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Running wild

Playoff winners put up big rushing numbers

Whatever happened to the idea that running the ball isn’t important anymore? In three of the playoff games this weekend, the winners ran for over 150 yards and at least 3 TDs.

Since 2000, only four teams had run for least 4 TDs in a playoff game. Both Kansas City and New England did it this weekend.

In the last 18 seasons, only 18 teams had scored at least 3 TDs in a postseason game. It happened in three of the four games this weekend.

All three of those teams, oddly, put up their big rushing numbers despite playing against top-10 run defenses.

3 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS IN PLAYOFF GAMES
TeamDateOpp.ResultAttYardsAvgTD
Seattle2003at G.B.L 27-33 (ot)21492.33
Atlanta2004St.L.W 47-17403278.23
Indianapolis2004Den.W 49-2424763.23
San Diego2006N.E.L 21-24331484.53
Chicago2006N.O.W 39-14461964.33
Green Bay2007Sea.W 42-20352356.73
Pittsburgh2008S.D.W 35-24421653.93
San Diego2008Ind.W 23-17 (ot)331675.13
Baltimore2009at N.E.W 33-14522344.54
Minnesota2009at N.O.L 28-31 (ot)361654.63
Chicago2010Sea.W 35-24451763.93
New Orleans2011Det.W 45-28361674.63
San Francisco2012G.B.W 45-31433237.54
San Francisco2012at Atl.W 28-24291495.13
New England2013Ind.W 43-22462345.16
New England2014Ind.W 45-7401774.43
Carolina2015Ariz.W 49-15371524.13
Jacksonville2017at Pit.W 45-42351644.74
Kansas City2018Ind.W 31-13331805.54
New England2018LACW 41-28341554.64
LA Rams2018Dall.W 30-22482735.73

—Ian Allan

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