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Because of the eight-game first round, this was the first (and currently only) time that NFL playoff games were regionally televised across the United States instead of nationwide. The league still used the two traditional weekend 12:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. EST time slots, and did not hold prime time postseason games until the 2001–02 playoffs .
The 1982 NFL season was the 63rd regular season of the National Football League. A 57-day-long players' strike reduced the 1982 season from a 16-game schedule per team to an abbreviated nine game schedule. Because of the shortened season, the NFL adopted a special 16-team playoff tournament; division standings were ignored for seeding (although ...
First Round playoffs: Second Round playoffs: A2 Miami 17 N1 Washington 27 Jan 8 – Lambeau Field: Super Bowl XVII: 6 St. Louis: 16 Jan 16 – Texas Stadium 3 Green Bay: 41 Jan 9 – Texas Stadium: 3 Green Bay 26 2 Dallas 37 7 Tampa Bay: 17 NFC: Jan 22 – RFK Stadium 2 Dallas: 30 Jan 9 – Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome: 2 Dallas 17 1 Washington ...
The only time such a scheduling conflict occurred was during Wild Card weekend in 1985 when only 10 teams qualified for the postseason and there were only two wild-card games. The 10-team system was used from 1978 to 1989 excluding 1982 (the 1982 NFL season used a 16-team playoff format). Instead of playing both Wild Card games on the same day ...
In National Football League (NFL) lore, the Freezer Bowl was the 1981 AFC Championship Game between the San Diego Chargers and the Cincinnati Bengals.The game was played on January 10, 1982, at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, and televised by NBC, with announcers Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen.
The Catch was the game-winning touchdown reception in the 1981 NFC Championship Game played between the Dallas Cowboys and the eventual Super Bowl XVI champion San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park on January 10, 1982, as part of the 1981-82 NFL playoffs. With 58 seconds left in the game, the 49ers faced 3rd down and 3 yards to gain on the ...
The Epic in Miami was the National Football League AFC divisional playoff game between the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins that took place on January 2, 1982 in the Miami Orange Bowl. The game, won by the Chargers in overtime, 41–38, is one of the most famous in National Football League lore because of the enormity of scoring (79 ...
1982 NFL draft; P. 1982–83 NFL playoffs; 1983 Pro Bowl; S. Snowplow Game; Super Bowl XVII This page was last edited on 14 April 2024, at 19:38 (UTC). Text is ...