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To remain on schedule, a tie-breaker system was introduced. The first round determined the conference's champion and its representative in the NFL Championship Game, played the following week. [22] During the three years (1967–69) that this playoff structure was in effect, there was one use of the tie-breaker system.
NFC's No. 7 seed decided. A 51-yard field goal at the gun by Chicago K Cairo Santos sent the Bears to a 24-22 victory that relegated Green Bay to the NFC's No. 7 seed and a wild-card trip to ...
Cincinnati's Week 17 win over Denver is a crucial tiebreaker if they finish with the same record. No. 3 Baltimore Ravens (11-5, AFC North leaders) vs. No. 6 seed Los Angeles Chargers (10-6, wild ...
The Buccaneers hold the lead now at 9-7 to the Falcons at 8-8 but Atlanta holds the tiebreaker over them due to head-to-head wins. Tampa Bay must beat New Orleans in Week 18 to clinch their fifth ...
One-game playoffs were used in Major League Baseball (MLB) through the 2021 season. When two or more MLB teams were tied for a division championship or the wild card playoff berth (1995–2011, or starting in 2012, the second only) at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the winner.
The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend , the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth-seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth.
If the Cowboys or Eagles win or the Lions lose, the NFC East champ will be the No. 2 seed. NFC South title and No. 4 seed. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers win the division if they beat the Carolina Panthers.
It was the sixth double overtime game in history, the first since 2003 (a game that coincidentally also featured head coach John Fox), and the fourth-longest game in NFL history at a total of 76:42 of game time,. [13] With the loss, the Broncos became the ninth #1 seed in the last eight years to lose their first playoff game.