NFL playoff stats: Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins play in freezing temperatures, while Puka Nacua makes more history | NFL News

Sky Sports Cricket statistician – and big Buffalo Bills fan – Benedict Bermange dives into the 2023 NFL season to pick out the best stats from each week…

The Houston Texans became just the fourth team in NFL history to win a playoff game with a rookie head coach and a rookie starting quarterback as they dismantled the Cleveland Browns 45-14:

Rookie head coach-QB tandems to win a playoff game

Team
Season
Head coach
Quarterback

Rams
1945
Adam Walsh
Bob Waterfield

Ravens
2008
John Harbaugh
Joe Flacco

Jets
2009
Rex Ryan
Mark Sanchez

Texans
2023
DeMeco Ryan
CJ Stroud

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Highlights from the Cleveland Browns against the Houston Texans on the Super Wild Card Weekend.

In doing so, CJ Stroud became the youngest quarterback to start and win a playoff game, surpassing his idol Michael Vick’s record, while also becoming the first rookie in NFL history to defeat a Super Bowl-winning quarterback in a playoff game. The previous five attempts had all ended in defeat for the rookies.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins meanwhile faced off in what would mark the fourth-coldest game in NFL history at a freezing Arrowhead, the Patrick Mahomes-led defending champions edging their rivals out 26-7.

Coldest games in NFL history

Locations
Teams
Season
Temperature (C)

Green Bay
Dal @ GB
1967
-25.0

Cincinnati
SD @ Cin
1982
-23.0

Minneapolis
Sea @ Min
2015
-21.0

Kansas City
Mia @ KC
2023
-20.0

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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid’s moustache froze as the Chiefs and Miami Dolphins played the fourth-coldest game in NFL history with the temperature hitting minus-27 degrees.

The Green Bay Packers became the first No 7 seed to win a playoff game since the 2020 NFL playoff expansion. The last team that won the Super Bowl as the lowest seed in their conference entering the playoffs was the Packers in 2010, who won Super Bowl XLV as the NFC’s No 6 seed. The result saw the beaten Dallas Cowboys concede at least 40 points in a playoff game for the first time in their franchise history.

Jordan Love’s passer rating of 157.2 is the highest by any player on the road in a playoff game with at least 20 pass attempts.

Highest passer rating in road playoff game (min 20 passes)

Player
Team
Opponent
Season
Rating

Jordan Love
GB
Dal
2023
157.2

Bart Starr
GB
Dal
1966
143.5

Dak Prescott
Dal
TB
2022
143.3

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Highlights from the Green Bay Packers against the Dallas Cowboys on Super Wild Card Weekend.

With their win over the Los Angeles Rams, the Detroit Lions broke the NFL’s longest playoff win drought of 31 seasons, with their last playoff win in the 1991 Divisional Round against the Cowboys. The Dolphins – with 23 straight seasons without a playoff win – now have the longest active drought in the NFL.

The Lions and Rams had last met in the playoffs back in 1952. Only two franchises had longer intervals between playoff games between them.

Longest break between playoff meetings between teams

Teams
League
Length of break
Years

Dodgers & Red Sox
MLB
102 years
1916-2018

Athletics & Giants
MLB
76 years
1913-1989

Lions & Rams
NFL
72 years
1952-2024

Bears & Packers
NFL
70 years
1941-2011

Cardinals & Eagles
NFL
61 years
1948-2009

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NFL pundit Peter King hailed the atmosphere at Ford Field as Detroit beat Los Angeles to secure their first victory in the NFL playoffs in 32 years.

Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff became the first pair of starting quarterbacks to start in the same game against a team for which they had previously played.

Rookie Rams receiver Puka Nacua’s 181 receiving yards in the defeat broke DK Metcalf’s record of 160 yards for the most by a rookie in a single playoff game.

Josh Allen’s 52-yard touchdown run for the Buffalo Bills against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday was the second-longest by a quarterback in postseason history:

Longest playoff TD runs by a quarterback in history

Player
Team
Opponent
Season
Yards

Colin Kaepernick
SF
GB
2012
56

Josh Allen
Buf
Pit
2023
52

Lamar Jackson
Bal
Ten
2020
48

Baker Mayfield became the first Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback to pass for at least 300 yards and at least three touchdowns in a playoff game as they defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Tampa.