FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sunday, December 29th, 2013
NFL WILD CARD & DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
As released by the NFL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12/29/13
Commissioner ROGER GOODELL announced today the schedule of sites, dates and times for the National Football League Wild Card Playoffs on January 4-5 and Divisional Playoffs on January 11-12 (all times Eastern):
NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, January 4
| AFC: 4:35 PM (ET) | Kansas City at Indianapolis (NBC) |
| NFC: 8:10 PM (ET) | New Orleans at Philadelphia/Dallas (NBC) |
Sunday, January 5
| AFC: 1:05 PM (ET) | San Diego at Cincinnati (CBS) |
| NFC: 4:40 PM (ET) | San Francisco at Green Bay (FOX) |
NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS
Saturday, January 11
| NFC: 4:35 PM (ET) | Green Bay/San Francisco/New Orleans at Seattle (FOX) |
| AFC: 8:15 PM (ET) | Cincinnati/Indianapolis/Kansas City at New England (CBS) |
Sunday, January 12
| NFC: 1:05 PM (ET) | Philadelphia/Dallas/Green Bay/San Francisco at Carolina (FOX) |
| AFC: 4:40 PM (ET) | Indianapolis/Kansas City/San Diego at Denver (CBS) |
In the Divisional Playoffs, the division champion with the best record in each conference will host the lowest seeded Wild Card survivor. Once teams are seeded for the playoffs, positions do not change:
| American Football Conference | National Football Conference |
| 1. Denver (13-3, AFC West champion) | 1. Seattle (13-3, NFC West champion) |
| 2. New England (12-4, AFC East champion) | 2. Carolina (12-4, NFC South champion) |
| 3. Cincinnati (11-5, AFC North champion) | 3. Philadelphia/Dallas (9-6/8-7) (NFC East champion) |
| 4. Indianapolis (11-5, AFC South champion) | 4. Green Bay (8-7-1, NFC North champion) |
| 5. Kansas City (11-5) | 5. San Francisco (12-4) |
| 6. San Diego (9-7) | 6. New Orleans (11-5) |
The AFC (CBS, 3:00 PM ET) and NFC (FOX, 6:30 PM ET) Championship Games will be played on Sunday, January 19.
The 2014 Pro Bowl (NBC, 7:30 PM ET) will be played on Sunday, January 26 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, one week before Super Bowl XLVIII takes place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday, February 2 (FOX, 6:30 PM ET).
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