Top 10 Most Devastating Divisional Losses of All-Time! 

If they did a "Most devastating Conference Championship losses of all time" it would be nothing but the Packers.

How is Minneapolis Miracle only an honorable mention

The Cowboys loss to the Giants in the 2007 divisional round needs to be on this list.

imagine being down only 10 points with 10 mins left and the announcers are saying the game is over. Totally different era of football back in the 80's.

As a Saints fan, it’s an understatement when I say I feel a pain like no other whenever I see the Minnesota Miracle or even the NOLA No Call. Fuck even The Catch III in 2011 hurts still. It hurts as Saints fan but even more as a Drew Brees fan. His legacy would be completely different if Malcom Jenkins didn’t get cooked by Vernon Davis, if Marcus Williams can make the easiest tackle in history, or if the NFL didn’t hire visually impaired refs. God it hurts

I can't believe 1993 Oilers/Chiefs was not included. It was basically the death of the Houston Oilers.

In regards to that 90s Jags team beating Elway, I was a teenager and rooting so hard for a Jags/Panthers Superbowl. That would have been awesome.

How was the "Red Right 88" game not on here?!? Let alone not even an honorable mention?!? Those 3 words still haunt Browns fans to this day!

I still cannot believe the Chargers fired Marty Shottenheimer after that game. First of all, losing to the Brady/Belichick Patriots in the playoffs was basically expected in most situations. Second, why is it on Marty that McCree didn't go down? I believe firing Shottenheimer led to the collapse of the Chargers organization. Yes, they made it to the championship game in 07' but that feels like a fluke, considering they've never made it past the Divisional since.

I'd personally go with the 2003 "4th & 26" game vs Philadelphia over the 2011 game vs the Giants for Green Bay. As fun as the 2011 Packers were, the 15-1 record covered up a lot of flaws (suspect run game on offense & a feast or famine defense). In contrast the 2003 run felt like the stars were aligning for Green Bay. Squeaking in on the last day of the season with thanks to the miracle catch in the Minnesota-Arizona game, the OT win vs Seattle, getting a 14-0 lead on the road vs Philly...and then ALLLLLLL the wheels came flying off. Not getting more points on over 200 yards of rushing, Mike Sherman blinking on 4th & 1 with a monster Oline and a first-team all pro RB in Ahman Green, giving up 4th & 26, Favres INT in OT etc.

Falcons have really been choking since the 80’s

definitely the 2011 Packers against the Giants for sure, has to be one of the most upsets in NFL playoff history and man that was surely insane

Marty Schottenheimer has to be the most unlucky head coach of all time

They did Dez Bryant dirty, that man caught the ball. Literally never hits the ground as he reached for the goaline.

The Marlon McCree game from the 2006 season for the Chargers, that one is definitely right up there, the Chargers would very likely still be in San Diego if not for that, and Marty Schottenheimer might be in the Hall of Fame as well, but that type of loss was nothing new for him, he sadly never escaped his playoff demons

I remember the Mile High Miracle like it was yesterday. Once Baltimore scored the tying touchdown, all life in that stadium was gone.

The Alex Smith vs Drew Brees quarterback duel was unironically the most impressive game of that year. That was an awesome game to watch live.

19:40 Bettis face after he fumbled 😳 will forever be classic..... He really dodged a bullet that game 😅😅😅😅

Stabler was in more legendary games than any QB in NFL History. He scored on a 30-yard run that put the Raiders up on the Steelers 7-6 moments before Franco's "Immaculate Reception." He threw the winning TD in the "Sea of Hands Game." Then there was the "Ghost to the Post" game. Then the last second run against the Pats in 1976. Then the "Holy Roller." No QB in NFL History has that many games with names like that. Also, in 1979 he took the Raiders back from 35-14 in the 4th on Monday Night Football against the Saints 42-35. That game can be found on RU-vid and is just stunning. He did that kind of thing again and again.

Many people (rightfully) hate the cowboys, but it can not be denied that what the refs did to say that wasn't a catch was downright criminal. Rewatching it today, I STILL don't know what they saw that caused them to overturn the call on the field

The Wild-card rounds have given us the three biggest comebacks/blown leads in NFL history. The Divisional Rounds have given us three plays or games so legendary they have their own names: the Immaculate Reception, the Sea of Hands Play, and the Tuck Rule Game.

