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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (season 4)
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
26[1]
Release
Original network
Nickelodeon
Original release
October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25) – February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26)
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List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) episodes
The fourth season of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles began airing on Nickelodeon on October 25, 2015. On June 17, 2014, Nickelodeon ordered a fourth season of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.[2]
The four final episodes first aired in South Korea in mid-late December 2016.[3] This is the only season that has aired over two years, as well as the only season where the 2-part finale aired in separate weeks.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Production
3 Episodes
4 Notes
5 References
Plot[edit]
After the Turtles, April, and Casey are saved from the destruction of Earth, the Fugitoid uses his spacecraft the Ulixes to turn back time to six months earlier in order for him and the Turtles to prevent the Triceraton Empire led by Emperor Zanmoran from assembling the three components of the Heart of Darkness that are scattered throughout the universe before everything on Earth is lost. Besides fighting the Triceratons, the Turtles also face new enemies in outer space like Lord Vringath Dregg of the planet Sectoid and the bounty hunter Armaggon, and even have an adventure with their inter-dimensional 1987 counterparts and their enemy Krang who is an exiled relative of Kraang Subprime. Despite the efforts of the Turtles, the Triceratons are still able to collect all three pieces of the Black Hole Generator, only for the Turtles to return to Earth and join forces with their past selves to warn Splinter before he is killed by the Shredder, stop the detonator of the Heart of Darkness, and defeat the Triceratons. The Fugitoid destroys the Black Hole Generator near the Triceraton space fleet, causing to explode, presumably killing the Triceratons. In the aftermath of the fight against the Triceratons, the past versions of the Turtles, April, and Casey leave Earth with the past Fugitoid in the Ulixes while the present Fugitoid's head reactivates in Earth orbit.
At one point, during their adventures throughout the cosmos, April is given a fragment of the ancient Aeon's mystical Sol Star (containing the very essence of power and life itself), and which helps her in further developing her psychic abilities as well as drastically increasing them to incalculable levels; also due to the several training sessions she had with the Fugitoid.
Weeks later following the Triceraton Invasion being thwarted and the Foot Clan's disappearance, April is promoted to kunoichi at the time when the witch Shinigami arrives and is revealed that she is Karai's friend as they plot to rebuild the Foot Clan and dispose of the Shredder who is still recuperating from his last fight with Splinter. While Karai and Shinigami have some ninjas on their side, the Foot Clan strengthens the Footbot army by creating the Elite Footbots. Furthermore, some other crime organizations have been plotting to take over the Foot Clan's territory, and a crystal fragment of immeasurable mystical power (which April had received from an ancient benevolent race of aliens known as the Aeons) is beginning to exert quite a baneful influence on her. However, she eventually succeeds in overcoming its vast mystical power and shatters it. She then apologizes for her not disregarding the universal influence the Sol Star fragment had on her, but assures everyone that she now has a better understand of how to control her increasingly powerful psionic abilities on her own.
Using a special mutagen formula, Oroku Saki recuperates and becomes the Super Shredder in order to take back control of the Foot Clan from Karai, finish off Splinter and the Turtles, and even goes far enough to inject more unstable mutagen into himself. He ends up killing Splinter by stabbing him after so long, and is thrown into a garbage truck to be left for dead by Casey and April. However, he survives and begins to hunt the Turtles once again. Having had enough, the Turtles decide to end the long feud once and for all. After many obstacles the Turtles face against Shredder, and Leonardo ends it by killing him.
With Splinter avenged and Shredder dead, the Turtles and their friends wonder about what lies ahead. Knowing the foot isn't over yet and there are still enemies out there, the heroes prepare for the road ahead, knowing that Splinter is still with them, in spirit.
Production[edit]
After appearing in the two-part Season 2 episode, The Manhattan Project, the 1987 counterparts of the turtles had a crossover episode with the turtles from this series in the "Trans-Dimensional Turtles" episode.[4] In addition with Cam Clarke, Rob Paulsen, Townsend Coleman and Barry Gordon reprising their roles as the 1987 Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello, respectively, from the episodes, Pat Fraley also reprises his role as Krang from the 1987 series.[4]
Episodes[edit]
Main article: List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date [5] [nb 1]
Prod.
code [5]
U.S. viewers
(millions)
79
1 "Beyond the Known Universe" Alan Wan Brandon Auman October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25) 401 1.62[6]
After the destruction of Earth and Master Splinter's murder (by The Shredder at the last moment), the Turtles, April, and Casey travel back in time with a cyborg alien scientist known as the Fugitoid to six months earlier to stop the Triceratons from collecting all the parts to the black hole generator, pursued by the villainous ruler of the planet Sectoid, Lord Vringath Dregg, after crossing paths with him while stopping at a spaceport for repairs.
80
2 "The Moons of Thalos 3" Michael Chang John Shirley November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01) 402 1.66[7]
Traveling inside their spacecraft, the Turtles, April, Casey, and the Fugitoid are shot down by the Triceratons and are stranded on an icy moon. As they try to escape, they come across two of the Newtralizer's people, the Salamandarians, one of which Raphael develops a crush on and nicknames "Mona Lisa".
81
3 "The Weird World of Wyrm" Sebastian Montes Randolph Heard November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08) 403 1.60[8]
While investigating a wrecked ship, the Turtles, April, Casey, and the Fugitoid find a hypercube containing the creature Wyrm, who grants them three wishes.
82
4 "The Outlaw Armaggon!" Alan Wan Gavin Hignight November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15) 404 1.41[9]
When Lord Dregg hires a cyborg bounty hunter shark named Armaggon to destroy the Turtles, the team flees to an abandoned space station. However, they soon face another threat in the form of the station's autonomous artificial intelligence system, Overmind.
83
5 "Riddle of the Ancient Aeons" Michael Chang Brandon Auman January 10, 2016 (2016-01-10) 405 1.62[10]
The Turtles, the Fugitoid, April, and Casey must journey through an ancient alien temple to get a fragment of the black hole generator before the Triceratons do.
84
6 "Journey to the Center of Mikey's Mind"[11] Sebastian Montes Todd Casey January 17, 2016 (2016-01-17) 406 1.58[12]
When microscopic aliens invade Mikey's mind, the Turtles have to chase them through the strange world of Mikey's subconscious, with the help of April's psychic abilities.
