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WILD CARD PLAYOFFS Saturday January 8 , 2005 NFC: St. Louis Rams 27, Seattle Seahawks 20
''at Qwest Field , Seattle, Washington ''
The Rams won a back-and-forth game that was not decided until the final seconds. Rams quarterback with 27 seconds left. With the win, the Rams became the first team in NFL history to win a playoff game after going .500 (8-8) in the regular season.
AFC: New York Jets 20, San Diego Chargers 17 (OT)
''at Qualcomm Stadium , San Diego ''
New York entered the game after losing their last two regular season games. Although the Chargers were heavily favored on this wind-and-rain-soaked evening, the Jets led 17-7 going into the fourth quarter. But a with under 20 seconds left fell incomplete into the end zone, but Jets linebacker Eric Barton was penalized for roughing the passer, giving the Chargers a first down from the one-yard line. Brees threw a touchdown to tight end Antonio Gates on the following play, setting up overtime. Kaeding missed a 40-yard field goal late in the extra period, allowing the Jets to come back down the field. Kicker Doug Brien won the game for the Jets with a 28-yard field goal with five seconds remaining in overtime.
Sunday January 9 , 2005 AFC: Indianapolis Colts 49, Denver Broncos 24
''at RCA Dome , Indianapolis, Indiana ''
The Colts followed up their wild-card blowout of the Broncos in the previous year's Wild Card Round, and also made up for a loss in Denver's INVESCO Field At Mile High a week earlier with another thrashing. Indianapolis scored a franchise playoff record seven touchdowns and led 35-3 at the half. Colt quarterback Peyton Manning , who threw a record 49 touchdown passes in the 2004 regular season, threw four touchdown passes, including two to receiver Reggie Wayne (who had 221 yards receiving on the day), and one each to receivers Dallas Clark and James Mungro . Manning and running backs Edgerrin James and Dominic Rhodes scored rushing touchdowns. The Broncos' lone bright spot was a 14-point third quarter with two touchdown passes from quarterback Jake Plummer .
NFC: Minnesota Vikings 31, Green Bay Packers 17
''at Lambeau Field , Green Bay, Wisconsin ''
The Vikings — who, like the Rams, were an .500 (8-8) franchise during the regular season — made up for two of their losses, both of them in the last seconds to the Packers, with a stellar performance on both sides of the ball. Quarterback Daunte Culpepper threw four touchdowns, while his Green Bay counterpart Brett Favre threw four interceptions. Wide receiver Randy Moss caught two touchdowns for Minnesota, but drew controversy for his celebration after his second, which decided the outcome of the contest. Moss pretended to "moon" Packers' fans, better known as "cheeseheads" by pretending to pull down his pants, mocking a move done by Packer fans to the losing team's bus as they leave Green Bay. The NFL was not amused, and docked Moss $10,000 (US) for his actions a few days later. Moe Williams and Nate Burleson also scored for the Vikings, while Bubba Franks and Najeh Davenport provided touchdowns for the Packers.
Byes DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS Saturday January 15 , 2005 AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 20, New York Jets 17 (OT)
''at Heinz Field , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ''
The Jets came out on the losing end of this overtime game when placekicker Doug Brien missed two consecutive Field Goal s. Despite a subpar performance by Steelers' rookie Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger , the Steelers managed to win after Jeff Reed made a game-winning 33-yard field goal 11:04 into the extra period.
NFC: Atlanta Falcons 47, St. Louis Rams 17
''at Georgia Dome , Atlanta, Georgia ''
In a classic rout, quarterback Michael Vick and the Falcons steamrolled over the Rams in their first home playoff game since 1999. Vick combined for 201 yards while running back Warrick Dunn scored two of Atlanta's touchdowns — one of them a 62-yard dash — and Allen Rossum set an NFL post-season record with 152 return yards.
Sunday January 16 , 2005 NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 27, Minnesota Vikings 14
''at Lincoln Financial Field , Philadelphia ''
The Eagles advanced to the NFC Championship Game for the fourth consecutive year on the strength of quarterback Donovan McNabb (21 out of 33 completions for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns). The Vikings shot themselves in the foot after a miscommunication led to a failed fake field goal attempt involving Randy Moss. Freddie Mitchell scored two touchdowns for the Eagles, including a fumble recovery in the end zone of an L. J. Smith catch. David Akers also added a pair of field goals for the Eagles. Fox televised the game.
AFC: New England Patriots 20, Indianapolis Colts 3
''at Gillette Stadium , Foxborough, Massachusetts ''
In a snowstorm, quarterback Tom Brady and the Patriots dismantled the league's highest scoring team. Peyton Manning suffered his seventh loss in Foxborough , even though he had more yards passing than Brady did in the game. The Patriots limited Manning to 238 passing yards with 1 interception and no touchdowns, and Edgerrin James to just 39 rushing yards. The Patriots also held possession of the ball for 37:43, including 21:26 in the second half and recording three long scoring drives that each took over 7 minutes off the clock.
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday January 23 , 2005 NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 27, Atlanta Falcons 10
''at Lincoln Financial Field , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Despite a game-time temperature of 17 °F (-8 °C ) and a swirling wind that sent Wind Chill s into sub-zero temperatures, the Eagles finally succeeded in advancing to the Super Bowl in their fourth consecutive NFC Championship Game appearance. The Eagles' defense held Michael Vick to a combined total of 162 yards, sacking him four times. Tight End Chad Lewis caught two touchdown passes of three and two yards from Donovan McNabb; however, he suffered a Lisfranc injury to his foot in the process of catching the second touchdown, and would miss the Super Bowl. Dorsey Levens also scored on a four-yard run for Philadelphia and Akers contributed two field goals. Atlanta got their points from a Jay Feely 23-yard field goal and a Warrick Dunn ten-yard touchdown run.
AFC: New England Patriots 41, Pittsburgh Steelers 27
''at Heinz Field , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ''
The game-time temperature of 11 °F (-12 °C ) made it the second-coldest game ever in Pittsburgh and the coldest ever in Steel City playoff annals. However, it was the Patriots that handed Ben Roethlisberger his first loss after a 14-game winning streak, the longest by a rookie quarterback in NFL history. Patriots Wide Receiver Deion Branch scored two touchdowns — one on a 60-yard reception, the other on a 23-yard run — and the Patriots also got touchdowns from David Givens (nine-yard catch) and Corey Dillon (25-yard run), along with kicker Adam Vinatieri 's two field goals. On defense, Rodney Harrison returned one of Roethlisberger's interceptions 87 yards for a touchdown. Roethlisberger was intercepted 3 times and running back Jerome Bettis, Pittsburgh's leading rusher, was held to just 64 yards. The Steelers, whose 15-1 season ended on a sour note, got scores from Jerome Bettis (five-yard run), Hines Ward (30-yard reception), and Plaxico Burress (seven-yard catch), while kicker Jeff Reed added two field goals.
SUPER BOWL New England Patriots (AFC) 24, Philadelphia Eagles (NFC) 21 at ALLTEL Stadium , Jacksonville, Florida BRACKET
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