PLAYOFFS

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
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