The National Football League playoffs for the 2022 season began on January 14, 2023, and concluded with Super Bowl LVII on February 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona where the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles.

This was the first postseason under a new rule in which both teams will be assured one possession in overtime, even if the first team with possession scores a touchdown. However, no game went into overtime.

With Jacksonville and Kansas City facing each other in the AFC Divisional Round, Kansas City became the fourth team in NFL history (the other three being the Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia, and Buffalo) to face every team within their respective conference in the postseason at least once.

Unused format changes following Week 17 canceled Bills–Bengals game

During the Week 17 game on January 2 between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin collapsed and remained motionless after making a tackle on Cincinnati wide receiver Tee Higgins. At the time of Hamlin's collapse, there was 5:58 remaining in the first quarter with Cincinnati leading 7–3. It was later revealed that he had suffered cardiac arrest and was in critical condition. The remainder of the game was then postponed for the rest of the night, and on the following day the NFL initially said that it would not be resumed that week. Then on January 5, the league announced that the game would be canceled entirely, and both teams would finish the regular season with only 16 regular season games, saying that it was "difficult, but necessary" under the "extraordinary circumstances".

The cancellation of the Bills–Bengals game, however, affected the playoff implications involving four teams: the Bills, Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs, and Baltimore Ravens. Going into the game, Cincinnati held an 11–4 record and only needed a win to clinch the AFC North division title over Baltimore (which was 10–6 after finishing their week 17 game, and losing the conference record tiebreaker to the 10–6 Los Angeles Chargers for wild card seeding). The Bengals and the 12–3 Bills were also both fighting the 13–3 Chiefs for the top seed in the AFC.

Had Buffalo won the canceled game to go to 13–3, and both the Bills and Chiefs then ended the regular season at 14–3, Buffalo would have held the head-to-head victory tiebreaker over Kansas City. In addition, a Cincinnati loss to go to 11–5 would have resulted in the AFC North championship being decided by the Week 18 Ravens–Bengals game, with Baltimore having the head-to-head victory tiebreaker if both teams finished at 11–6. Had Cincinnati won the canceled game instead, not only would have they clinched their division title, the Bengals would have held head-to-head victory tiebreakers over both the Bills and Chiefs if all three clubs ended at 13–4.

The league confirmed that for the purpose of determining playoff matchups, seeding would still be determined by winning percentage, which the NFL has always formally used to rank teams. By canceling the game, the Bengals automatically clinched the AFC North division championship based on winning percentage. The Chiefs were then put into a position in Week 18 to clinch the AFC top seed with a win to go to 14–3, or for a Bills to finish at 12–4 with a loss.

Therefore during a special league meeting on January 6, NFL owners approved the following changes for this postseason to compensate for the missing aforementioned playoff implications of the canceled game:
 The AFC Championship Game would be held at a neutral site in the following circumstances:
 Buffalo and Kansas City both win or tie in Week 18 and both teams advance to the AFC Championship.
 Buffalo and Kansas City both lose and Cincinnati loses or ties in Week 18, and Buffalo and Kansas City advance to the AFC Championship.
 Buffalo and Kansas City both lose and Cincinnati wins in Week 18, and Kansas City and either Buffalo or Cincinnati advance to the AFC Championship.
The site of the Wild Card game between Baltimore and Cincinnati would be determined by coin flip if:
 Baltimore and the Los Angeles Chargers both won in Week 18.

After Week 18 was played, only the first scenario – caused by wins by both Buffalo and Kansas City – could happen. Meanwhile, Cincinnati won their game against Baltimore. The league then announced on January 12 that Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta was selected to host a Buffalo–Kansas City AFC Championship Game if both teams advanced that far. This plan went unused after the Bengals defeated the Bills in the Divisional Playoffs by the score of 27–10.

New postseason overtime rule

As approved by NFL owners at their meeting on March 28, 2022, this is the first postseason in which both teams are assured of one possession in overtime, even if the first team with possession scores a touchdown. This change was made in response to several recent playoff games in which the first team to possess the ball in overtime scored a touchdown and the other team did not have a chance to respond.

Participants

Bracket

Schedule
The playoffs began on January 14–16, 2023 with the Wild-Card Round, with three wild-card games played in each conference. In the Divisional Round, played January 21–22, the top seed in the conference played the lowest remaining seed and the other two remaining teams played each other. The winners of those games advanced to the Conference Championship Games which were played on January 29. Super Bowl LVII was played on February 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Wild Card playoffs

Saturday, January 14, 2023

NFC: San Francisco 49ers 41, Seattle Seahawks 23

San Francisco racked up 505 yards of offense, as they overcame a first-half deficit by scoring 25 unanswered points during the second half.

Seattle gained 9 yards on the first play, but still had to punt as Kenneth Walker III was tackled for a 1-yard loss by Talanoa Hufanga and quarterback Geno Smith was sacked by Arik Armstead over the next two plays. 49ers' quarterback Brock Purdy then completed a 19-yard pass to Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel ran for a 22-yard gain as the team drove 48 yards in 7 plays to take a 3–0 lead on Robbie Gould's 34-yard field goal. The Seahawks went three-and-out again on their next drive, and San Francisco advanced the ball upfield for another touchdown, taking advantage of a 68-yard run by Christian McCaffrey and an 18-yard reception by running back Elijah Mitchell. Purdy finished the drive with a 3-yard touchdown pass to McCaffrey, giving San Francisco a 10–0 lead with 5:11 left in the first quarter.

Seattle responded by moving the ball 78 yards in 14 plays; Walker rushed the ball 5 times for 22 yards, the last carry a 7-yard touchdown run that cut the score to 10–7. The 49ers countered with Purdy completing 3 passes for 51 yards and rushing for 13 to push their lead up to 13–7 on Gould's 33-yard field goal halfway through the second quarter. The Seahawks took the ball back and drove to a 14–13 lead, advancing 71 yards in 5 plays and scoring on Smith's 50-yard pass to DK Metcalf. Following a punt from each team, Purdy completed a 31-yard pass to Aiyuk and an 18-yard pass to Samuel, setting up Gould's 46-yard field goal with 13 seconds left in the half. Seattle receiver Colby Parkinson returned the ensuing squib kick 14 yards to the Seahawks' 38-yard line. On the next play, Smith rushed for 9 yards, with an unnecessary roughness penalty against Jimmie Ward adding another 15 yards and enabling Jason Myers to kick a 56-yard field goal that gave the Seahawks a 17–16 lead at halftime.

However, the 49ers started the second half with three touchdowns and a field goal over their next four possessions. On their first drive of the half, the 49ers had a 15-play, 75-yard drive with Purdy completing passes to George Kittle and Samuel for gains of 23 yards and 21 yards respectively, before taking the ball into the end zone himself on a 1-yard run. Seattle's ensuing possession ended when Charles Omenihu forced a fumble from Smith that Nick Bosa recovered for the 49ers at their 30-yard line. San Francisco then drove 70 yards in 8 plays, the longest a 33-yard catch by Jauan Jennings. Purdy finished the drive with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell, and then threw a pass to Kittle for a 2-point conversion, giving the team a 31–17 lead. Following a Seattle punt, Purdy threw an 8-yard pass to Samuel, and with blocking from Kittle and Aiyuk, he took it to the end zone for a 74-yard touchdown. On the first play of Seattle's next possession, Deommodore Lenoir intercepted a pass from Smith and returned it 6 yards to the Seahawks' 37-yard line. The 49ers then drove 24 yards and scored on Gould's fourth field goal, this one a 31-yard kick that gave the team a 41–17 lead with less than 5 minutes left. Seattle then drove 76 yards in 15 plays, the longest a 24-yard catch by Cade Johnson, and scored the final points of the game on Smith's 3-yard touchdown pass to Metcalf.

Purdy – a rookie in his 6th NFL start – finished the game 18-for-30 for 332 yards and 3 touchdowns, while also rushing 4 times for 16 yards and a touchdown; McCaffrey rushed 15 times for 119 yards, while also catching 2 passes for 17 yards and a touchdown; Samuel was the team's top receiver with 6 receptions for 133 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing 3 times for 32 yards and Omenihu had 2 sacks and a forced fumble. For the Seahawks, Smith finished the day 25-for-35 for 253 yards, 2 touchdowns, and an interception, while also rushing 4 times for 28 yards; Metcalf was his top receiver with 10 receptions for 136 yards and 2 touchdowns.

AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Los Angeles Chargers 30

Jacksonville overcame five first-half turnovers and a 27–0 deficit to win on Riley Patterson's walk-off field goal. This was the third largest comeback in NFL postseason history.

On the second play of the game, Jags QB Trevor Lawrence's pass was intercepted by Drue Tranquill, who returned it 15 yards to the Jacksonville 18-yard line. This set up Austin Ekeler's 13-yard touchdown run to give the Chargers a 7–0 lead. Then on Jacksonville's next drive, Lawrence was intercepted again, this time by Asante Samuel Jr., who returned the ball 16 yards to the LA 39. From there, quarterback Justin Herbert completed 3 passes for 40 yards on a 57-yard drive to go up 10–0 on Cameron Dicker's 22-yard field goal. Following a punt from each team, Samuel recorded his second interception, returning this one for 4 yards to the Jaguars 16-yard line. Ekeler then took the ball to the end zone with three consecutive carries, the last one a 6-yard touchdown run that gave the Chargers a 17–0 lead with 37 seconds left in the first quarter.

Jacksonville was quickly forced to punt and the Chargers drove back for more points, this time going 67 yards in 13 plays, including Herbert's 23-yard completion to tight end Gerald Everett to convert a 3rd-and-11. On the last play, he hit Everett again for a 9-yard score, increasing the team's lead to 24–0. Jamal Agnew gave the Jags a chance to respond by returning the kickoff 52 yards to midfield. But after two incompletions, Lawrence threw his third interception of the day and fourth overall to Samuel. Then Jacksonville turned the ball over again when Chris Claybrooks muffed a Jags punt and Amen Ogbongbemiga recovered it on the Jaguars 6-yard line. Three plays later, Dicker kicked a 23-yard field goal to give LA a 27–0 lead with 4:28 left in the half. Jacksonville had to punt on their next drive, but their defense forced a crucial three-and-out that included a stop on 3rd-and-1, forcing a J. K. Scott punt that went just 34 yards before Tevaughn Campbell returned it 4 yards to the LA 47-yard line. Lawrence subsequently led the Jags 47 yards in 8 plays, including a 12-yard completion to Marvin Jones on 4th-and-1, to score on a 9-yard touchdown pass to Evan Engram, making the score 27–7 going into halftime.

LA took the second half kickoff and drove to the Jacksonville 38, but were stopped there and decided to punt. Scott's kick pinned the Jaguars on their own 11-yard line, but it didn't stop them from driving 89 yards in 17 plays. Lawrence completed 8 passes for 68 yards on the drive, the last a 6-yard touchdown completion to Jones that cut their deficit to 27–14. Herbert struck back with a pair of completions to Everett for gains of 21 and 25 yards to set up Dicker's 50-yard field goal, putting the Chargers up 30–14. Agnew returned the kickoff 36 yards to the Jaguars' 32-yard line. From there, Jacksonville drove 68 yards in 7 plays to score on Lawrence's 39-yard touchdown pass to Zay Jones, making the score 30–20 after the 2-point conversion failed.

Los Angeles got the ball back with 40 seconds left in the third quarter and managed to run the clock down to under nine minutes with a 17-play drive to the Jags 22-yard line, but came up empty when Dicker's 40-yard field goal went wide left. Jacksonville took over and drove 64 yards in 11 plays, with Lawrence completing a 21-yard pass to Engram and 3 passes to Christian Kirk for 35 yards, the last a 9-yard touchdown catch. Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct on the play, moving the ball to the 1-yard for the point after touchdown. The Jaguars took advantage of the penalty by going for two, scoring on Lawrence's 1-yard run to cut their deficit to 30–28 with 5:30 left in the game.

On the first play after the ensuing kickoff, Herbert was sacked for an 8-yard loss by Roy Robertson-Harris. He managed to complete passes on his next two plays, but they were not enough for a first down, and so the Chargers punted with 3:20 remaining. Jacksonville then put together a 10-play, 61-yard drive for the game-winning score. Three completions for 24 yards and an 8-yard run by Lawrence brought up first down at midfield. A few plays later, they faced a crucial 4th-and-1 on the Chargers 41-yard line. Travis Etienne took a pitch and ran around the right side of the line for a 25-yard gain to the Chargers 16. After running the clock down to the final seconds, Patterson's 36-yard field goal gave the Jags a win as time ran out. It is the largest blown lead in Chargers history as they became the first team to lose a playoff game with a turnover margin of +5.

Lawrence completed 28 of 47 passes for 288 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 4 interceptions, and rushed once for 8 yards. Etienne was the top rusher of the day with 20 carries for 109 yards and caught a pass for 12 yards. Engram had 7 receptions for 93 yards and a score. Agnew returned 4 kickoffs for 134 yards. Herbert finished 27 of 43 for 273 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing 3 times for 12 yards. Everett was his top target with 6 catches for 109 yards and a score. Samuel had 3 tackles and 3 interceptions. Ekeler, who had 1,637 yards from scrimmage and 107 receptions during the season, scored two touchdowns, but was held to just 13 carries for 35 yards and 2 receptions for 8 yards. Chargers coach Brandon Staley was later quoted as saying that "we choked", a sentiment also said by linebacker Kyle Van Noy.

Following the game, Los Angeles fired offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and passing game coordinator & quarterbacks coach Shane Day.

Sunday, January 15, 2023

AFC: Buffalo Bills 34, Miami Dolphins 31

Despite having to start third string quarterback Skylar Thompson, falling behind 17–0, and being outgained in total yards 423–231, Miami still managed to keep pace with the heavily favored Bills, falling just short when Buffalo's defense stopped them on consecutive plays when facing 3rd-and-1 on their final drive. This became the longest home game in Bills history, at 3 hours and 53 minutes.

Buffalo started the game with a drive to the Dolphins 32, but lost the ball due to an incompletion on 4th-and-3. Following a punt, Bills quarterback Josh Allen completed passes to Stefon Diggs for gains of 20 and 52 yards before connecting with tight end Dawson Knox in the end zone for a 6-yard touchdown. Then safety Dean Marlowe intercepted a pass from Thompson and returned it 10 yards to the Miami 23-yard line, James Cook's 12-yard touchdown run that put the Bills up 14–0. Miami was quickly forced to punt again, and the Bills stormed back for more points, this time driving 57 yards in 12 plays, with Allen completing 3/5 passes for 41 yards and rushing for 8, before Tyler Bass' 40-yard field goal gave the team a 17–0 lead with 12:49 left in the second quarter.

The Dolphins finally managed to respond on their next possession. Thompson start it off with a 20-yard completion to Durham Smythe, and later threw one to Tyreek Hill for a 19-yard gain on the Bills 16-yard line. Jason Sanders finished the drive with a 40-yard field goal that cut the score to 17–3. On the Bills ensuing drive, Allen threw a pass that was intercepted by Xavien Howard and returned 49 yards to the Buffalo 47, leading to Sanders' 48-yard field goal that made the score 17–6 following a 23-yard drive. Buffalo then went three-and-out, and Cedrick Wilson returned their punt 50 yards to the Bills 27-yard line, resulting in Sanders' third consecutive field goal, this one a 39-yard kick, that reduced their deficit to 17–9. Then Allen threw another interception, this one to Jevon Holland, who ran it back 29 yards to the Buffalo 18. This time the Dolphins managed to get the ball into the end zone, scoring on Thompson's 7-yard touchdown pass to tight end Mike Gesicki. He also threw a pass to Hill for a 2-point conversion, tying the game at 17 with 33 seconds left in the half. Still, Buffalo managed to retake the lead at 20–17 before halftime, with Allen completing two passes for Gabe Davis for gains of 33 and 17 yards on the way to Bass' 39-yard field goal.

Miami took their first lead of the game, 24–20, just one minute into the second half when safety Eric Rowe sacked Allen and forced a fumble, which Zach Sieler picked up and returned 5 yards for a touchdown. But later in the quarter, cornerback Kaiir Elam intercepted a pass from Thompson on the Dolphins 33-yard line, leading to Allens' 6-yard touchdown pass to Cole Beasley that gave Buffalo the lead back, 27–24. Following a Miami punt, Allen completed passes to Quintin Morris and Beasley for gains of 12 and 29 yards before finding Davis in the end zone for a 23-yard touchdown completion, increasing Buffalo's lead to 34–24.

Miami responded on a drive where Thompson completed 4/5 passes for 59 yards on the way to Jeff Wilson's 1-yard touchdown run, narrowing the gap to 34–31 with just over 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Following three drives without points, Sam Martin's 44-yard punt gave the Dolphins the ball on their own 14-yard line with 4:24 on the clock. Thompson's 25-yard completion to Jaylen Waddle on 3rd-and-10 advanced the team to the 39. After an offsides penalty and an incompletion, his 14-yard pass to Waddle brought up 3rd-and-1 from the 48. On the next play, Salvon Ahmed was stuffed for no gain by linebacker Matt Milano. Now with just 2:29 left and no timeouts, Miami had to go for the conversion. However, they were pushed back 5 yards by a delay of game penalty before they could run their next play. Then on 4th-and-6, Thompson's pass was incomplete, enabling Buffalo to take over and run out the rest of the clock, picking up their last needed first down with two runs by Devin Singletary for 11 total yards.

Allen was 23/39 for 352 yards and 3 touchdowns, while rushing 4 times for 20, but was intercepted twice and lost a fumble. Diggs was the game's leading receiver with 7 catches for 114 yards, while Davis had 6 for 113 and a score. Milano had 10 tackles (8 solo) and 2 sacks. Thompson threw for 220 yards and a touchdown, but completed just 18 of 45 passes and was picked off twice. Hill was the Dolphins leading receiver with 7 receptions for 69 yards.

NFC: New York Giants 31, Minnesota Vikings 24

The Giants had won two of the first three playoff meetings with the Vikings, most recently a 41–0 Giants victory in the 2000 NFC Championship. In Week 16 of the regular season, the Vikings beat the Giants 27–24 in Minneapolis. This was the Giants' first playoff game in six years, and the first for the Vikings in three years. It was also the Vikings first home playoff game since the Minneapolis Miracle. This was the first career postseason game for both Brian Daboll and Kevin O'Connell as head coaches.

The Vikings started with the ball and moved downfield with ease. Kirk Cousins was 7/7 for 48 yards on the opening drive, including four completions to Justin Jefferson, before he converted a QB sneak on 2nd-and-goal to give the team a 7–0 lead. The Giants, however, immediately responded with an 85-yard drive. After an opening play holding penalty, Daniel Jones gained 56 yards running and passing over the next four plays, the longest a 22-yard throw to Darius Slayton. On the next play, Saquon Barkley ran 29 yards to the endzone untouched to tie the game. Then the Vikings went three-and-out after failing to convert a flea flicker. Jones immediately connected with Slayton on a 47-yard catch and run. Then Barkley rushed for a 16-yard gain before Jones' 14-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Hodgins gave the Giants a 14–7 lead. After another punt, the Giants went on a 20-play, 85-yard drive that lasted nearly 11 minutes, but had to settle for a 25-yard Graham Gano field goal after a touchdown was called off by an illegal shift penalty by Daniel Bellinger. Cousins started connecting with T. J. Hockenson on the next drive with completions of 27 and 28 yards, then found K. J. Osborn open for a 9-yard touchdown to make the score 17–14 before halftime.

The Giants extended their lead to 24–14 on the first drive of the third quarter when Jones hit Bellinger for a 9-yard touchdown pass after a 24-yard run by Barkley and a 32-yard catch by Hodgins. Cousins and the Vikings responded with another touchdown, this time to TE Irv Smith after a 19-yard completion to Hockenson on 3rd-and-7, along with a 25-yard pass to Adam Thielen. After giving up points on the first four Giants drives, the Vikings defense finally stopped the Giants on a third-down sack of Jones by Danielle Hunter. Sensing an opportunity to take control of the game, the Vikings went on a long and methodical drive that extended into the 4th quarter. On 3rd-and-9 at the NYG-24, Cousins completed a pass to Hockenson and was tackled by Xavier McKinney and Tony Jefferson. Initially ruled a first down, replay confirmed Hockenson was tackled half a yard short of the line to gain. The Vikings lined up for a QB sneak and got the first down, but were flagged for a false start by OT Christian Darrisaw. Greg Joseph kicked the ensuing 38-yard field goal to tie the game at 24 with 12:34 to play.

Jones connected with Slayton and Richie James on consecutive plays to move the ball to midfield. Then Hodgins made a toe-tapping grab on the sideline to put the Giants in Vikings territory for a 19-yard gain, then Barkley took a screen pass 10 yards into the red zone after a key block by Kenny Golladay. James had a 4-yard catch on 3rd-and-5, and the Giants opted to go for the first down instead of the field goal, which Jones converted on a QB sneak. Barkley scored his second touchdown of the game on the next play on a 2-yard run to give the Giants a 31–24 lead with 7:47 on the clock. Then the Vikings went three-and-out. The Giants tried to burn clock and score to put the game out of reach, but Slayton dropped a potential game-winning catch and run on 3rd-and-15. The Vikings only got one first down on their final drive on a roughing the passer penalty on Dexter Lawrence. Cousins's third down attempt was batted down by Cordale Flott. On 4th-and-8, Cousins was forced to check down to Hockenson with McKinney in pursuit. McKinney made the tackle 5 yards short of the first down and the Giants got the ball back. The Vikings had no timeouts and the Giants kneeled the clock out.

The Giants advanced to play the Philadelphia Eagles and won their first playoff game since Super Bowl XLVI in the 2011 season. It was also their first win in Minnesota in 18 years. Of the 53 Giants on the active roster, 38 of them won their first career playoff games. The Vikings lost their first one-possession game all year despite finishing an NFL record 11–0 in such games during the regular season. Daniel Jones orchestrated his sixth game-winning drive of the season and became the first person in NFL history to accumulate 300+ passing yards, 75+ rushing yards, and 2+ passing touchdowns in a playoff game. His 379 scrimmage yards in a playoff game set a franchise record by a Giants quarterback. Saquon Barkley only ran the ball 9 times for 53 yards, but tacked on two scores and an additional 56 yards on 5 catches. Kirk Cousins played well for the Vikings, throwing 273 yards, 2 passing touchdowns, and a rushing touchdown. T.J. Hockenson was the Vikings leading receiver with 129 yards on 10 catches and Justin Jefferson, despite his opening drive, only finished with 47 yards on 7 catches. Isaiah Hodgins had his first career 100-yard receiving game and finished with 8 catches, 105 yards, and a touchdown despite revealing he played through an ankle injury.

AFC: Cincinnati Bengals 24, Baltimore Ravens 17

In a second half dominated by defense, Bengals defensive end Sam Hubbard's NFL postseason record 98-yard fumble return touchdown gave the team a lead they would never give up, enabling them to win despite gaining just 234 offensive yards.

Cincinnati running back Joe Mixon rushed 3 times for 19 yards and caught 2 passes for 9 as the team advanced 54 yards in 15 plays to score on Evan McPherson's 39-yard field goal on the game's opening drive. On the fifth play of Baltimore's ensuing drive, reserve linebacker Akeem Davis-Gaither intercepted a pass from Tyler Huntley on the Bengals 40-yard line. Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow subsequently completed 7/7 passes for 69 yards, the last a 7-yard scoring completion to Ja'Marr Chase that put the Bengals up 9–0 after McPherson missed the extra point, his fifth missed extra point kick of the season.

Taking the ball back seconds into the second quarter, Baltimore went on a 20-play, 72-yard drive that took 10:03 off the clock, the longest playoff drive in franchise history. Running back J. K. Dobbins carried the ball 5 times for 20 yards and scored on a 2-yard catch from Huntley by managing to barely stretch the ball across the goal line as he was being tackled, making the score 9–7 with less than 5 minutes left until halftime. At the end of the Bengals next drive, safety Kyle Hamilton forced and recovered a fumble from tight end Hayden Hurst on the Cincy 44-yard line. Baltimore then drove 40 yards in 9 plays, the longest a 19-yard completion from Huntley to Josh Oliver, and took a 10–9 lead on Justin Tucker's 22-yard field goal in the closing seconds of the quarter.

After forcing the Ravens to punt, Cincinnati started the second half with a 15-play, 88-yard drive. Burrow completed 6/6 passes for 65 yards, including a 19-yard pass to Chase and an 18-yard throw to Hurst on the Baltimore 1-yard line. Burrow scored a touchdown with a QB sneak on the next play. His ensuing 2-point conversion pass to Tee Higgins was incomplete, but a penalty of defensive back Marcus Peters gave Burrow another chance, and his next pass to Higgins was good, giving the Bengals a 17–10 lead. The Ravens quickly stormed back to tie the game 17–17, with Huntley throwing a 27-yard completion to Dobbins and a 13-yard pass to Gus Edwards before hitting Demarcus Robinson with a 41-yard touchdown bomb.

Following a Bengals punt, Baltimore got the ball with 54 seconds left in the third quarter and launched a drive deep into the red zone. After a 25-yard completion to Mark Andrews, Huntley took off for a 35-yard run before Jessie Bates managed to tackle him at the Bengals 2-yard line. Two plays later on 3rd-and-goal from the 1, Huntley attempted to stretch the ball over the line of scrimmage, but linebacker Logan Wilson knocked the ball out of his hands, right into the arms of Hubbard, who raced 98 yards down the field for a touchdown to put the Bengals ahead at 24–17 with 11:54 left in the game.

The defenses from both teams then took over as both teams punted twice. With 3:25 left on the clock, Ravens receiver James Proche returned Drue Chrisman's 49-yard punt 16 yards, with a penalty against defensive back Daxton Hill adding another 5 and giving Baltimore the ball on the Bengals 46-yard line. Huntley led the team to a first down on the Bengals 17-yard line, personally converting a 4th-and-1 with a 4-yard run along the way. But over the next 3 plays, Huntley threw incompletions and a holding penalty on lineman Kevin Zeitler pushed them back 10 yards. Now faced with 4th-and-20 from the Bengals 27 with 8 seconds left, Huntley was chased back to midfield before he launched a hail mary pass to the end zone. The ball was deflected in the end zone and then bounced off the fingertips of Proche as he attempted to make a diving catch, enabling Cincy to narrowly escape with the win.

Burrow completed 23/32 passes for 209 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 9 yards and a score. Chase was the game's leading receiver with 9 receptions for 84 yards and a touchdown. Starting in place of the injured Lamar Jackson, Huntley finished the day 17/29 for 226 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, while also rushing 9 times for 54 yards. Dobbins had 13 carries for 62 yards and caught 4 passes for 43 yards and a score. Hamilton had a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and 9 total tackles (5 solo).

Monday, January 16, 2023

NFC: Dallas Cowboys 31, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14

Dallas dominated the game, running up a 24-point lead and keeping the Buccaneers scoreless until 5 seconds remained in the third quarter. The only downside for the Cowboys was the performance of kicker Brett Maher, who missed the extra point kick on their first four touchdowns. His four misses were an NFL postseason record. This would end up being Tom Brady's final game before his retirement two weeks later.

The game started out sluggish as both teams failed to gain any net positive yardage on the first four drives. On the next possession, Dallas moved the ball 65 yards in 8 plays. Tony Pollard rushed 4 times for 25 yards, while quarterback Dak Prescott completed passes to Michael Gallup and Noah Brown for gains of 15 and 18 yards before connecting with tight end Dalton Schultz in the end zone for a 22-yard score. Tampa Bay took the ball back and drove to a 2nd-and-goal on the Cowboys 5-yard line. But on the first play of the second quarter, Tom Brady was intercepted in the end zone by safety Jayron Kearse. It was Brady's first red zone interception in his three seasons as the Bucs quarterback, a fact highlighted by commentator Joe Buck's statement before the play: "Inside the red zone — that's where they are, that's why the fire the cannons and that's where Tom Brady just simply does not turn the ball over."

After the turnover, Dallas drove 90 yards in 16 plays, the longest a 34-yard completion from Prescott to tight end Jake Ferguson. Prescott finished the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run on 4th-and-goal, increasing their lead to 12–0. Following a punt, Prescott completed 8/8 passes for 83 yards, including three to Schultz for gains of 20, 6, and an 11-yard touchdown pass, putting the team up 18–0 with 34 seconds left in the half.

Dallas scored again on their first drive of the third quarter. Prescott completed a 26-yard pass to Schultz on the first play, and later picked up another 26 yards on a pass to CeeDee Lamb, while Pollard rushed four times for 30 yards. Prescott finished it off with a 2-yard touchdown toss to Michael Gallup for a 24–0 lead. Later in the period, Bryan Anger's 42-yard punt pinned the Buccaneers back on their own 5-yard line. But this time they managed to score, with Brady completing 7/8 passes for 92 yards, the last a 30-yard touchdown to Julio Jones that made the score 24–6 after a failed 2-point attempt.

KaVontae Turpin returned the ensuing kickoff 35 yards to the 32-yard line. From there, Dallas drove 68 yards in 11 plays, with Prescott completing four passes for double-digit gains, the last an 18-yard touchdown completion to Gallup that made the score 31–6 and put the game out of reach. All Tampa Bay could do with the time remaining was convert Deven Thompkins' 14-yard punt return into a 52-yard drive to score the final points on Brady's 8-yard touchdown completion to Cameron Brate and subsequent 2-point conversion pass to Mike Evans.

Prescott completed 25/33 passes for 305 yards and four touchdowns, while also rushing 7 times for 24 yards and another score. Schultz was his top receiver with 7 receptions for 95 yards and two touchdowns, while Pollard rushed for 77 yards and caught 3 passes for 12. Brady finished his last game completing 35 of 66 pass attempts, just two attempts short of the all-time record, for 351 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 1 interception. Chris Godwin was the Bucs leading receiver with 10 receptions for 85 yards, while Jones had 7 for 74 and a touchdown. Thompkins returned 3 kickoffs for 58 yards and 3 punts for 34.

Divisional playoffs

Saturday, January 21, 2023

AFC: Kansas City Chiefs 27, Jacksonville Jaguars 20

Despite an injury late in the first quarter to starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City gained a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter and held on to win by forcing turnovers on two of Jacksonville's final three drives, advancing them to their fifth consecutive AFC title game.