2016 Div was more devastating for the cowboys than 2014 Div. Maybe the Bryant Non catch was painful but imagine that you had a great regular season, your fans very excited about returning to a SB, you had the game at your home stadium. When everything get wrong the team came back to tie game, the team have the momentum to the overtime but then Aaron Rodgers do his thing...

That Bills vs Chiefs game was probably one of the best games I’ve ever watched but the Bills Defense with 13 seconds left lost them that game why are you leaving the middle of the field open when the opponent has timeouts

The Browns loss against the Raiders in early January 1981 during the 1980 NFL/AFC playoffs has to be among the Top 10 most devastating. Browns were within field goal range with less than a minute and chose a pass attempt for a touchdown that was intercepted by the Oakland Raiders. Raiders went on to win the Conference title and Super Bowl.

Chargers did make the conf. championship next season in 2007 but they lost again to the Patriots 21-12. They have not made it past the divisional round since then.

Really enjoyed this list. Learned a lot too and I feel like I generally know about all the great playoff matchups too. I'm not saying I agree with all the rankings which are subjective but this was thorough.

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The 2019 ravens getting blown out at home was the second most heartbreaking moment ever for me as a fan. It was the single greatest football team I have ever watched. They dominated almost all the winning teams in the league and won 13 straight. Dominated both sides. They got arrogant and didn’t take the titans seriously. That team would’ve dominated the superbowl

Hopefully we Get a Top 10 Most Devastating Conference Championship Losses of All-Time

I am just waiting for the conference championship biggest upset of all time lol. I do love the music you guys use. It gives me goosebumps and flashbacks to all these games. What I was doing in those days before I got ready for them. You guys do get work

The fact that dez’s was more of a catch than a lot of the other questionable catches after his play in that game.

As a titans fan I’m surprised the 2000 game between Tennessee and Baltimore didn’t make the list that was devastating for us

As a Lions fan, that Cowboys loss in 2014 against the Packers was revenge for the refs gifting them that wildcard game the week before

Kind of surprised that Jets-Patriots 2010 wasn't mentioned here. New England was 14-2 that season, Brady would go on to win the first ever unanimous MVP, and they had blasted the Jets 45-3 on National TV just a few weeks prior. This game also marked the 3rd straight season that New England failed to win a playoff game while Brady was rostered, the longest such stretch of the Brady-Belichick era, and they wouldn't win another Super Bowl for 3 more seasons after that.

I gotta say, as a long time Chiefs fan it's really interesting to watch this (and the wildcard round video) in March of 2023, after KC just won their 2nd super bowl in 4 years. Prior to 2018, the NFL playoffs were a recurring disaster for KC, from several divisional round losses when KC was the AFC #1 seed, to wildcard losses that had bizarre, "curse"-like qualities to them. It helps keep in perspective how truly special these past few years have been for KC, because it hasn't always been so. So many people feel certain that KC is the next great dynasty and that Chiefs fans will stay drunk on success for several more years, but even though all the pieces appear to be in place and on paper that looks true, there have been plenty of dynasties stopped short for various reasons. Whether our Mahomes-led Chiefs go on to become the first franchise to win 10 or more super bowls, or they win one or two more, or Chiefs fans 15 years from now tell their kids about the 5-year glorious stretch at the beginning of Mahomes' career that resulted in 2 lombardi trophies...nobody really knows...but what I do know is that having your heart ripped out repeatedly before reaching success makes the latter so much sweeter.

What about in the 2003 divisional round when my Panthers ended the "greatest show on turf" in double OT??

Anyone else shocked Red Right 88 didn't make the list?

Minneapolis Miracle HAS TO BE on this list!!

How is Saints vs Buccaneers is not on there it was heartbreaking loss for me especially Drew Brees final game.

That Dez catch, I'm still shaking my head over that. And I'm a 9ers fan

I never realized how sad the chargers are as a franchise man they have some painful losses

Surprised that the 2019 divisional game between the Texans and the chiefs didn’t make the list. That was the last year the Texans have been relevant and losing the lead and eventually the game in one quarter after being up 24-0 had to been tough on Texan fans

Awesome video

They forgot the 1987 49ers loss to the Vikings. Everybody was shocked on that one.

The best lesson I've ever learned in football is "any given sunday". Any given Sunday you can make history, any given Sunday you can lose.

