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Wild Card Playoffs 3 WILD CARD PLAYOFFS AFC WILD CARD PLAYOFF GAMES Season Date Winner (Share) Loser (Share) Score Site Attendance 2005 Jan. 8 Pittsburgh ($17,000) Cincinnati ($19,000) 31-17 Cincinnati 65,870 Jan. 7 New England ($19,000) Jacksonville ($17,000) 28-3 Foxborough 68,756 2004 Jan. 9 Indianapolis ($18,000) Denver ($15,000) 49-24 Indianapolis 56,609 Jan. 8 N.Y. Jets ($15,000) San Diego ($18,000) 20-17* San Diego 67,536 2003 Jan. 4 Indianapolis ($18,000) Denver ($15,000) 41-10 Indianapolis 56,586 Jan. 3 Tennessee ($15,000) Baltimore ($18,000) 20-17 Baltimore 69,452 2002 Jan. 5 Pittsburgh ($17,000) Cleveland ($12,500) 36-33 Pittsburgh 62,595 Jan. 4 N.Y. Jets ($17,000) Indianapolis ($12,500) 41-0 East Rutherford 78,524 2001 Jan. 13 Baltimore ($12,500) Miami ($12,500) 20-3 Miami 72,251 Jan. 12 Oakland ($17,000) N.Y. Jets ($12,500) 38-24 Oakland 61,503 2000 Dec. 31 Baltimore (12,500) Denver ($12,500) 21-3 Baltimore 69,638 Dec. 30 Miami ($16,000) Indianapolis ($12,500) 23-17* Miami 73,193 1999 Jan. 9 Miami ($10,000) Seattle ($16,000) 20-17 Seattle 66,170 Jan. 8 Tennessee ($10,000) Buffalo (10,000) 22-16 Nashville 66,672 1998 Jan. 3 Jacksonville ($15,000) New England ($10,000) 25-10 Jacksonville 71,139 Jan. 2 Miami ($10,000) Buffalo ($10,000) 24-17 Miami 72,698 1997 Dec. 28 New England ($15,000) Miami ($10,000) 17-3 Foxborough 60,041 Dec. 27 Denver ($10,000) Jacksonville ($10,000) 42-17 Denver 74,481 1996 Dec. 29 Pittsburgh ($14,000) Indianapolis ($10,000) 42-14 Pittsburgh 58,078 Dec. 28 Jacksonville ($10,000) Buffalo ($10,000) 30-27 Buffalo 70,213 1995 Dec. 31 Indianapolis ($7,500) San Diego ($7,500) 35-20 San Diego 61,182 Dec. 30 Buffalo ($13,000) Miami ($7,500) 37-22 Buffalo 73,103 1994 Jan. 1 Cleveland ($7,500) New England ($7,500) 20-13 Cleveland 77,452 Dec. 31 Miami ($12,000) Kansas City ($7,500) 27-17 Miami 67,487 1993 Jan. 9 L.A. Raiders ($7,500) Denver ($7,500) 42-24 Los Angeles 65,314 Jan. 8 Kansas City ($12,000) Pittsburgh ($7,500) 27-24* Kansas City 74,515 1992 Jan. 3 Buffalo ($6,000) Houston ($6,000) 41-38* Buffalo 75,141 Jan. 2 San Diego ($10,000) Kansas City ($6,000) 17-0 San Diego 58,278 1991 Dec. 29 Houston ($10,000) N.Y. Jets ($6,000) 17-10 Houston 61,485 Dec. 28 Kansas City ($6,000) L.A. Raiders ($6,000) 10-6 Kansas City 75,827 1990 Jan. 6 Cincinnati ($10,000) Houston ($6,000) 41-14 Cincinnati 60,012 Jan. 5 Miami ($6,000) Kansas City ($6,000) 17-16 Miami 67,276 1989 Dec. 31 Pittsburgh ($6,000) Houston ($6,000) 26-23* Houston 59,406 1988 Dec. 26 Houston ($6,000) Cleveland ($6,000) 24-23 Cleveland 75,896 1987 Jan. 3 Houston ($6,000) Seattle ($6,000) 23-20* Houston 50,519 1986 Dec. 28 N.Y. Jets ($6,000) Kansas City ($6,000) 35-15 East Rutherford 75,210 1985 Dec. 28 New England ($6,000) N.Y. Jets ($6,000) 26-14 East Rutherford 75,945 1984 Dec. 22 Seattle ($6,000) L.A. Raiders ($6,000) 13-7 Seattle 62,049 1983 Dec. 24 Seattle ($6,000) Denver ($6,000) 31-7 Seattle 64,275 1982 Jan. 9 N.Y. Jets ($6,000) Cincinnati ($6,000) 44-17 Cincinnati 57,560 Jan. 9 San Diego ($6,000) Pittsburgh ($6,000) 31-28 Pittsburgh 53,546 Jan. 8 L.A. Raiders ($6,000) Cleveland ($6,000) 27-10 Los Angeles 56,555 Jan. 8 Miami ($6,000) New England ($6,000) 28-13 Miami 68,842 1981 Dec. 27 Buffalo ($3,000) N.Y. Jets ($3,000) 31-27 New York 57,050 1980 Dec. 28 Oakland ($3,000) Houston ($3,000) 27-7 Oakland 53,333 1979 Dec. 23 Houston ($3,000) Denver ($3,000) 13-7 Houston 48,776 1978 Dec. 24 Houston ($3,000) Miami ($3,000) 17-9 Miami 72,445 *Sudden death overtime 2005 yards and 3 touchdowns. Wilson had 3 catches for 104 bouncing fumble at the Jaguars’ 3, and capped on the P I T TSBURGH 31, CINCINNATI 17— B e n R o e t h l i s - yards. Kitna was 24 of 40 for 197 yards and 1 touch- next play by Brady’s 3-yard touchdown toss to Givens berger passed for 3 touchdowns and the Steelers’ de- downs, with 2 interceptions. in the back of the end zone. The touchdown marked fense shutout the Bengals in the second half to post the Pittsburgh 0 14 14 3 — 31 Givens’ sixth consecutive postseason game with a first postseason road victory of Bill