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This template is to generate a tournament bracket for the 12-team [[NFL playoffs|National Football League Playoffs]], which began with the [[1990]] season.  It is loosely based on [[Template:Round16]] and its variations, with many modifications for the peculiar nature of the NFL playoffs.  Recent changes in the format for the [[Arena Football League]] playoffs make it usable to portray the brackets there as well.
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This template is to generate a tournament bracket for the 12-team [[NFL playoffs|National Football League Playoffs]], which began with the 1990 season.  It is loosely based on [[Template:Round16]] and its variations, with many modifications for the peculiar nature of the NFL playoffs.  Recent changes in the format for the [[Arena Football League]] playoffs make it usable to portray the brackets there as well.
 
==Re-seeding==
 
==Re-seeding==
 
Because of the 're-seeding' done each round, there is confusion before the 3/6-seed games in the Wild Card Round are completed.  This template will render dotted lines connecting the Wild Card winners to the Divisional round until at least one Divisional ''visiting team'' seed number is filled in for that conference, at which point the lines become solid.  If either conference shows dotted lines, there is also a note at the bottom of the template that explains the re-seeding process.
 
Because of the 're-seeding' done each round, there is confusion before the 3/6-seed games in the Wild Card Round are completed.  This template will render dotted lines connecting the Wild Card winners to the Divisional round until at least one Divisional ''visiting team'' seed number is filled in for that conference, at which point the lines become solid.  If either conference shows dotted lines, there is also a note at the bottom of the template that explains the re-seeding process.
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<!--Super Bowl-->
 
<!--Super Bowl-->
 
|RD4=Super Bowl XLII
 
|RD4=Super Bowl XLII
|[[February 3]] - [[University of Phoenix Stadium]]|N|||A||  
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|February 3 - [[University of Phoenix Stadium]]|N|||A||  
 
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<!--Date-Place/Seed 1/Team 1/Score 1/Seed 2/Team 2/Score 2-->
 
<!--Date-Place/Seed 1/Team 1/Score 1/Seed 2/Team 2/Score 2-->
 
<!--Wild Card Playoffs-->
 
<!--Wild Card Playoffs-->
|[[January 8]] - [[Giants Stadium]]|'''5'''|'''[[Carolina Panthers|Carolina]]'''|'''23'''|4|[[New York Giants|N.Y. Giants]]|0
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|January 8 - [[Giants Stadium]]|'''5'''|'''[[Carolina Panthers|Carolina]]'''|'''23'''|4|[[New York Giants|N.Y. Giants]]|0
|[[January 7]] - [[Raymond James Stadium]]|'''6'''|'''[[Washington Redskins|Washington]]'''|'''17'''|3|[[Tampa Bay Buccaneers|Tampa Bay]]|10
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|January 7 - [[Raymond James Stadium]]|'''6'''|'''[[Washington Redskins|Washington]]'''|'''17'''|3|[[Tampa Bay Buccaneers|Tampa Bay]]|10
|[[January 8]] - [[Paul Brown Stadium]]|'''6'''|'''[[Pittsburgh Steelers|Pittsburgh]]'''|'''31'''|3|[[Cincinnati Bengals|Cincinnati]]|17
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|January 8 - [[Paul Brown Stadium]]|'''6'''|'''[[Pittsburgh Steelers|Pittsburgh]]'''|'''31'''|3|[[Cincinnati Bengals|Cincinnati]]|17
|[[January 7]] - [[Gillette Stadium]]|5|[[Jacksonville Jaguars|Jacksonville]]|3|'''4'''|'''[[New England Patriots|New England]]'''|'''28'''
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|January 7 - [[Gillette Stadium]]|5|[[Jacksonville Jaguars|Jacksonville]]|3|'''4'''|'''[[New England Patriots|New England]]'''|'''28'''
 
<!--Divisional Playoffs-->
 
<!--Divisional Playoffs-->
|[[January 15]] - [[Soldier Field]]|'''5'''|'''Carolina'''|'''29'''|2|[[Chicago Bears|Chicago]]|21
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|January 15 - [[Soldier Field]]|'''5'''|'''Carolina'''|'''29'''|2|[[Chicago Bears|Chicago]]|21
|[[January 14]] - [[Qwest Field]]|6|Washington|10|'''1'''|'''[[Seattle Seahawks|Seattle]]'''|'''20'''
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|January 14 - [[Qwest Field]]|6|Washington|10|'''1'''|'''[[Seattle Seahawks|Seattle]]'''|'''20'''
|[[January 15]] - [[RCA Dome]]|'''6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''21'''|1|[[Indianapolis Colts|Indianapolis]]|18
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|January 15 - [[RCA Dome]]|'''6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''21'''|1|[[Indianapolis Colts|Indianapolis]]|18
|[[January 14]] - [[INVESCO Field]]|4|New England|13|'''2'''|'''[[Denver Broncos|Denver]]'''|'''27'''
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|January 14 - [[INVESCO Field]]|4|New England|13|'''2'''|'''[[Denver Broncos|Denver]]'''|'''27'''
 
