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Six National Football League playoff games have gone into double overtime, the longest being an AFC divisional playoff game on December 25, 1971. The Miami Dolphins defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 27–24 at 7:40 into double overtime (at 82:40 of total play, the longest game in NFL history). Garo Yepremian kicked a walk-off field goal to win it.
Longest overtime interception returned for a touchdown: 72 yards, Lorenzo Lynch, Arizona Cardinals vs. Seattle Seahawks October 29, 1995; Longest overtime kickoff returned for a touchdown: 96 yards, Chad Morton, New York Jets vs. Buffalo Bills September 8, 2002; Longest overtime fumble returned for a touchdown: 52 yards, Johnie Cooks, Baltimore ...
On October 19, 2008, Janikowski broke his own Raiders team record, making a 57-yard field goal in overtime to defeat the New York Jets, 16–13, the longest overtime field goal in NFL history. On December 27, 2009, he again broke his own team record by kicking a 61-yard field goal against the Cleveland Browns before halftime.
Although a contest could theoretically last indefinitely, or last several overtime periods like several National Hockey League postseason games, no NFL playoff game has ever gone past two overtime periods. The longest NFL overtime game played to date is 82 minutes, 40 seconds: Miami Dolphins kicker Garo Yepremian made the walk-off 37-yard field ...
In the longest NFL game played to date at 82 minutes, 40 seconds (in game time) [3] (and the Chiefs' last game at Municipal Stadium), Miami kicker Garo Yepremian kicked the winning 37-yard field goal after 7:40 of the second overtime period. The Chiefs opened up the scoring with Jan Stenerud's 24-yard field goal.
In 2017, the NFL shortened overtime from 15 minutes to 10 minutes for regular season games with the intent of reducing the risk of injury. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] Through Week 16 of the 2024 season, a total of 111 regular season games went to overtime under these rules, 7 ( 6.3%) of which ended in a tie.
At 76 minutes and 42 seconds, the game is the 4th-longest in NFL history and was the sixth double overtime game in history, the first since the 2003 NFC Divisional playoff game between the St. Louis Rams and the Carolina Panthers, which coincidentally also featured John Fox. [30]
[64] [65] The touchdown was the longest playoff overtime score in NFL history. [66] Thomas ended with a stat-line of four receptions for 204 yards and a touchdown in his playoff debut. It marked the most receiving yards by a Bronco in playoff history and the second-highest receiving average (51.0) in a single game in NFL annals.