NFL Playoffs 2016: Overtime Rules, Bracket and Postseason Format

January 9, 2016   ·   Steve Silverman   ·   Jump to comments

The start of the playoffs means that there is no limit to overtime if the teams are tied after 60 minutes.
Some fans and players may not realize that a tie game is a legitimate possibility during the regular season, even though there was none this year. Regular-season overtime games do not go past one 15-minute period.
However, once a postseason game goes to overtime, a winner is guaranteed. Nearly all overtime games end in the first extra session, but there have a been a few multiple overtime games in NFL history.
The most memorable and longest was played on Christmas Day in 1971, when the Miami Dolphins outlasted the Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 in double overtime on a 37-yard field goal by Garo Yepremian. The balding Cypriot tiemaker would gain infamy a year later in Miami's Super Bowl VII victory over the Washington Redskins, but he was a hero on that day when he made his winning kick after the two teams played an extra 22 minutes and 40 seconds.
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