<!--Conference Championships-->
 
<!--Conference Championships-->
|[[January 22]] - Qwest Field|5|Carolina|14|'''1'''|'''Seattle'''|'''34'''
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|January 22 - Qwest Field|5|Carolina|14|'''1'''|'''Seattle'''|'''34'''
|[[January 22]] - INVESCO Field|'''6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''34'''|2|Denver|17
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|January 22 - INVESCO Field|'''6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''34'''|2|Denver|17
 
<!--Super Bowl XL-->
 
<!--Super Bowl XL-->
|[[February 5]] - [[Ford Field]]|N1|Seattle|10|'''A6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''21'''}}
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|February 5 - [[Ford Field]]|N1|Seattle|10|'''A6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''21'''}}
 
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<!--Date-Place/Seed 1/Team 1/Score 1/Seed 2/Team 2/Score 2-->
 
<!--Date-Place/Seed 1/Team 1/Score 1/Seed 2/Team 2/Score 2-->
 
<!--Wild Card Playoffs-->
 
<!--Wild Card Playoffs-->
|[[January 8]] - [[Giants Stadium]]|'''5'''|'''Carolina'''|'''23'''|4|N.Y. Giants|0
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|January 8 - [[Giants Stadium]]|'''5'''|'''Carolina'''|'''23'''|4|N.Y. Giants|0
|[[January 7]] - [[Raymond James Stadium]]|'''6'''|'''Washington'''|'''17'''|3|Tampa Bay|10
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|January 7 - [[Raymond James Stadium]]|'''6'''|'''Washington'''|'''17'''|3|Tampa Bay|10
|[[January 8]] - [[Paul Brown Stadium]]|'''6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''31'''|3|Cincinnati|17
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|January 8 - [[Paul Brown Stadium]]|'''6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''31'''|3|Cincinnati|17
|[[January 7]] - [[Gillette Stadium]]|5|Jacksonville|3|'''4'''|'''New England'''|'''28'''
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|January 7 - [[Gillette Stadium]]|5|Jacksonville|3|'''4'''|'''New England'''|'''28'''
 
<!--Divisional Playoffs-->
 
<!--Divisional Playoffs-->
|[[January 15]] - [[Soldier Field]]|'''5'''|'''Carolina'''|'''29'''|2|Chicago|21
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|January 15 - [[Soldier Field]]|'''5'''|'''Carolina'''|'''29'''|2|Chicago|21
|[[January 14]] - [[Qwest Field]]|6|Washington|10|'''1'''|'''Seattle'''|'''20'''
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|January 14 - [[Qwest Field]]|6|Washington|10|'''1'''|'''Seattle'''|'''20'''
|[[January 15]] - [[RCA Dome]]|'''6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''21'''|1|Indianapolis|18
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|January 15 - [[RCA Dome]]|'''6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''21'''|1|Indianapolis|18
|[[January 14]] - [[INVESCO Field]]|4|New England|13|'''2'''|'''Denver'''|'''27'''
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|January 14 - [[INVESCO Field]]|4|New England|13|'''2'''|'''Denver'''|'''27'''
 
<!--Conference Championships-->
 
<!--Conference Championships-->
|[[January 22]] - Qwest Field|5|Carolina|14|'''1'''|'''Seattle'''|'''34'''
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|January 22 - Qwest Field|5|Carolina|14|'''1'''|'''Seattle'''|'''34'''
|[[January 22]] - INVESCO Field|'''6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''34'''|2|Denver|17
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|January 22 - INVESCO Field|'''6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''34'''|2|Denver|17
 
<!--Super Bowl XL-->
 
<!--Super Bowl XL-->
|[[February 5]] - [[Ford Field]]|N1|Seattle|10|'''A6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''21'''}}
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|February 5 - [[Ford Field]]|N1|Seattle|10|'''A6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''21'''}}
  
 
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Revision as of 18:59, 7 January 2009

Template:Template doc page viewed directly This template is to generate a tournament bracket for the 12-team National Football League Playoffs, which began with the 1990 season. It is loosely based on Template:Round16 and its variations, with many modifications for the peculiar nature of the NFL playoffs. Recent changes in the format for the Arena Football League playoffs make it usable to portray the brackets there as well.

Re-seeding

Because of the 're-seeding' done each round, there is confusion before the 3/6-seed games in the Wild Card Round are completed. This template will render dotted lines connecting the Wild Card winners to the Divisional round until at least one Divisional visiting team seed number is filled in for that conference, at which point the lines become solid. If either conference shows dotted lines, there is also a note at the bottom of the template that explains the re-seeding process.

It is recommended to show the initial pairings under the assumption that the home team wins every game. During the course of the playoffs, if the team with the best seed in a round for a particular conference loses, the games for that conference in that round (and preceding rounds if any) need to be "flipped" to show the new pairings:

6              5              6
3              4  4           3  6
   2              2              1  6

5              6              5
4              3  6           4  4  2
   1              1              2

Super Bowl "home" team

The Super Bowl is played at a neutral site. The conference champions take turns being designated the 'home' team for the purposes of uniform selection and coin toss. This template assumes that the NFC champion will be the 'home' team in the Super Bowl, which is correct when played in odd-numbered bowls/years (XXXIX:2005, XLI:2007), so that the AFC is shown on top and the NFC on bottom. In even-numbered bowls/years (XL:2006, XLII:2008), this needs to be overridden; use the named parameters G1=NFC and G2=AFC. For use with the Arena Football League, the parameters League=AFL, G1=American, G2=National (or vice versa), RD2=Quarterfinals, and RD4=Arena Bowl __ should be used

Empty Bracket Example

{{NFLBracket
|G1=NFC
|G2=AFC
<!--Date-Place/Seed 1/Team 1/Score 1/Seed 2/Team 2/Score 2-->
<!--Wild Card Playoffs-->
|January 5/6 - TBD|6|||3||
|January 5/6 - TBD|5|||4||
|January 5/6 - TBD|6|||3||
|January 5/6 - TBD|5|||4||
<!--Divisional Playoffs-->
|January 12/13 - TBD||||2||
|January 12/13 - TBD||||1||
|January 12/13 - TBD||||2||
|January 12/13 - TBD||||1||
<!--Conference Championships-->
|January 20 - TBD|||||| 
|January 20 - TBD|||||| 
<!--Super Bowl-->
|RD4=Super Bowl XLII
|[[February 3]] - [[University of Phoenix Stadium]]|N|||A|| 
}}

Template:NFLBracket

Filled Bracket Example

{{NFLBracket
|G1=NFC
|G2=AFC
|RD4=Super Bowl XL
<!--Date-Place/Seed 1/Team 1/Score 1/Seed 2/Team 2/Score 2-->
<!--Wild Card Playoffs-->
|January 8 - [[Giants Stadium]]|'''5'''|'''[[Carolina Panthers|Carolina]]'''|'''23'''|4|[[New York Giants|N.Y. Giants]]|0
|January 7 - [[Raymond James Stadium]]|'''6'''|'''[[Washington Redskins|Washington]]'''|'''17'''|3|[[Tampa Bay Buccaneers|Tampa Bay]]|10
|January 8 - [[Paul Brown Stadium]]|'''6'''|'''[[Pittsburgh Steelers|Pittsburgh]]'''|'''31'''|3|[[Cincinnati Bengals|Cincinnati]]|17
|January 7 - [[Gillette Stadium]]|5|[[Jacksonville Jaguars|Jacksonville]]|3|'''4'''|'''[[New England Patriots|New England]]'''|'''28'''
<!--Divisional Playoffs-->
|January 15 - [[Soldier Field]]|'''5'''|'''Carolina'''|'''29'''|2|[[Chicago Bears|Chicago]]|21
|January 14 - [[Qwest Field]]|6|Washington|10|'''1'''|'''[[Seattle Seahawks|Seattle]]'''|'''20'''
|January 15 - [[RCA Dome]]|'''6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''21'''|1|[[Indianapolis Colts|Indianapolis]]|18
|January 14 - [[INVESCO Field]]|4|New England|13|'''2'''|'''[[Denver Broncos|Denver]]'''|'''27'''
<!--Conference Championships-->
|January 22 - Qwest Field|5|Carolina|14|'''1'''|'''Seattle'''|'''34'''
|January 22 - INVESCO Field|'''6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''34'''|2|Denver|17
<!--Super Bowl XL-->
|February 5 - [[Ford Field]]|N1|Seattle|10|'''A6'''|'''Pittsburgh'''|'''21'''}}

Template:NFLBracket