85
7 "The Arena of Carnage"[13] Alan Wan Peter Di Cicco January 24, 2016 (2016-01-24) 407 1.58[14]
The Turtles are captured and thrown into the Triceratons' battle arena. Their only chance of escaping is teaming up with a convicted traitor while April and Casey work with the Fugitoid to free them.
Note: April's inherent psychic powers are beginning to become more developed and much stronger, due to the crystal fragment of the mystical Sol Star necklace.
86
8 "The War for Dimension X"[15] Michael Chang Kevin Burke & Chris "Doc" Wyatt January 31, 2016 (2016-01-31) 408 1.60[16]
The Turtles must gain the trust of the Utrom Council (Queen, Rook, Bishop, and Pawn) in order to find the next piece of the black hole generator, where they learn the Utroms past, as well as the Kraang's.
87
9 "The Cosmic Ocean" Sebastian Montes Mark Henry March 13, 2016 (2016-03-13) 409 1.52[17]
The Turtles journey through the cosmic ocean of Varuna in outer space, which is gravitationally bound together, where they must prove themselves worthy to Hiidalra, an aquatic alien queen who holds the second piece of the black hole generator.
88
10 "Trans-Dimensional Turtles" Alan Wan Brandon Auman March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27) 410 1.53[18]
The Turtles are transported to a parallel universe, where they meet their counterparts and together they battle Krang and Kraang Subprime. Both the Donatellos go to the mirage universe but only for a short time.
Note: This episode had an early screening at WonderCon on March 26, 2016, a day before its broadcast date.
89
11 "Revenge of the Triceratons" Michael Chang & Ben Jones Randolph Heard April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03) 411 1.45[19]
Donatello is feeling inferior to the Fugitoid, but his intellect is put to the test when the Triceratons attack.
90
12 "The Evil of Dregg" Sebastian Montes Gavin Hignight April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10) 412 1.70[20]
When Raphael loses his fighting mojo after seemingly being betrayed by Mona Lisa on Sectoid 1, he must overcome his feelings to save his brothers from certain doom at the hands of Lord Dregg and Armaggon.
91
13 "The Ever-Burning Fire" Alan Wan John Shirley April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17) 413 1.40[21]
The Turles must overcome impossible odds like the Triceratons and Lord Dregg in order to obtain the final Black Hole Generator piece that is located on the lava planet of Magdomar, guarded by the cosmic alligator snapping turtle-like beast Tokka. In the end, they lose all three pieces and Mozar calls them at the end saying they are going to use the black hole generator on Earth.
92
14 "Earth's Last Stand" Michael Chang & Ben Jones Brandon Auman April 24, 2016 (2016-04-24) 414 1.64[22]
As the team finally reaches Earth, the Fugitoid reveals a horrible secret about his past. He reveals that he was the creator of the Heart of Darkness. At the end of the episode, the turtles warn Splinter about Shredder's betrayal, while Fugitoid flies himself and his ship into the Triceraton mothership along with the Heart of Darkness to destroy it; taking the Triceratons and himself down with it. The Turtles, April and Casey mourn his ultimate sacrifice for their world. However, at the end of the episode, his head reactivates in the Triceraton rubble.
93
15 "City at War"[23] Sebastian Montes Brandon Auman August 14, 2016 (2016-08-14) 415 1.51[24]
Weeks after the Triceratons were stopped, the Turtles now celebrates April's full transition as a kunoichi. They find out Karai has returned and she vowed to restore the Foot Clan and undo the damage the Shredder has done to the Clan with the help of her old friend from Japan, Shinigami. It is revealed that Shredder is alive but gravely injured from the previous episode who now uses mutagen provided by Stockman to speed up his recovery and to further increase his strength.
Note: This episode had an early sneak peek at Comic Con 2016.
94
16 "Broken Foot" Alan Wan Peter Di Cicco August 21, 2016 (2016-08-21) 416 1.46[25]
When Leonardo secretly allies himself with Karai who now has Foot Soldiers of her own he gets himself into deeper danger than he could have realized, such as Donatello getting injured from explosives and the Turtles and Karai close to death in the Foot Soldier Factory. In the end Karai no longer wants to go after Shredder's belongings but she wants to go after Shredder himself.
Note: Raphael mentions that he wanted to dress up like a vigilante called "Nightwatcher," a reference to his alter-ego in TMNT. Leonardo's costume is a reference to the Foot Ninja outfit that he wore in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when he was magically brainwashed by a witch Kitsume (in the City Falls saga) into believing that he worked for the Shredder.
95
17 "The Insecta Trifecta" Michael Chang & Ben Jones Kevin Burke & Chris "Doc" Wyatt August 28, 2016 (2016-08-28) 417 1.40[26]
Raphael must overcome his fear of insects to help the team when they are forced to battle Stockman-Fly's new insect minions Scumbug and Antrax, who have captured Casey Jones at the time when Shredder was recuperating.
96
18 "Mutant Gangland" Sebastian Montes Todd Casey September 4, 2016 (2016-09-04) 418 1.21[27]
With the Shredder missing from the city, Don Vizioso desires to take over by having his gangster engineer highly advanced anti-mutant weapons that have been designed to incapacitate the Turtles and their fellow mutants. When Mondo Gecko and Donnie are abducted, it is up to Leo, Mikey, Raph, Slash, Leatherhead, and Dr. Rockwell to save them from being taken apart for the amusement of Don Vizioso. However, they must also deal with Don's strongest and most lethal of minions: Hammer.
97
19 "Bat in the Belfry" Alan Wan Eugene Son September 11, 2016 (2016-09-11) 419 1.47[28]
Donnie experiments with April's crystalline fragment of the mystical Sol Star (which she is becoming quite obsessed with, due to its mighty power further developing and rapidly increasing her psychic abilities to tremendous levels), but accidentally supercharges it with electricity, that stirs sudden sentience and autonomy in the crystal fragment. It then uses this to bring four of the main characters from Mikey's favorite comic book to life.
Mikey easily befriends the heroes Wingnut and Screwloose, and he and Casey join them in stopping crime. But when they tell the two superheroes about the fact that they're fictional characters, and show them the mystical Sol Star, it causes Wingnut and Screwloose to transform into insane monstrous forms. Meanwhile, Donatello becomes incessantly worried that the Sol Star fragment is gradually affecting April's mental stability.
98
20 "The Super Shredder" Rie Koga Brandon Auman November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06) 420 1.47[29]
For the first time, the Turtles encounter something they cannot defeat - the Super Shredder! Now far stronger and more vicious than ever, Shredder has returned to put an end to Splinter and the Turtles once and for all. He captures Karai and challenges Splinter to another duel to the death. Meanwhile, the Turtles and April have to deal with Tiger Claw, Rahzar, and Fishface.
In the Undercity, the duel between Splinter and Super Shredder begins to heat up; particularly when Shredder's right arm begins to go out of control as a dangerous side effect of the highly unstable mutagen dosages Stockman-Fly had warned him of. The Turtles, April and Karai show up to assist Splinter, but are held up Chrome Domes. As Super Shredder prepares for the final blow, Splinter throws a knife at some smoke bombs, which causes the ledge to crumble and collapse, resulting in the longtime rivals to fall 1,000 feet into the abyss below; presumably to their deaths.
Note: This episode had an early showing at New York Comic Con 2016.
99
21 "Darkest Plight" Sebastian Montes Randolph Heard November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13) 421 1.26[30]
The Turtles (along with April, Casey, and Karai) desperately hunt for Splinter, as Super Shredder is seen to have survived and has Bebop and Rocksteady make sure that Splinter is truly destroyed. Donnie, Mikey, Raph and Casey go to search the Undercity for Splinter with their grappling hooks; unaware that Bebop and Rocksteady are not far. Meanwhile Leo, Karai and April lure Tiger Claw and Super Shredder to the surface. Leo is separated from the two girls and left to battle Super Shredder all on his own. Fortunately, April uses her extraordinarily powerful telekinetic abilities against Super Shredder and succeeds in saving Karai from being crushed by a truck that contains sulfuric acid (thanks to the mystical Sol Star fragment further amplifying her psionic abilities), her eyes glow a bright blue and she smiles malevolently as she hurls it right back at Super Shredder.
In the depths of the Under-City, a gravely injured and weakened Splinter is shocked to find the Rat King, who wants him back under his control. But is revealed to have been nothing more than hallucinations due to his fever. He is then rescued by a joyous Donnie and Mikey. At his new lair, Super Shredder demands more mutagen, which Tiger Claw adamantly refuses to allow, as it will destroy his entire being. However, he forces Stockman-Fly to inject the remaining dosages of the unstable mutagen into his system as Tiger Claw watches in terror and fear.
100
22 "The Power Inside Her" Alan Wan Peter Di Cicco November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20) 422 1.21[31]
Despite Leonardo's uncertainty, Donatello decides to do tests on April, but only ends up in further increasing her psionic abilities and being possessed by the corrupted spirit of an almighty elder Aeon from within the Sol Star fragment, by the name of Za-Naron. In the end, April succeeds in regaining control, putting an end to Za-Naron and breaking the Sol Star fragment. She apologizes for not listening to what they had warned her about the influence the crystal fragment had on her; particularly Donnie. She assures everyone that even though she can no longer harness the great mystical power of the Aeons, she now has a better understanding of how to control her increasingly powerful psionic abilities on her own.
101
23 "Tokka vs. the World" Rie Koga Gavin Hignight February 5, 2017 (2017-02-05) 423 1.23[32]
Tokka, who is shown to have survived the colossal implosion of the dwarf star in "The Ever-Burning Fire", returns and discovers that her baby boy (whom Raphael adopted as Chompy Picasso) is missing. Determined to get him back, she crash lands on Earth; leading up to an intense battle between her, the Earth Protection Force, and the Turtles who meet up with Bishop, who aids E.P.F. in advancing Earth's defenses against more extraterrestrial invasions. Raph manages to approach Tokka and explains that he only took her baby because he believed that she had perished, leaving Chompy motherless. Touched by this, Tokka leaves Chompy in Raph's care and returns to Magdomar. Splinter wonders what Raph will do once Chompy becomes full grown, to which Raph replies that he knows that Chompy is fated to return to the stars one day but will always look out for him until that day comes.
Note: This episode aired in South Korea's Nickelodeon on December 17.[citation needed]
102
24 "Tale of Tiger Claw" Sebastian Montes Mark Henry February 12, 2017 (2017-02-12) 424 1.17[33]
A dangerous female assassin and fox-mutant, by the name of Alopex, with super speed, appears who is bent on taking down her own brother, Tiger Claw, with the cursed Blades of Vengeance. The Turtles, April and Casey try to befriend her, but she turns on them and furiously goes after Tiger Claw alone, but not before she curses Casey with the blades. Unfortunately, for her, Tiger Claw has well prepared for her arrival. The Turtles make the scene and distract Tiger Claw while April uses her tanto to break the M.O.U.S.E.R. cage that traps her. In gratitude, Alopex returns one of the blades to Casey, and April uses her telekinetic abilities to borrow Tiger Claw's ice gun so Casey can destroy them, thus breaking their curse. Alopex pins Tiger Claw and seems prepared to kill him again but decides against it as it is not honorable. Tiger Claw shoots her from behind, but Alopex anticipates this and dodges the blast and slices off his right arm; an act that shocks even the Turtles. As Bebop and Rocksteady take the mutilated Tiger Claw away, Alopex takes off to the city rooftops again.
Note: April uses her extraordinarily powerful psychic abilities without the great power of the mystical Sol Star fragment for the first time.
Guest Star: Minae Noji as Alopex.
103
25 "Requiem" Alan Wan Brandon Auman February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19) 425 1.01[34]
When the Mutagen serum that Super Shredder used to mutate himself had been stabilized, Super Shredder is rid of his weaknesses and he is ready to hunt down Splinter and the Turtles and finish the fierce battle between him and his enemies and he finishes off Splinter by stabbing him and throwing him off the rooftop of the Wolf Hotel where the Turtles first fought Shredder. Enraged, April unleashes an exceptionally strong wave of white psychic energy to throw Super Shredder off the roof and into a garbage truck and Casey seemingly kills him by turning on the crusher. The grieving Turtles then carry Splinter's body to the Shellraiser and depart to lay him to rest. Super Shredder's hand bursts through the top of the truck, still very much alive.
Note: This first aired on Nickelodeon in South Korea on December 30.[citation needed]
104
26 "Owari" Rie Koga Brandon Auman February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26) 426 1.23[35]
After Splinter is buried on the O'Neil farm, his spirit informs Leonardo that Super Shredder is still alive and needs to be stopped. The Turtles, April, and Casey ambush Shredder's hideout after finding out the location from the injured Karai. They defeat Super Shredder's henchmen (even turning Baxter Stockman back to normal in the process) before confronting Saki on the roof of the hideout. After Super Shredder knocks almost everyone off the building, Leonardo finally defeats the Shredder and finishes him off. The Turtles return to New York victorious as they prepare for the next imminent threat.
Note: This season finale first aired on South Korea's version of Nickelodeon on December 30.[citation needed]
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ "Tokka vs. the World" and "Tale of Tiger Claw" first aired on December 17, 2016 in South Korea. Requiem and Owari first aired on December 30, 2016 in South Korea.[citation needed]
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NFL playoffs
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The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the National Football League regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season records, and a tie-breaking procedure exists in the case of equal records. The tournament ends with the Super Bowl, the league's championship game, which matches the two conference champions.
NFL postseason history can be traced to the first NFL Championship Game in 1933, though in the early years, qualification for the game was based solely on regular season records. From 1933 to 1966, the NFL postseason generally only consisted of the NFL Championship Game, pitting the league's two division winners (pending any one-game playoff matches that needed to be held to break ties in the division standings). The NFL playoffs then expanded in 1967, when four teams qualified for the tournament. When the league merged with the American Football League (AFL) in 1970, the playoffs expanded to eight teams. The playoffs were expanded to 10 teams in 1978 and 12 teams since 1990.
The NFL is the only one out of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States to use a single-elimination tournament in all four rounds of its playoffs; Major League Baseball (MLB) (not including their wild-card postseason round), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Hockey League (NHL) all use a "best-of" series format instead.
Contents
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1 Current playoff system
2 Breaking ties
3 Overtime rules
4 Playoff and championship history
4.1 Early years
4.2 1932 playoff game
4.3 Before the Super Bowl
4.3.1 AFL and AAFC playoffs
4.4 Super Bowl and merger
4.5 Expansion
5 Modification proposals
6 NFL playoff appearances
6.1 Appearances by active teams
7 See also
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
Current playoff system[edit]
The NFL playoffs have a single-elimination tournament format consisting of 12 teams, 6 from the NFC and 6 from the AFC. Seeds 1-4 for each conference are the four division winners, ordered by regular season winning percentage. Seeds 5-6, the wildcards, are the next two teams in the conference with the highest regular season winning percentage. In the case of ties in winning percentages, the NFL has a system for resolving conflicts.
Schedule for the NFL playoffs
Season
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
Wild Card
Jan 6–7 Jan 5–6 Jan 4–5 Jan 9–10
Divisional
Jan 13–14 Jan 12–13 Jan 11–12 Jan 16–17
Conference
Jan 21 Jan 20 Jan 19 Jan 24
Super Bowl
LII
Feb 4 LIII
Feb 3 LIV
Feb 2 LV
Feb 7
The 32-team National Football League is divided into two conferences, American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC), each with 16 teams. Since 2002, each conference has been further divided into four divisions of four teams each. The tournament brackets are made up of six teams from each of the league's two conferences, following the end of the regular season. Qualification into the playoffs works as follows:[1]
The 4 division champions from each conference (the team in each division with the best overall record), which are seeded 1 through 4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record.
Two wild-card qualifiers from each conference (the two teams with the best overall records of all remaining teams in the conference), which are seeded 5 and 6.
The names of the first two playoff rounds date back to the postseason format that was first used in 1978, when the league added a second wild-card team to each conference. The first round of the playoffs is dubbed the wild-card playoffs (or wild-card weekend). In this round, the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth. There are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference receive a bye in the first round, which entitles these teams to automatic advancement to the second round, the divisional playoffs, where they face the wild-card weekend survivors. The 1 seed has home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system. The number 1 seed will host the worst surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5 or 6), while the number 2 seed will play the other team (seed 3, 4 or 5).[2] The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games (hosted by the higher seed), with the winners of those contests going on to face one another in the Super Bowl. Only twice since 1990 has neither a number one-seeded team nor a number two-seeded team hosted a conference championship game (in the 2006 AFC Championship the #3 seeded Indianapolis Colts hosted the #4 seeded New England Patriots with the Colts winning 38–34 and the 2008 NFC Championship the #4 seeded Arizona Cardinals hosting the #6 seeded Philadelphia Eagles with the Cardinals winning 32–25).
If teams are tied (having the same regular season won-lost-tied record), the playoff seeding is determined by a set of tie-breaking rules.[1]
One potential disadvantage is that the two teams with the best records in a conference could play each other before the conference championship if they are in the same division. The better team would be seeded #1, while the lesser team would be seeded #5 as the top wild-card team, and as shown in the diagram, it is possible for the #1 division winner to play the top wild-card team in the divisional round. (See also the "Modification proposals" section below.)
The New York Giants and New York Jets have shared the same home stadium since 1984 (first Giants Stadium from 1984 to 2009, and MetLife Stadium since 2010). Thus, if both teams need to host playoff games on the same weekend, they are always required to play on separate days, even during the Conference Championship round. The only time such a scheduling conflict has occurred was during wild-card weekend in 1985, when only 10 teams qualified for the postseason and there were only two wild-card games (See the "History" section below): Instead of playing both wild-card games on the same day, as was the case when the 10-team system was used from 1978 to 1989, the New England Patriots defeated the Jets, 26–14, on Saturday, December 28, before the Giants beat the San Francisco 49ers, 17–3, on the following day.
Breaking ties[edit]
Often, teams will finish a season with identical records. It becomes necessary, therefore, to devise means to break these ties, either to determine which teams will qualify for the playoffs, or to determine seeding in the playoff tournament. The rules below are applied in order until the tie is broken. If three teams are tied for one playoff spot and the third team is eliminated at any step, the tie breaker reverts to step one for the remaining two teams. If multiple playoff spots are at stake, the rules are applied in order until the first team qualifies, then the process is started again for the remaining teams.
