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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.
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 *
1986–87 → The National Football League playoffs for the 1985 season began on December 28, 1985. The postseason tournament concluded with the Chicago Bears defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX , 46–10, on January 26, 1986, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana .
NFL playoff results is a listing of the year-by-year results of the NFL Playoff games to determine the final two ... 1986–87: New York Jets: 35–15: Kansas City ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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.