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NFL overtime rules in the playoffs and the Super Bowl differ slightly from how extra periods are played in the regular season. Here's an explainer.
From the start of the NFL’s Super Bowl era right up through the 2011 season, the overtime rules were simple, if unbalanced: The team that scored first won the game. Touchdown, field goal, safety ...
The NFL’s new overtime rules were confusing for just about everyone Sunday, including Mecole Hardman. [For more on Chiefs' Super Bowl dynasty, check out Yahoo Sports NFL]In fact, after he scored ...
Super Bowl LI was the first Super Bowl to go into overtime with a 28-all tie between the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots, which the Patriots eventually won with James White scoring a touchdown on the Patriots' first drive. [12] The 2019 NFC and AFC championship games both went to overtime, the first time for such an occurrence.
In Super Bowl LI, the first Super Bowl to end in overtime, [110] the Atlanta Falcons led 28–3 late in the third quarter, but the Patriots came back to tie the game 28–28 with back-to-back touchdowns and two-point conversions, and the Patriots went on to win 34–28 in overtime. [111]
We got to see the NFL's new playoff overtime rules in action Sunday, when the San Francisco 49ers failed to win the 2024 Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs after Niners head coach Kyle ...
The first and only game to go into overtime under this rule was Super Bowl LVIII following the 2023 season. However, that game was not impacted by the rule change; the San Francisco 49ers kicked a field goal on their first possession and the Kansas City Chiefs would have gotten a possession under the pre-2022 rule as well.
The NFL changed its overtime rules for the playoffs two years ago. Here's how it might affect the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII.