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To remain on schedule, a tie-breaker system was introduced. The first round determined the conference's champion and its representative in the NFL Championship Game, played the following week. [20] During the three years (1967–69) that this playoff structure was in effect, there was one use of the tie-breaker system.
One-game playoff. A one-game playoff, sometimes known as a pennant playoff, tiebreaker game or knockout game, is a tiebreaker in certain sports—usually but not always professional—to determine which of two teams, tied in the final standings, will qualify for a post-season tournament. Such a playoff is either a single game or a short series ...
In the NBA and the NHL, all rounds are played in a "2–2–1–1–1" format. That is, the team with home-field advantage plays games 1, 2, 5, and 7 (if necessary) at home. This ensures that, if the home team wins every game, the team with home-field advantage never trails in the series.
Game. 1968–69 →. The NFL playoffs following the 1967 NFL season culminated in the NFL championship game on New Year's Eve, and determined who would represent the league against the American Football League champions in Super Bowl II . With 16 teams in the league in 1967, this was the first season that the NFL used a four-team playoff ...
NFL playoff results. NFL playoff results is a listing of the year-by-year results of the NFL Playoff games to determine the final two teams for the championship game. The winners of those games are listed in NFL Championship Game article. The overall franchise records are shown in the last table.
The tiebreaker in the East, we should note, is tenuous. Right now, the Cowboys are 4-1 in division play with Philly at 3-1, and Philly's last two division games are against the Giants.
2022–23 NFL playoffs. The National Football League playoffs for the 2022 season began on January 14, 2023, and concluded with Super Bowl LVII on February 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona where the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles . This was the first postseason under a new rule in which both teams will be ...
With three weeks of the 2023 regular season remaining, just four of the 14 playoff spots across the two conferences have been sewn up, meaning a lot of teams are vying for a ticket to the postseason.