NFL Playoffs: Wild Card Round Online Betting
Upon the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, a new playoff format began with one wild card team in each conference that joined the three division winners to form a four-team playoff in the AFC and NFC. The format was so popular that an additional wild card team was added to the playoffs in each conference in 1978. Still, the public and TV networks could not get enough. Now, there are three wild card teams in each conference, 14 total playoff teams, and a total of six wild card games. Indeed, Wild Card Weekend has become one of the most popular sporting events in the United States.
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The last pure wild card team to win the Super Bowl was the 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They were the seventh team in the merger era to do so. Keep in mind the 2023 Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl as a division champion but were one of the three division champions in the AFC to have to play in the wild card round. In the current iteration of the NFL, only the top seed in each conference avoids the wild card round.
In the last pre-merger season, the 1969 Kansas City Chiefs were the first non-division champion to win the Super Bowl, but the term wild card was not used in that era.
2024-25 NFL Wild Card Playoff Schedule (ET)
Saturday January 11, 2025
Wild Card Game - 1:00 PM CBS or FOX
Wild Card Game - 4:30 PM NBC/Peacock
Wild Card Game - 8:00 PM Peacock
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Wild Card Game - 4:30 PM CBS or FOX
Wild Card Game - 8:15 PM NBC
Monday, January 13, 2025
Wild Card Game - 8:15 PM ESPN/ABC
NFL Wild Card Results (2000)
| SEASON |
WINNING TEAM |
LOSING TEAM |
SCORE |
| 2023 |
Houston Texans |
Cleveland Browns |
45-14 |
| Kansas City Chiefs |
Miami Dolphins |
26-7 |
| Green Bay Packers |
Dallas Cowboys |
48-32 |
| Detroit Lions |
Los Angeles Rams |
24-23 |
| Buffalo Bills |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
31-17 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Philadelphia Eagles |
32-9 |
| 2022 |
San Francisco 49ers |
Seattle Seahawks |
41-23 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars |
Los Angeles Chargers |
31-30 |
| Buffalo Bills |
Miami Dolphins |
34-31 |
| New York Giants |
Minnesota Vikings |
31-24 |
| Cincinnati Bengals |
Baltimore Ravens |
24-17 |
| Dallas Cowboys |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
31-14 |
| 2021 |
Los Angeles Rams |
Arizona Cardinals |
34-11 |
| Kansas City Chiefs |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
42-21 |
| San Francisco 49ers |
Dallas Cowboys |
23-17 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Philadelphia Eagles |
31-15 |
| Buffalo Bills |
New England Patriots |
47-17 |
| Cincinnati Bengals |
Las Vegas Raiders |
26-19 |
| 2020 |
Buffalo Bills |
Indianapolis Colts |
27-24 |
| Los Angeles Rams |
Seattle Seahawks |
30-20 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Washington Football Team |
31-23 |
| Baltimore Ravens |
Tennessee Titans |
20-13 |
| New Orleans Saints |
Chicago Bears |
21-9 |
| Cleveland Browns |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
48-37 |
| 2019 |
Houston Texans |
Buffalo Bills |
22-19 (OT) |
| Tennessee Titans |
New England Patriots |
20-13 |
| Minnesota Vikings |
New Orleans Saints |
26-20 (OT) |
| Seattle Seahawks |
Philadelphia Eagles |
17-9 |
| 2018 |
Indianapolis Colts |
Houston Texans |
21-7 |
| Dallas Cowboys |
Seattle Seahawks |
24-22 |
| Los Angeles Chargers |
Baltimore Ravens |
23-17 |
| Philadelphia Eagles |
Chicago Bears |
16-15 |
| 2017 |
Tennessee Titans |
Kansas City Chiefs |
22-21 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars |
Buffalo Bills |
10-3 |
| Atlanta Falcons |
Los Angeles Rams |
26-13 |
| New Orleans Saints |
Carolina Panthers |
31-26 |
| 2016 |
Houston Texans |
Oakland Raiders |
27-14 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers |
Miami Dolphins |
30-12 |
| Seattle Seahawks |
Detroit Lions |
26-6 |
| Green Bay Packers |
New York Giants |
38-13 |
| 2015 |
Kansas City Chiefs |
Houston Texans |
30-0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers |
Cincinnati Bengals |
18-16 |
| Seattle Seahawks |
Minnesota Vikings |
10-9 |
| Green Bay Packers |
Washington Redskins |
35-18 |
| 2014 |
