PLAYOFFS

All playoff pages, except for the Super Bowl, show '@' for away games and 'VS' for home games.

Conference Wildcard Round
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
2023 SEASON PLAYOFFS
Kansas City Chiefs
San Francisco 49ers
Baltimore Ravens
Detroit Lions
Buffalo Bills
Houston Texans
Green Bay Packers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Los Angeles Rams
Miami Dolphins
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
PREVIOUS SEASON PLAYOFFS
Cincinnati Bengals 1
Jacksonville Jaguars
New York Giants
Los Angeles Chargers
Minnesota Vikings
Seattle Seahawks
Las Vegas Raiders
New England Patriots
Tennessee Titans
Arizona Cardinals
New Orleans Saints
Indianapolis Colts
Chicago Bears
Washington Commanders
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Denver Broncos
New York Jets

HALL OF CHAMPIONS

2023

KANSAS CITY
CHIEFS

2022

KANSAS CITY
CHIEFS

2021

LOS ANGELES
Rams

2020

Tampa Bay
Buccaneers

2019

KANSAS CITY
CHIEFS

2018

NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS

2017

PHILADELPHIA
EAGLES

2016

NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS

2015

DENVER
BRONCOS

2014

NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS

2013

Seattle
Seahawks

2012

Baltimore
Ravens

2011

NEW YORK
GIANTS

2010

Green Bay
Packers

2009

New Orleans
Saints

2008

PITTSBURGH
STEELERS

2007

NEW YORK
GIANTS

2006

INDIANAPOLIS
COLTS

2005

PITTSBURGH
STEELERS

2004

NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS

2003

NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS

2002

Tampa Bay
Buccaneers

2001

NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS

2000

Baltimore
Ravens

1999

St. Louis
Rams

1998

DENVER
BRONCOS

1997

DENVER
BRONCOS

1996

Green Bay
Packers

1995

Dallas
Cowboys

1994

San Francisco
49ers

1993

Dallas
Cowboys

1992

Dallas
Cowboys

1991

Washington
Redskins

1990

NEW YORK
GIANTS

1989

San Francisco
49ers

1988

San Francisco
49ers

1987

Washington
Redskins

1986

NEW YORK
GIANTS

1985

Chicago
Bears

1984

San Francisco
49ers

1983

LOS ANGELES
RAIDERS

1982

Washington
Redskins

1981

San Francisco
49ers

1980

OAKLAND
RAIDERS

1979

PITTSBURGH
STEELERS

1978

PITTSBURGH
STEELERS

1977

Dallas
Cowboys

1976

OAKLAND
RAIDERS

1975

PITTSBURGH
STEELERS

1974

PITTSBURGH
STEELERS

1973

Miami
Dolphins

1972

Miami
Dolphins

1971

Dallas
Cowboys

1970

BALTIMORE
COLTS

1969

KANSAS CITY
CHIEFS

1968

NEW YORK
JETS

1967

Green Bay
Packers

1966

Green Bay
Packers

1965

Green Bay
Packers

1964

CLEVELAND
BROWNS

1963

Chicago
Bears

1962

Green Bay
Packers

1961

Green Bay
Packers

1960

PHILADELPHIA
EAGLES

1959

BALTIMORE
COLTS

1958

BALTIMORE
COLTS

1957

Detroit
Lions

1956

NEW YORK
GIANTS

1955

CLEVELAND
BROWNS

1954

CLEVELAND
BROWNS

1953

Detroit
Lions

1952

Detroit
Lions

1951

LOS ANGELES
Rams

1950

CLEVELAND
BROWNS

1949

PHILADELPHIA
EAGLES

1948

PHILADELPHIA
EAGLES

1947

CHICAGO
CARDINALS

1946

Chicago
Bears

1945

Cleveland
Rams

1944

Green Bay
Packers

1943

Chicago
Bears

1942

Washington
Redskins

1941

Chicago
Bears

1940

Chicago
Bears

1939

Green Bay
Packers

1938

NEW YORK
GIANTS

1937

Washington
Redskins

1936

Green Bay
Packers

1935

Detroit
Lions

1934

NEW YORK
GIANTS

1933

Chicago
Bears

1932

Chicago
Bears

1931

Green Bay
Packers

1930

Green Bay
Packers

1929

Green Bay
Packers

1928

PROVIDENCE STEAM ROLLER

1927

NEW YORK
GIANTS

1926

FRANKFORD
YELLOW JACKETS

1925

CHICAGO
CARDINALS

1924

CLEVELAND
BULLDOGS

1923

CANTON
BULLDOGS

1922

CANTON
BULLDOGS

1921

CHICAGO
STALEYS

1920

AKRON
PROS

There were no Playoffs held prior to 1933, and from 1966 to the merger with the AFL in 1970 the NFL Champion played the AFL Champion in the Super Bowl. The NFL Championship Game was re-named the National Football Conference Championship Game from 1970.

