The Broncos were only able to move the ball 30 yards with their ensuing drive, but it was enough for McManus to make a 41-yard field goal, trimming their deficit to 13–12. Meanwhile, the Cardinals offense continued to struggle, as quarterback Carson Palmer lost a fumble due to a hit by Kawann Short, which linebacker Luke Kuechly recovered on the Panthers 38-yard line. But on 4th-and-1, defensive back Chris Harris tackled Julian Edelman for a 1-yard loss. Kearse was the leading receiver with 11 receptions for 110 yards and two touchdowns. [51], AFC: Kansas City Chiefs 30, Houston Texans 0, AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers 18, Cincinnati Bengals 16, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 10, Minnesota Vikings 9, NFC: Green Bay Packers 35, Washington Redskins 18, AFC: New England Patriots 27, Kansas City Chiefs 20, NFC: Arizona Cardinals 26, Green Bay Packers 20 (OT), NFC: Carolina Panthers 31, Seattle Seahawks 24, AFC: Denver Broncos 23, Pittsburgh Steelers 16, AFC: Denver Broncos 20, New England Patriots 18, NFC: Carolina Panthers 49, Arizona Cardinals 15, Super Bowl 50: Denver Broncos 24, Carolina Panthers 10, "NFL won't use Roman numerals for Super Bowl 50", "NFL Wild Card Playoff Game Will Return to ESPN – and Be Simulcast for the First Time on ABC", "Early Lead NFL wild-card game will be simulcast by ESPN on ABC", "Steelers narrowly escape Cincinnati with win", "Disgraceful Bengals Loss in Ugly Playoff Could Cost Coach Marvin Lewis His Job", "Big Ben returns to lead Steelers to comeback win", "Could Meltdown at Paul Brown spell the end for Marvin Lewis? Their 31 points was a new Panthers franchise record in a playoff game. But a 34-yard burst by running back C. J. Anderson sparked a 62-yard drive then ended with McManus' 51-yard field goal, cutting the score to 10–9 on the last play of the first half.
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GB – Mason Crosby 34-yard field goal, 0:57. NE – Stephen Gostkowski 38-yard field goal, 10:31. The last such broadcast was Super Bowl XL after the 2005 season. But an 11-yard sack by Carlos Dunlap and Pat Sims ultimately forced the Steelers to punt. Green Bay got the ball back on their own 14-yard line with 1:50 left. Rodgers' passer rating of 150.8 is the highest allowed by the Seahawks defense since. [3][4] From Disney's purchase of ESPN and ABC in 1996 through 2005, ABC had aired all of Disney's playoff games (the network also aired Monday Night Football at the time). Despite the Steelers' slim 6–0 lead, they had dominated the stat sheet, holding Cincinnati to just 56 yards and two first downs. A 23-yard completion from Ben Roethlisberger to Antonio Brown on the ensuing drive set up Boswell's 39-yard field goal.
Packers are 7–1 vs. Seahawks in Green Bay. [49] Norwood had not done so, and with no resistance around him, he took off for a Super Bowl record 61-yard return before Mario Addison dragged him down on the Panthers 14-yard line. After both teams punted on their next possession, Seattle drove to the Vikings' 30-yard line and faced a 4th-and-13. said Blandino. After an incomplete pass, Palmer threw a pass to Johnson, who just barely managed to backpedal across the first down marker as he was falling to the ground.
He appeared to be heading for the end zone, but Ginn managed to chase him down and tackle him on the Panthers 22-yard line. NE – Rob Gronkowski 16-yard pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick), 8:24. On the subsequent 2-point conversion attempt, Brady took a snap out of shotgun formation and threw a pass to Edelman, but the ball was deflected by Aqib Talib into the arms of defensive back Bradley Roby for an interception. [29][30], at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, The Panthers jumped out to a 31–0 halftime lead and held off a second half rally from the Seahawks to prevail 31–24 and advance to the NFC Championship for the first time since 2005.
Brady later ran the ball 10 yards to the Chiefs' 1-yard line on a scramble, and then took the ball into the end zone on the next play, giving the Patriots a 14–3 lead.
This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 21:42. Following a punt Kansas City got the ball back with 6:29 left. Then after an incompletion, Thomas Davis tackled Anderson for a 1-yard gain on third down, forcing Denver to settle for a 3–0 lead on a Brandon McManus 34-yard field goal. While the scoring was over, the turnovers were not, as Palmer was intercepted for the fourth time in the game on the next drive, this time by Boston.
[27] On their first play after the touchback, Palmer took the snap, evaded a tackle attempt by linebacker Mike Neal, ran right, and threw the ball to Fitzgerald on the left side the field just before being reached by defensive tackle Mike Daniels. Make a change at D-coordinator? Seattle held Peterson, the league's leading rusher during the regular season, to just 45 yards on 23 carries.
They tried to pick up a first down, but Ware sacked Roethlisberger for a 13-yard loss.
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.
Bridgewater finished as the leading passer with 146 yards, while Wilson recorded 142 yards with a touchdown and an interception. PIT – Chris Boswell 28-yard field goal, 9:32. Pittsburgh took the ball back and drove to the Broncos 34-yard line, but were halted there and decided to punt instead of trying a long field goal. CAR – Cam Newton 1-yard run (Graham Gano kick), 1:56. 2015 NFC Championship Game. However, Pittsburgh's two-point conversion attempt failed, so the score remained 15–0.
GB – Mason Crosby 43-yard field goal, 2:54. Teams are tied 2–2 in Milwaukee; games there are counted as Packers home games. Newton completed all four of his pass attempts for 51 yards and rushed twice for 25 yards, while Jonathan Stewart finished the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run, cutting the score to 10–7 with 11:28 left in the second quarter.