Overtime Rules
See also: Overtime (sports)The overtime rules in the playoffs have one major difference from those used during the preseason or regular season: postseason games cannot end in a tie. If neither team scores, the teams switch ends of the field and an additional overtime period begins. Although a contest could theoretically last indefinitely, or last multiple overtime periods like several National Hockey League postseason games, no NFL playoff game has ever gone into triple-overtime. The longest NFL game played to date is 82 minutes, 40 seconds: Miami Dolphins kicker Garo Yepremian made the winning 37-yard field goal after 7:40 of double-overtime to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 27–24, in the 1971–72 NFL playoffs.
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