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Wild Card and Divisional Saturday games continued to be played at 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. EST,and 1 p.m. on Sunday as they had in previous years though the second game would get pushed back to 4:30 to avoid the conflict of games overlapping each other. The same would go for the second conference championship game.
The 2001 NFC wild card game between the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers shares the title of the best wild card round matchup by record (along with the 1999 AFC Wild Card, between the 11-5 Buffalo Bills and 13-3 Tennessee Titans, and 2020 AFC Wild Card between the 11-5 Indianapolis Colts and 13-3 Buffalo Bills), with a combined mark of ...
The only way a wild card team could host a playoff game was if both teams in the conference's championship game were wild cards. This 2002 revised format lasted until 2019. In 2020, the number of playoff teams expanded to 14, and the number of wild card teams went back to three.
From 1978 to 1989, this round featured one game per conference between the two wild-card (non-division winners) and thus the name "Wild Card" round. In 1982, the league held a 16-team tournament due to the players strike, which reduced the regular season to just 9 games.
The wild card round of the NFL playoffs are here.Six games across three days will determine which teams make the final four in the AFC and NFC.Saturday kicks off the postseason schedule with a ...
The 2002 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2002 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Monday, October 7, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
The 2002 Wild Card against the 49ers is among the most devastating losses in Giants history not only for its comeback and ending, but also because of the impact on the team. The following season, the Giants fell to 4–12 and tied for the worst record in the NFL. After the season, head coach Jim Fassel was fired and replaced with Tom Coughlin.
This game might not be pretty, but it's got some intrigue because of the Eagles and their incredible collapse late in the season. The Eagles were 10-1 at one point and then lost five of their last ...