A look back at a very wild Wild Card Weekend
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WINNING PARTICIPANTS: The PITTSBURGH STEELERS and GREEN BAY PACKERS both won on Wild Card weekend as the Steelers defeated Cincinnati 18-16 and the Packers won 35-18 against Washington.
The win marked Pittsburgh’s 34th postseason victory, tying the Dallas Cowboys for the most postseason wins in NFL history. The Packers rank third in NFL history with 32 postseason wins.
The teams with the most postseason wins in NFL history:
TEAM
WINS
LOSSES
WIN PCT
SUPER BOWL WINS
Dallas Cowboys
34
26
.567
5
Pittsburgh Steelers
34
22
.607
6
Green Bay Packers
32
20
.615
4
San Francisco 49ers
30
20
.600
5
New England Patriots
28
18
.609
4
Oakland Raiders
25
18
.581
3
With the win, Green Bay now has a .615 postseason winning percentage, the second-highest in NFL history (Baltimore Ravens, .652). Pittsburgh moved into fourth place all-time with a .607 postseason winning percentage.
The teams with the highest postseason winning percentage in NFL history:
TEAM
WIN PCT
WINS
LOSSES
SUPER BOWL WINS
Baltimore Ravens
.652
15
8
2
Green Bay Packers
.615
32
20
4
New England Patriots
.609
28
18
4
Pittsburgh Steelers
.607
34
22
6
San Francisco 49ers
.600
30
20
5
– WILD CARD WEEKEND –
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STREAKING SMITH: Kansas City quarterback ALEX SMITH completed 17 of 22 passes (77.3 percent) for 190 yards with a touchdown and an interception in a 30-0 Chiefs win against Houston.
Smith started the game with five pass attempts without an interception, extending his streak of consecutive postseason pass attempts without an INT to 119. Smith’s 119 pass attemptssurpassed JEFF HOSTETLER (115) for the longest such streak to start a career in postseason history.
The most consecutive pass attempts without an interception to start a career in postseason history:
POSTSEASON TO START A CAREER
PLAYER
YEAR(S)
CONSECUTIVE PASS ATTEMPTS WITHOUT INT
Alex Smith
2012-16
119
Jeff Hostetler
1991-94
115
Roger Staubach
1969-73
103
Peyton Manning
2000-03
101