The tie-breaking rules have changed over the years, with the most recent changes being made in 2002 to accommodate the league's realignment into eight four-team divisions; record vs. common opponents and most of the other criteria involving wins and losses were moved up higher in the tie-breaking list, while those involving compiled stats such as points for and against were moved to the bottom.[1][3]
The current tiebreakers are as follows, with coin tosses used if all of the criteria fail:[4]
Divisional tiebreakers
Conference tiebreakers
Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games between the clubs).
Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the division.
Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games (games played against the same opponents).
Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
Strength of victory (the combined won-lost-tied percentage of all the teams that a club has defeated).
Strength of schedule (the combined won-lost-tied percentage of all the teams that a club has played against).
Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed.
Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed.
Best net points in common games.
Best net points in all games.
Best net touchdowns in all games.
Apply division tie breaker to eliminate all but the highest ranked club in each division prior to proceeding to step 2.
Head-to-head, if applicable. (For ties among three or more teams, this step is only applied if there is a head-to-head sweep; i.e., if one club has defeated each of the others or if one club has lost to each of the others.)
Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
Strength of victory (record of all the teams they defeated that season).
Strength of schedule (record of all the teams they played that season).
Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed.
Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed.
Best net points in conference games.
Best net points in all games.
Best net touchdowns in all games.
Overtime rules[edit]
See also: Overtime (sports)
The NFL introduced overtime for any divisional tiebreak games beginning in 1940, and for championship games beginning in 1946. The first postseason game to be played under these rules was the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants (the so-called "Greatest Game Ever Played"). Overtime under the original format was sudden death, the first team to score would be declared the winner.
In March 2010, the NFL amended its rules for postseason overtime, with the rule being extended into the regular season in March 2012. If a team scores a touchdown, or if the defense scores a safety on its first possession, it is declared the winner. If it scores a field goal on its first possession, however, it then kicks off to the opposing team, which has an opportunity to score; if the score is tied again after that possession, true sudden death rules apply and whoever scores next will win.
Since postseason games cannot end in a tie, unlike the preseason or regular season, additional overtime periods are played as necessary until a winner is determined. Furthermore, all clock rules apply as if a game had started over. Therefore, if the first overtime period ends with the score still tied, the teams switch ends of the field prior to double overtime. If a game was still tied with two minutes to go in double overtime, there would be a two-minute warning (but not during the first overtime period as in the regular season). And if it were still tied at the end of double overtime, there would be a kickoff to start triple overtime.[5] Although a contest could theoretically last indefinitely, or last multiple overtime periods like several National Hockey League postseason games, no NFL playoff game has ever gone into triple-overtime. The longest NFL game played to date is 82 minutes, 40 seconds: Miami Dolphins kicker Garo Yepremian made the winning 37-yard field goal after 7:40 of double-overtime to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 27–24, in the 1971–72 NFL playoffs on December 25, 1971.[6]
Playoff games that went at least into double overtime[7]
Length of game
Date
Away team
Score
Home team
Winning score
82:40 December 25, 1971 Miami Dolphins 27–24 Kansas City Chiefs Garo Yepremian 37-yard field goal
77:54† December 23, 1962 Dallas Texans 20–17 Houston Oilers Tommy Brooker 25-yard field goal
77:02 January 3, 1987 New York Jets 20–23 Cleveland Browns Mark Moseley 27-yard field goal
76:42 January 12, 2013 Baltimore Ravens 38–35 Denver Broncos Justin Tucker 47-yard field goal
75:43 December 24, 1977 Oakland Raiders 37–31 Baltimore Colts Dave Casper 10-yard touchdown pass from Ken Stabler
75:10 January 10, 2004 Carolina Panthers 29–23 St. Louis Rams Steve Smith 69-yard touchdown pass from Jake Delhomme
† AFL game prior to the AFL–NFL merger.
Playoff and championship history[edit]
Further information: National Football League championships
For playoff games of the American Football League prior to the AFL–NFL merger, see AFL playoffs.
The NFL's method for determining its champions has changed over the years.
Early years[edit]
From the league's founding in 1920 until 1932, there was no scheduled championship game. From 1920–1923, the championship was awarded to a team by a vote of team owners at the annual owners' meeting. From 1924–1932, the team having the best winning percentage was awarded the championship (the de facto standard owners had been using anyway). As each team played a different number of games, simply counting wins and losses would have been insufficient. Additionally, tie games were not counted in the standings in figuring winning percentage (under modern rules, ties count as ½ win and ½ loss). There was a head-to-head tiebreaker, which also was weighted toward the end of the season: for two teams that played each other twice, each winning once, the team winning the second game was determined to be the champion (the criteria used to decide the 1921 title).[8][9]
1932 playoff game[edit]
Further information: NFL playoff game, 1932
In 1932, the Chicago Bears (6–1–6) and the Portsmouth Spartans (6–1–4) were tied at the end of the season with the identical winning percentage of .857 (the Green Bay Packers (10–3–1) had more wins, but a lower winning percentage (.769) as calculated under the rules of the day, which omitted ties). An additional game was therefore needed to determine a champion. It was agreed that the game would be played in Chicago at Wrigley Field, but severe winter weather and fear of a low turnout forced the game to be moved indoors to Chicago Stadium. The game was played under modified rules on a shortened 80-yard dirt field, and the Bears won with a final score of 9–0.[8][10] As a result of the game, the Bears had the better winning percentage (.875) and won the league title. The loss gave the Spartans a final winning percentage of .750, and moved them to third place behind the Packers. While there is no consensus that this game was a real "championship" game (or even a playoff game), it generated considerable interest and led to the creation of the official NFL Championship Game in 1933.[10]
Before the Super Bowl[edit]
Further information: List of NFL champions
Given the interest of the impromptu "championship game", and the desire of the league to create a more equitable means of determining a champion, the league divided into two conferences beginning in 1933. The winners of each conference (the first place teams in the conferences) met in the NFL Championship Game after the season. There was no tie-breaker system in place; any ties in the final standings of either conference resulted in a playoff game being played in 1941, 1943, 1947, two games in 1950, and one each in 1952, 1957, 1958, and 1965. Since the venue and date of the championship game were often not known until the last game of the season had been played, these playoff games sometimes resulted in delaying the end of the season by one week.
