![]() Cincinnati managed to force a punt on Houston's next drive, but with just over three minutes left in the third quarter, Johnathan Joseph (another former Bengal) intercepted Dalton's pass and returned it 16 yards to the Bengals 24-yard line. Green setting up Josh Brown's 34-yard field goal to cut the score to 16–10. The Bengals struck back with Andy Dalton's 45-yard completion to A. Houston then drove 51 yards, featuring a 22-yard completion from Schaub to Andre Johnson, and scored on a 1-yard touchdown run by Foster. But the Texans took it back with a 61-yard drive to the Bengals 4-yard line, 46 coming from Arian Foster, that resulted in Graham's third field goal, making the score 9–7 at the end of the half.Įarly in the third quarter, a fair catch interference penalty on Bengals Chris Lewis-Harris gave Houston the ball on the Cincinnati 49-yard line. Then, after forcing a punt, they drove the ball all the way to the Bengals 9-yard line, but once again settled for a Graham field goal a few minutes into the second quarter.įollowing another Cincinnati punt, the Bengals took their first lead of the game when Leon Hall intercepted a pass intended for James Casey on the left sideline and returned it 21 yards for a touchdown. On the Texans' second drive of the game, they moved the ball 65 yards and scored on a 48-yard field goal from Shayne Graham (a former Bengal). The win was especially satisfying for Texans quarterback Matt Schaub, who was playing in his first playoff game in his nine-season career. HOU – Arian Foster – 32 rushes, 140 yards, 1 TDįor the second year in a row, Houston defeated Cincinnati in the first game of the playoffs, outgaining them in total yards 428–198 and holding their offense to just two field goals in nine drives (including 0/9 on third downs).CIN – BenJarvus Green-Ellis – 11 rushes, 63 yards.HOU – Matt Schaub – 29/38, 262 yards, 1 INT.CIN – Andy Dalton – 14/30, 127 yards, 1 INT.CIN – Josh Brown 47-yard field goal, 9:03.HOU – Shayne Graham 24-yard field goal, 14:17.CIN – Josh Brown 34-yard field goal, 7:48.HOU – Arian Foster 1-yard run (Shayne Graham kick), 10:31.HOU – Shayne Graham 22-yard field goal, 2:19.CIN – Leon Hall 21-yard interception return ( Josh Brown kick), 9:30.HOU – Shayne Graham 27-yard field goal, 13:07.HOU – Shayne Graham 48-yard field goal, 7:49.Wild Card playoffs Saturday, Janu AFC: Houston Texans 19, Cincinnati Bengals 13 Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana All games were broadcast by Dial Global radio. CBS broadcast the rest of the AFC playoff games and the Super Bowl. Fox then televised the rest of the NFC games. In the United States, NBC broadcast the first two Wild Card playoff games. Although the Super Bowl, the championship round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference. The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games met in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. ![]() In the second round, the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the worst-surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5, or 6), while the number 2 seed will play the other team (seed 3, 4, or 5). The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference received a first-round bye. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth-seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. The four division winners are seeded 1–4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5–6. Within each conference, the four division winners and the top two non-division winners with the best overall regular season records) qualified for the playoffs. Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Standard Time ( UTC-05) Participants It was also the first time since 1999 that no Pennsylvania-based NFL team made the playoffs. This was also the most recent NFL postseason to feature a game that went into double overtime. Īll playoff teams in both conferences won at least 10 games, the first time since 2005. The postseason tournament concluded with the Baltimore Ravens defeating the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII, 34–31, on February 3, at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The National Football League playoffs for the 2012 season began on January 5, 2013.
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