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Johnny Grier became the first African-American in NFL history to be promoted to referee. [2] Grier replaced long time referee Bob Frederic, who retired in the offseason. Grier was the field judge in the previous season's Super Bowl XXII, which was the same game that Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins became the first African-American quarterback to win the Super
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.
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.
A look at the results for every Super Bowl, with the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers tied for the most all-time wins. Super Bowl winners and scores: NFL championship game results ...
Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
In control of its own destiny for a playoff berth, but not the NFC East title on the final day of the regular season, Philadelphia dumped the Dallas Cowboys, 23–7. Guaranteed a minimum of a wild card berth following a New Orleans Saints win, the team had to wait for the end to the New York Jets - New York Giants game at Giants Stadium to ...
NFC No. 5 vs. No. 4 matchup Game Megacast on ESPN2, and ESPN+ 2023: January 16, 2023 Dallas Cowboys: 31–14: Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Raymond James Stadium: NFC No. 5 vs. No. 4 matchup Game Megacast on ESPN2, and ESPN+ 2024: January 15, 2024 Philadelphia Eagles: 9–32: Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Raymond James Stadium NFC No. 5 vs. No. 4 matchup
The team had a quarterback controversy with Montana and Steve Young each starting at quarterback during the season. But after a 6–5 start, Montana led the 49ers to win 4 of their final 5 regular season games. Montana finished the regular season with 238 completions for 2,981 yards and 18 touchdowns, and also added 132 rushing yards.