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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 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)
Through 2019 however, NFL owners remained adamant that every division winner should still be rewarded with a home playoff game regardless of record. [40] [41] Calls to expand the playoffs to 14 teams began in 2006. Proponents of expansion noted the increased revenue that could be gained from an additional two playoff games.
The 1950 Los Angeles Rams, the best offensive team in NFL history in terms of average points (466 in 12 games, 38.8 PPG), scored 70 points, one of only three teams to ever do so. The following week, they beat the Detroit Lions 65–24, including an NFL record 41 points in one quarter. They are the only team in NFL history to score 60-or-more ...
Stewart had 9 tackles (1 for loss) and an interception. Roethlisberger completed 47-of-68 passes for 501 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 4 interceptions. His 47 completions set an NFL record, his 68 passes set an NFL postseason record, and his 501 yards was the second highest total in postseason history. [55]
The Rams defense, which was smothering Monday night and collected an NFL postseason record with nine sacks, was trampled by Saquon Barkley in that game. The Eagles back ran for 255 yards and had ...
Daniels entered Sunday's NFC championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles 5 yards short of the record for most passing yards by a rookie in the playoffs. He got there early.
The first official National Football League (NFL) playoff game was the 1933 NFL Championship Game between the Chicago Bears and New York Giants. A "playoff" game was played in 1932 between the Chicago Bears and Portsmouth Spartans to break a regular season tie, but is recorded in the team record books as a regular season game. [1]