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Under the special 16-team postseason "Super Bowl Tournament" used for the 1982 strike-shortened season, the top eight teams from each conference qualified for the playoffs, and were seeded 1–8, regardless of division. Like previous seasons, the NFL did not use a fixed bracket playoff system: in each conference during the first three rounds ...
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 ...
In the strike shortened 1982 NFL season, David Woodley led Miami to a 7–2 record and 3 playoff wins to lead the Miami Dolphins to an NFL championship appearance in Super Bowl XVII. One of the playoff wins was a 34–13 divisional win against the Chargers, avenging their loss from the previous season.
The 1982 Green Bay Packers season was their 64th season overall and their 62nd season in the National Football League (NFL), and was shortened due to a players’ strike. The team posted a 5–3–1 record under coach Bart Starr. Due to the strike, the NFL ignored division standing and placed eight teams from each conference into the playoffs.
This would prove the team's last playoff appearance until 1992. The 1982 Chargers were the top-scoring team in the NFL. They scored a total of 288 points — an average of 32 points per game. They led the league in passing touchdowns (19), rushing touchdowns (15, tied with the Raiders) passing yards (2,927), and yards per pass attempt (8.9).
The NFC Central accomplished this feat three teams in 1982, 1994 and 1997 when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were in the same division as the Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings and ...
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 *