After Jacksonville punted on the opening drive, Mahomes completed 7 of 8 passes for 69 yards, the last a 6-yard touchdown throw to tight end Travis Kelce. Jamal Agnew returned the kickoff 63 yards to the Chiefs 39-yard line. From there the team got to the end zone in seven plays, with Travis Etienne's 19-yard run setting up Trevor Lawrence's 10 yard touchdown pass to Christian Kirk that tied the score 7–7. Mahomes responded by completing 6 of 7 passes for 27 yards and rushing for 10 yards to lead the team to a 10–7 with Harrison Butker's 50-yard field less than a minute into the second quarter. However, he suffered an ankle injury on the drive and missed the next series.

At the end of the Jags next possession, Logan Cooke's 39-yard punt pinned Kansas City back at their own 2-yard line. But the Chiefs, now led by Chad Henne, still managed to drive 98 yards in 13 plays, featuring a 39-yard run by Isiah Pacheco. Henne finished the drive with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Kelce, giving the team a 17–7 lead with 3:58 left in the quarter. Jacksonville responded with Lawrence completing 3 passes to Kirk for 26 yards on a 52-yard drive the ended with Riley Patterson's 41-yard field goal, cutting their deficit to 17–10 going into halftime.

Mahomes returned to the game in the second half, but still was visibly hampered by the injury. Both Kansas City and Jacksonville punted on their first two possessions. Chiefs receiver Kadarius Toney returned Jacksonville's second punt 11 yards to the KC 39-yard line. On the next play, Mahomes completed a 27-yard pass to tight end Noah Gray, setting up Butker's 50-yard field goal that gave the team a 20–10 lead with 12 seconds left in the third quarter.

Now down two scores, Jacksonville stormed back with their longest drive of the game, going 80 yards in 10 plays. Lawrence completed passes to Zay Jones for gains of 12 and 37 yards, while also scrambling for an 11-yard gain. Kirk also made a big play with an 18-yard run on an end-around play that gave the team a first down on the Chiefs 4-yard line. Etienne ran the ball in for a touchdown on the next play, making the score 20–17. But Kansas City struck right back, driving 70 yards in 13 plays, with Mahomes completing two passes to Kelce for 26 yards and one to JuJu Smith-Schuster for 16 yards. Following a 14-yard run by Toney on an end around, Mahomes finished the drive with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Marquez Valdes-Scantling, putting the team up 27–17 with just over 7 minutes left to play.

Agnew returned Kansas City's kickoff 42 yards to his own 45-yard line, with only Butker's touchdown-stopping tackle preventing him from taking it all the way. After that, Lawrence completed a 16-yard pass to Evan Engram and an 18-yard pass to Jones before his 11-yard run gave the team a first down on the Chiefs 9-yard line. On the next play, Agnew caught a pass, but lost the ball while being tackled by L'Jarius Sneed, Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton recovered the fumble. After the Jaguars defense forced Kansas City to punt, Chiefs defensive back Jaylen Watson intercepted a pass from Lawrence that enabled the team to run the clock down to 1:04. Once Jacksonville got the ball back, Lawrence completed 3 passes for 37 yards to set up Patterson's 48-yard field goal, but the team failed to recover the onside kick, which allowed Kansas City to run out the clock.

Mahomes completed 22 of 30 passes for 195 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 8 yards. Pacheco was the top rusher of the game with 12 carries for 95 yards, and caught a pass for 6 yards. Kelce caught 12 passes for 98 yards and two scores. Lawrence finished his second playoff game completing 24 of 39 passes for 217 yards, with a touchdown and an interception. He also had 3 carries for 26 yards. Etienne was the team's leading rusher with 10 carries for 62 yards and a touchdown, while also catching 3 passes for 18 yards. Agnew returned three kickoffs for 131 yards, and three punts for 23 yards, and had 7 yards from scrimmage.

NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 38, New York Giants 7

The Eagles dominated the game, outgaining the Giants in total yards 413–227 and scoring touchdowns on four of their first five possessions. The Eagles were particularly effective on the ground, racking up 268 rushing yards, the second highest postseason total in franchise history.

The Eagles started off the game with a 10-play, 75-yard drive featuring a 40-yard pass from Jalen Hurts to DeVonta Smith. His 16-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dallas Goedert gave the team a 7–0 lead. New York took the ball and drove to a 3rd-and-3 on the Eagles 35-yard line. But over the next two plays, quarterback Daniel Jones was sacked twice, first by Josh Sweat and Haason Reddick, and the second time by Reddick to force a turnover on downs. Philadelphia then drove 52 yards in 9 plays to take a 14–0 lead on Hurts' 9-yard touchdown pass to Smith. On New York's next drive, Jones threw an interception to James Bradberry, though the Eagles could do nothing with the ball and had to punt.

In the second quarter, Eagles running back Miles Sanders carried the ball 6 times for 43 yards on a drive that ended with Boston Scott's 3-yard touchdown run, putting the team up 21–0. The next time they got the ball, the Eagles advanced 67 yards in 15 plays, the longest an 18-yard run by Sanders. Hurts finished the drive with a 5-yard touchdown run, giving the team a 28–0 lead going into halftime.

New York finally managed to score in the third quarter, moving the ball 88 yards in 11 plays, including a 39-yard run by Saquon Barkley. Matt Breida's 8-yard touchdown run made the score 28–7. But in the final quarter, Philadelphia put the game completely out of reach on a drive where Kenneth Gainwell rushed 6 times for 49 yards to set up Jake Elliott's 30-yard field goal. The next time New York got the ball, they turned it over on downs on their own 36, leading to the final score of the game on Gainwell's 35-yard touchdown run.

Hurts finished his second playoff game with 16/24 for 154 yards and 2 touchdowns, while adding another 34 yards and a score on the ground. Gainwell, who rushed for only 240 yards during the season, was the game's leading rusher with 10 carries for 112 yards and a touchdown, while also catching a 9-yard pass. Sanders had 17 carries for 90 yards. Jones was limited to just 15/27 for 135 yards with 1 interception.

Sunday, January 22, 2023

AFC: Cincinnati Bengals 27, Buffalo Bills 10

Cincinnati gained 412 yards of offense, jumped to an early 14–0 lead, and held on for a solid win, never leading by less than 7 points after that as they advanced to their second consecutive AFC championship game. Their offensive line, missing three starters with injuries, proved up to the challenge as they only gave up 1 sack, while the team rushed for 172 yards and averaged 5.1 yards per carry. This was the team's fifth postseason victory over the last two seasons, the same number of wins the team had in their entire history prior to then.

Cincinnati took the opening kickoff and stormed 79 yards in 8 plays, with Joe Burrow completing 4/4 passes for 64 yards, including a 23-yard completion to Tyler Boyd, and finish the drive with a 28-yard touchdown throw to Ja'Marr Chase. Buffalo quickly had to punt and the Bengals marched back to score again, this time moving the ball 64 yards in 12 plays. Joe Mixon started the drive with two carries for 21 yards, while Burrow completed 5/5 passes for 41, ending on his 15-yard touchdown pass to tight end Hayden Hurst. By the time the first quarter ended, Buffalo trailed 14–0 and had gained just 8 total offensive yards.

Buffalo finally managed to get rolling on their first drive of the second quarter, scoring on a 17-play, 85-yard drive. Josh Allen completed passes to Stefon Diggs and Khalil Shakir for gains of 16 and 23 yards, while also converting a 4th-and-1 with a 2-yard sneak before taking the ball into the end zone himself for a 1-yard rushing score. Cincy countered by moving 70 yards in 16 plays, the longest an 18-yard pass from Burrow to Hurst. Evan McPherson finished the drive with 28-yard field goal, giving the Bengals a 17–7 lead with 1:43 left in the half.

Buffalo cut their deficit down to 7 points on the first drive of the second half, with Devin Singletary rushing 3 times for 16 yards and Shakir catching a pass for 17 on the way to Tyler Bass' 25-yard field goal. But this would be as close as they would get, as Cincinnati scored again on their next possession. This one went for 71 yards in 17 plays, with Mixon rushing 5 times for 25 and finishing it off with a 1-yard touchdown run that put the team up 24–10. Then Buffalo went three-and-out, and Sam Martin's 43-yard punt gave the Bengals the ball on their 37-yard line on the last play of the third quarter.

From there, Cincy drove 35 yards in 10 plays, 27 of them on four carries by Mixon. The Bengals also took advantage of a 26-yard pass interference penalty on Jordan Poyer on a play in which he also collided with fellow defensive back Tre'Davious White sending both of them to the sidelines with injuries and giving the Bengals a first and goal on the Bills 4-yard line. The defense still managed to keep Cincinnati out of the end zone, but McPherson's 20-yard field goal gave the team a 27–10 lead with just over 11 minutes left in the game. Buffalo took the ball back and drove to a 4th-and-6 on the Bengals 16-yard line. Allen attempted to pick up the first down with a pass to Gabe Davis, but cornerback Eli Apple broke it up to force a turnover on downs. Following a punt, Bengals rookie Cam Taylor-Britt sealed the victory by intercepting a pass from Allen in the end zone with a little over 1 minute remaining on the clock.

Burrow completed 23/36 passes for 242 yards and 2 touchdowns, while also rushing six times for 36 yards. Mixon rushed 20 times for 105 yards and a touchdown, while also catching 2 passes for 18. Allen completed 25/42 passes for 265 yards and an interception and had 8 carries for 26 yards and a score. Linebacker Matt Milano had 10 tackles (7 solo) and a sack.

NFC: San Francisco 49ers 19, Dallas Cowboys 12

49ers quarterback Brock Purdy's storybook season continued as he won his 7th consecutive start and became the first rookie quarterback to lead his team to a conference championship game since Mark Sanchez in the 2009 season.

Following several punts, 49ers defensive back Deommodore Lenoir intercepted a pass from Dak Prescott and returned it 6 yards to the Cowboys 21-yard line. Purdy subsequently managed to convert a 3rd-and-16 with a 17-yard completion to Brandon Aiyuk on the Dallas 10, but the team could still not dent the end zone and had to settle for Robbie Gould's 26-yard field goal with 2:16 left in the first quarter.

