List of NFL team playoff records


This is a list of playoff records set by various teams in various categories in the National Football League during the Super Bowl Era.

Wins

  • Most Postseason Games Won, All-Time, 40
  • Most Postseason Home Games Won, All-Time, 27
  • Most Postseason Road Games Won, All-Time, 11
  • Most Consecutive Postseason Games Won, 10
  • Most Consecutive Postseason Home Games Won, 13
  • Most Consecutive Postseason Road Games Won, 5
  • Highest All-Time Postseason Winning Percentage, 0.633

Losses

  • Most Postseason Games Lost, All-Time, 32
  • Longest Losing Streak, 9 games
  • Most Postseason Home Losses, All-Time, 13
  • Most Postseason Road Losses, All-Time, 19

Scoring

  • Most Points, Single Postseason, 145
  • Most Points per Game, Single Postseason , 43.6
  • Most Points, Single Team, Game, 73
  • Most Points, Both Teams, Game, 96
  • Fewest Points, Both Teams, Game, 5
  • Most Points, Shutout Victory, Game, 73
  • Fewest Points, Shutout Victory, Game, 5
  • Most Points Overcome to Win Game, 32
  • Most Points, First Half, 41
  • Most Points, Second Half, 45
  • Most Points, One Half, 45
  • Most Points, Both Teams, First Half, 52
  • Most Points, Both Teams, Second Half, 56
  • Most Points, Both Teams, One Half, 56
  • Most Points, First Quarter, 28
  • Most Points, Second Quarter, 35
  • Most Points, Third Quarter, 28
  • Most Points, Fourth Quarter, 27
  • Most Points, Fourth Quarter, since AFL/NFL Merger, 26
  • Most Points, One Quarter, 35
  • Highest Point Differential, Game, 73
  • Highest Point Differential, Season , 100

Touchdowns

  • Most Touchdowns, Game, 11
  • Most Touchdowns, Both Teams, Game, 13

Field Goals

  • Most Field Goals Attempted, Game, 6
  • Most Field Goals Attempted, Both Teams, Game, 11
  • Most Field Goals, Game, 6
  • Most Field Goals, Both Teams, Game, 8

Safeties

  • Most Safeties, Game, 1
  • Most Safeties, Both Teams, Game, 1

Shutouts

  • Most Postseason Shutout Games Won, All–Time, 3
  • Most Postseason Shutout Games Won, Single Season, 2
  • Most Consecutive Shutout Games, 2
  • Most Postseason Losses by Shutout, All–Time, 5

Offense

Yards Gained

  • Most Yards Gained, Game, 626
  • Fewest Yards Gained, Game, 78
  • Most Yards Gained, Both Teams, Game, 1,151
  • Fewest Yards Gained, Both Teams, Game, 336

Passing

  • Most Passes Attempted, Game, 68
  • Fewest Passes Attempted, Game, 5
  • Most Passes Attempted, Both Teams, Game, 105
  • Fewest Passes Attempted, Both Teams, Game, 18
  • Most Passes Completed, Game, 47
  • Fewest Passes Completed, Game, 2
  • Most Passes Completed, Both Teams, Game, 68
  • Fewest Passes Completed, Both Teams, Game, 5
  • Most Yards Gained, Passing, Game, 506
  • Fewest Yards Gained, Passing, Game, 7
  • Most Yards Gained, Passing, Both Teams, Game, 881
  • Fewest Yards Gained, Passing, Both Teams, Game, 42
  • Most Times Sacked, Game, 9
  • Most Times Sacked, Both Teams, Game, 13
  • Highest Completion Percentage, Game , 92.9
  • Lowest Completion Percentage, Game , 18.5
  • Most Touchdowns, Passing, Game, 6
  • Most Touchdowns, Passing, Both Teams, Game, 9

Rushing

  • Most Rushing Attempts, Game, 65
  • Fewest Rushing Attempts, Game, 8
  • Most Rushing Attempts, Both Teams, Game, 109
  • Fewest Rushing Attempts, Both Teams, Game, 32
  • Most Yards Gained Rushing, Game, 382
  • Fewest Yards Gained Rushing, Game, −4
  • Most Yards Gained Rushing, Both Teams, Game, 430
  • Fewest Yards Gained Rushing, Both Teams, Game, 77
  • Highest Average Gain, Rushing, Game, 9.94
  • Lowest Average Gain, Rushing, Game, −0.27
  • Most Touchdowns, Rushing, Game, 7
Chicago Bears vs Washington Redskins, Dec 8, 1940
  • Most Touchdowns, Rushing, Both Teams, Game, 8

