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Wild Card teams that won the Super Bowl

4th December 2023

Introduction

The National Football League has allowed “at-large” non-divisional winner to gain entrance in the conference playoff tournament since the 1970 season. When the League expanded the regular season from 14 to 16 games for each team, the amount of Wildcards from each conference increased from one to two. In 1990, the NFL bumped that number to three from the AFC and NFC. These teams have come to be known as the Wildcards, and though they are not the odds-on favorites of the postseason, they have the same chance that other teams in the playoffs have.

This article will examine the most successful Wild Card entrants of the last half a century as they came from the bottom of the playoff seeding to win the Super Bowl.

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The 10 Best Plays in Super Bowl History

1st December 2023

Introduction to the Play Making in the Big Game

The NFL’s Modern-day Championship game, called the Super Bowl since the late 1960s, has become so big that it is almost a national holiday. The annual contest has the League’s best teams and some top players. The athleticism and talent of the players, combined with the high-pressure moments in front of a large worldwide audience, have provided some of the top plays in history. Please sit back and relax as we provide the Greatest Super Bowl Plays.

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