2002 NFL season

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Patriots
 
Bills
 
Dolphins
 
Jets
 
Bengals
 
Ravens
 
Steelers
 
Browns
 
Colts
 
Titans
 
Jaguars
 
Buccaneers
 
Broncos
 
Chiefs
 
Raiders
 
Chargers
AFC teams:   West,   North,   South,   East
 
 
Cowboys
 
Giants
 
Eagles
 
Redskins
 
Bears
 
Lions
 
Packers
 
Vikings
 
Falcons
 
Panthers
 
Saints
 
Seahawks
 
Cardinals
 
Rams
 
49ers
 
Stallions
NFC teams:   West,   North,   South,   East

Playoffs

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Within each conference, the four division winners and the top two non-division winners with the best overall regular season records) qualified for the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded 1–4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5–6. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth-seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth. The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference received a first-round bye. In the second round, the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the worst-surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5, or 6), while the number 2 seed will play the other team (seed 3, 4, or 5). The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games met in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the championship round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference.[1]

Playoff seeds
Seed AFC NFC
1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (South winner) Philadelphia Eagles (East winner)
2 Oakland Raiders (West winner) Green Bay Packers (North winner)
3 Pittsburgh Steelers (North winner) San Francisco 49ers (West winner)
4 Indianapolis Colts (East winner) Atlanta Falcons (South winner)
5 Tennessee Titans (wild card) New York Giants (wild card)
6 Cleveland Browns (wild card) New Orleans Saints (wild card)


Bracket

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Jan 5 – Heinz Field Jan 11 – The Coliseum
6 Cleveland 33
3 Pittsburgh 31
3 Pittsburgh 36 Jan 19 – Network Associates Coliseum
2 Tennessee 34*
AFC
Jan 4 – Giants Stadium 2 Tennessee 24
Jan 12 – Network Associates Coliseum
1 Oakland 41
5 Indianapolis 0 AFC Championship
4 NY Jets 10
4 NY Jets 41 Jan 26 – Qualcomm Stadium
1 Oakland 30
Wild Card playoffs
Divisional playoffs
Jan 5 – Candlestick Park A1 Oakland 21
Jan 12 – Raymond James Stadium
N2 Tampa Bay 48
5 NY Giants 38 Super Bowl XXXVII
4 San Francisco 6
4 San Francisco 39 Jan 19 – Veterans Stadium
2 Tampa Bay 31
NFC
Jan 4 – Lambeau Field 2 Tampa Bay 27
Jan 11 – Veterans Stadium
1 Philadelphia 10
6 Atlanta 27 NFC Championship
6 Atlanta 6
3 Green Bay 7
1 Philadelphia 20


* Indicates overtime victory

List of NFL franchise owners

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Franchise Principal owner Since
Arizona Cardinals   Michael Bidwill 1932
Atlanta Falcons   Arthur Blank[a] 2002
Baltimore Ravens   Steve Bisciotti[a] 2004
Buffalo Bills   Terry Pegula 2014
Carolina Panthers   Jerry Richardson 1993
Chicago Bears Virginia Halas McCaskey[a] 1920
Cincinnati Bengals   Mike Brown 1991
Cleveland Browns   Jimmy Haslam 2012
Dallas Cowboys   Jerry Jones 1989
Denver Broncos   Joe Ellis[b] 1984
Detroit Lions Martha Firestone Ford[a] 1963
Green Bay Packers   Mark Murphy 2008
Houston Texans Cal McNair 1999
Indianapolis Colts   Jim Irsay 1972
Jacksonville Jaguars   Shahid Khan 2012
Kansas City Chiefs   Clark Hunt[c] 1960
Miami Dolphins   Stephen Ross[a] 2009
Minnesota Vikings   Zygi Wilf[a] 2005
New England Patriots   Robert Kraft 1994
New Orleans Saints   Gayle Benson 1985
New York Giants   John Mara and Steve Tisch 1925
New York Jets   Woody Johnson 2000
Oakland Raiders   Mark Davis[a] 1971
Philadelphia Eagles   Jeffrey Lurie 1994
Pittsburgh Steelers   Rooney family (Art Rooney II) 1933
San Diego Chargers   Dean Spanos 1984
San Francisco 49ers   Denise DeBartolo York and Jed York 1977
Seattle Seahawks Jody Allen[d] 1997
St. Louis Rams   Stan Kroenke 2010
Tampa Bay Buccaneers   Glazer family (Bryan Glazer) 1995
Tennessee Titans   Amy Adams Strunk[e] 1959
Washington Redskins   Daniel Snyder[a] 1999

Notelist

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Majority or controlling owner in a limited partnership.
  2. ^ Ellis represents the estate of Pat Bowlen until it can be determined which of Bowlen's five children will inherit the team..
  3. ^ The four children of team founder Lamar Hunt share legal ownership, with Clark Hunt as acting owner.
  4. ^ Jody Allen represents the estate of Paul Allen, who mandated the eventual sale of the team in his will.
  5. ^ Representing the children, widowed daughter-in-law, and grandchildren of founding owner Bud Adams.

2013 Sun Belt Conference

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Idaho
 
Arkansas State
 
New Mexico State
 
UGF
 
BYU
 
Georgia State
 
UL Lafayette
 
UL Monroe
 
South Alabama
 
Texas State
 
Troy
 
Western Kentucky
Sun Belt Member locations
  – East,   – West

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References

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  1. ^ "NFL Playoff Procedures and Tiebreakers". Yahoo! Sports. December 31, 2006. Archived from the original on January 1, 2010.