1997–98 NFL playoffs
| Dates | December 27, 1997–January 25, 1998 | ||||
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| Season | 1997 | ||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Games played | 11 | ||||
| Super Bowl XXXII site | |||||
| Defending champions | Green Bay Packers | ||||
| Champion | Denver Broncos | ||||
| Runner-up | Green Bay Packers | ||||
| Conference runners-up | |||||
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The National Football League playoffs for the 1997 season began on December 27, 1997. The postseason tournament concluded with the Denver Broncos defeating the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXII, 31–24, on January 25, 1998, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California.
For the first time ever, all three Florida teams (the Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers) qualified for the playoffs. The feat would repeat itself in the 1999 postseason and again during the 2022 postseason.