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Johnny Grier became the first African-American in NFL history to be promoted to referee. [2] Grier replaced long time referee Bob Frederic, who retired in the offseason. Grier was the field judge in the previous season's Super Bowl XXII, which was the same game that Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins became the first African-American quarterback to win the Super
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.
September 25, 1988 at Green Bay Packers: W 24–6 56,492 5 October 2, 1988 Buffalo Bills: W 24–3 62,793 6 October 9, 1988 at Detroit Lions: W 24–7 64,526 7 October 16, 1988 Dallas Cowboys: W 17–7 64,759 8 October 24, 1988 San Francisco 49ers: W 10–9 65,293 9 October 30, 1988 at New England Patriots: L 30–7 60,821 10 November 6, 1988
Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
4–5 Veterans Stadium Recap: 10 November 6 Los Angeles Rams: W 30–24 5–5 Veterans Stadium Recap: 11 November 13 at Pittsburgh Steelers: W 27–26 6–5 Three Rivers Stadium: Recap: 12 November 20 at New York Giants: W 23–17 (OT) 7–5 Giants Stadium: Recap: 13 November 27 Phoenix Cardinals: W 31–21 8–5 Veterans Stadium Recap: 14 ...
The NFL's playoff bracket is down to its final four teams heading into conference championship weekend. Below is a look at the full 2025 playoff bracket, updated for the results of the wild card ...
The 1988 Green Bay Packers season was their 70th season overall and their 68th in the National Football League (NFL). Under coach Lindy Infante , the team finished with their second 4–12 in three seasons, and finishing last place in the NFC Central division. 1988 was the first season the Packers played under Infante.
The NFL’s 2024 regular season is little more than 10% complete, yet a whole faction of the league’s teams is staring at a roughly 90% probability that their Super Bowl hopes are already dashed.