Nfl Playoffs, 1998-99

The NFL playoffs for the 1998-99 season led up to Super Bowl XXXIII.

Playoff seeds

Seed !! AFC !! NFC
b>1 Denver Broncos (West winner) Minnesota Vikings (Central winner)
b>2 New York Jets (East winner) Atlanta Falcons (West winner)
b>3 Jacksonville Jaguars (Central winner) Dallas Cowboys (East winner)
b>4 Miami Dolphins San Francisco 49ers
b>5 Buffalo Bills Green Bay Packers
b>6 New England Patriots Arizona Cardinals

Wild-card round

January 2, 1999

align="center" | Quarter align="center" style="width:25px;" | 1 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 2 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 4 align="center" style="width:25px;" | Tot
align="center" | Bills align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 17
align="center" | Dolphins align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 8 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 10 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 24
AFC: Miami Dolphins 24, Buffalo Bills 17
at Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Florida
The Dolphins forced five Bills turnovers, including Buffalo quarterback Doug Flutie's fumble at the Miami 5-yard line with 17 seconds left in the game.
  • Scoring
    • MIA - FG Mare 31
    • MIA - FG Mare 40
    • BUF - Thomas 1 run (Christie kick)
    • MIA - Abdul-Jabbar 3 run (Pritchett run)
    • BUF - Moulds 32 pass from Flutie (Christie kick)
    • MIA - FG Mare 23
    • MIA - Thomas 11 pass from Marino (Mare kick)
    • BUF - FG Christie 33
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align="center" | Cardinals align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 20
align="center" | Cowboys align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7
NFC: Arizona Cardinals 20, Dallas Cowboys 7
at Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas
Quarterback Jake Plummer passed for 213 yards as he led the Cardinals to their first playoff victory since 1947.
  • Scoring
    • ARI - Murrell 12 pass from Plummer (Jacke kick)
    • ARI - FG Jacke 37
    • ARI - Centers 3 pass from Plummer (Jacke kick)
    • ARI - FG Jacke 46
    • DAL - Davis 6 pass from Aikman (Cunningham kick)

January 3, 1999

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align="center" | Patriots align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 10
align="center" | Jaguars align="center" style="width:25px;" | 6 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 6 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 13 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 25
AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 25, New England Patriots 10
at ALLTEL Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida
Running back Fred Taylor ran for 162 yards as the Jaguars won their first home playoff game in team history.
  • Scoring
    • JAC - FG Hollis 35
    • JAC - FG Hollis 24
    • JAC - Taylor 13 yd run (Two-Pt Attempt Failed)
    • NE - Edwards 1 yd run (Vinatieri kick)
    • NE - FG Vinatieri 27
    • JAC - Smith 37 pass from Brunell (Hollis kick)
    • JAC - FG Hollis 34
    • JAC - FG Hollis 21
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align="center" | Packers align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 14 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 10 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 27
align="center" | 49ers align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 10 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 10 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 30
NFC: San Francisco 49ers 30, Green Bay Packers 27
''at 3Com Park, San Francisco
Receiver Terrell Owens, who dropped four passes and had a fumble, caught the 25-yard winning touchdown pass with three seconds left in the game.
  • Scoring
    • GB - FG Longwell 23
    • SF - Clark 1 pass from Young (Richey kick)
    • GB - Freeman 2 pass from Favre (Longwell kick)
    • SF - FG Richey 34
    • GB - Levens 2 yd run (Longwell kick)
    • SF - Clark 8 yd pass from Young (Richey kick)
    • SF - FG Richey 48
    • GB - FG Longwell 37
    • SF - FG Richey 40
    • GB - Freeman 15 pass from Favre (Longwell kick)
    • SF - Owens 25 pass from Young (Richey kick)

Byes

Divisional round

January 9, 1999

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align="center" | Dolphins align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3
align="center" | Broncos align="center" style="width:25px;" | 14 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 14 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 38
AFC: Denver Broncos 38, Miami Dolphins 3
at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado
Denver dominated the Dolphins as Denver running back Terrell Davis ran for 199 yards.
  • Scoring
    • DEN - Davis 1 run (Elam kick)
    • DEN - Davis 20 run (Elam kick)
    • MIA - FG Mare 22
    • DEN - Loville 11 yd run (Elam kick)
    • DEN - FG Elam 32
    • DEN - R Smith 28 pass from Elway (Elam kick)
    • DEN - N Smith 79 fumble return (Elam kick)
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align="center" | 49ers align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 10 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 8 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 18
align="center" | Falcons align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 20
NFC: Atlanta Falcons 20, San Francisco 49ers 18
at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta running back Jamal Anderson scored two touchdowns and the Falcons intercepted three passes as they barely escaped with a victory.
  • Scoring
    • ATL - J. Anderson 2 run (M. Andersen kick)
    • ATL - J. Anderson 34 run (M. Andersen kick)
    • SF - Rice 17 pass from Young (Richey kick)
    • SF - FG Richey 36
    • ATL - FG M. Andersen 29
    • ATL - FG M. Andersen 32
    • SF - Young 8 yd run (Clark pass from Detmer)

