NFC wild-card number crunch
-6: The lowest temperature during the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis.
0: Games won this weekend by home teams, a first for wild-card weekend.
Since current playoff format was established (1990), road teams had NEVER won the 4 Wild Card games... Until now. pic.twitter.com/SNCObQH19J
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 11, 20160: Players to rush for at least 100 yards in the NFC wild-card games. Seattle’s Christine Michael led all running backs Sunday with 70 yards.
3: Postseason victories for teams shut out through three quarters since the NFL-AFL merger, including Seattle’s win over Minnesota. The Seahawks join the 1978 Atlanta Falcons and the 1948 Philadelphia Eagles.
5: Consecutive victories for the Seahawks in wild-card games.
6: Sacks by the Green Bay Packers against the Washington Redskins.
10: Points for the Seahawks, the lowest for a winning playoff team in nearly two decades.
Seahawks 10 points were the fewest by a winning playoff team since 1997. #SEAvsMIN #NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/0BvnrB1ZaN
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) January 10, 201613: Total tackles for Green Bay’s Morgan Burnett and the Washington Redskins’ Will Compton.
27: Distance in yards of the field-goal attempt missed by the Vikings’ Blair Walsh, allowing the Seahawks to escape with a victory.
34: League-leading field goals by Walsh in the regular season.
98.9: Percentage of successful field-goal attempts 27 yards or shorter by NFL kickers this season before Walsh’s miss.
Entering today, kickers were 188-190 on FG attempts that were 27 yards or shorter this season
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 10, 2016120: Receiving yards for Redskins tight end Jordan Reed.
329: Passing yards for Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins.
Compiled by Noel Harris
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This story was originally published January 10, 2016 at 7:52 PM with the headline "NFC wild-card number crunch."