Cowher’s 14-year Cincinnati 10 7 0 0 — 17 scoring catch, second in NFL history, and two games coaching career. Carson Palmer injured his knee on the Cin — FG Graham 23 shy of John Stallworth’s record. The Patriots forced an- Bengals’ second play of the game. Kimo von Oelhoffen Cin — R. Johnson 20 run (Graham kick) other punt, and on third-and-13 Brady completed a was blocked into Palmer’s knee. The play resulted in a Pitt — Parker 19 pass from Roethlisberger (Reed short pass to Watson, who broke three tackles en route 66-yard pass to Chris Henry, who also was injured on kick) to a Patriots’ postseason-record long 63-yard touch- the play. The pass set up Shayne Graham’s 23-yard Cin — Houshmandzadeh 7 pass from Kitna down for a 21-3 lead with 3:03 left in the third quarter. field goal, and Jon Kitna engineered touchdown drives (Graham kick) T h e Jaguars’ drove to the Patriots’ 32, but on fourth- of 76 and 57 yards on the next two possessions to take Pitt — Ward 5 pass from Roethlisberger (Reed kick) and-5, Asante Samuel stepped in front of Byron Left- a 17-7 lead with 6:13 left in the second quarter. Roeth- Pitt — Bettis 5 run (Reed kick) wich’s pass and returned it untouched 73 yards on the lisberger’s 54-yard pass to Cedrick Wilson set up Hines Pitt — Wilson 43 pass from Roethlisberger first play of the fourth quarter to complete the scoring. Ward’s 5-yard touchdown grab on third-and-goal. On (Reed kick) Brady was 15 of 27 for 201 yards and 3 touchdowns. the opening possession of the second half, the Bengals Pitt — FG Reed 21 Leftwich, making his first start since missing the final led 17-14 and drove to the Steelers’ 15, but from field- five games with an ankle injury, was 18 of 31 for 179 goal formation Brad St. Louis’s snap was high and NEW ENGLAND 28, JACKSONVILLE 3—Tom Brady yards, with 1 interception. David Garrard played the holder Kyle Larson could not hold onto the ball. The passed for 3 touchdowns and Wi l l i e McGinest regis- final two drives and was 3 of 8 for 68 yards. 1 Steelers responded with a 66-yard touchdown drive to tered an NFL-postseason record 4 ⁄2 sacks as the Patri- Jacksonville 0 3 0 0 — 3 take the lead. After forcing a punt, the Steelers were ots won their NFL-record 10th consecutive postseason New England 0 7 14 7 — 28 faced with third-and-3 from the Bengals’ 43. Antwaan game. Brady improved to 10-0 as a postseason starter, NE — T. Brown 11 pass from Brady (Vinatieri kick) Randle El took the Shotgun snap, rolled right, passed and McGinest set a career postseason record with 16 Jax — FG Scobee 36 1 backwards across the field to Roethlisberger, who then sacks, surpassing Bruce Smith’s mark of 14 ⁄2. Ti m NE — Givens 3 pass from Brady (Vinatieri kick) fired long downfield to a wide open Wilson, who caught Dwight’s 27-yard punt return set up Tr o y B r o w n ’ s NE — Watson 63 pass from Brady (Vinatieri kick) the ball at the 5-yard line and jogged into the end zone 11-yard touchdown catch on third-and-5. The Jaguars NE — Samuel 73 interception return (Vinatieri kick) for a 28-17 lead. James Farrior’s interception on the had a 12-play drive just before halftime that culminated next drive led to Jeff Reed’s field goal with 10:29 to play. with Josh Scobee’s 36-yard field goal to pull within 7-3. 2004 The Bengals drove to the Steelers’ 45 with 4:12 to play, New England forced a punt to begin the second half, INDIANAPOLIS 49, DENVER 24— Peyton Manning but Troy Polamalu’s diving interception ended the and the offense drove 81 yards in 12 plays, highlighted passed for 457 yards, the second-most in postseason Bengals’ final hope. Roethlisberger was 14 of 19 for 208 by Andre’ Davis’ fumble recovery of Ben Wa t s o n ’ s h i s t o r y. R e g g i e Wayne had 221 receiving yards, the 4 WILD CARD PLAYOFFS third-highest mark in postseason annals, on 10 recep- passed for 5 touchdowns as the Colts scored on their 2002 tions for the Colts. Manning passed for 360 yards and 3 first seven possessions and avenged a 31-17 home PITTSBURGH 36, CLEVELAND 33—The NFL’s come- touchdowns in the first half, and the Colts outgained the loss to the Broncos two weeks earlier.