2011–12 NFL playoffs

The 2011-12 NFL playoffs following the 2011 regular season will began on January 7, 2012, and end with Super Bowl XLVI on February 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

NBC will broadcast the first two Wild Card playoff games and Super Bowl XLVI. CBS will air the rest of the AFC playoff games and Fox the rest of the NFC games.

This will be the second postseason that the modified playoff overtime rules will be in effect, although none of the games during the previous postseason ended up going into the extra session. Under these rules, instead of a straight sudden death, the game will not immediately end if the team that wins the coin toss only scores a field goal on its first possession (the game will end if they score a touchdown). Instead, the other team gets a possession. If the coin toss loser then scores a touchdown, it is declared the winner. If the score is tied after both teams had a possession, then it goes back to sudden death.^[1]

Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05)

Wild Card playoffs

AFC Wild Card team vs. AFC Division winner – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total TBD 0 TBD 0 Date: January 7 Game time: 4:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. EST TV: NBC

NFC Wild Card team vs. NFC Division winner – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total TBD 0 TBD 0 Date: January 7 Game time: 4:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. EST TV: NBC

AFC Wild Card team vs. AFC Division winner – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total TBD 0 TBD 0 Date: January 8 Game time: 1:00 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. EST TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Phil Simms

NFC Wild Card team vs. NFC Division winner– Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total TBD 0 TBD 0 Date: January 8 Game time: 1:00 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. EST TV announcers (Fox): Joe Buck and Troy Aikman

Divisional playoffs

AFC team vs. AFC Division winner – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total TBD 0 TBD 0 Date: January 14 Game time: 4:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. EST TV: CBS

NFC team vs. NFC Division winner – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total TBD 0 TBD 0 Date: January 14 Game time: 4:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. EST TV: Fox

AFC team vs. AFC Division winner – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total TBD 0 TBD 0 Date: January 15 Game time: 1:00 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. EST TV: CBS

NFC team vs. NFC Division winner – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total TBD 0 TBD 0 Date: January 15 Game time: 1:00 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. EST TV: Fox

Conference championships

As per an annual rotation used by the NFL since 2002, the AFC Championship Game will be the first game played on January 22 at 3:00 p.m. EST, followed by the NFC Championship Game at 6:30 p.m. EST.

AFC Championship Game – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Lowest remaining AFC seed 0 Highest remaining AFC seed 0 Date: January 22 Game time: 3:00 p.m. EST TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Phil Simms

NFC Championship Game – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Lowest remaining NFC seed 0 Highest remaining NFC seed 0 Date: January 22 Game time: 6:30 p.m. TV announcers (Fox): Joe Buck and Troy Aikman

Super Bowl XLVI

Main article: Super Bowl XLVI

Super Bowl XLVI – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total NFC Champion 0 AFC Champion 0 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana Date: February 5 Game time: 6:30 p.m. EST TV announcers (NBC): Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth

References

1. ^ "Rules proposal passes on 28–4 vote". ESPN. 2010-03-24. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5022064. Retrieved 2010-03-27. 

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