That would have been during the strike season of 1982. Only 9 games were played during the regular season and the NFL expanded to playoffs to include 8 teams per conference. This was the only season a team with a winning percentage under .500 made the playoffs (the Lions and Browns were both 4-5). Since the NFL went to a 16 game schedule in 1978, other than the 1982 strike season the fewest games a playoff team has won is 8.
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16-54 (.229) by the Baltimore Bullets in 1952-53 season while the Phoenix Suns in the 1971-72 season missed the playoffs with a 49-33 (.598) record.
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Scotty Bowman is the winningest coach in the regular season and the playoffs in NHL history. He had 1,244 regular season wins and 223 playoff wins.
regular season - 169 wins playoffs - 12 wins