overall regular season records qualified for the playoffs. The NFL did not use a fixed-bracket playoff system. The three division winners were seeded 1–3...

overall regular season records qualified for the playoffs. The NFL did not use a fixed-bracket playoff system. The three division winners were seeded 1–3...

Bengals defeated the Bills in the divisional round. Beginning with the 1984–85 NFL playoffs, the winner of the AFC Championship Game has received the Lamar Hunt...

Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Like the previous NFL seasons, the home teams in the playoffs were decided based on a yearly divisional rotation, excluding...

of the warmest playoff seasons of all time. It was also the first time since 1969 that no California-based NFL team made the playoffs. For only the second...

wild cards; such an instance has yet to occur in the NFL. Beginning with the 1984–85 NFL playoffs, the winner of the NFC Championship Game has received...

officiating crews for the Conference Championship games. Since the 2003–04 NFL playoffs, postseason officiating had been done by entire crews from the regular...

the playoffs. The Vikings lead the all-time series 27–18–1 and are 5–2 in the playoffs. The Giants–Packers rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry...

A playoff beard is the superstitious practice of male athletes not shaving their beards during playoffs. Playoff beards were introduced by ice hockey players...

Referee: Jim Tunney Pro-Football-Reference.com See full article, 1984–85 NFL playoffs The first-round matchup sent the 10–6 Bears to Washington, a team...