2010 Seattle Seahawks
The tie breaker for divisional teams with the same overall record (13-3 in this case), is the won-lost record within the division. In this case, it doesn't matter that the team with the 4-2 divisional record suffered both those divisional losses at the hands of the team with the 3-3 divisional record, the 4-2 team wins the division. Only if the divisional records were tied would the head-to-head matchups come into play.
Winner at a Losing Game was created on 2007-10-22.
Paul Hornung was the 1956 Heisman Trophy winner who played on a Notre Dame team that finished the season 2-8. He is the only player from a losing team to win the Heisman Trophy.
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The first determining factor for the playoffs is whether you won your division. Division winners get automatic playoff berths, regardless of their record. Overall records only come into play for tiebreakers.
The 2013 Indianapolis Colts finished the regular season with a record of 11-5, finishing 1st in the AFC South. They went 1-1 in the postseason, losing to the Patriots in the divisional playoffs.
This is a good question to place on a football questionnaire: Who was the only Heisman Award winner whose team had a losing record?
By the winners of each division and one wildcard team from each league. Wildcard team faces the best record team in each league unless the team with the best record and the wildcard team are from the same division. In that case, the wildcard team plays the divisional winner with the next best record.
The Chargers did not have a better divisional record. Both teams were 3-3 in the division. The tiebreakers are head-to-head results, followed by divisional record, and then record against common opponents. That's where the Broncos were slightly better.
the winner side gets controll on the losing side
No teams so far have won their division with a losing record, but if Seattle wins tonight, they will win the division and have a losing record.
12-4, but lost in the AFC Divisional Playoffs to Seattle.