1994
As of the 2008 season, that was the 1999 season when the Lions made the playoffs as a wild card team. They lost in the Wild Card round to the Washington Redskins, 27-13.
The Mariners made the playoffs as division winners in 1995, 1997, and 2001. They clinched a wild card berth in 2000.
Two wild card teams from each league makes the MLB playoff each year. As of 2012 there is a one game wild card playoff between the two best records in each league who didn't win their division.
They lost to the Colts in the Wild Card under Herman Edwards' first year as the Chiefs coach?
As of the 2008 season, the last time the Rams made the playoffs was 2004 as a wild card team. They defeated the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card playoff round and then lost to the Atlanta Falcons in the Divisional playoff round.
The Wild Card was established in 1994 after the strike and the transition from 2 divisions in each league to 3 (East, Middle, West)
The Mets did not even make it to the playoffs that year. The NL East champion was the Braves. The wild card team was the Chicago Cubs.
In its current structure, the NFL has 4 Wild Card (non-division winners) teams advance to the Playoffs each year, 2 from the NFC, and 2 from the AFC.
The Steelers were established in 1933. In 1947, they made their first playoff appearance. They did not make the playoffs again until 1972. The longest the Steelers missed making the playoffs since that time, was a four year span (1985-1988).
The first wild card team to play in a playoff game was the Detroit Lions who played the NFC East Division champion Dallas Cowboys on December 26, 1970. The Cowboys won the game 5-0. To this day (January 4, 2008) that game is the lowest scoring playoff game in NFL history.
Yes. Green Bay was a wild card team this year. Pittsburg was a wild card team (#6 seed) in 2008. I'm not sure how often it has happened but I know it has been done.
They can win the wildcard by good pitching.