Saints vs Vikings 2017 divisional hurts so bad

Why would the Jets announcer be calling game with 10 minutes left 😂 💀

I think the Pats-Jets game from 2010 should be at least an honorable mention. With the exception of 07, that was the best chance to win a ring in that 10 year period where it never happened.

The Colts loss to the Steelers WAS devastating for a year but they came back and finally won the Super Bowl the following year in dramatic fashion. The Jets losing to the Steelers in 2004, now THAT was a devastating loss. Packers losing to the Niners last season as well

NFL really got me watching the un-skippable 15sec adds then hit me the a 5 sec back to back. I’ll only watch them for you NFL, because I love football.

It really says something about old football that going up 10 with 10 minutes left elicited the announcer to call the game for the Jets. Nowadays we wouldn't even say that with 2 minutes left.

I miss having the Chargers in San Diego.

Marlon McCree fumbling the game winning int against the Patriots when the chargers were 14-2, had MVP LT. If that's not on this list, you don't know football

It blows my mind how the NFL just continues to pump amazing narrated videos out.

Usually divisional games aren’t that good, but this was fun to watch

Too much recency bias. Devastating to me means more than just the loss, but what it symbolized. One of the forgotten games of all time should be on this list...49ers/Cowboys from 1972. Most remembered by folks old enough as "The other playoff game after The Immaculate Reception". Dallas coming back from 28-13 down...Roger Staubach's first signature Captain Comeback moment...and that loss, with San Francisco trying to enact payback after two NFC title game losses the previous years, sent the 49ers in to a tailspin the rest of the decade. Took a couple of guys named Walsh and Montana to get them out. I'd also have Houston/Denver from 1991 AND Houston/KC in 1993 as one combined spot. Warren Moon's Oilers were such underachievers and for all the talk about the blown lead against Buffalo in the 1992 wild card, losing a 15 point halftime lead in Denver and blowing a completely winnable game against Marty Schottenheimer of all people after winning 11 straight games never gets mentioned enough. Those two games summed up who they were perfectly.

Not a Cowboys fan at all but Dez caught it

I love all the mic’d up stuff

This video is so fun and awesome

I know you can't have every one mentioned (and nobody seems to remember how brutal the Giants '89 divisional OT loss to the Rams was) but two missing games really need to be on that list. One is the 1980 AFC Divisional playoff between the Browns and Raiders, as it was a brutally cold winter game with a devastating finish, and also happened on the same day as the 1980 Falcons vs. Cowboys game that's on this video, so the two would go hand in hand. The other that needs to be on this list is the 1987 Divisional Playoff where the best team in the league, the 13-2 San Francisco 49ers somehow lost to the 8-7 Vikings, when Anthony Carter caught 10 passes for over 200 yards, and Joe Montana, with Rice, Taylor, Clark, Jones, Craig, and Rathman, along with his Hall Of Fame O-Line , had the rare terrible game and got beaten soundly at home. Essentially, the same 49ers team would win the next two Super Bowls (getting revenge against the Vikes along the way) and barely came up short in the NFC title game the year after that. When you look back on it, the four 49ers seasons between 1987-1990 saw them go 51-12, and they might have won 4 Super Bowls in a row those years other than the great upset the Vikes performed in '87, and the Lawrence Taylor caused 4rth quarter fumble by Craig in the heartbreaking 15-13 loss to the Giants in '90. Yeah, I'm aware they still would have had to win some more games in '87 and '90, and Buffalo and Washington weren't slouches, but the 49ers would have been the best team in every game they played. The 2000 Titans and the 2007 Cowboys also had some pretty devastating defeats in this category, among a few others that also didn't get mentioned. Heck, the 1979 defeat of the Cowboys by the Rams in Dallas in Staubach's final game when Billy Waddy scored that late 50 yard TD was pretty devastating too, although not for those of us who hated the Cowboys.

Im a Bengals fan and I feel like we might make this list after Sundays game vs Bills

And to this day, the officials of the NFL can not agree on what a catch is. Dez Bryant caught that ball no one will ever be able to convince me otherwise.

I love listening to the disappointment in the Radio Calls....hilarious

The 04 Jets against the Steelers should be on this. 3 straight missed game winning field goals? That’s as bad as it gets

This a good showing of the refs deciding games and changing entire men’s careers 😂😂

Dez definitely caught that ball! Reds really have cost teams huge games! Can’t blame them for everything but to say they don’t have a serious effect on the game is a understatement

Surprised the Chargers Dolphins game from 1981 isn't on here.

If the Tuck rule didn’t exist, the patriots wouldn’t have become the dynasty that we have known.

Just last year the Buccaneers gotta be haunted by that loss. They probably repeat if they beat the Rams.

10: Eli and the Giants went on to beat Tom Brady and the Patriots for the second time in five years 09: Cleveland managed to pave the way for Denver by taking out Marty "Giving Him The Business" Lyons and the Jets 08: Replay must've had an angle that saw the bounce off the turf, followed by a lucky sideline grab two years later 07: Kansas City's kicker just couldn't find the gap between the uprights, followed by Denver stunning them two years later 06: The Catch III by Vernon Davis stuns New Orleans 05: Patrick Mahomes and the defending champ Chiefs tied it in 13 seconds after Allen hit Gabe Davis for number 4 04: The Tuck Rule enables Tom Brady and the Patriots to begin their two-decade dynasty 03: Comeback by Dallas stuns Atlanta 02: Brady stuns San Diego but then gets stunned by long-time rival Peyton Manning the following week 01: Oakland denies the first bid for a three-peat in the Super Bowl era thanks to the Raider catching the ball in the midst of three Dolphins defenders

Where are the Cleveland Browns in the 1980 AFC Divisional against the Oakland Raiders? The "Mistake by the Lake" game.

Was the Bills Chiefs loss really devastating for Bills fans? I feel like they were the underdog and every fan finished the game with the utmost respect for Allen / Mahomes. And the Bills are still as much a contender now as they were then

Tuck Rule Game started the trend of technically correct, but obviously wrong calls

Chiefs v. Texans was pretty good too as an honorable mention. Texans up 24 pts at 10:00 in the 2nd but Chiefs score 28 pts in those remaining 10m.

I know this is still very new but I fell like the ravens 2019 first round exit will haunt me for a long time. To much competition in the AFC now.

Dez Bryant caught that ball.

Love the honorable mention for the '76 Raiders/Pats game. The 70s Pats were a legit team, with HOFers like Tippett and Hannah, but they just couldn't get out of the AFC. They're the bridge to that 85 Pats team that Squished the Fish

1987 Redskins at Bears needs to be on there, Sweetness's last game and really the beginning of the end of the Ditka Bears era, they made the playoffs a couple more times but they were not a Super Bowl calibur team anymore

Love this list. Minneapolis Miracle and Red Right 88 could have been included, but good choices.

This is not a good list. You had a Cowboys/Falcons game at #3 that has absolutely no historical significance, and is a game most football fans have never heard of. You also somehow left off 4th & 26, literally one of the most painful defeats I've ever seen.

9 years later and Dallas fans still crying about Dez catching it

Looking forward for the devastating losses in the conference games its alot of them

That Jets announcer was celebrating a guaranteed win with a 10 point lead with 10 minutes remaining in the game???

Never forget that Terry Bradshaw was the original TB12.

All jokes aside I really think Dez caught it lol

Those 90's Chiefs had some playoff heartbreakers at home. Seems like in both losses in early 96 and 98, Marty should have gone with Rich Gannon.

In the 1995 divisional round between the Chiefs and the Colts, it was a very ugly game to watch but Lin Elliott’s name will forever live in infamy in KC.

poor Dez, looked like a damn catch

FIRST

Some of those clips made me miss watching games called by Dick Enberg. He was always my favorite, aside from Pat & John.

I love how the raiders beat the patriots with a controversial call and the patriots did the same thing to them 25 years later.

Dez Bryant 😔

Dez Bryant needs to remember that he must maintain possession of the ball throughout the entire process of contacting the ground!

"Raiders fans, we apologize in advance." You should apologize to the Patriots. 2001 was called correctly, 1976 wasn't. Gotta love the homer announcers in the 2001 clip too.

GO BENGALS

This was very entertaining!

Dez didn’t catch it

1994 Divisional: Oliers vs Chiefs. The 1993 Oilers had a DOMINANT defense that held the 49ers to only 7 points at Candlestick. Alas, Montana magic struck again, and the defense couldn't stop the comeback.

The 1999 Divisional game between Washington and the Buccaneers. Washington blew a 13-0 lead and their potential GW FG ended in a bad snap. Symbolized the beginning of the bad that has been Dan Snyder's ownership.

Last 30 years Dallas is definitely a poverty franchise