The playoff structure used from 1933 to 1966 was considered inequitable by some because of the number of times it failed to match the teams with the two best records in the championship game, as only the conference winners would qualify for playoff contention. Four times between 1950 and 1966 (in 1951, 1956, 1960, and 1963) the team with the second-best win-loss record did not qualify for the playoffs while the team with the best record in the other conference, but only the third-best in the league, would advance to the championship game.
For the 1967 NFL season, the NFL expanded to 16 teams, and split its two conferences into two divisions each, with four teams in each division. The four division champions would advance to the NFL playoffs, and to remain on schedule, a tie-breaker system was introduced. The first round of playoffs determined the conference's champion and its representative in the NFL Championship Game, played the following week. Thus, 1967 was the first season there was a scheduled playoff tournament to determine the teams to play for the NFL Championship.[11]
During the three years (1967–69) that this playoff structure was in effect, there was one use of the tie-breaker system. In 1967, the Los Angeles Rams and Baltimore Colts ended the season tied at 11–1–2 for the lead in the Coastal Division. The Colts came into the last game of the season undefeated, but were beaten by the Rams. Though the Colts shared the best win/loss record in the NFL that year, they failed to advance to the playoffs while three other teams with worse records won their divisions. This event figured into the decision in 1970 to include a wild-card team in the playoff tournament after the AFL–NFL merger.
During the 1960s, a third-place playoff game was played in Miami, called the Playoff Bowl. It was contested in early January following the 1960–69 seasons. Though official playoff games at the time they were played, the NFL now officially classifies these ten games (and statistics) as exhibitions, not as playoff games.[12]
AFL and AAFC playoffs[edit]
Since it would eventually merge with the NFL, the history of the AFL's playoff system merits some explanation. For the 1960–68 seasons, the AFL used the two-divisional format identical to the NFL to determine its champion. There was no tie-breaker system in place, so ties atop the Eastern Division final standings in 1963 and Western Division in 1968 necessitated playoff games to determine each division's representative in the championship.
For the 1969 season, a first round was added whereby each division winner played the second-place team from the other division. The winners of these games met in the AFL Championship Game.[11] In the only year of this format, the AFL Champion Kansas City Chiefs were the second-place team in the Western division. The Chiefs went on to win Super Bowl IV that season, thus becoming the first non-division winner to win a Super Bowl.[13]
During its brief history, the AAFC, which would merge into the NFL for the 1950 season, used an identical playoff format to the NFL from 1946 to 1948. In 1949 (its last year), the AAFC would merge its two conferences when one of its teams folded, and use a four-team playoff system. In 1948, the aforementioned issue of playoff inequity came into play when the San Francisco 49ers would miss the playoffs with a 12–2 record; they were in the same conference as the 14–0 Cleveland Browns, who would go on to win the Western Conference and then the AAFC's championship game against the 7–7 Buffalo Bills (AAFC).
Super Bowl and merger[edit]
The Super Bowl began as an inter-league championship game between the AFL and NFL, an idea first proposed by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt. This compromise was the result of pressures the upstart AFL was placing on the older NFL. The success of the rival league would eventually lead to a full merger of the two leagues.[8]
From the 1966 season to the 1969 season (Super Bowls I–IV) the game featured the champions of the AFL and NFL. Since the 1970 season, the game has featured the champions of the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).
When the leagues merged in 1970, the new NFL (with 26 teams) reorganized into two conferences of three divisions each. From the 1970 season to the 1977 season, four teams from each conference (for a total of eight teams) qualified for the playoffs each year. These four teams included the three division champions, and a fourth wild-card team.[14]
Originally, the home teams in the playoffs were decided based on a yearly rotation.[15] From 1970 to 1974, the divisional playoff round rotated which of the three division champions would have home field advantage, with the wild-card teams and the teams they would face in the divisional playoff game would never have home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Starting in 1970, the divisional playoff games consisted of the AFC Central champions and the NFC West champions playing their games on the road. Then in 1971 it rotated to the AFC East champions and the NFC East champions playing their games on the road. In the 1972 divisional playoff games, the AFC West champions and the NFC Central champions were the visiting teams. And 1973 it would start all over with the AFC Central and NFC West again, and so on.
The rotation system led to several playoff inequities, such as:
In 1971, the teams with the two best records in each conference met in the divisional round.
In 1972, the Dolphins had to take their perfect record to Three Rivers Stadium to face the Pittsburgh Steelers, who went 11-3, in the AFC championship game.
In 1973, the Cowboys finished 10-4 but hosted two 12-2 teams, the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota.
The league did not institute a seeding system for the playoffs until 1975, where the surviving clubs with the higher seeds were made the home teams for each playoff round.[8] Thus, the top seeded division winner played the wild-card team, and the remaining two division winners played at the home stadium of the better seed (which meant that the lowest-seeded division winner had to open the postseason on the road). However, two teams from the same division could not meet prior to the conference championship game.[16] Thus, there would be times when the pairing in the divisional playoff round would be the 1 seed vs. the 3 seed and 2 vs. 4.
Expansion[edit]
Following an expansion of the regular season from 14 to 16 games in the 1978 season, the league added one more wild-card team for each conference. The two wild-card teams played the week before the division winners. The winner of this game played the top seeded division winner as was done from 1970–1977. The league continued to prohibit intra-divisional games in the divisional playoffs, but allowed such contests in the wild-card round.[17] This ten-team playoff format was used through the 1989 season.[14] Under this system, the Oakland Raiders became the first wild-card team to win a Super Bowl following the 1980 season.[18]
During the strike-shortened 1982 season, only nine regular season games were played, and a modified playoff format was instituted. Divisional play was ignored (there were some cases where division rivals had both games wiped out by the strike, although each division ultimately sent at least one team to the playoffs), and the top eight teams from each conference (based on W-L-T record) were advanced to the playoffs. As a result, this became the first time that teams with losing records qualified for the playoffs: the 4–5 Cleveland Browns and the 4–5 Detroit Lions.[19]
Several times between 1978–89, the two wild-card games had to be played on different days. Normally they both would be held on Sunday. In 1983 and 1988, the games were split between Saturday and Monday because Sunday was Christmas, and the NFL had avoided playing on that day at the time. In 1984, both games were played in the Pacific Time Zone, so they had to be played on Saturday and Sunday to accommodate for time differences. In 1985, both the New York Giants and Jets hosted wild-card games. As they have shared a home stadium since 1984, the games had to be played on different days.
