Rams Beat Jets in OT, Clinch Playoff Berth
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The St. Louis Rams won a finale that, in the end, they needed much more than the New York Jets. Marc Bulger threw for 450 yards and three touchdowns and Jeff Wilkins hit a 31-yard field goal with 3:03 left in overtime Sunday to give the Rams a 32-29 win over the New York Jets, clinching their fourth playoff berth in five seasons under coach Mike Martz.
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The Jets, who many predicted before the season would finish at the bottom of the standings, are in contention for the A.F.C. wild card and have a better record than the struggling Giants.
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Steven Jackson rushed for 148 yards and a touchdown as the St. Louis Rams' kept alive their playoff hopes with a 20-7 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday.
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The Jets can assure themselves of a playoff spot with a victory next week against New England, which has clinched the A.F.C. East.
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The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, winning the Central for the third time in five seasons.
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The Jets left the game the same way they entered it: needing a victory to assure themselves a wild-card playoff berth.
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com. The Patriots clinched a first round bye through the playoffs with a 23-6 win over the New York Jets. The Patriots took care of business with a 23-7 win over the New York Jets
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Chad Pennington throws for 339 yards and one touchdown, leading the Jets to a 26-13 win over the Vikings to stay in the playoff chase for at least one more week.
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Matt Stover made a 42-yard field goal in overtime as the Baltimore Ravens overcame a 14-point deficit to beat the New York Jets 20-17.
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SEATTLE -- Marc Bulger was at his best when his teammates needed him most. Bulger threw a 52-yard touchdown pass to Shaun McDonald three minutes into overtime, leading the St. Louis Rams to a thrilling 33-27 victory over the previously undefeated Seattle Seahawks yesterday.
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From the pits to the NFL playoffs. The San Diego Chargers turned it all the way around. LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns, Antonio Gates tied a record with his 12th TD of the season
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T.J. Duckett set a team record by rushing for four touchdowns and the Atlanta Falcons clinched just the third division title in franchise history, wrapping up the NFC South with a 35-10 rout of the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
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If you are a Jets fan, you have been down this road before. Sunday in St. Louis is "Groundhog Day," back to the future, d&#233;j&#224; vu all over again. It is the fourth time in the past five years and the seventh time since 1991 that the Jets have needed a victory in the regular-season finale to make the playoffs.
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Marc Bulger threw two touchdown passes  to lead the St. Louis Rams to a 27-20 NFC wildcard victory over  the Seattle Seahawks Saturday, becoming the first team to  capture a playoff game without a winning record.
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SAN DIEGO -- Marty Schottenheimer has deeply offended the football gods. What other explanation can there be for what happened last night at Qualcomm Stadium? Schottenheimer's San Diego Chargers were beaten in overtime by the New York Jets, 20-17, in an AFC wild-card game on a 28-yard Doug Brien field goal only minutes after Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding pulled a ...
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Jeff Reed kicked a 33-yard field goal 11 minutes into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Steelers a dramatic 20-17 victory over the New York Jets in the divisional playoffs Saturday.
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The Boston Red Sox clinched a playoff berth on Monday by beating the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-3.