1990–91 NFL playoffs

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The National Football League playoffs for the 1990 season began on January 5, 1991. The postseason tournament concluded with the New York Giants defeating the Buffalo Bills in an all-New York matchup in Super Bowl XXV, 20–19, on January 27, at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The league expanded its playoff system from a 10-team to a 12-team tournament, which remained in use through the 2019–20 NFL playoffs. With these changes, three wild card teams (those non-division champions with the conference's best won-lost-tied percentages) qualified from each conference, up from two the year before. The format consisted of the following: The three division champions from each conference were seeded 1–3 based on their regular season won–lost–tied record. Three wild card qualifiers were seeded 4, 5, and 6 within the conference. With the addition of the third wild card team, the lowest-seeded division winner would be guaranteed a home playoff game as they would host the lowest-seeded wild-card team...

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