What Teams Are In The Playoffs For The NFL?

Wondering which teams are in the NFL playoffs? Here’s a list of the teams that have clinched a spot, as well as those that are still in the running.

AFC

The Baltimore Ravens, the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs, the New England Patriots, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Tennessee Titans have all clinched playoff berths in the AFC. The seeding will be decided in the final week of the regular season.

Baltimore Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its home games at M&T Bank Stadium and is headquartered in Owings Mills.

The Ravens were established in 1996, when Art Modell, who was then the owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced plans to relocate the franchise to Baltimore. As part of a settlement between Modell, the city of Cleveland, and the other NFL owners, the Browns were allowed to move to Baltimore under a new name and begin play in 1996. Initial plans for the football team were inadequate, and a lawsuit brought by incoming Owner Jerry Hoffberger delayed approvals for months. The team finally received formal approval from NFL owners on March 29, 1996, officially relocating from Cleveland to Baltimore.

Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays their home games at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York. The Bills are the only NFL team that plays their home games in the state of New York.

Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The Texans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium, an outdoor stadium located in Houston’s NRG Park complex. The Texans have a postseason appearance and won their first AFC South championship in 2011.

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) West division.

New England Patriots

As of the 2019 NFL season, the New England Patriots have been to ten Super Bowls, winning seven of them. They have also won seventeen AFC Championships, more than any other team.

Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC.

Tennessee Titans

The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the then-newly formatted team played their home games at The Astrodome for the 2000 season. The franchise relocated to Nashville in 1997, adopting its current name. The Titans play their home games at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, which opened in 1999 as Adelphia Coliseum.

NFC

The NFL playoffs are single elimination and consist of six teams. The four division winners and two wild card teams. The NFC is made up of the Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, and Seattle Seahawks.

Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) East division. They are headquartered in Frisco, Texas, and play their home games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, which opened for the 2009 season. The stadium took the place of the now-demolished Texas Stadium, which served as the Cowboys’ home through the 2008 season. The Cowboys joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1960. The team’s national following might best be represented by its NFL record of consecutive sell-outs.

Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference North division. It is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, dating back to 1919, and is the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team based in the United States. Home games have been played at Lambeau Field since 1957.

Los Angeles Rams

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team that compete in the National Football League (NFL). The Rams franchise was founded in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams in the short-lived second American Football League before joining the NFL the next year. In 1946, the franchise moved to Los Angeles. The Rams franchise remained in the metro area until 1994, when they moved to St. Louis. The Rams franchise returned to Los Angeles in 2016.

The Rams organization has won three NFL championships, and is the only one to win championships representing three different cities (Cleveland in 1945, Los Angeles in 1951, and St. Louis in 1999). The Rams have been divisional champions or have qualified for postseason play fourteen times since 1937, and have appeared in Super Bowls XXXI (1997), XXXIV (1999), and LIII (2018).

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season. The team competes in the National Football Conference (NFC) North division.

New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Founded by John W. Mecom Jr., Arthur J.546 Rogell, and David Dixon, the Saints began play in Tulane Stadium in 1967. The NFC South division was formed in 2002, when the NFL realigned its teams into eight divisions as part of an event that occurred every twenty years since 1970 known as divisional realignment.

The Saints have advanced to ten NFL playoffs since their founding, with a franchise-best thirteen-3 record in the 2009 season leading to a Super Bowl XLIV victory. Their top accomplishments include winning five division championships (1991, 2000, 2006, 2009, and 2018) and one conference championship (2009). The team has also produced two Hall of Fame players: head coach Jim E. Mora and linebacker Rickey Jackson.

Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference West division. They joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team, along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Seahawks are owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and are currently coached by Pete Carroll. Since 2002, the Seahawks have played their home games at CenturyLink Field, located south of downtown Seattle. The Seahawks previously played home games in the Kingdome (1976–1999) and Husky Stadium (1994, 2000–2001).

San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team located in the San Francisco Bay Area. They compete in the National Football League as a member of the league’s National Football Conference West division. The 49ers were founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and joined the NFL in 1949 after the AAFC merged with the NFL. The team plays its home games at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, located 45 miles (72 km) southeast of San Francisco in the Silicon Valley. Since 1988, the 49ers have been headquartered in Santa Clara.

The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and joined the NFL in 1949 when that league merged with the AAFC. The 49ers won five Super Bowl championships between 1981 and 1994, led by Hall of Famers Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, Steve Young, and coach Bill Walsh. They have been division champions 20 times between 1970 and 2019, making them one of the most successful teams in NFL history. However, between 2003 and 2018, they failed to qualify to participate in the NFL playoffs for 16 seasons despite having nine appearances cumulatively during that period lowlighted by NFC Championship Game losses following the 1970, 1971, 1972 (all three to Dallas), 1983 (to Washington), and 1997 (to Green Bay) seasons while missing out on all but one playoff appearance from 2000 through 2002 (in 2001 following a 6–10 season). In 2019 they returned to prominence under new head coach Kyle Shanahan en route to an NFC West division title and their first conference championship game appearance since 2013; however they lost to eventual Super Bowl LIV champions Kansas City Chiefs 31–20.

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