10 Facts About Playoff Bowl

1.

Playoff Bowl was a post-season game for third place in the National Football League, played ten times following the 1960 through 1969 seasons, all at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.

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2.

Playoff Bowl was a co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles as well as a co-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers during much of the 1940s.

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3.

Playoff Bowl's death occurred while attending an Eagles-Steelers game in Philadelphia.

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4.

The Playoff Bowl was devised to match the second-place teams from the NFL's two conferences .

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5.

The NFL's Playoff Bowl was played during the idle week, and because of AFL's equally major league status, interest in the game was waning.

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6.

In January 1968 and 1969, the Super Playoff Bowl was played in the Orange Playoff Bowl the following week, which further contributed to the declining attendance for the NFL's consolation game.

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7.

Vince Lombardi detested the Playoff Bowl, coaching in the games following the 1963 and 1964 seasons, after winning NFL titles in 1961 and 1962.

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8.

One vestige of the Playoff Bowl remained through the 2008 season in that the head coaches of the losing teams from the conference championship games were the head coaches of their conferences' Pro Bowl teams.

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9.

However, in 2010, the Pro Bowl moved to Miami Gardens, Florida, and was played the week before Super Bowl XLIV .

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10.

The coaching staffs for the 2010 Pro Bowl did not come from the losers of the conference championship games, but instead from the teams with the best regular-season records among those that lost in the divisional round of the playoffs in each conference.

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