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NFL Playoffs so far (Winners in Bold)
Wild Card Games
Away | Home | Date | Kickoff | TV |
(6) Los Angeles Rams | (3) St. Louis Sorcerers | January 3, 2009 | 4:30 EST | ABC |
(5) Pittsburgh Steelers | (4) San Diego Chargers | January 3, 2009 | 8:00 EST | ABC |
(6) Denver Broncos | (3) Baltimore Marauders | January 4, 2009 | 1:00 EST | SBC |
(5) New Orleans Saints | (4) Chicago Bears | January 4, 2009 | 4:30 EST | CBS |
Divisional Playoffs
Away | Home | Date | Kickoff | TV |
(4) Los Angeles Rams | (1) Arizona Cardinals | January 10, 2009 | 4:30 | FOX |
(4) San Diego Chargers | (2) Indianapolis Colts | January 10, 2009 | 8:00 | FOX |
(6) Denver Broncos | (1) Carolina Panthers | January 11, 2009 | 1:00 | SBC |
(5) New Orleans Saints | (2) Philadelphia Eagles | January 11, 2009 | 4:30 | CBS |
The Conference Championships are now set!
NFC Championship
Philadelphia Eagles (Donovan McNabb, Brian Dawkins) at Arizona Cardinals (Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Pat Tillman)
Venue: Circle K Dome; Phoenix, Arizona
Kickoff: 3:00 Eastern (1:00 Mountain)
TV: CBS
Announcers: Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
AFC Championship
Denver Broncos (Kliff Kingsbury, Brandon Marshall, Peyton Hillis) at San Diego Chargers (Philip Rivers, LaDainian Tomlinson, Antonio Gates)
Venue: Jack in the Box Stadium; San Diego, California
Kickoff: 6:30 Eastern (3:30 Pacific)
TV: SBC
Announcers: Mike "Doc" Emrick and Boomer Esiason
2009 Super Bowl
TBD
Venue: Michelob Ultra Dome; Las Vegas, Nevada
Kickoff: 6:30 Eastern (3:30 Pacific)
TV: Fox
Announcers: Kevin Harlan and John Madden [1]
[1] This is Madden's farewell season as a broadcaster. Madden's last broadcast with ABC was the Steelers/Chargers wild card. The NFL convinced Fox to let Madden join their broadcast team for this year's Super Bowl to give him a proper send-off.