021 when it was increased to 17 games. Furthermore, the playoff format was expanded from 8 ...
The National Football League playoffs for the 1977 season began on December 24, 1977. The postseason tournament concluded with the Dallas Cowboys defeating the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII, 27–10, on January 15, 1978, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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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.
The 1978 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcons' 13th season. After losing four of their first six games, Atlanta rebounded to win seven of their last ten, and their 9–7 record was the third best in a weak NFC .
NFL playoffs schedule. The NFL playoffs kick off on Jan. 11 with the league's wild card weekend before concluding on Feb. 9 with Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans. Wild card round.
Divisional playoffs: Wild Card playoffs: A1 Pittsburgh 35 Dec 30 – Texas Stadium: N2 Dallas 31 Super Bowl XIII: 4 Atlanta 20 Dec 24 – Fulton County Stadium: Jan 7 – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 2* Dallas: 27 NFC: 5 Philadelphia: 13 2 Dallas 28 Dec 31 – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: 4 Atlanta: 14 1 Los Angeles: 0 NFC Championship: 3 ...