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All playoff pages, except for the Super Bowl, show '@' for away games and 'VS' for home games.
| HALL OF FAME | |
| LEAGUE CHAMPIONS | |
| Conference Wildcard Round | |
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| AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE | 1978- |
| NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE | 1978- |
| Conference Divisional Round | |
| AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE | 1970- |
| NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE | 1970- |
| Conference CHAMPIONSHIP GAMEs | |
| AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE | 1970- |
| NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE | 1970- |
| EASTERN CONFERENCE | 1967-1969 |
| WESTERN CONFERNECE | 1967-1969 |
| LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP | |
| NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME | 1933-1969 |
| SUPER BOWL | 1967- |
PLAYOFFS EXPANSION
| SEASONS | # OF TEAMS |
| 1933-1966 | 2 |
| 1967-1969 | 4 |
| 1970-1977 | 8 |
| 1978-1989 | 10 |
| 1990-2019 | 12 |
| 2020- | 14 |
PLAYOFFS EXPLAINED
The Playoffs begin in early January following the regular season, so the year represents the season rather than the year the game took place.
The top 7 per conference make the playoffs, for a total of 14 teams.
#1 seed automatically gets a bye week and seeds #2-#7 play in the Wild Card Playoffs (#2 vs #7 / #3 vs #6 / #4 vs #5).
The lowest remaining seed plays the #1 seed in the Divisional Playoffs and the remaining seeds would play against each other.
Prior to the 2020 season, the top 6 teams per conference qualified for the playoffs.
In 1967-1969, the conferences were split into two divisions each. The Division Champions would play each other in the Conference Championship Games with the champions contesting the NFL Championship Game. The winners of the NFL Championship Game would play the AFL Championship Game winners in the Super Bowl.
New York Jets have the longest playoff drought since the 2010 season.
RECENT PLAYOFF APPEARANCES
| TEAM | RECENT | DT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 SEASON PLAYOFFS | ||||
 | Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | ||
 | San Francisco 49ers | 0 | ||
 | Baltimore Ravens | 0 | ||
 | Detroit Lions | 0 | ||
 | Buffalo Bills | 0 | ||
 | Houston Texans | 0 | ||
 | Green Bay Packers | 0 | ||
 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | ||
 | Cleveland Browns | 0 | ||
 | Dallas Cowboys | 0 | ||
 | Los Angeles Rams | 0 | ||
 | Miami Dolphins | 0 | ||
 | Philadelphia Eagles | 0 | ||
 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | ||
| PREVIOUS SEASON PLAYOFFS | ||||
 | Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | ||
 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1 | ||
 | New York Giants | 1 | ||
 | Los Angeles Chargers | 1 | ||
 | Minnesota Vikings | 1 | ||
 | Seattle Seahawks | 1 | ||
 | Las Vegas Raiders | 1 | ||
 | New England Patriots | 1 | ||
 | Tennessee Titans | 1 | ||
 | Arizona Cardinals | 1 | ||
 | New Orleans Saints | 2 | ||
 | Indianapolis Colts | 2 | ||
 | Chicago Bears | 2 | ||
 | Washington Commanders | 2 | ||
 | Atlanta Falcons | 5 | ||
 | Carolina Panthers | 5 | ||
 | Denver Broncos | 7 | ||
 | New York Jets | |||