SEASON
CHAMPIONS
1920 AKRON PROS (1)
1921 CHICAGO STALEYS (1)
1922 CANTON BULLDOGS (1)
1923 CANTON BULLDOGS (2)
1924 CLEVELAND BULLDOGS (1)
1925 CHICAGO CARDINALS (1)
1926 FRANKFORD YELLOW JACKETS (1)
1927 NEW YORK GIANTS (1)
1928 PROVIDENCE STEAM ROLLER (1)
1929 GREEN BAY PACKERS (1)
1930 GREEN BAY PACKERS (2)
1931 GREEN BAY PACKERS (3)
1932 Chicago Bears (2)
1933 Chicago Bears (3)
1934 New York Giants (2)
1935 Detroit Lions (1)
1936 Green Bay Packers (4)
1937 Washington Redskins (1)
1938 New York Giants (3)
1939 Green Bay Packers (5)
1940 Chicago Bears (4)
1941 Chicago Bears (5)
1942 Washington Redskins (2)
1943 Chicago Bears (6)
1944 Green Bay Packers (6)
1945 Cleveland Rams (1)
1946 Chicago Bears (7)
1947 Chicago Cardinals (2)
1948 Philadelphia Eagles (1)
1949 Philadelphia Eagles (2)
1950 Cleveland Browns (1)
1951 Los Angeles Rams (2)
1952 Detroit Lions (2)
1953 Detroit Lions (3)
1954 Cleveland Browns (2)
1955 Cleveland Browns (3)
1956 New York Giants (4)
1957 Detroit Lions (4)
1958 Baltimore Colts (1)
1959 Baltimore Colts (2)
1960 Philadelphia Eagles (3)
1961 Green Bay Packers (7)
1962 Green Bay Packers (8)
1963 Chicago Bears (8)
1964 Cleveland Browns (4)
1965 Green Bay Packers (9)
1966 Green Bay Packers (10)
1967 Green Bay Packers (11)
1968 NEW YORK JETS (1)
1969 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (1)
1970 Baltimore COLTS (3)
1971 Dallas Cowboys (1)
1972 Miami Dolphins (1)
1973 Miami Dolphins (2)
1974 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1)
1975 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (2)
1976 OAKLAND RAIDERS (1)
1977 Dallas Cowboys (2)
1978 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (3)
1979 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (4)
1980 OAKLAND RAIDERS (2)
1981 San Francisco 49erS (1)
1982 Washington Redskins (1)
1983 Los Angeles Raiders (3)
1984 San Francisco 49erS (2)
1985 Chicago Bears (9)
1986 New York Giants (5)
1987 Washington Redskins (2)
1988 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (3)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4)
1990 New York Giants (6)
1991 Washington Redskins (3)
1992 Dallas Cowboys (3)
1993 Dallas Cowboys (4)
1994 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (5)
1995 Dallas Cowboys (5)
1996 Green Bay Packers (12)
1997 DENVER BRONCOS (1)
1998 DENVER BRONCOS (2)
1999 St. Louis Rams (3)
2000 Baltimore Ravens (1)
2001 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1)
2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1)
2003 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (2)
2004 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (3)
2005 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (5)
2006 Indianapolis Colts (4)
2007 New York Giants (7)
2008 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (6)
2009 New Orleans Saints (1)
2010 Green Bay Packers (13)
2011 New York Giants (8)
2012 Baltimore Ravens (2)
2013 Seattle Seahawks (1)
2014 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (4)
2015 DENVER BRONCOS (3)
2016 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (5)
2017 Philadelphia Eagles (4)
100
2018
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (6)
101
2019
Kansas City Chiefs (2)
102
2020
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2)
103
2021
Los Angeles Rams (4)
104
2022
Kansas City Chiefs (3)
104
2023
Kansas City Chiefs (4)

STANDINGS

T TEAM RECENT
13 Green Bay Packers 2010
9 Decatur Staleys/Chicago Staleys/Chicago Bears 1985
8 New York Giants 2011
6 New England Patriots 2018
Pittsburgh Steelers 2008
5 Boston/Washington Redskins 1991
Dallas Cowboys 1995
San Francisco 49ers 1994
4 Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts 2006
Cleveland Browns 1964
Philadelphia Eagles 2017
Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions 1957
Kansas City Chiefs 2023
Cleveland/Los Angeles/St.Louis Rams 2021
3 Denver Broncos 2015
Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders 1983
2 Arizona/Chicago/Phoenix Cardinals 1947
Baltimore Ravens 2012
Canton Bulldogs 1923*
Miami Dolphins 1973
1 Akron Pros 1920*
Frankford Yellow Jackets 1926*
New Orleans Saints 2009
New York Jets 1968
Providence Steamroller 1928*
Seattle Seahawks 2013
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2002

* - Former Members

NON-NFL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES

T TEAM RECENT
2 Buffalo Bills 1965 (AFL)
Tennessee Titans/Houston Oilers 1961 (AFL)
1 Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers 1963 (AFL)


MINNESOTA VIKINGS last won a league title in 1969 when it won the NFL Championship Game but lost to Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl III and therefore did not win the overall title.

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