Dallas responded by moving the ball 79 yards in 17 plays, the longest an 18-yard completion from Prescott to Noah Brown. He later finished it off with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Dalton Schultz, giving the Cowboys a 6–3 lead after Brett Maher's extra point was blocked by Samson Ebukam, Maher's fifth missed extra point of the postseason. The 49ers managed to tie the game by driving 41 yards in 12 plays, taking advantage of a 15-yard penalty against Dallas and a 17-yard reception by Deebo Samuel, scoring on Gould's 47-yard field goal. Dallas took the ball back and drove to the 49ers 18-yard line, only to lose it on an interception by linebacker Fred Warner who returned it 16 yards to his own 28. Purdy then completed a 10-yard pass to Samuel and a 21-yard pass to Jauan Jennings, setting up Gould's 50-yard field goal to give the team a 9−6 lead on the last play of the half.

Dallas had to punt on their opening drive of the third quarter, but Kelvin Joseph forced a fumble from returner Ray-Ray McCloud, and Damone Clark recovered it for the Cowboys on the San Francisco 21-yard line. This led to Maher's 25-yard field goal that tied the game at 9. McCloud returned their kickoff 53 yards to the Dallas 47, but the team could not gain a first down and had to punt. Following another punt, San Francisco retook the lead with a 14-play, 76-yard possession. The highlight of the drive was a 30-yard completion from Purdy to tight end George Kittle, who had to fully extend his arms and tip the ball to himself, bouncing it off his helmet before securing it for a catch. Christian McCaffrey finished the drive with a 2-yard touchdown run, giving the team a 16−9 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter.

KaVontae Turpin returned the ensuing kickoff 44 yards to the Dallas 42, stopped from taking it all the way only by a tackle from Gould. From there, Prescott's three completions to CeeDee Lamb for 29 yards set up a 43-yard field goal to make the score 16−12. San Francisco then went on a 14-play, 64-yard drive, with Purdy completing a 17-yard pass to Kittle, while Elijah Mitchell carried the ball 8 times for 26 yards. Gould's 28-yard field goal put the team back up by 7 points with 3:08 left on the clock. The 49ers defense took over from that point, first forcing a punt, and later stopping Dallas on their own 32 as time expired in the game.

Purdy completed 19 of 29 passes for 214 yards, while also rushing for 8. Kittle was his top receiver with 5 receptions for 95 yards. Prescott completed 23 of 37 passes for 206 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing 4 times for 22 yards, but was intercepted twice. Lamb was the top receiver of the game with 10 receptions for 117 yards. Turpin returned 4 kickoffs for 120 yards.

Conference Championships
As per an annual rotation used by the NFL since 1997 and made official in 2002, the NFC Championship Game was the first game played at 3:05 p.m. EST, followed by the AFC Championship Game at 6:40 p.m. EST.

Sunday, January 29, 2023

NFC Championship Game: Philadelphia Eagles 31, San Francisco 49ers 7

San Francisco was unable to recover from injuries to quarterbacks Brock Purdy, Josh Johnson, Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo. With no more healthy quarterbacks on their roster, the team only mustered 164 yards of offense, while also committing 11 penalties for 84 yards.

Philadelphia running back Boston Scott started off the game with a 29-yard kickoff return to his 34-yard line. Quarterback Jalen Hurts subsequently completed 5/7 passes for 54 yards, the longest a 29-yard throw to DeVonta Smith, who made a one-handed catch on 4th-and-3 to give the Eagles a first down on the San Francisco 6-yard line despite replays showing that he didn't actually make the catch. Miles Sanders ran the ball into the end zone from there to give the team a 7–0 lead. San Francisco took the ball and drove to midfield, but then Haason Reddick sacked Purdy as he was winding up for a pass, and Linval Joseph recovered it for the Eagles. Purdy's throwing arm was injured on the play, and he missed the rest of the half.

Several possessions later, 49ers punter Mitch Wishnowsky's 38-yard kick pinned the Eagles back at their own 6-yard line. Philadelphia ended up punting back to San Francisco from their 2, and Ray-Ray McCloud's 9-yard return gave them a first down on the Eagles 46-yard line. Running back Christian McCaffrey went on to get the ball on six of the 49ers next seven plays, gaining 44 of the drive's 46 yards and finishing it off with a 25-yard touchdown run in which he evaded 4 tackle attempts on the way to the end zone. The score was now tied with about 7 minutes left in the second quarter, but Philadelphia would go on to dominate the rest of the game. On their next drive, they took advantage of 3 penalties against San Francisco, marching 66 in 20 plays, the longest a 17-yard run by Kenneth Gainwell. Sanders completed the series with a 13-yard touchdown run, giving the team a 14–7 lead. On San Francisco's ensuing possession, Johnson fumbled a snap in shotgun formation. Reddick recovered the ball on the 49ers 30-yard line, setting up Scott's 10-yard touchdown run that increased Philadelphia's lead to 21–7 in the closing seconds of the first half.

On San Francisco's opening drive of the half, Johnson was knocked out of the game with a concussion, forcing the sore-armed Purdy back in to lead the team's offense. He would throw only two passes for the rest of the game. Midway through the third quarter, the Eagles went on another long scoring drive, this one covering 72 yards in 16 plays, one of them a 17-yard completion from Hurts to Gainwell on 3rd-and-5. Hurts also had a 14-yard run to give the team a first and goal, and eventually took the ball across the goal line himself on a 1-yard run. Now down 28–7, San Francisco lost the ball on their next drive attempting to convert a 4th-and-3 on their own 47-yard line. Gainwell then ran down the clock with 8 consecutive carries for 30 yards, setting up the final points of the game on Jake Elliott's 31-yard field goal with 5:20 left in the game.

Hurts completed 15 of 25 passes for 121 yards, while rushing 11 times for 39 yards and a touchdown. Reddick had 3 tackles (2 solo), 2 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Purdy and Johnson combined for just 97 passing yards. McCaffrey was the sole offensive star of the day with 15 carries for 84 yards and a touchdown, along with 4 receptions for 22 yards.

After the game, it was revealed Purdy had suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and would have to undergo surgery in the offseason.

AFC Championship Game: Kansas City Chiefs 23, Cincinnati Bengals 20

Skyy Moore's 29-yard punt return set up a 45-yard field goal for Harrison Butker with 3 seconds left to send Kansas City to their third Super Bowl in the last four seasons.

Cincinnati had to punt on their opening drive, and Kadarius Toney's 12-yard return gave Kansas City the ball on their own 36 yard line. A pair of 16 yard completions from Patrick Mahomes to Isiah Pacheco set up Butker's 43-yard field goal to give the team an early 3–0 lead. The Bengals quickly had to punt again and KC storm back for another score, with Mahomes completing 6/8 passes for 69 yards as the team advanced to the Bengals 9-yard line. Pacheno scored on a touchdown run, but it was called back by a holding penalty and the Chiefs ended up settling for Butker's field 24-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter. Kansas City had dominated the game up to then, gaining 110 yards and six first downs, while holding Cincinnati to 0 yards and one first down, sacking quarterback Joe Burrow three times.

Cincinnati responded on their next drive, as Burrow converted a 3rd-and-14 with a 16-yard pass to Tyler Boyd, and later hit him for a 24-yard gain to set up Evan McPherson's 30-yard field goal that made the score 6–3. Kansas City stormed right back 75 yards in 10 plays, including a 29-yard completion from Mahomes to Marquez Valdes-Scantling. On the last play, he converted a 4th-and-1 with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Travis Kelce, giving the team a 13–3 lead. On the Bengals next drive, Burrow threw a pass that was intercepted by Jaylen Watson and returned 10 yards to the team's 39-yard line. However, their defense managed to force 3 incompletions and a punt, which Tommy Townsend sent out of bounds at the Bengals 5-yard line. Aided by a 20-yard pass interference penalty against Bryan Cook that negated an interception by Juan Thornhill, Burrow led Cincy 70 yards in 13 plays, completing 8/10 passes for 62 yards before McPherson's 20-yard field goal on the last play of the quarter sent the teams into their locker rooms with a score of 13–6.

After forcing the Chiefs to punt, Cincinnati tied the score on their first drive of the second half, moving the ball 62 yards in 9 plays and scoring on Burrow's 27-yard touchdown pass to Tee Higgins. But the Chiefs stormed right back to retake it at 20–13, with Mahomes completing 3 passes to Valdez-Scantling for 52 yards, the last a 19-yard touchdown completion on 3rd-and-10. After Cincinnati punted, Mahomes led the Chiefs to the Bengals 43-yard line. But with a minute left in the third quarter, he fumbled the ball while winding up for a pass without being touched. Bengals defensive end Sam Hubbard recovered it on the KC 45-yard line. The team soon faced 4th-and-6 from the Chiefs 40, but Burrow managed to convert with a long pass to Ja'Marr Chase, who made a leaping catch between two defensive backs for a 35-yard gain. This set up Samaje Perine's 2-yard rushing score that tied the game at 20–20 with 13:35 left in the 4th quarter.

After a Bengals punt, Burrow was intercepted by Joshua Williams on the Cincinnati 14-yard line. Kansas City then drove a 3rd-and-12 on the Bengals 41. On the next play, Kansas City gained 4 yards and was penalized for holding. Rather than take the penalty, coach Zac Taylor decided to accept the results of the play, forcing Kansas City to decide on a punt or a long field goal. The Chiefs decided to punt, and got a big boost from Townshend, who kicked the ball out of bounds at the Bengals 6-yard line. Cincinnati subsequently droves to their own 35, featuring a 23-yard completion from Burrow to tight end Hayden Hurst on 3rd-and-16. But on 3rd-and-8, Burrow was sacked for an 8-yard loss by Chris Jones, forcing the team to punt the ball back to Kansas City with 40 seconds left on the clock.

Skyy Moore returned Drue Chrisman's 54-yard punt 29 yards to the Chiefs 47-yard line. On the next play, Mahomes completed a pass to Pacheco for 6 yards. Then when faced with 3rd-and-4 with 17 seconds left, Mahomes scrambled 5 yards for a first down. Bengals defensive end Joseph Ossai was penalized 15 yards for shoving Mahomes after he stepped out of bounds, giving Kansas City another 15 yards on the end of the run. Now with just 8 seconds left, Butker's 45-yard field goal gave the team a 23–20 win.

