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In the NFL's playoff format, the No. 1 seed in each conference is guaranteed a bye through the wild-card round, but their divisional round matchup is not a guaranteed meeting with the winner of a ...
Half the NFL divisions and 10 of 14 playoff spots have been clinched heading into "Sunday Night Football" in Week 17. There's still plenty to sort out, especially with specifics on seeding positions.
Saturday featured a three-game slate and there were nine more games on Sunday before the final "Monday Night Football" matchup of the season. There was plenty to play for in those remaining 10 games.
In a December 30, 1995 Wild Card playoff game, the Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions combined for 95 points in what was the NFL's highest scoring postseason game until 2009. The Eagles dominated the game on seven Detroit turnovers, winning 58–37. The Eagles scored 31 points in the second quarter alone, and led 38–7 at halftime.
New York Giants vs Chicago Bears, Dec 9, 1934 (NFL Championship Game) Most Points, Fourth Quarter, since AFL/NFL Merger, 26; Philadelphia Eagles vs New Orleans Saints, Jan 3, 1993 (Wild Card Round) Most Points, One Quarter, 35; Washington Redskins vs Denver Broncos, January 31, 1988 (Super Bowl XXII) Highest Point Differential, Game, 73
Within a division, all four teams play 14 out of their 17 games against common opponents or each other– two games (home and away) are played against the other three teams in the division, while one game is held against all the members of a division from the NFC and a division from the AFC as determined by a rotating cycle (three years for the ...
The game will be the first in the NFL's 105 seasons to feature a pair of 14-win clubs. It will also have the highest combined win total (28) of any regular-season matchup in league history.
Each team's 17th game will match them up against an interconference opponent from a division that specified team was not going to play against before the addition of the 17th game and from the division schedule rotation from two seasons prior, with AFC teams hosting the extra games in odd-numbered years, while NFC teams host extra games in even ...