For the 1990 season, a third wild-card team for each conference was added, expanding the playoffs to the current twelve teams. The lowest-seeded division winner was then "demoted" to the wild-card weekend. Also, the restrictions on intra-divisional games during the divisional playoffs were removed.[20]
The 2001 season became the first time that playoff games were played in prime time.[21] Thus, the league no longer had the same restrictions like in 1984 as to when to schedule games in the Pacific Time Zone.
The 1990 format continued until the 2002 expansion and reorganization into eight divisions. In this current format, as explained above, the 4 division winners and 2 wild cards are seeded 1–6, with the top 2 seeds receiving byes, and the highest seed in each round guaranteed to play the lowest seed. Also, seeds determine the home-field advantage.[14]
Modification proposals[edit]
There are some limitations that exist in the current 12-team playoff system. Since being a division winner is a guaranteed playoff berth, there have been many cases in which a team that wins a "weak" division either barely has a winning record or has a .500 or losing record altogether (such as the 2010 Seattle Seahawks). At the same time, since a division winner is seeded higher than the wild cards, non-division winners may end up playing a road game during Wild Card Weekend against a team with an inferior record, or may end up outright missing the playoffs. And going on the road during the first postseason round does not guarantee success: the first time that all four road teams won during Wild Card Weekend occurred during the 2015–16 season.[22]
This issue has become more prevalent since the aforementioned 2002 realignment. There are three notable examples in which a division winner with a .500 or sub-.500 record ended up winning a playoff game against a team with a superior record:
In the 2008–09 season, the San Diego Chargers clinched the AFC West with only an 8–8 record, and hosted the 12–4 Indianapolis Colts in the wild-card round, while the New England Patriots failed to even secure a wild-card spot at 11–5. The Chargers then went on to defeat the Colts in that playoff game.
In the 2010–11 season, the aforementioned 2010 Seahawks won the NFC West with a 7–9 record, hosting and defeating the 11–5 New Orleans Saints. Failing to make the playoffs were the New York Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, both with 10–6 records, due to losing tiebreakers for the sixth seed to the Green Bay Packers, who went on to become the first sixth-seeded team from the NFC to win the Super Bowl. The 2010 Seahawks were the first team in NFL history to win both a division championship and a playoff game with a losing regular season record. They currently have the lowest win percentage of any team to ever make the playoffs.
In the 2014–15 season, the Carolina Panthers won the NFC South with a 7–8–1 record. By week 16, no team in that division could finish with more than seven wins. The Panthers then defeated the Atlanta Falcons, who were 6–9 and undefeated within the division entering the game, for the division title. They hosted and defeated the 11–5 Arizona Cardinals in the wild card round. The best team to miss the playoffs that year was the Philadelphia Eagles, who finished 10–6. To date, the 2014 Panthers and 2010 Seahawks are the only two teams to win a division, and a playoff game, with a losing record.
As a result of this seeding issue, frequent calls have been made to modify the playoff format even further. One proposal has been to expand the playoffs to 14 teams. Proponents of expansion note the increased revenue that could be gained from an additional two playoff games. They also note that the 12-team playoff system was implemented when the league only had 28 teams and six divisions (of 4 to 5 teams each). The opposition to such a move notes that an expansion of the playoffs would "water down" the field by giving access to lower-caliber teams. Opponents to expansion further point to the NBA playoffs and the NHL playoffs where more than half of the teams qualify for the postseason, and there is often a decreased emphasis on regular season performance as a result.[23][24]
After the 2007 playoffs saw two wild-card teams with better records (Jacksonville Jaguars and eventual Super Bowl XLII champions New York Giants) go on the road to defeat division winners (Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, respectively) during wild-card weekend, the NFL explored another proposal to change the playoffs so that the team with the better record would host the game, even if that meant a division winner went on the road. The NFL's Competition Committee withdrew the request later that offseason,[25] with Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay mentioning that they wanted the idea to simply get a discussion going. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was a strong opponent of the rule change, believing that "if you win a division, it's good for your fans to know you will have a home game."[25]
Just before the 2010–11 Seahawks-Saints playoff game, McKay wanted to revisit the previous proposal to reseed teams during wild-card weekend.[26] However, sportswriter Peter King wrote that he believed league owners were still hesitant on implementing any such changes at this time due to the then-pending 2011 work stoppage, the proposals to extend the regular season from 16 to 18 games and how it will impact the postseason, and the simple fact that not enough teams have been seriously disadvantaged by the current format.[27]
In October 2013, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced plans to revisit the idea to expand the playoffs to 14 teams, with the increased revenue gained from the two additional postseason games being used to offset plans to shorten the preseason.[28] The two extra Wild Card games could also be scheduled on the weekend, creating triple-headers on both Saturday and Sunday. Goodell then suggested that they might instead be played on Friday and/or Monday, which may eventually cause scheduling conflicts with games of the new College Football Playoff.[29]
The 14-team playoff proposal remained tabled until December 2014, when no team in the NFC South could finish better than .500; Goodell stated that the league would vote on it at the March 2015 Owners' Meetings. One proposed 14-club system includes giving first-round byes for the teams with the best record in each conference, two division champions in each conference receiving home games, and the remaining eight teams would be seeded by win-loss record.[30] However, by the following February 2015, the Washington Post reported that support among team owners has eroded, and league leaders expressed reluctance to make a change until the one-year extension with CBS to televise Thursday Night Football expired at the end of the 2015 season.[31] The proposal lost all interest; today, it has never been raised. It is likely that movement won't be made on expanding either the playoffs or the regular season until at least 2020, when the current collective bargaining agreement expires.[32]
Wild-card playoff games in which a division winner defeated a wild-card team with a better regular season record (2002–present)
Season
Wild-card team
