Commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced Monday the schedule of sites, dates and times for the National Football League Divisional Playoffs of January 15-16 (all times Central):
NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS
Saturday, January 15
AFC: 3:30 PM CT
San Diego (12-4), New York Jets (10-6) or Denver (10-6) at Pittsburgh (15-1) (CBS-TV)
NFC: 7:00 PM CT
Green Bay (10-6), Seattle (9-7) or St. Louis (8-8) at Atlanta (11-5) (FOX-TV)
Sunday, January 16
NFC: 12:00 PM CT
Seattle (9-7), St. Louis (8-8) or Minnesota (8-8) at Philadelphia (13-3) (FOX-TV)
AFC: 3:30 PM CT
Indianapolis (12-4), San Diego (12-4) or New York Jets (10-6) at New England (14-2) (CBS-TV)
In the Divisional Playoffs, the division champion with the best record in each conference (i.e. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia) is host to the surviving team with the lowest playoff ranking.
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As previously announced, Wild Card Weekend is this Saturday and Sunday, January 8-9. The schedule:
NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, January 8
NFC: 3:30 PM CT
St. Louis (8-8) at Seattle (9-7) (ABC-TV)
AFC: 7:00 PM CT
New York Jets (10-6) at San Diego (12-4) (ABC-TV)
Sunday, January 9
AFC: 12:00 PM CT
Denver (10-6) at Indianapolis (12-4) (CBS-TV)
NFC: 3:30 PM CT
Minnesota (8-8) at Green Bay (10-6) (FOX-TV)
National Football Conference
- Philadelphia (East Division champion)
- Atlanta (South Division champion)
- Green Bay (North Division champion)
- Seattle (West Division champion)
- St. Louis
- Minnesota
American Football Conference
- Pittsburgh (North Division champion)
- New England (East Division champion)
- Indianapolis (South Division champion)
- San Diego (West Division champion)
- New York Jets
- Denver
The AFC and NFC Championship Games will be played on Sunday, January 23. The NFC Championship will be at 3:00 PM ET on FOX-TV, and the AFC Championship at 6:30 PM ET on CBS-TV.
Super Bowl XXXIX will be played at ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday, February 6 at 6:30 PM ET and televised by FOX-TV.
The annual AFC-NFC Pro Bowl will be played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday, February 13 at 7:30 PM ET and televised on ESPN.
All NFL playoff games also are broadcast on Westwood One/CBS Radio.
