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The redesigned Lamar Hunt Trophy, awarded since 2010–11 season. The structure of the NFL playoffs has changed several times since 1970. At the end of each regular season, the top teams in the AFC qualify for the postseason, including all division champions (three division winners from the 1970–71 to 2001–02 seasons; four since the 2002–03 season) and a set number of "wild card" teams ...
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.
For example, in the 1971 divisional playoffs, the AFC Eastern division winner was assigned to play on the road. The reason they played the AFC Western division champion and not the Central division, is because the AFC Eastern division winner played host to the AFC Central division winner in the divisional playoffs from the previous year (1970).
AFC. Divisional round. No. 1 seed Kansas City Chiefs vs. No. 4 seed Houston Texans. No. 2 seed Buffalo Bills vs. No. 3 seed Baltimore Ravens. Conference championship. Divisional round winners ...
The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championships, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl , the championship round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference.
Buffalo Bills vs Boston Patriots, Dec 28, 1963 (Divisional Round) Oakland Raiders vs Pittsburgh Steelers, Dec 29, 1974 (AFC Championship Game) New Orleans Saints vs Minnesota Vikings, Jan 3, 1988 (Wild Card Round) Los Angeles Rams vs San Francisco 49ers, Jan 14, 1990 (NFC Championship Game) Chicago Bears vs New York Giants, Jan 13, 1991 ...
The 2021 Buffalo Bills–Kansas City Chiefs Divisional Round playoff game was a National Football League (NFL) game held on January 23, 2022, as part of the 2021–22 NFL playoffs. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the visiting Buffalo Bills 42–36 to advance to the AFC Championship Game .
The two winning teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the championship round of the playoffs, was played at a neutral site, the designated home team was based on an annual rotation by conference.