Regular season record
Division winner
Regular season record
Score
Final postseason result of division winner
2002–03 Indianapolis Colts 10–6 New York Jets 9–7 Jets, 41–0 Lost divisional playoffs vs. Oakland Raiders 30–10
2003–04 none
2004–05 none
2005–06 Jacksonville Jaguars 12–4 New England Patriots 10–6 Patriots, 28–3 Lost divisional playoffs vs. Denver Broncos 27–13
2006–07 none
2007–08 none
2008–09 Indianapolis Colts 12–4 San Diego Chargers 8–8* Chargers, 23–17 (OT) Lost divisional playoffs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 24–35
Atlanta Falcons 11–5 Arizona Cardinals 9–7 Cardinals, 30–24 Won divisional playoffs vs. Carolina Panthers 33–13
Won conference championship vs. Philadelphia Eagles 32–25
Lost Super Bowl XLIII vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 27–23
2009–10 Green Bay Packers 11–5 Arizona Cardinals 10–6 Cardinals, 51–45 (OT) Lost divisional playoffs vs. New Orleans Saints 45–14
2010–11 New Orleans Saints 11–5 Seattle Seahawks 7–9* Seahawks, 41–36 Lost divisional playoffs vs. Chicago Bears 35–24
2011–12 Pittsburgh Steelers 12–4 Denver Broncos 8–8* Broncos, 29–23 (OT) Lost divisional playoffs vs. New England Patriots 45–10
Atlanta Falcons 10–6 New York Giants 9–7 Giants, 24–2 Won divisional playoffs vs. Green Bay Packers 37–20
Won conference championship vs. San Francisco 49ers 20–17
Won Super Bowl XLVI vs. New England Patriots 21–17
2012–13 Indianapolis Colts 11–5 Baltimore Ravens 10–6 Ravens, 24–9 Won divisional playoffs vs. Denver Broncos 38–35 (2 OT)
Won conference vs. New England Patriots 28–13
Won Super Bowl XLVII vs. San Francisco 49ers 34–31
2013–14 none
2014–15 Arizona Cardinals 11–5 Carolina Panthers 7–8–1* Panthers, 27–16 Lost divisional playoffs vs. Seattle Seahawks 31–17
2015–16 none
2016–17 Oakland Raiders 12–4 Houston Texans 9–7 Texans, 27–14 Lost divisional playoffs vs. New England Patriots 34–16
New York Giants 11–5 Green Bay Packers 10–6 Packers, 38–13 Won divisional playoffs vs. Dallas Cowboys 34–31
Lost conference championship vs. Atlanta Falcons 44–21
2017–18 none
* – .500 or losing record
Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/
NFL playoff appearances[edit]
Correct as of 2017–18 NFL playoffs
*Tiebreaker playoff appearances based on the team with the more recent playoff appearance.
Appearances by active teams[edit]
Team
Appearances[33]
Green Bay Packers 32
Dallas Cowboys 32
New York Giants 32
Pittsburgh Steelers 31
Minnesota Vikings 29
Cleveland/St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams 28
Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts 27
San Francisco 49ers 25
Chicago Bears 25[A]
Philadelphia Eagles 25
Boston/New England Patriots 25[B]
Washington Redskins 24
Cleveland Browns 24[C][D]
Miami Dolphins 23
Denver Broncos 22
Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders 22[B]
Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans 22[B]
Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs 20[B]
San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers 18[B]
Buffalo Bills 18[B]
Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions 17[A]
Seattle Seahawks 16
Cincinnati Bengals 14
New York Jets 14[B]
Atlanta Falcons 14
New Orleans Saints 11
Chicago/St.Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals 10
Baltimore Ravens 10[D]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10
Carolina Panthers 8
Jacksonville Jaguars 7
Houston Texans 4
^ Jump up to: a b Does not include the appearance in the 1932 NFL Playoff Game. The NFL officially records it as an additional regular season game[34]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Includes American Football League postseason appearances. Per the conditions of the AFL–NFL merger, all history, playoffs and records of the AFL were incorporated into the NFL.
Jump up ^ The NFL does not officially recognize the Cleveland's Browns' playoff appearances and records from 1946 to 1949 when they were part of the All-America Football Conference.
^ Jump up to: a b The Baltimore Ravens were originally the Cleveland Browns, and moved to Baltimore in 1996. Due to an agreement with the city of Cleveland that allowed the club to move, the Browns name, colors, and team history/records were left for a new Cleveland Browns team while the team, personnel, and staff of the old Browns team were allowed to move to Baltimore. As such, the Ravens are considered to have begun play in 1996 while the current Cleveland Browns are considered to have been founded in 1950, were inactive from 1996–98, and resumed play as a new team in 1999.
See also[edit]
Active NFL playoff appearance streaks
List of NFL playoff games
National Football League championships
NFL lore
NFL playoff results
NFL starting quarterback playoff records
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ "FoxSports.com – NFL Tiebreaking Procedures". 2006-12-09. Archived from the original on 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
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Jump up ^ "2011 Official Rules and Case Book of the National Football League" (PDF). Rule 16, Section 1, Article 4, Paragraph d
Jump up ^ Banks, Don (2011-12-22). "Remembering the Christmas gift that was The Longest Game Ever". SI.com. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
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^ Jump up to: a b Hickock, Ralph. "NFL Playoff and Championship History". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
Jump up ^ "The Playoff Bowl (Bert Bell Benefit Bowl)". Archived from the original on 2007-04-15. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
Jump up ^ "1969 Standings". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
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Jump up ^ "Chasing perfection: 2005 Colts vs. '72 Dolphins". NFL.com. 2005-11-22. Archived from the original on July 19, 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
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Jump up ^ "NFL playoff games going prime time". Chicago Tribune. June 13, 2001. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Wild Card weekend makes history as all four road teams win". Fox Sports. January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
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Jump up ^ "McKay: League should revisit playoff seeding system". 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
Jump up ^ King, Peter (2010-12-30). "A logical guess at wild-card slate, plus 10 things to watch for Sunday". SI.com. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
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Jump up ^ "NFL History: 1931–1940". NFL.com. Retrieved November 13, 2013. After the season finale, the league office arranged for an additional regular-season game to determine the league champion
Further reading[edit]
2006 NFL Record and Fact Book. Time Inc. Home Entertainment. ISBN 1-933405-32-5.
Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League. Harper Collins. ISBN 1-933405-32-5.
The Sporting News Complete Super Bowl Book 1995. ISBN 0-89204-523-X.
External links[edit]
Super Bowl History
Pro-Football-Reference.com – Large online database of NFL data and statistics. Many of the game scores and records in this article can be found there.
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