The National Football League playoffs for the 1971 season began on December 25, 1971. The postseason tournament concluded with the Dallas Cowboys defeating...

The National Football League (NFL) playoffs is the single-elimination tournament to determine the annual league champion. The four-round tournament is...

massive snowstorm, marking the first time an NFL playoff game was postponed since the 2016–17 playoffs, a game that also featured the Steelers. The first...

January 17, 1971, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. This was the first playoff tournament after the AFL–NFL merger. An eight-team playoff tournament...

first NFL games actually played on December 25 came after the merger, during the 1971–72 NFL playoffs. The first two games of the Divisional Playoff Round...

Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI (1971-72 NFL Playoffs). In each case, Dallas' AFC opponent had scored back-to-back playoff wins over the previous two Super...

of the warmest playoff seasons of all time. It was also the first time since 1969 that no California-based NFL team made the playoffs. For only the second...

the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded 1–4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5–6. The NFL does...

Super Bowl) In 1978, the NFL expanded its playoffs pool from 8 to 10 teams, requiring the addition of another round of playoffs. From 1978–1989, this round...

and one tie. Meanwhile, the NFL expanded to four divisions (thus doubling the playoff field) and eliminated one-game playoffs. Under the second season of...

record, and the three wild card teams were seeded 4–6. The NFL did not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there were no restrictions regarding teams...

"NFL Pass Attempts Single Game Playoffs Leaders". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 19, 2023. "NFL Passes Completed Single Game Playoffs Leaders"...

the best teams in NFL history. In 1992, the Redskins reached the playoffs as a wild-card team, but lost in the Divisional playoffs to the 49ers, 20–13...

record, and the three wild card teams were seeded 4–6. The NFL did not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there were no restrictions regarding teams...

again the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game of the 1971-72 NFL playoffs and then the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI. In the latter game...

overall regular season records qualified for the playoffs. The NFL did not use a fixed-bracket playoff system. The three division winners were seeded 1–3...

stood as the last road playoff win for the Cowboys until 30 years later in the 2022-23 playoffs. This was later featured on NFL's Greatest Games as Changing...

becoming the NFC network in 1994). The 1996-97 playoffs marked the first time that ABC employed ESPN’s NFL announce team for its Wild Card Weekend coverage;...

did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record with any remaining ties broken by strength of schedule. Playoff participants are...

overall regular season records qualified for the playoffs. The NFL did not use a fixed-bracket playoff system. The three division winners were seeded 1–3...

did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record with any remaining ties broken by strength of schedule. Playoff participants are...

1991, and the most for any team in the 2016 NFL season. As the fifth seed in the AFC in the 2016 NFL playoffs, the Raiders faced the Houston Texans in the...

overall regular season records qualified for the playoffs. The NFL did not use a fixed-bracket playoff system. The three division winners were seeded 1–3...

of the 2008 NFL draft. He is currently an analyst for CBS Sports. Ryan immediately made an impact by taking the Falcons to the playoffs in his first...

months of the season. In the 2020-21 playoffs and every playoffs since, ESPN Deportes also aired an AFC Divisional Playoff game and the AFC Championship Game...

the 1975 season, the home teams in the playoffs were decided based on a yearly rotation. Had the 1973 playoffs been seeded, the AFC divisional matchups...

becoming the only NFL team to finish a championship season undefeated and untied. Like the previous NFL seasons, the home teams in the playoffs were decided...

AFL playoffs five times and the AFL Championship game four times before joining the NFL. Since then, the Chargers have made 15 trips to the playoffs and...

winning season since 1958. In 1967 the Rams went 11–1–2 and made the playoffs as NFL Coastal Division champions. Gabriel was named the AP Offensive Player...

consecutive year, the regular season was reduced to 72 games for each team and the start date of the playoffs was moved from its usual time in mid-April to...