Green ran for 116 yards. "But when I saw the flag, I said, 'Oh, God!' This time the three players would combine for 67 yards as Thomas rushed twice for eight and caught an 11-yard pass before Kelly's 43-yard completion to Reed brought up first and goal on the Miami 5-yard line. Phillips coached the team for the next two years, making one playoff appearance. Despite all this, Denver managed to reach the Bills 16-yard line, but then Elway's fumble and recovery lost the team five yards and a third down sack by On the Broncos ensuing possession, they faced second down and 10 at their own 19-yard line. When I heard the crowd cheering, I gave the ref an earful. Running back "It was lick-your-chops time", exclaimed Reed after the game. Five times in the first half, he drove his team past midfield and five times he came up empty. During their regular season meeting, Washington defeated Atlanta 56–17, with quarterback Mark Rypien throwing for 446 yards and six touchdowns. One was a Pick-6 from Charles Dimry in the third quarter of a 24-20 win.

Running back "It was lick-your-chops time", exclaimed Reed after the game. The AFC Championship Game is the annual championship game of the American Football Conference (AFC) and one of the two semi-final playoff games of the National Football League (NFL), the largest professional American football league in the United States. The 1 and the 2 seeds from each conference do not participate in this round, earning an automatic berth in the following week's "Divisional Playoff" games, where they face the Wild Card survivors. Buffalo quarterback After each team punted twice, Buffalo took a 7-0 lead by driving 80 yards in 8 plays to score on Kelly's 25-yard touchdown pass to Reed with 52 seconds left in the first quarter. In a given game, whoever has the higher seed gets the home field advantage. Later in the afternoon, the Raiders lost in overtime at AFC frontrunner Buffalo. "I'm not going to walk out of here crying", Redskins coach Rypien finished the game 27/48 for 361 yards and a touchdown, but was intercepted three times. Lowery, who had made his last 22 field goals, attempted a game winner from 52 yards out, but it fell just short. He went 19/33 for 257 yards and the lead was chipped down to 24-16 in the fourth quarter. Denver still trailed 17-10, when a Elway threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Vance Johnson. Running back Los Angeles responded with a drive to the Kansas City 25, but after linebacker The game was also significant in that it featured what was at the time the oldest starting player in the NFL (DeBerg; age 38) and the second-youngest player to start at quarterback in a playoff game: Marniovich at age 22 (Cleveland's "This is the first playoff game I have ever won", said DeBerg after the game. Defensive back Arguably, what hurt the Raiders the most (besides inclement weather conditions) was the loss of Bo Jackson. They didn’t exactly play inspired football at San Diego, but with two sacks from Fletcher and intercepting three passes, they beat the Chargers 17-14. This game was sweet revenge for the Redskins, who had lost to the Eagles 28–14 in a Monday night game during the season in which the Eagles defense had scored two touchdowns and knocked nine Washington players out of the game, including all of their quarterbacks. With these changes, three The 3 and 6 seeds played each other in one game and the 4 and 5 in a second game, both making up what was dubbed the "Wild Card Round". New York called a fake punt with the ball snapped directly to linebacker With 2:36 left and with all three timeouts, Hostetler and the Giants began driving again. Season Date Result; 1970: Jan. 3, 1971: Baltimore 27, Oakland 17: 1971: Jan. 2, 1972 In their season opening game, Washington beat the Lions 45–0. Anderson led all rushers with 67 yards on 20 carries. The Raiders responded with Schroeder's two 26-yard completions to The misery would continue for Los Angeles in the second half, as their first three drives ended with interceptions. Both teams were a game up on the Chiefs. First, New York had to punt on the first possession of the second half, and Taylor returned the ball 31 yards to the 49ers 39-yard line. Their winless playoff streak is the longest among all 32 NFL teams. The defense shut down the Bengal running game and intercepted Boomer Esiason three times. Starting running back After forcing the Bengals to punt on the opening drive, On the third play of the second half, Jackson broke off a 34-yard run, but was knocked out of the game on the play, and the team failed to score when Bengals safety This game is also notable for being Allen's last 100-plus yard rushing performance with the Raiders, as well as the last postseason game the Bengals would play in until 2005. But on the next play, a holding call wiped out his 12-yard run and pushed the team back 10 yards. Veteran Dennis Smith made a Pro Bowl at the strong safety spot, intercepting five passes. Steve Sewell was effective coming out of the backfield and a 23-year-old tight end by the name of Shannon Sharpe was getting started on a Hall of Fame career.Elway got help from his running game in 1991, with Gaston Green being one of seven players in the league who broke the 1,000-yard barrier. However, the 49ers offense which had been dominated the entire quarter suddenly sprung to life. They also forced two turnovers on downs inside their own 10-yard line. Houston got the ball first and on their opening play, they lost three yards on a screen pass. He made some plays. On their second possession of the half, they advanced 66 yards to the 49ers 7-yard line before defensive back "I just couldn't believe there was no flag", Clark said after the game, in reference to Davis' contact with him. New York linebacker During their regular season meeting, Washington defeated Atlanta 56–17, with quarterback Under rainy and muddy conditions, the Falcons' pass-happy run-and-shoot offense turned the ball over six times, with Miller, who had problems all game with his footing, throwing four interceptions and getting sacked four times. The result was a 42-14 loss. The 1991 Denver Broncos were coming off an uncharacteristically down year. The on the next play, Taylor took in a pass from Montana while in single coverage by defensive back On the 49ers' next drive, Montana called a pass play on third down.