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This list includes the all-time and the active consecutive NFL playoff appearances. Aside from the NFL playoff appearance streaks, this list also includes Championship Game appearance streaks and the
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win streak. Streaks from the
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are also included. The
New England Patriots The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East divisio ...
held the longest consecutive playoff streak with 11 appearances from
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, which is the longest of all-time. The Patriots won three Super Bowls during this streak. The
Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisi ...
hold the second consecutive playoff appearances record with nine appearances from 1975–1983. The Cowboys won one NFL championship during the streak. The
Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 2008 ...
tied this record with nine straight appearances and one championship from 2002–2010. The
Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
hold the longest consecutive NFL title streak with three consecutive crowns. They did this once in the 1920s, before playoff games, and once in the 1960s, by winning seven playoff games during this three year championship streak. The Patriots hold the record for most consecutive playoff games won. From 2001–2005, New England won 10 games in a row, including 3 Super Bowls. The Packers previously held the record for most consecutive playoff games won with 9. Dallas, Pittsburgh, Denver and San Francisco all have 7 game winning streaks.


Active streaks


NFL Playoffs appearance streaks

* ''Bold italics'' including ''longest streak'' indicates that the streak is also the team's longest-ever streak for consecutive playoff seasons.


Breakdown by division


NFL Playoffs win streaks


All-time streaks


Longest consecutive playoff appearance streak

Streaks can be verified at Pro Football Reference.com Team Franchise Pages
Timeline for each teams' longest streak.


Longest consecutive streak with a playoff win

Streaks can be verified at Pro Football Reference.com Team Franchise Pages Timeline for each teams' longest streak.


NFL / AFL Playoff appearance streaks

:When sorting, the following are grouped together :Indianapolis and Baltimore Colts :Los Angeles and St. Louis Rams :Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders :Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans * No NFL Divisions from 1950–1966. Browns were American Conference Champs 1950–1952 and Eastern Champs 1953–1955. * No NFL Divisions from 1950–1966. Rams were the National Conference Champs in 1950 & 1951. * Super Bowls did not determine AFL or NFL League Champion before 1970 merger. Green Bay won the NFL Championships and the Super Bowls in the 1966 and 1967 seasons.


Championship Game appearance streaks

Championships from 1920–1969 seasons.


Super Bowl appearance streaks

:''Appearance streaks up through the end of the 2021 season.''


Championship Win Streaks

Championships from 1920–1969 seasons. * NFL Champions were named from 1920 through 1932 by highest win percentage (ties not counted). There were no official playoff games till the 1933 season. * The Bears were named the NFL Champions in 1932 after winning an unofficial playoff game played indoors due to extremely cold weather. The game is recorded as a regular season game that was needed to break a tie between the Bears and the
Portsmouth Spartans The professional American football team now known as the Detroit Lions previously played in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the Portsmouth Spartans, from its founding in 1928 to its relocation to Detroit in 1934. Originally drawing players from defunct indepe ...
(now the Detroit Lions).


Super Bowl Win Streaks


Historical team streaks


Most consecutive post-season wins in team history

This is a sortable table of all 32 current NFL teams. Twelve teams have multiple winning streaks where they won an equal number of post season games before a loss. Updated through the 2021 season. * Streak occurred when the team was the Baltimore Colts. * Streak occurred when the team was the Oakland Raiders in 1980, and the Los Angeles Raiders in 1982. * Streak occurred when the team was the San Diego Chargers. * Streak occurred when the team was the Washington Redskins.


See also

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List of current National Football League consecutive playoff appearances The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Currently, seven teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs. A tie-breaki ...
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List of last undefeated NFL teams by season This is a season-by-season breakdown of the last undefeated National Football League (NFL) team. This list indicates the teams who won the most games in a season before suffering their first loss. The last team in a new season to lose a game ...
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List of NFL franchise post-season droughts This is a list of current National Football League (NFL) franchise post-season and Super Bowl droughts (multiple consecutive seasons of not winning). Listed here are both appearance droughts and winning droughts in almost every level of the NFL pla ...


References

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