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Divisional playoffs: Wild Card playoffs: A2 Denver 20 Jan 3 – Soldier Field: N1 NY Giants 39 Super Bowl XXI: 4 Washington 27 Dec 28 – RFK Memorial Stadium: Jan 11 – Giants Stadium 2 Chicago: 13 NFC: 5 LA Rams: 7 4 Washington 0 Jan 4 – Giants Stadium 4 Washington: 19 1 NY Giants 17 NFC Championship: 3 San Francisco: 3 1 NY Giants: 49 *
The 1986 NFL season was the 67th regular season of the National Football League. Defending Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears shared the league's best record with the Giants at 14–2, with the Giants claiming the spot in the NFC by tiebreakers.
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.
The 1986 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 55th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 51st in Washington, D.C. The team improved on their 10–6 record from 1985 and returned to the playoffs after missing them the previous year, finishing with a 12–4 record, a second place finish in the NFC East, and qualified for the playoffs as a wild card.
The 1986 Cleveland Browns season was the team’s 37th season with the National Football League. The death of Don Rogers , a promising young defensive back who was preparing to enter his third season in the NFL, cast a black cloud over the team as it prepared for the 1986 season.
The 1986 Denver Broncos season was the franchise's 27th year in professional football and its 17th with the National Football League (NFL). They finished the regular season with a record of 11–5, returned to the playoffs after a one-year absence. In the Divisional Playoffs the Broncos defeated the New England Patriots 22–17.
Although the Bears had an equal 14–2 record as the New York Giants for the league's best record, the Giants were seeded number one in the NFC for the playoffs due to the Giants having a better conference record (11–1) than that of the Bears (10–2). In going 14–2, the Chicago Bears were the first team in NFL history to have consecutive ...
Pages in category "1986 National Football League season" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .