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Indianapolis’ meeting with Denver on Sunday marked the 13th time in NFL history that clubs have met in the playoffs the week after they ended the regular season against each other. In Week 17, the Broncos defeated the Colts, 33-14, in Denver to earn the AFC’s final playoff berth. Only five times has the team that won the last regular-season game won the follow-up playoff game (highlighted). The 13 times that teams went back to back in the season’s final week and in the first round of the playoffs:

Source: NFL.com

*--* Year Teams First Game Winner Playoff Game Winner * 1943 N.Y. Giants and N.Y. Giants Washington Washington * 1954 Cleveland and Detroit Detroit Cleveland * 1958 Cleveland and N.Y. Giants N.Y. Giants N.Y. Giants * 1988 Cleveland and Houston Cleveland Houston * 1991 Kansas City and L.A. Kansas City Kansas City Raiders * 1992 Buffalo and Houston Houston Buffalo * 1993 Detroit and Green Bay Detroit Green Bay * 1993 Denver and L.A. Raiders L.A. Raiders L.A. Raiders * 1997 Miami and New England New England New England * 2000 New Orleans and St. Louis St. Louis New Orleans * 2001 N.Y. Jets and Oakland N.Y. Jets Oakland * 2001 Philadelphia and Tampa Philadelphia Philadelphia Bay * 2004 Denver and Indianapolis Denver Indianapolis

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