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Cakes · Nov 26, 2010

Jet In Brooklyn said: ↑

I wonder if a division tie-break has ever gone past strength of victory.
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I now have a definitive answer.

Strength of victory is currently the 5th step to break ties within divisions and also to break ties when three or more teams are tied for a wild card spot.

At no time in NFL history has a 6th step ever been needed to break a tie.

From 1978-2001 the fifth step was better net points in division games. Seven times that step was needed.
1980: SD-OAK
1980: PHI-DAL
1990: DET-GB
1990: LA-ATL
1996: CIN-HOU
1997: PIT-JAC
1998: MIA-BUF

Under the 1971-77 tie-breaking procedures, the fifth step was needed one time. In 1975, Minnesota was declared the top playoff seed based on a better Point Rating System than Los Angeles.

CrusHaN30 · Nov 26, 2010

Cakes said: ↑

The Bears again beat out the Redskins for a wild card spot in 1979 based on an odd tie-breaker. The Bears grabbed the second wild card spot over the Redskins based on better net points in all games (57 to 53).

That had to be the craziest one ever.
The Bears entered the final week at 9-6 and +21 in net points.
The Redskins entered final week action at 10-5 and +54 in net points.

The Bears had to win their final game by a large margin and also had to hope that the Redskins would lose. The Bears won by 36 points (42-6 over the Cardinals) and the Redskins gave up two late touchdowns to lose to Dallas by a score of 35-34.

In 1980, the Eagles went to Dallas with a 12-3 record. The Cowboys were 11-4. The division title was on the line, but Dallas had to win in a blowout. They only won 35-27. In the 4th quarter, the Eagles were trailing on the scoreboard but were celebrating on the sidelines. The tie-breaker that came into play was net points in division games. The Eagles finished at +84 and the Cowboys finished at +50.
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lol could you picture a team leading a game by 28 pts but needing to win by 32....and being up by 28 but playing hurry up offense with 2 mins left lol

Cakes · Nov 26, 2010

CrusHaN30 said: ↑

lol could you picture a team leading a game by 28 pts but needing to win by 32....and being up by 28 but playing hurry up offense with 2 mins left lol
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http://www.bearshistory.com/seasons/1979chicagobears.aspx

That December 16th was surreal, and the way it turned out would have been impossible for a Hollywood screenwriter to imagine. Chicago awoke that morning to snow and bitter cold, and to the news that Bears President George “Mugs” Halas had died suddenly of a heart attack. Subplots for this sad day for the Bears would be that in order to make the playoffs, Tampa Bay would need to lose to Kansas City, or an improbable set of circumstances would have to occur. If Tampa won, Dallas would need to defeat Washington and the Bears would have to beat St. Louis. Not only this, but the combined difference of the scores between the two games would have to add up to at least 34 points in the Bears favor, due to playoff tiebreaker calculations. Additionally, Walter Payton was battling rookie St. Louis RB Ottis “OJ” Anderson for the NFC rushing title. Payton would need to outrush Anderson by 100 yards to win the title.

Payton seemed to take all of these challenges in stride. T Ted Albrecht commented in Dick Wittingham’s book What Bears They Were that the RB was untying the referee’s shoelaces in every pile on the game’s opening drive, and Payton even swapped helmets with Willie McClendon when he scored the game’s first touchdown. With karma like that, fans had to know they were in for a treat, and they were. The Bears pulled out every stop, and defeated St. Louis 42-6 in Doug Buffone’s last game at Soldier Field.
Knowing that this huge victory wasn’t all the team needed, Bear players huddled around their car radios after the game. They listened to updates on the Dallas-Washington game, which the Redskins had been winning 17-0 in the third quarter. Dallas pulled out a 35-34 victory, and Chicago was in the playoffs for the second time in three years.
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Skicats · Nov 26, 2010

joejets1 said: ↑

As of now the Jets control thier own Destiny to win the division. Beat the Pats on MNF and theyll ahve a 2 game lead with 4 to play.

its as simple as that.
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Actually, the lead would be 1 and a half, not two.

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