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To make the nhl playoffs you have to be the top team in your division or in the top 5 teams in your conference besides the division champions. 8 teams are taken from each conference.
The Chicago Bears have been to the NFL playoffs 24 times. They have won their conference championship 3 times (1963, 1985, 2007). They have only won the Super Bowl once though, in 1985.
In the ABA, they made it to the playoffs 7 times. In the NBA, they made it to the playoffs 16 times.
They cannot play in the Superbowl because they are in the same conference (AFC) - they have played three times in the AFC playoffs with the Patriots winning twice.
Through the 2011-12 playoffs ... 2 ... the first round matchup against the Denver Nuggets in the 2005-06 playoffs and the first round matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2011-12 playoffs.
They have gone to the playoffs six times, with five wins entering 2010.
Through the 2012 season, the San Diego Chargers made the playoffs 17 times.
The Arizona Cardinals have made the playoffs 16 times. Playoffs: 16 Games Playoff Record: 7-9 Wild Card: 5 Games, 3-2 Divisional: 6 Games, 2-4 Conference Championship: 2 Games, 1-1 Super Bowl: 1 Games, 0-1 Championship (pre-1966): 2 Games, 1-1
They have made the playoffs 25 times with a record of 17-18.
The Cowboys have been in the playoffs 29 times since they became an NFL team in 1960.
The Patriots have beaten the Steelers three times in the playoffs.
Since the Dallas Mavericks were established in 1980, they have made it to the playoffs 20 times.