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**derty** · 09-03-2006, 03:41 AM

Another thing the NFL once did, was a consolation (3rd Place) bowl, known as the Playoff Bowl.

From 1960-66, the teams that finished second in each division met for the 3rd place contest, one week after the NFL Championship Game. From 1967-69, when the NFL expanded to four divisions, the playoff bowl was between the two teams that lost their playoff games.

Once the Superbowl began at the end of the 1966 season, the playoff bowl was played during the idle week before the Superbowl.

The AFL never had a playoff bowl.

I wonder, with the football-starved fans of today, how would the fans go for a playoff bowl the week before the Superbowl? This year it would have been the Broncos and Panthers.

Of course, I wonder if the players could really get up for the game anymore. Back in the 1960's, when money wasn't that great, the prospect of playing in the playoff bowl and gaining another paycheck was quite acceptable - even though, THE Coach, Vince Lombardi, was quoted as saying he did not like that game.

09-03-2006, 03:41 AM	#3
derty Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 647 Senior Member	Another thing the NFL once did, was a consolation (3rd Place) bowl, known as the Playoff Bowl. From 1960-66, the teams that finished second in each division met for the 3rd place contest, one week after the NFL Championship Game. From 1967-69, when the NFL expanded to four divisions, the playoff bowl was between the two teams that lost their playoff games. Once the Superbowl began at the end of the 1966 season, the playoff bowl was played during the idle week before the Superbowl. The AFL never had a playoff bowl. I wonder, with the football-starved fans of today, how would the fans go for a playoff bowl the week before the Superbowl? This year it would have been the Broncos and Panthers. Of course, I wonder if the players could really get up for the game anymore. Back in the 1960's, when money wasn't that great, the prospect of playing in the playoff bowl and gaining another paycheck was quite acceptable - even though, THE Coach, Vince Lombardi, was quoted as saying he did not like that game.
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