What is the wild card weekend?

The first round of the playoffs is dubbed the wild-card round (or wild-card weekend). The two surviving teams from each conference’s divisional-round playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games (hosted by the higher seed).

How are the wild card teams picked?

Across the AFC and NFC, each winner of the four divisions qualify, making up 8 places. Then in each conference, two of the second placed teams with the next best records progress; these are known as the wildcard teams.

Has a 5 seed hosted a playoff game?

Under the new system, a wild card team can host a playoff game only if the number 5 and number 6 seeds in one conference advance to a Conference Championship Game, in which case a number 5 seed would host the game (which, under this format, never happened).

What is the lowest seed to win the Super Bowl?

Pittsburgh, who finished the regular season with an 11–5 record, also became the fourth wild card team, the third in nine years, and the first ever number 6 seed in the NFL playoffs, to win a Super Bowl.

How many 1 seeds have won the Super Bowl?

Only three No. 1 seeds from the NFC have won the Super Bowl in the last 20 years — the Rams in 1999, the Saints in 2009 and the Seahawks in 2013. The last NFC No. 2 seed to win the Super Bowl was the 2002 Buccaneers, who beat the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game at the Vet to get there.

Has a 3 seed ever won the Super Bowl?

In fact, since 1990, the Indianapolis Colts are the only 3 seed to ever win a Super Bowl. The Carolina Panthers, in the 2003 season, are the only NFC team to reach the Super Bowl as a 3 seed during that time.

Has a 9 7 team ever won the Superbowl?

In the playoffs, the Giants defeated the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, and the San Francisco 49ers to win the NFC championship. With a 9–7 record, the Giants became the third NFL team to win fewer than 10 games in a 16-game season, and reach the Super Bowl. but became the first of the three to win the Super Bowl.

Has a 7 9 team made the playoffs?

The Seahawks made history by becoming the first 7–9 team ever to make the playoffs and then did it again by becoming the first to win a playoff game, racking up 31 first downs and 474 yards, including a 67-yard touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch late in the fourth quarter.

Which teams have never won a Superbowl?

The Bengals, Bills, Browns, Cardinals, Chargers, Falcons, Jaguars, Lions, Panthers, Texans, Titans and Vikings have not won a Super Bowl in their history. The Browns, Jaguars, Lions and Texans have never reached the Super Bowl.

How many 6 seeds win the Super Bowl?

6 seeds have played in a conference championship game: the 2005 Steelers (won the Super Bowl), the 2008 Ravens (lost) and Eagles (lost), and the 2010 Jets (lost) and Packers (won the Super Bowl). Are Vikings and 49ers two underdogs in the same playoff game?