Playing on an injured ankle, Mahomes completed 29/43 passes for 326 yards and 2 touchdowns, while also rushing for 8 yards. Valdez-Scantling was the top receiver of the game with 6 receptions for 116 yards and a touchdown. Kelce had 7 catches for 78 yards and a score. Townsend planted 3 of his 4 punts inside the 20. Burrow completed 26/41 passes for 270 yards and a touchdown. He was also the team's leading rusher with 4 carries for 30 yards, but was intercepted twice and sacked 5 times. Higgins was the Bengals leading receiver with 6 receptions for 83 yards and a touchdown.

Super Bowl LVII: Kansas City Chiefs 38, Philadelphia Eagles 35

Television coverage

All playoff games were televised nationally, split between the league's network television partners.

During Wild Card Weekend this postseason, Fox replaced CBS in televising two wild card games this year, with CBS airing only one wild card game. NBC again televised two games, and ESPN aired one game. ESPN's game was simulcast on ABC, with a Manningcast on ESPN2.

Coverage of the AFC Divisional games was split between CBS and NBC. CBS had exclusive coverage of the AFC Championship Game. Fox had exclusive coverage of both NFC Divisional games, the NFC Championship Game, and Super Bowl LVII.

Games will again be streamed on each broadcaster's sister platform (except for Fox's service Tubi which does not air any live games), with Paramount+ simulcasted all CBS games, Peacock simulcasted all NBC games, and ESPN+ simulcasted the ESPN/ABC game (including Manningcast coverage).

Amazon did not stream any games this postseason. Nickelodeon also did not air any games or alternate broadcasts this postseason, and opted instead to only do an alternative broadcast of a Christmas regular season game.

For Spanish language broadcasts, Fox Deportes aired Fox games, Telemundo (select games) and Universo aired NBC games, ESPN Deportes will have ESPN/ABC games and CBS games was available over SAP.

Westwood One Radio aired all playoff games on radio nationally alongside local radio stations airing their coverage locally.

References

External links

2022 National Football League season
National Football League playoffs
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2022–23 NFL playoffs


The Stink of Flesh is a 2005 black comedy and sexploitation film directed by Scott Phillips. It depicts a band of survivors in a zombie wasteland. The film includes a sequence of human-zombie intercourse.

Plot
Dexy, a sexually insatiable woman, implores her husband Nathan to find her "someone to play with".  Immediately afterward, a man armed with a one-handed sledgehammer and a number of long spikes is engaged in hand-to-hand combat with a zombie, which he ultimately kills by overpowering it and driving a spike into its head with his hammer.  His name is revealed to be "Matool". He then sees another zombie approaching him, which appears to annoy him more than frighten him.  He is also shown being extremely protective of his glasses, since zombies have overrun the world and he might find it difficult to acquire another pair.

As the opening credits roll, short clips are shown of Matool running around the deserted streets of Albuquerque, New Mexico, while Nathan is driving his pickup on those same streets, showing that the city is devoid of human life.

Afterward, a young woman is shown trapped in her car by a group of ravenous zombies outside, while her male companion is pulled down and devoured.  Matool hears this and utters "Fuck yeah!" while rushing off to her rescue.  Though she is obviously reluctant, she allows herself to be saved, but Matool is forced to resort to carrying her, as she is overcome by panic.  They take refuge in a rundown, abandoned house, which is already occupied by a middle-aged man and two young boys.  The older man, Mr. Rainville, seems not to be bothered much by what is happening outside, and neither does one of his young friends, but the other boy does not speak at all or show any kind of emotion.  After some amusing introductions, Matool inquires as to the identity of the man who was just killed, and the young woman replies that it was her brother, much to Matool's joy, but she is incensed by his subtle advances, and still believes that they can save her now-dead brother.  Rainville continues to do nothing but sit and watch as all this happens, though he does not hesitate to jump in with a witty comment about he's "not going to fuck you either" to Matool, mocking his attempts to get the young lady in bed.  The woman then loses it and tries to leave to save her brother, but is pulled down and devoured by several zombies while Matool has no choice but to run.  Rainville and one of the boys are eaten alive, but the quiet one simply hides, showing no emotion whatsoever.

As Matool runs, Nathan hits him with the door of his truck.  Matool later wakes up bound in the back of Nathan's truck as they arrive at Nathan's house in the mountains near the city. Also in the truck is the quiet boy who Rainville had taken in (though the purposes for which he did so are implied to be carnal in nature).  After being taken inside, he is cut loose, welcomed, allowed to bathe, and is bluntly informed that Nathan and Dexy have an alternative lifestyle, which involves Nathan watching while other men engage in sexual activity with Dexy.  Matool is intrigued by this and goes along with the idea, but their first time, Dexy's sister Sassy smacks his bare rear with a ruler, surprising Matool, who is even more surprised when he sees that this new woman has a mutated human face on her side, the result of some kind of conjoined twins situation (the face appears to be self-aware, and is named Dottie).  Matool apologizes for freaking out, seeing that Sassy is very sensitive.

After a few days, during which Matool gets used to his new surroundings, and after a few fights with zombies lurking outside, Nathan and Matool become fast friends, and Matool is shown a shed behind the house where Nathan keeps a naked female zombie that he likes to "look at", prompting Matool to remark "Yeah, she'd be pretty fucking hot if she weren't decomposing."

Shortly thereafter, a small group of soldiers arrive in the rain.  Two are carrying a third, who is badly injured.  Their leader is Mandel, the other is Vega, and the wounded man is Sepulveda, who talk their way inside.  A flashback reveals that they were part of a larger unit surviving on the roads after the zombies overran civilization until a zombie attack (including what they call 'hyperzombies, which can move faster than normal zombies) cost them two soldiers (one, a male, was eaten alive and another, a female, was dragged screaming under their truck), and wounded Sepulveda.  Mandel becomes acquainted with Matool who tells him that the house is well-supplied, has power from an electrical generator, a well, as well as "more".  Sepulveda is placed in an unoccupied bedroom where Mandel and Vega take turns watching him, knowing that death and reanimation are inevitable.  Also, Vega becomes acquainted with Sassy, who later admits to Mandel and Matool that the face on her side is "disturbingly sexy" (prompting Matool to call him "disturbingly weird").

Later, Mandel and Vega begin having sex with Dexy while Nathan watches, causing him obvious frustration, leading him to, while the others are having breakfast, sneak back to his shed and have rough sex with his chained female zombie.  A flashback reveals that the female zombie was one of two survivors who had arrived sometime earlier (the other being a male), who, after seeing Dexy's attraction to them both, shot the man and strangled the woman, keeping her for sexual purposes.

As the days pass, Vega and Sassy begin a relationship, while Sepulveda continues to die in agony, while Mandel resists Matool's suggestion that he be put down right away.  Nathan and Matool continue to fight and destroy zombies (Nathan with a Beretta pistol, Matool with his trademark hammer and spikes) as they show up at the house.

Things inevitably fall apart, however, as the quiet boy who has not yet said a word begins feeling an attraction towards Dexy, and takes Nathan's keys and frees his female zombie, leaving it contained in the shed.  Meanwhile, Sepulveda wakes up and sees Sassy for the first time, as well as her conjoined twin, freaking out at how disgusting it is, causing Sassy to lose it and kill him with a pair of scissors.  Mandel, who was watching Sepulveda, instinctively shoots Sassy, killing her.  Nathan goes out to the shed for a tryst, but is killed and devoured by his zombie companion.  Meanwhile, Matool, Mandel, and Vega take Sassy and Sepulveda's bodies out before they reanimate as zombies, while attempting to reassure Dexy that it was "an accident".  Matool smashes Sassy's head with a cinder block over Vega's objections who is then attacked and killed by a reanimated Sepulveda.

As more zombies begin to gather at the house, Matool demands that Mandel go back into the house to get his MP5 submachine gun, but he can't, as the boy has locked them out.  Mandel then kills the Sepulveda zombie with his knife.  Then they head to the shed to find Nathan.  They open the door and see him being devoured by his female zombie and proceed to lock her back in.  As more and more zombies arrive, Mandel punches Matool, claiming Dexy as his own, but Matool fights back.  As they fight, they find themselves surrounded and are forced to run down the same road to escape.  Dexy, meanwhile, looks out the window as the zombies approach the door while the boy comes up to her, still not speaking or expressing any emotion.  She looks at him and says "Nathan will be back."  The boy then holds Dexy's hand.

Matool and Mandel run down a gravel road together, making their escape.

Partial cast

 Kurly Tlapoyawa as Matool
 Ross Kelly as Nathan
 Diva as Dexy
 Billy Garberina as Mandel
 Kristin Hansen as Sassy
 Devin O'Leary as Vega
 Andrew Vellenoweth as Sepulveda
 Bryan Gallegos as the Quiet Boy (referred to in the credits as "Spooky Kid")
 Bob Vardeman as Mr. Rainville

DVD extras

The DVD includes a 46-minute film detailing the adventures of the cast and crew over the twelve days of shooting.

Seven minutes of especially funny outtakes are featured.

There is also a ten-minute film showing the premier of The Stink of Flesh at the Guild Theater in Albuquerque, where many independent movies, especially those made in and around Albuquerque, are shown.

Also featured is a short called "Rainville, the Early Years" in which Bob Vardeman, who played Rainville, essentially goes on a random, foul-mouthed rampage while driving, walking around his front yard, petting his cat, and trying on hats for the movie.

Soundtrack listing

 Score by Chris Alexander and Carrie Eliza
 I Bought You Some Roses, Walking Alone, A Love More True by Angry Johnny and the Killbillies
 Hell's what I'm used to, Through The Devils Eyes by Lonesome Kings
 Love Her with A Feel, Rio Grande Blues, Matool's Smooth Groove by Rudy "Boy" Jarmillo
 July, Sinnerman, Christine, Lakeshore by Soda and His Million Piece Band
 Code of The West, Go-Go by Boot Hill
 Sassy's Theme by Noah Wolters

See also
 List of zombie films

References

External links

2005 films
American zombie comedy films
American comedy horror films
2005 horror films
American sexploitation films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films

The Stink of Flesh


Viktor Bodrogi (born 28 December 1983) is a Hungarian former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke and butterfly events. He is a two-time Olympian, a five-time All-American honoree, and a multiple-time Hungarian title and record holder in both backstroke and butterfly (50, 100, and 200). He also defended two titles in the same stroke (200 m) at the 2000 and 2001 European Junior Swimming Championships in Dunkerque, France, and in Valletta, Malta, respectively. Bodrogi is a former varsity swimmer for the USC Trojans under head coach Dave Salo, and a graduate of history and social sciences at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Bodrogi's Olympic debut came as the youngest male swimmer (aged 16) for the Hungarian squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, competing in two swimming events. In the 200 m butterfly, Bodrogi placed twenty-fourth on the morning prelims. Swimming in heat three, he edged out Greece's Ioannis Drymonakos to take a second spot by a hundredth of a second (0.01) in 2:00.74. In his second event, 200 m backstroke, Bodrogi was disqualified from the fourth heat for passing and breaching the 15-metre start line during the race.

