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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2008 seasonW2008 NFL season↗

32 teams in NFL · 256 regular-season games, 2008-09-04 to 2008-12-28

◀ 2007 2009 ▶

<a href="/superbowl/2008">Super Bowl XLIII</a>

Pittsburgh Steelers
27–23 over Arizona Cardinals
MVP Santonio Holmes

MVP

Peyton Manning Indianapolis Colts

Offensive Player

Drew Brees New Orleans Saints

Defensive Player

James Harrison

Offensive Rookie

Matt Ryan Atlanta Falcons

Defensive Rookie

Jerod Mayo New England Patriots

Coach of the Year

Mike Smith Atlanta Falcons

Hall of Fame class of 2008

Andre Tippett, Art Monk, Darrell Green, Emmitt Thomas, Fred Dean, Gary Zimmerman

Playoffs

Round	Date	Result	Stadium
Wild Card	2009-01-03	Arizona Cardinals 30–24 Atlanta Falcons	University of Phoenix Stadium
Wild Card	2009-01-03	San Diego Chargers 23–17 Indianapolis Colts	Qualcomm Stadium
Wild Card	2009-01-04	Baltimore Ravens 27–9 Miami Dolphins	Dolphin Stadium
Wild Card	2009-01-04	Philadelphia Eagles 26–14 Minnesota Vikings	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Divisional	2009-01-10	Baltimore Ravens 13–10 Tennessee Titans	LP Field
Divisional	2009-01-10	Arizona Cardinals 33–13 Carolina Panthers	Bank of America Stadium
Divisional	2009-01-11	Philadelphia Eagles 23–11 New York Giants	Giants Stadium
Divisional	2009-01-11	Pittsburgh Steelers 35–24 San Diego Chargers	Heinz Field
Conference championship	2009-01-18	Arizona Cardinals 32–25 Philadelphia Eagles	University of Phoenix Stadium
Conference championship	2009-01-18	Pittsburgh Steelers 23–14 Baltimore Ravens	Heinz Field
Super Bowl XLIII	2009-02-01	Pittsburgh Steelers 27–23 Arizona Cardinals	Raymond James Stadium

Standings

NFL AFC East

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Miami Dolphins	11	5	0	.688	345	317	Tony Sparano	Lost Wild Card
2	New England Patriots	11	5	0	.688	410	309	Bill Belichick
3	New York Jets	9	7	0	.562	405	356	Eric Mangini
4	Buffalo Bills	7	9	0	.438	336	342	Dick Jauron

NFL AFC North

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	4	0	.750	347	223	Mike Tomlin	Won Super Bowl XLIII Champion
2	Baltimore Ravens	11	5	0	.688	385	244	John Harbaugh	Lost Conference Championship
3	Cincinnati Bengals	4	11	1	.281	204	364	Marvin Lewis
4	Cleveland Browns	4	12	0	.250	232	350	Romeo Crennel

NFL AFC South

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Tennessee Titans	13	3	0	.812	375	234	Jeff Fisher	Lost Divisional
2	Indianapolis Colts	12	4	0	.750	377	298	Tony Dungy	Lost Wild Card
3	Houston Texans	8	8	0	.500	366	394	Gary Kubiak
4	Jacksonville Jaguars	5	11	0	.312	302	367	Jack Del Rio

NFL AFC West

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	San Diego Chargers	8	8	0	.500	439	347	Norv Turner	Lost Divisional
2	Denver Broncos	8	8	0	.500	370	448	Mike Shanahan
3	Oakland Raiders	5	11	0	.312	263	388	Tom Cable
4	Kansas City Chiefs	2	14	0	.125	291	440	Herm Edwards

NFL NFC East

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	New York Giants	12	4	0	.750	427	294	Tom Coughlin	Lost Divisional
2	Philadelphia Eagles	9	6	1	.594	416	289	Andy Reid	Lost Conference Championship
3	Dallas Cowboys	9	7	0	.562	362	365	Wade Phillips
4	Washington Redskins	8	8	0	.500	265	296	Jim Zorn

NFL NFC North

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Minnesota Vikings	10	6	0	.625	379	333	Brad Childress	Lost Wild Card
2	Chicago Bears	9	7	0	.562	375	350	Lovie Smith
3	Green Bay Packers	6	10	0	.375	419	380	Mike McCarthy
4	Detroit Lions	0	16	0	.000	268	517	Rod Marinelli

NFL NFC South

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Carolina Panthers	12	4	0	.750	414	329	John Fox	Lost Divisional
2	Atlanta Falcons	11	5	0	.688	391	325	Mike Smith	Lost Wild Card
3	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	9	7	0	.562	361	323	Jon Gruden
4	New Orleans Saints	8	8	0	.500	463	393	Sean Payton

NFL NFC West

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Arizona Cardinals	9	7	0	.562	427	426	Ken Whisenhunt	Lost Super Bowl XLIII
2	San Francisco 49ers	7	9	0	.438	339	381	Mike Singletary
3	Seattle Seahawks	4	12	0	.250	294	392	Mike Holmgren
4	St. Louis Rams	2	14	0	.125	232	465	Jim Haslett

League leaders

passing yards

1. 5,069Drew Brees New Orleans Saints

passing tds

1. 34Drew Brees New Orleans Saints

passing tds

1. 34Philip Rivers San Diego Chargers

rushing yards

1. 1,760Adrian Peterson Minnesota Vikings

rushing tds

1. 18DeAngelo Williams Carolina Panthers

receiving yards

1. 1,575Andre Johnson Houston Texans

receiving tds

1. 12Calvin Johnson Detroit Lions

receiving tds

1. 12Larry Fitzgerald Arizona Cardinals

receptions

1. 115Andre Johnson Houston Texans

interceptions

1. 9Ed Reed Baltimore Ravens

sacks

1. 20DeMarcus Ware Dallas Cowboys

points

1. 148Stephen Gostkowski New England Patriots