Baltimore Ravens |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
30-17 |
| Indianapolis Colts |
Cincinnati Bengals |
26-10 |
| Carolina Panthers |
Arizona Cardinals |
27-16 |
| Dallas Cowboys |
Detroit Lions |
24-20 |
| 2013 |
Indianapolis Colts |
Kansas City Chiefs |
45-44 |
| San Diego Chargers |
Cincinnati Bengals |
27-10 |
| New Orleans Saints |
Philadelphia Eagles |
26-24 |
| San Francisco 49ers |
Green Bay Packers |
23-20 |
| 2012 |
Houston Texans |
Cincinnati Bengals |
19-13 |
| Baltimore Ravens |
Indianapolis Colts |
24-9 |
| Green Bay Packers |
Minnesota Vikings |
24-10 |
| Seattle Seahawks |
Washington Redskins |
24-14 |
| 2011 |
Houston Texans |
Cincinnati Bengals |
31-10 |
| Denver Broncos |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
29-23 |
| New Orleans Saints |
Detroit Lions |
45-28 |
| New York Giants |
Atlanta Falcons |
24-2 |
| 2010 |
New York Jets |
Indianapolis Colts |
17-16 |
| Baltimore Ravens |
Kansas City Chiefs |
30-7 |
| Seattle Seahawks |
New Orleans Saints |
41-36 |
| Green Bay Packers |
Philadelphia Eagles |
21-16 |
| 2009 |
New York Jets |
Cincinnati Bengals |
24-14 |
| Baltimore Ravens |
New England Patriots |
33-14 |
| Dallas Cowboys |
Philadelphia Eagles |
34-17 |
| Arizona Cardinals |
Green Bay Packers |
51-45 |
| 2008 |
San Diego Chargers |
Indianapolis Colts |
23-17 |
| Baltimore Ravens |
Miami Dolphins |
27-9 |
| Arizona Cardinals |
Atlanta Falcons |
30-24 |
| Philadelphia Eagles |
Minnesota Vikings |
26-14 |
| 2007 |
Jacksonville Jaguars |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
31-29 |
| San Diego Chargers |
Tennessee Titans |
17-6 |
| Seattle Seahawks |
Washington Redskins |
35-14 |
| New York Giants |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
24-14 |
| 2006 |
Indianapolis Colts |
Kansas City Chiefs |
23-8 |
| New England Patriots |
New York Jets |
37-16 |
| Seattle Seahawks |
Dallas Cowboys |
21-20 |
| Philadelphia Eagles |
New York Giants |
23-20 |
| 2005 |
New England Patriots |
Jacksonville Jaguars |
28-3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers |
Cincinnati Bengals |
31-17 |
| Washington Redskins |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
17-10 |
| Carolina Panthers |
New York Giants |
23-0 |
| 2004 |
New York Jets |
San Diego Chargers |
20-17 |
| Indianapolis Colts |
Denver Broncos |
49-24 |
| St. Louis Rams |
Seattle Seahawks |
27-20 |
| Minnesota Vikings |
Green Bay Packers |
31-17 |
| 2003 |
Tennessee Titans |
Baltimore Ravens |
20-17 |
| Indianapolis Colts |
Denver Broncos |
41-10 |
| Carolina Panthers |
Dallas Cowboys |
29-10 |
| Green Bay Packers |
Seattle Seahawks |
33-27 |
| 2002 |
New York Jets |
Indianapolis Colts |
41-0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers |
Cleveland Browns |
36-33 |
| Atlanta Falcons |
Green Bay Packers |
27-7 |
| San Francisco 49ers |
New York Giants |
39-38 |
| 2001 |
Oakland Raiders |
New York Jets |
38-24 |
| Baltimore Ravens |
Miami Dolphins |
20-3 |
| Philadelphia Eagles |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
31-9 |
| Green Bay Packers |
San Francisco 49ers |
25-15 |
| 2000 |
Miami Dolphins |
Indianapolis Colts |
23-17 |
| Baltimore Ravens |
Denver Broncos |
21-3 |
| New Orleans Saints |
St. Louis Rams |
31-28 |
| Philadelphia Eagles |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
21-3 |
We have seen 11 Wild Card teams go on to reach the Super Bowl, and seven of those teams ended up winning the Lombardi Trophy. The first Wild Card team to reach the Super Bowl was the 1975 Dallas Cowboys. They went on the road to upset the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams before losing the first of two Super Bowls to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s.
The Oakland Raiders were the first Wild Card team to win the Super Bowl in 1980. They went 11-5 in the regular season, and they turned it on after the first five games as Jim Plunkett led the Raiders to 13 wins in the 15 games he started.
The other Wild Card teams to reach the Super Bowl are the 1985 New England Patriots, 1992 Buffalo Bills, 1997 Denver Broncos, 1999 Tennessee Titans, 2000 Baltimore Ravens, 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers, 2007 New York Giants, 2010 Green Bay Packers, and 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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