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For the second time in five years, an all-Pennsylvania Super Bowl was denied. The Steelers lost the 2004 AFC Championship Game to the New England Patriots, who went on to win Super Bowl XXXIX over the Eagles 24–21. This was the third postseason meeting between the Eagles and Cardinals. Both teams split the prior two meetings.
This is a complete listing of National Football League (NFL) playoff games, grouped by franchise. Games featuring relocated teams [ nb 1 ] are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises. Bolded years indicate wins.
In 1982, the league held a 16-team tournament due to the players strike, which reduced the regular season to just 9 games. The playoffs expanded to 12 teams for the 1990 season, and again to 14 teams for the 2020 season, with an additional game added to this week in each year. Teams who later went on to win the Super Bowl that season are in bold.
The 2016 NFL season was the 97th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL) and the 51st of the Super Bowl era. The season began on September 8, 2016, with the defending Super Bowl 50 champion Denver Broncos defeating the Carolina Panthers in the NFL Kickoff Game in a rematch of the Super Bowl.
The Giants, the NFC's #5 seed, became just the second NFC wild card team ever to win a conference championship (the 1975 Dallas Cowboys being the other) and the third team ever (and first NFC team) to reach the Super Bowl with three road playoff wins (joining the 1985 New England Patriots and the 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers.
The six teams who have definitely qualified for the playoffs are: 1. Detroit Lions (15-2) - won NFC North 2. Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) - won NFC East 3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-7) - won NFC South 4.
2024-25 NFL playoffs schedule. The wild-card round is set. All times Eastern. Wild Card (all times Eastern) ... Super Bowl. Conference championship winners play at a neutral site.
Super Bowl championship since Super Bowl XXV in 1991. City of New York: Super Bowl championship since the Giants won Super Bowl XXV in 1991. Major professional sports championship since: The Yankees won the 2000 World Series. This was also the first championship for a team other than the Yankees since the Rangers won the 1994 Stanley Cup.