First Downs

  • Most First Downs, Game, 37
  • Fewest First Downs, Game, 6
  • Most First Downs, Both Teams, Game, 62
  • Fewest First Downs, Both Teams, Game, 15
  • Most First Downs, Rushing, Game, 19
  • Fewest First Downs, Rushing, Game, 0
  • Most First Downs, Rushing, Both Teams, Game, 26
  • Fewest First Downs, Rushing, Both Teams, Game, 2
  • Most First Downs, Passing, Game, 26
  • Fewest First Downs, Passing, Game, 0
  • Most First Downs, Passing, Both Teams, Game, 42
  • Fewest First Downs, Passing, Both Teams, Game, 2
  • Most First Downs, Penalty, Game, 7
  • Most First Downs, Penalty, Both Teams, Game, 10

Defense

Points Allowed

  • Fewest Points Allowed , 10
  • Fewest Points Allowed , 23
  • Most Points Allowed, Season, 2 games, 90
  • Most Points Allowed, Season, 3 games, 99
  • Most Points Allowed, Season, 4 games 103
  • Most Shutouts, Season, 2
  • Most Points Allowed per Game , 45

Touchdowns Allowed

Special teams

Punting

  • Most Punts, Game, 14
  • Fewest Punts, Game, 0
  • Most Punts, Both Teams, Game, 23
  • Fewest Punts, Both Teams, Game, 0
  • Highest Average Distance, Punting, Game , 56.0 yards
  • Lowest Average Distance, Punting, Game , 24.9 yards

Punt Returns

  • Most Punt Returns, Game, 8
  • Most Punt Returns, Both Teams, Game, 13
  • Most Yards, Punt Returns, Game, 155
  • Fewest Yards, Punt Returns, Game, –10
  • Most Yards, Punt Returns, Both Teams, Game, 166
  • Fewest Yards, Punt Returns, Both Teams, Game, –9
  • Most Touchdowns, Punt Returns, Game, 1

Kick Returns

  • Most Kickoff Returns, Game, 10
  • Most Kickoff Returns, Both Teams, Game, 15
  • Fewest Kickoff Returns, Both Teams, Game, 1
  • Most Yards, Kickoff Returns, Game, 244
  • Most Yards, Kickoff Returns, Both Teams, Game, 379
  • Fewest Yards, Kickoff Returns, Both Teams, Game, 5
  • Most Touchdowns, Kickoff Returns, Game, 1
  • Most Touchdowns, Kickoff Returns, Both Teams, Game, 2

Turnovers

  • Most Turnovers, Game, 9
  • Most Turnovers, Both Teams, Game, 14

Fumbles

  • Most Fumbles, Game, 8
  • Most Fumbles, Both Teams, Game, 12
  • Most Fumbles Lost, Game, 5
  • Most Fumbles Recovered, Own and Opponents, Game, 8
  • Most Own Fumbles Recovered, Game, 5
  • Most Touchdowns, Fumbles Recovered, Own and Opponents, Game, 2

Interceptions

  • Most Passes Intercepted, Game, 8
  • Most Passes Intercepted, Both Teams, Game, 10
  • Most Yards Returning Interceptions, Game, 172
  • Most Yards Returning Interceptions, Both Teams, Game, 184
  • Most Touchdowns, Returning Interceptions, Postseason, 4
  • Most Touchdowns Returning Interceptions, Game, 3
  • Most Touchdowns Returning Interceptions, Both Teams, Game, 3

Penalties

  • Fewest Penalties, Game, 0
  • Most Penalties, Game, 17
  • Fewest Penalties, Both Teams, Game, 1
  • Most Penalties, Both Teams, Game, 27
  • Fewest Yards Penalized, Game, 0
  • Most Yards Penalized, Game, 145
  • Fewest Yards Penalized, Both Teams, Game, 5
  • Most Yards Penalized, Both Teams, Game, 228

Other

  • Team with the lowest winning percentage to reach the playoffs, 7–9
  • Team with the lowest winning percentage to win a playoff game, 7–9
  • Team with the lowest regular season winning percentage to reach the NFC Championship Game, 8–7
  • Team with the lowest regular season winning percentage to reach the AFC Championship Game, 9–7
  • Team with the lowest regular season winning percentage to reach the Super Bowl, 9–7
  • Team with the lowest regular season winning percentage to win the Super Bowl, 9–7 Longest playoff game, 82 minutes, 40 seconds
  • Longest playoff drought, 25 seasons
  • Longest playoff drought, expansion team, 20 seasons
  • Longest playoff drought, active, 15 seasons
  • Most consecutive seasons participating in playoffs, 11 seasons
  • Longest drought without a playoff game won, 50 seasons