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This was the second postseason that the modified playoff overtime rules were in effect. Under these rules, instead of a straight sudden death, the game will not immediately end if the team that wins the coin toss scores a field goal on its first possession (the game will end if a touchdown is scored by the offense or if the defense scores a safety on the first possession of the overtime period).
The game remained scoreless until just over five minutes remained in the half, when Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (playing in what would be his final game in a Colts uniform, as Manning would miss the entire 2011 season because of back surgery) threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Pierre Garçon.
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.
NFL wild-card matchups, full bracket. Here are the wild card round games in each conference entering Week 18. ... The AFC's final wild card spot is the only open seed in the AFC bracket, and the ...
The Falcons lost their Wild Card round playoff game to the New York Giants on January 8, 2012, by a score of 24–2. It is the first time in NFL playoff history that a team has scored exactly two points. The previous NFL team to score only a safety in a game was the 1993 Cincinnati Bengals in Week 15 against the New England Patriots.
1989: Minnesota Vikings 29, Cincinnati Bengals 21 — The first NFL game on Christmas in 18 years was a "Monday Night Football" game that served as the 1989 regular-season finale.
The NFL playoff picture is about to put its final pieces into place. The final contest of the 2024 regular season, Minnesota at Detroit in the 272nd game of the campaign, comes with beaucoup ...
[A 2] [A 3] The playoff game was played exactly three years after Tebow wore the eye black inscribed with the Bible verse John 3:16. [8] The game finished with what was considered an upset victory: the final score of the game was Denver Broncos 29 and the Pittsburgh Steelers 23. [12] [13] Tebow accumulated 316 passing yards. [14] [15]