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Since then, the 2010 Seattle Seahawks, [3] 2014 Carolina Panthers, [4] 2020 Washington Football Team, and 2022 Tampa Bay Buccaneers have won their division with losing records, with the 2010 Seahawks becoming the first sub-.500 team to make the playoffs in a full-length season and becoming the first sub-.500 team to win a playoff game.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Divisional playoffs: Wild Card playoffs: N1 San Francisco: 26 Jan 2 – Miami Orange Bowl: A1 Cincinnati 21 Super Bowl XVI: 3 San Diego: 41* Dec 27 – Shea Stadium: Jan 10 – Riverfront Stadium 2 Miami: 38 AFC: 5 Buffalo: 31 3 San Diego 7 Jan 3 – Riverfront Stadium: 4 NY Jets: 27 1 Cincinnati 27 AFC Championship: 5 Buffalo 21 1 Cincinnati: 28 *
In the strike-season playoff format in which the top eight conference teams made the playoffs, the Buccaneers' seventh-place finish gave them a first-round matchup with the Dallas Cowboys. Despite a poor performance by the offense, the Buccaneers carried a 17–16 lead into the fourth quarter, before the Cowboys rallied for a 30–17 victory ...
The 1982 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 33rd season with the National Football League.. The Browns were among eight teams that qualified for the playoffs during this strike shortened season, and became one of only six teams to ever qualify for the playoffs despite having a losing record.