At the 2001 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Bodrogi cleared a two-minute barrier to lead a third fastest semifinal time and set a Hungarian record of 1:59.24 in the 200 m backstroke.

Bodrogi swam only for the 200 m backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He achieved a FINA A-standard of 2:00.13 from the national championships in Székesfehérvár. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including British duo James Goddard and Gregor Tait. He rounded out the field to last place by more than half a second (0.50) behind New Zealand's Cameron Gibson in 2:03.16. Bodrogi failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-fourth overall in the preliminaries.

References

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Player Bio – USC Trojans

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Edmund Tanner (–1579 in Ireland) was an Irish Jesuit, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland, from 1574 to 1579.

Life
Tanner's early life is unknown; he left Ireland by 1559, and reached Italy via Spain. In 1565 he was a Catholic priest in Rome, and entered the Society of Jesus. After a year at the Roman College he was sent to Dillingen University in 1567, and became doctor of divinity. His health, however, failed and he left the Society. In 1574 he was again at Rome, and the See of Cork and Cloyne being vacant, he was appointed to it, 5 November 1574, and was consecrated at Rome.

In May, 1575, Tanner set out for Ireland with exceptional faculties for his own diocese and for those of Cashel, Dublin, and its suffragan sees in the absence of their respective prelates. Not long after his reaching Ireland he was captured while exercising his functions at Clonmel, and was thrown into prison; here, as Holing tells, he was visited by a Protestant bishop whom he reconciled to the Church. A few days later he was himself released through the influence of a noble earl.

Thereafter he did not venture into his own diocese but as Commissary Apostolic he traversed the other districts assigned him, administering the sacraments and discharging in secret the other duties of his office. After four years he died in the Diocese of Ossory, 4 June 1579. Anthony Bruodin states that he died in Dublin Castle after eighteen months of imprisonment and torture. On the other hand, Fennessy in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography writes that he died at Cullahill, where his host was Barnaby Fitzpatrick.

References

Hogan, Distinguished Irishmen of the 16th Century (London, 1894);
Brady, Episcopal Succession in Great Britain and Ireland (Rome, 1876–1877);
Moran, Spicilegium Ossoriense, I (Dublin, 1874);
Bruodin, Propugnaculum catholicœ veritatis (Prague, 1669)

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General Peyton Conway March (December 27, 1864April 13, 1955) was a senior officer of the United States Army. He served in the Philippines, on the Mexican border, and World War I. March was the ninth Chief of Staff from 1918 to 1921, accomplishing centralized control over supply, the creation of the Air Service, Tank Corps, and Chemical Warfare Service.

Early life and education
March was born on December 27, 1864, in Easton, Pennsylvania, to Francis Andrew and Mildred ( Conway) March. His father was a college professor, and is regarded as the principal founder of modern comparative linguistics in Old English. His mother descended from Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and was Moncure D. Conway's sister.

March attended Lafayette College in Easton, where his father occupied the first chair of English language and comparative philology in the United States.  While at Lafayette College, March was a member of the Rho chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon. After graduating with honors in 1884, he was appointed to West Point and graduated in 1888, ranked 10th in a class of 44. Among his classmates there were several men who would, like March himself, eventually attain the rank of general officer, such as James W. McAndrew, William M. Morrow, William Robert Dashiell, Robert Lee Howze, Peter Charles Harris, Eli Alva Helmick, Charles Hedges McKinstry, Henry Jervey Jr., William Voorhees Judson, John Louis Hayden, Edward Anderson, Charles Aloysius Hedekin, and William S. Peirce.

Career

After his initial assignment to the 3rd Artillery, March was assigned to the 5th Artillery as a 1st lieutenant in 1894.  He was sent to the Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia in September 1896 and graduated in April 1898, at the outbreak of the Spanish–American War. As he was not immediately assigned, he watched as his classmates went off to various commands, and began fearing he would not see combat. In early May, that changed when he was offered to lead what later became known as the Astor Battery, named so because it was personally financed by John Jacob Astor IV. He organized, equipped and subsequently commanded the battery when it was sent to the Philippines during the Spanish–American War. Historian Bruce Campbell Adamson has written about Henry Bidwell Ely (Adamson's great grandfather) who was placed in charge of The Astor Battery by John Jacob Astor IV, to give Peyton March whatever he needed. March credited Ely as having "an open check book" to purchase uniforms, mules and the cannons.

After the battery returned from the Philippines in 1899, March was assigned as the aide to Major General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. during the Philippine–American War. Later that year he was promoted to major. He continued to serve in the Philippines, participated as part of General Loyd Wheaton's expedition in battles at San Fabian, Buntayan Bridge and San Jacinto. He commanded the U.S. forces in the Battle of Tirad Pass, 2 December 1899, where General Gregorio del Pilar was killed, and received the surrender of General Venacio Concepción, chief of staff to Philippine President Aguinaldo at Cayan, 5 December 1899.  He served as provincial governor of districts including Lepanto-Bontoc and Ilocos Sur from February to June 1900, and then the Abra Province from June 1900 to February 1901. He then served as Commissary General of Prisoners for the Philippine Islands through 30 June 1901, when he mustered out of the U.S. Volunteers.

In 1903, he was sent to Fort Riley and commanded the 19th Battery of the Field Artillery. Later that year, he was sent to Washington, D.C., and served on the newly created General Staff.

From March 21 to November 30, 1904, March was one of several American military attachés serving with the Imperial Japanese Army in the Russo-Japanese War. Of the seventeen military attachés observing both sides of the Russo-Japanese War for the United States, eight were later promoted to be generals.

In 1907, March commanded the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery. March then served as adjutant of Fort Riley, Kansas and then served as adjutant at several other commands, including at the War Department.

In 1916, he was promoted to colonel and commanded the 8th Field Artillery Regiment on the Mexican border during the Pancho Villa Expedition.

Later career

In June 1917, shortly after the American entry into World War I, March was promoted to brigadier general and commanded the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) and, accompanied by First Lieutenant Stanley E. Reinhart (later a major general in World War II) as his aide-de-camp, went to France with the 1st Division. Later that year, March was promoted to major general and commanded the artillery units of the First Army and all non-divisional artillery units.

In March 1918, he was recalled to Washington, took over as acting Army Chief of Staff on March 4 and was Army Chief of Staff on May 20, 1918. He was promoted to temporary general. Joseph M. Swing (a lieutenant general in World War II) was his new aide-de-camp.

March was highly critical of President Wilson's decision to send an American Expedition to North Russia and Siberia in 1918 during the Russian Civil War (the so-called Siberian Intervention) ostensibly to prop-up the White movement war effort, secure the railroads, support the Czech Legion trapped there, and stop the Japanese from exploiting the chaos in order to colonize Siberia.  March wrote after the pull-out of American forces in 1920:

He served as chief of staff until June 30, 1921. As chief of staff he reorganized the Army structure, and abolished the distinctions between the Regular Army, the Army Reserves, and the National Guard during wartime. He created new technical branches in the service including the Air Service, Tank Corps, and Chemical Warfare Service. He also centralized control over supply. After the war ended, he supervised the demobilization of the Army. As chief of staff he often came into disagreement with General John J. Pershing, who wanted to conduct the AEF as an independent command. March was a highly efficient and capable administrator who did much to modernize the American Army and prepare it for combat in the First World War.

March retired as a major general in 1921 at the age of 56. He was furious that Pershing was made a permanent four-star general with the rank of General of the Armies of the United States, therefore outranking March, nominally Pershing's superior. In June 1930, March was advanced to general on the retired list as the result of a law which enabled World War I generals to retire at the highest rank they had held.

After retirement, he travelled Europe, Africa, and Turkey. In 1932, he published his war memoirs, The Nation at War. During World War II, reporters for Time and Life magazines regularly sought his opinions of events.  He was a fan of the Washington Senators and regularly attended their home games.

Personal life
March married Josephine Cunningham (née Smith, December 18, 1862 – November 18, 1904), the widowed daughter of his battery commander, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Smith, on July 4, 1891. She died in November 1904, while March was still observing the Imperial Japanese Army. Between November 28, 1917, and June 8, 1918, their daughters Mildred (1893–1967), Josephine (1895–1972) and Vivian (1899–1932) had all married army officers, Josephine marrying March's aide-de-camp in World War I, Joseph M. Swing. Josephine had a twin brother, named Peyton Jr. who died ten days after their birth. March's second son, also named Peyton Jr., was killed in a plane crash in Texas during World War I. March AFB in Riverside, California, was named in his honor. A third son, Lewis Alden March, was born in 1904 and died in 1928.

While traveling in Italy, he met Cora Virginia McEntee (1897–1964), and married her in August 1923.

Death
March died at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 1955. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

His funeral march included "the escort commander and his staff, the United States Army Band, one battalion of cadets from the U.S. Military Academy, one company of infantry, one battery of field artillery, one company of armor, the U.S. Marine Band, one company of Marines. one company of bluejackets, one squadron of airmen, and one composite company of servicewomen." The estimated total strength of the military escort was 1,200 soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines.

At his gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery "was a large group of military, civilian, and foreign dignitaries headed by Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Also in attendance were representatives of the Society of the Cincinnati, the descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, to all of which General March had belonged."

Awards and decorations
   Distinguished Service Cross
   Army Distinguished Service Medal
   Silver Star with four oak leaf clusters
   Spanish Campaign Medal
   Philippine Campaign Medal
   Mexican Border Service Medal
   World War I Victory Medal
   Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (UK)
   Grand Officier Légion d'honneur (France)
   Grand Cross Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy)
   Grand Cordon Order of the Rising Sun (Japan)
   Grand Cross Order of George I (Greece)
   Grand Cross Order of the Crown (Belgium)
   Grand Cross Polonia Restituta (Poland)
   WWI War Cross (Czechoslovakia)

Dates of rank

Source: Army Register, 1946

Honors
In 1919, March was admitted as an honorary member of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati. In December 1922, he was elected honorary president of Delta Kappa Epsilon during the fraternity's 78th Annual Convention.