January 10, 1999

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align="center" | Jaguars align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 10 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 24
align="center" | Jets align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 10 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 14 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 34
AFC: New York Jets 34, Jacksonville Jaguars 24
at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Quarterback Vinny Testaverde passed for 284 yards as the Jets held the ball for 39:16.
  • Scoring
    • NYJ - K. Johnson 21 pass from Testaverde (Hall kick)
    • NYJ - FG Hall 52
    • NYJ - K. Johnson 10 run (Hall kick)
    • JAC - Smith 52 pass from Brunell (Hollis kick)
    • NYJ - Martin 1 run (Hall kick)
    • JAC - McCardell 3 pass from Brunell (Hollis kick)
    • NYJ - Martin 1 run (Hall kick)
    • JAC - Smith 19 pass from Brunell (Hollis kick)
    • JAC - FG Hollis 37
    • NYJ - FG Hall 30
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align="center" | Cardinals align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 21
align="center" | Vikings align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 17 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 10 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 41
NFC: Minnesota Vikings 41, Arizona Cardinals 21
at Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Running back Robert Smith ran for a team-playoff-record 124 yards as the Vikings dominated Arizona.
  • Scoring
    • MIN - Hoard 1 run (Anderson kick)
    • MIN - Glover 15 pass from Cunningham (Anderson kick)
    • MIN - FG Anderson 34
    • ARI - Bates 1 run (Jacke kick)
    • MIN - Hoard 16 pass from Cunningham (Anderson kick)
    • ARI - Bates 1 run (Jacke kick)
    • MIN - FG Anderson 20
    • MIN - Moss 2 pass from Cunningham (Anderson kick)
    • ARI - Bates 1 run (Jacke kick)
    • MIN - Hoard 6 run (Anderson kick)

Conference championships

January 17, 1999

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align="center" | Jets align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 10
align="center" | Broncos align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 20 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 23
AFC: Denver Broncos 23, New York Jets 10
at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado
In John Elway's last home game of his career, he completed only 38% of his passes. However, running back Terrell Davis, the NFL MVP in 1998, ran for 167 yards, and Denver capitalized on 6 turnovers by the Jets to overcome a 10-0 deficit.
  • Scoring
    • NYJ - FG Hall 32
    • NYJ - Martin 1 run (Hall kick)
    • DEN - Griffith 11 pas from Elway (Elam kick)
    • DEN - FG Elam 44
    • DEN - FG Elam 48
    • DEN - Davis 31 run (Elam kick)
    • DEN - FG Elam 35
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align="center" | Falcons align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 10 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 3 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 30
align="center" | Vikings align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 13 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 7 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 0 align="center" style="width:25px;" | 27
NFC: Atlanta Falcons 30, Minnesota Vikings 27 (OT)
at Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
After Minnesota kicker Gary Anderson missed a field goal with two minutes to play in the fourth quarter (his first miss of the season), the Falcons tied it up on a 16-yard touchdown pass to Terrance Mathis. In overtime, Falcons quarterback Chris Chandler, on a bad ankle, drove 70 yards to set up Morten Andersen's 38-yard field goal that put Atlanta in the Super Bowl for the first time in team history.
  • Scoring
    • ATL - J. Anderson 5 pass from Chandler (M. Andersen kick)
    • MIN - Moss 31 pass from Cunningham (Anderson kick)
    • MIN - FG Anderson 29
    • MIN - Cunningham 1 run (Anderson kick)
    • MIN - FG Anderson 35
    • ATL - Mathis 14 pass from Chandler (M. Andersen kick)
    • ATL - FG M. Andersen 27
    • MIN - Hatchette 5 pass from Cunningham (Anderson kick)
    • ATL - FG M. Andersen 24
    • ATL - Mathis 16 pass from Chandler (M. Andersen kick)
    • ATL - FG M. Andersen 38
NFL playoffs 1998-99

 

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