What happens if two teams finish with the same record?

What happens if two teams finish with the same record?

If two teams finish the regular season with the same number of wins and losses, the first tiebreaker to apply is the record in head-to-head games between the two teams. For wild card tiebreakers, a head-to-head matchup between the two teams is used if they played each other that season.

What NFL team won their division with a losing record?

After a tumultuous season that had seen them negotiate a myriad of different obstacles, the Washington Football Team became only the third team in NFL history to win a division with a losing record as it clinched a first playoff spot since 2015.

Has an 8 8 team ever won a Superbowl?

There have been a total of four teams, 1999 Titans, 2000 Ravens, 2007 Giants and the 2008 Cardinals that have reached the Super Bowl following an 8-8 season and two of those teams, the Ravens and Giants have won the Super Bowl.

Can 2 teams from the same division go to the playoffs?

Because there are four divisions and six teams reach the playoffs, two or three teams from the same division end up in the playoffs every year. Two teams from the same division have played each other in the playoffs.

Can 2 AFC teams play in the Super Bowl?

No. It is impossible. Teams represent the two conferences in the Super Bowl, thus it is not possible for two teams in the same division to play each other in that game. It is possible for 3 teams in the same division to make the playoffs and it has happened.

Can 2 NFC teams play in the Super Bowl?

No – the Super Bowl is the NFL championship game and is always contested by the two conference champions. The NFC championship game (two weeks prior to the Super Bowl) is the latest two NFC teams can meet in the post-season tournament.

Can both wild card teams come from the same division?

It will indeed be possible for all 3 wildcard teams to come from the same division, which would mean that every team in the division would have made it into the playoffs.

Can three teams from a division make the playoffs 2020?

Don’t forget that the postseason field has expanded, with a third wild-card slot added to each conference. So, yes, an entire division could make the playoffs.

What is the lowest possible record to make NFL playoffs?

Let’s take a look back at the teams with the worst records to get into the playoffs, listed in chronological order.

• 1985 Cleveland Browns, 8-8.
• 1990 New Orleans Saints, 8-8.
• 1991 New York Jets, 8-8.
• 1999 Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions, 8-8.
• 2004 Minnesota Vikings and St.
• 2006 New York Giants, 8-8.

How many teams from a division can make the playoffs?

The 2020 NFL playoffs will feature 14 teams overall, seven from the AFC and seven from the NFC. That’s a new expansion for the 2020 season that means each conference gets three wild-card teams in addition to the four division winners.

What happens if you lose the wildcard game in NFL?

The NFL does not use a fixed bracket system; the outcome of the Wild Card games determine the matchups of the Divisional playoffs games, with the lowest remaining seed in each conference traveling to the first seed, and the second-lowest remaining seed traveling to the second-highest remaining seed.