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The 2017 NFL season was the 98th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL) and the 52nd of the Super Bowl era. The season began on September 7, 2017, with the Kansas City Chiefs defeating the defending Super Bowl LI champion New England Patriots in the NFL Kickoff Game .
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.
Jacksonville built up a 28–7 first-half lead and held off a second-half Steelers comeback to win the fourth-highest-scoring NFL playoff game. [15] It was a rematch of a regular season game in Week 5, which the Jags won 30–9 thanks to their defense intercepting Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger five times.
Season No. of teams Regular season Playoffs Super Bowl Ref. No. of games AFC top seed NFC top seed Postseason AFC champion NFC champion Game Champion 1970: 26 14 — [a] — [a] 1970–71: Baltimore Colts: Dallas Cowboys: V: Baltimore Colts [71] 1971: 26 14 — [a] — [a] 1971–72: Miami Dolphins: Dallas Cowboys: VI: Dallas Cowboys [72] 1972: ...
Only the longest streak for each team is listed. Note that the regular season increased from 14 to 16 games in 1978, then to the current 17 in 2021, and teams only played 9 regular-season games in 1982. All streaks can be verified on the team pages at Pro-Football-Reference.com. [51]
This is a complete listing of National Football League (NFL) playoff games, grouped by franchise. Games featuring relocated teams [nb 1] are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises. Bolded years indicate wins. "(Years in italics)" indicate a pending playoff game. Tables are sorted first by the number of games, then the number of wins ...
In the game, the Chiefs had a commanding 21–3 lead at halftime, but failed to score a single point in the second half. The loss extended their NFL record six straight home playoff losses. [7] It was the second time under Andy Reid they lost a playoff game after being up by more than 10 points at halftime.
A. ^ The Green Bay-Dallas game was the most-watched early-round NFL playoff game on record. [5] B. ^ The Pittsburgh-Kansas City game was rescheduled from a 1:05 p.m. kickoff due to public safety concerns about an ice storm affecting the Great Plains region. [6] [7] It thus became the first Divisional Playoff game ever played on Sunday night. [8]