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In the NFL, what is the worst team record that made the playoffs?

Also, what is the worst record that theoretically could make the playoffs under the NFL playoffs format? 

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  • 4 months ago
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    The two sub-.500 teams to make the playoffs to date are:

    Seattle 2010:  7-9

    Carolina 2014:  7-8-1.

    I'm not sure how others here put Carolina as having the worst record.  A loss is clearly worse than a tie.

    And, yes, mathematically it is possible to go 0-10-6 and make the playoffs.  If you take ties out of the mix, then 3-13 would be the worst possible record.  It would mean all team in the division split all their games and lost all their non-division games.  

     

  • 4 months ago

    7-9 Seattle in 2010 and Washington. Seattle won in the first round of the playoffs as did the three other teams that won a division and didn't have a winning record.

  • 4 months ago

    The irony of it is both the 2010 Seahawks and the 2014 Panthers won their first playoff games. Both had the same winning percentage, .437.

  • 4 months ago

    The 2010 Seahawks with 7-9.

  • Kathy
    Lv 7
    4 months ago

    It was the Carolina Panthers in 2014 with a record of 7-8-1.

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