References

Bibliography

External links

 Arlington National Cemetery

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Betty Harris (born September 9, 1939 in Orlando, Florida, United States) is an American soul singer. Her recording career in the 1960s produced three hit singles that made the U.S. Billboard R&B and Billboard Hot 100 charts: "Cry to Me" (1963), "His Kiss" (1964) and "Nearer to You" (1967). However, her reputation among soul music connoisseurs far exceeds her commercial success of the 1960s, and her recordings for the Jubilee and Sansu record labels are highly sought after in the 2000s by fans of Southern Soul, Northern soul and deep soul.

Career
In 1963, after being in the music business for a few years, Betty Harris recorded a slowed down version of Solomon Burke's hit of the year before, "Cry to Me", produced by the original record's producer, Bert Berns, and released on the Jubilee record label. Taken at a slower pace, Harris's rendition turned the song into a Billboard Hot 100 number 23 hit, with a corresponding number 10 listing on the R&B chart, and it became a deep soul classic. A total of three further singles including a reissue of "Cry to Me" were released on Jubilee, also produced by Bert Berns, with "His Kiss", which was released on January 4, 1964, another deep soul ballad, reaching the lower part of the Billboard Pop and R&B charts.

In 1964, Betty Harris switched record labels to Sansu, a New Orleans label, where she was produced by Allen Toussaint. Her recording with Sansu produced ten singles. Of those, only "Nearer to You", an atmospheric, dramatic soul ballad, now considered one of the milestones of deep soul, achieved U.S. national chart success (Billboard number 85). However, practically all of her recordings for Sansu, uptempo tunes and ballads alike, featuring Toussaint's raw yet sophisticated Southern soul arrangements behind Harris's rich, distinctive vocal, are considered prime specimens of the classic soul era; some notable recordings were "I'm Evil Tonight", a beat ballad favored in Northern soul circles; "I Don't Want to Hear It", "Show It" and "Twelve Red Roses", stirring up-tempo tracks; "Can't Last Much Longer" and "What'd I Do Wrong", emotive deep soul ballads.

Harris retired from performing in 1970 to raise a family.

All of the Sansu recordings were compiled into an album released in the UK (but not the U.S.) in 1969, called Soul Perfection, an album which, in its vinyl format, although not extremely rare, commands relatively high prices of $200 to $300 today.

A comprehensive CD compilation of Harris's recordings, titled Soul Perfection Plus, was released in 1999 by the UK re-release label, West Side.

In 2005, Harris returned to the music industry after a long absence. Betty has been in a decades long copyright battle over the ownership of her music. Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn never paid her the royalties due her, and she owns the sound recording copyrights for all the songs she recorded with Sansu, including "Nearer to You."

She has made several public appearances in the U.S. and Europe, including the 2007 Porretta Soul Festival in Italy, and has recorded a new album, Intuition.

Harris toured Australia in 2006 and appeared on the TV show RocKwiz, where she performed "Cry to Me", and a duet of "Love Lots of Lovin'" with the Australian singer John Paul Young.

Discography

U.S. singles

Albums

Vinyl compilations

Compilation CDs

References

External links
2004 Interview with Betty Harris
Betty Harris article on the Funky 16 Corners web site
The Lost Soul Queen, article on Soulexpress Radio Web site at Allmusic website

American women singers
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Garegin or Karekin Pastermadjian (), better known by his nom de guerre Armen Garo or Armen Karo (Արմէն Գարօ; 9 February 1872 – 23 March 1923) was an Armenian activist and politician. Armen Karo was a leading member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation for more than two decades. He was one of the masterminds of the 1896 occupation of the Ottoman Bank in response to the Hamidian massacres, and of Operation Nemesis, in which several perpetrators of the Armenian genocide were assassinated. Between 1918 and 1920 he served as the first ambassador to the United States from the First Republic of Armenia.

Biography

Early life

Karekin Pastermadjian was born in Erzurum. He finished his elementary education as one of the first graduates of the Sanasarian College of Erzurum. in 1891. Later in 1894, he continued his studies in France to study agriculture at the Agricultural School of Nancy-Université. During this period he became one of several Armenian students in Europe to join the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF).

1895 Zeitun Resistance
His plans to return to his hometown after graduating came to a halt when massacres and conflict began in Zeitun. He left his studies to aid his compatriots in Zeitun. He soon found himself in Geneva, where he became an activist alongside his friends. He was sent to Egypt to assist the Zeitun Resistance. With Sarkis Srentz, Haig Tiriakian (who assumed the name Hratch), and Max Zevrouz, he left Egypt and returned to the Ottoman Empire to participate in the efforts of the ARF.  It was around this time that Karekin Pastermadjian first assumed the name Armen Garo.

Ottoman Bank Takeover

The 1896 Ottoman Bank Takeover, executed on 26 August 1896, was his and Papken Siuni's brainchild. The attack took place at about 1 p.m. Garo entered 10 minutes prior to the attack. He was to keep the teller busy and the bank officers from escaping. His men didn't arrive quickly so he went to a coffee shop across the street. When he saw the men through the doorway, he ran out to meet them. During the long and bloody battle, the group leader, Papken Siuni, was killed. Garo took over as leader, ordering his group for much of the standoff.

Graduate studies, 1897-1900

After these events, Karekin Pastermadjian returned to Europe to continue his unfinished studies. French Foreign Minister Gabriel Hanotaux declared the Armenians who had been connected with the Ottoman Bank Takeover as  persona non grata and denied their stay in France. Armen Garo transferred to Switzerland and studied natural sciences at the University of Geneva.

During his studies, he continued his activities with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.  He was on the delegate roster of the second ARF general conference in 1898, representing the party committee in Egypt. Despite his youth, he had gained trust and authority in the leading circles of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. In 1900 he completed his courses at the University of Geneva and received a doctoral degree in physical chemistry. In 1901 he founded a lab in Tiflis for chemical research.

Armenian-Tatar massacres, 1905-1907

During the Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–1907 the ARF was involved in armed activities. Pastermadjian organized the self-defense of the Armenians in Tiflis. He and five hundred volunteers succeeded in securing peace in the capital of Transcaucasia.

Deputy from Erzurum 1908-1912

The situation in the Caucasus came back almost to normal. Pastermadjian was able to create a fairly prosperous life for himself. He secured the right to develop a copper mine, and worked towards a partnership with a large company. His business required that he should stay in the Caucasus to continue his successful enterprise.

When the Young Turk Revolution occurred in 1908, the Armenians in Erzurum, as well as the ARF, telegraphed Pastermadjian and asked him to become their candidate in the coming elections for Representative to the Ottoman Parliament. He became a member of the Ottoman parliament part from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation deputies. Pastermadjian was a deputy from Erzurum for 2 terms. He was a member of the Ottoman Parliament from 1908 to 5 August 1912. His document of election (tr: mazbata) is found in the library of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye. During his four years in Constantinople (Istanbul) as a deputy, he worked for the railroad bill which was known to the public as Chester's bill. Its main objective was to build railroads as soon as possible in those vilayets which were considered to be Russia's future possessions. For that reason neither France nor Germany wished to undertake it, lest they should arouse the enmity of Russia. Another fundamental object was to build those lines with American capital, which would make it possible to counteract the Russo-Franco-German policies and financial intrigues. But in spite of all efforts unable to overcome the German, opposition in Constantinople, although, as the outcome of the struggle in connection with that bill, two ministers of public works were forced to resign their post.

Talaat, on behalf of the "Committee of Union and Progress", offered the portfolio of public works, refused these proposals, for the simple reason that he did not wish to compromise in any way with the leaders of the government.

He had taken too active a part in 1913 in the conferences held for the consideration of the Armenian reforms, and especially because, while parliamentary elections were going on during April 1914, he was in Paris and the Netherlands, as the delegate of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, to meet the inspectors general who were invited to carry out the reforms.

World War I

During the autumn of 1914, a month and a half before the beginning hostilities, Garo went to the Caucasus on a special mission given after the Armenian congress at Erzurum, and joined the committee which had been appointed by the Armenian National Council of the Caucasus to organize the Armenian volunteer units. In November 1914, he accompanied the second battalion of the Armenian volunteers as the representative of the executive committee of Tiflis.

On 14 November, at the Bergmann Offensive, the second battalion of the Armenian volunteers engaged in battle for the first time, near Bayazid. In the course of a bloody combat which lasted twenty-four hours, Dro, the commander of the battalion, was seriously wounded, and Garo was forced to immediately take his place.

From that day until March of the following year, he remained at the head of that battalion, and led it into eleven battles in the neighborhood of Alashkert, Toutakh, and Malashkert, until Dro recovered and returned to resume the command.
In the summer of 1915, he went to Van during the Defense of Van, becoming one of the first to enter the city after the Russians had liberated it.

Khetcho (Catchik), his assistant, died on the shores of Lake Van in July 1915.

In the spring of 1917, when the Russian Revolution turned the Caucasus upside down, Armen Garo and Dr. Hakob Zavriev were sent from the Caucasus to Petrograd to negotiate with the Russian provisional government concerning Caucasian affairs.

He left for America in June 1917 as the representative of the Armenian National Council of Tiflis. He was elected to be ambassador of the First Republic of Armenia to the United States in Washington, D.C.

Death and legacy
When the 1915 Armenian genocide broke out, Armen Garo became very depressed and sick. When Armenia lost its independence, his sickness grew worse. He died of heart disease in Geneva, Switzerland on 23 March 1923, aged 51, where he was attending a conference on Russia.

There are several organizations with chapters named after him, including the Armenian Youth Federation "Armen Garo" Chapter of Racine, Wisconsin, and the "Armen Karo" Armenian Revolutionary Federation Student Association of Canada.

Bibliography
Why Armenia should be free: Armenia's rôle in the present war... (1918)
Armenia and Her Claims to Freedom and National Independence (1919)
Armenia a Leading Factor in the Winning of the War (1919)

References

External links

 Biography Reference
 Armen Karo Student Association

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