How All 12 Wild Card Weekend Teams Have Fared In Previous Wild Card Games

Don’t look now but we might have the best long weekend of football in recent history ahead of us this week. On top of the six NFL Wild Card Weekend playoffs games there are two College Football Playoffs games leading us into the weekend. A full four days of consequential and high energy games featuring the best teams left right now. How can we top that?

As we look ahead to the 2026 NFL Wild Card Weekend match ups, let us first look to the past and see how each of this year’s NFL Wild Card teams has done in previous Wild Card appearances.

How Every 2026 NFL Wild Card Weekend Team Has Done In Past Wild Card Games

There are two teams on bye for the Wild Card Round. The Denver Broncos who have previously appeared in 9 Wild Card games (2-7 overall) and the Seahawks who have made 16 Wild Card appearances (9-7).

Wild Card Game 1

The first game of Wild Card Weekend will feature the Los Angeles Rams travel to Charlotte to face the Carolina Panthers who somehow managed to win the NFC South with a losing record (8-9) and after losing to the Buccaneers in their final game of the season but getting help from the Falcons in a 3-way tie.

This will be the Carolina Panthers’ 4th appearance in Wild Car Weekend games. They are 3-1 in those games for a strong .75% win percentage.

The Los Angeles Rams (and previously the St. Louis Rams) have made 13 Wild Card game appearances. In those 13 games, the Rams are 6-7 all-time for a .46% winning percentage.

Los Angeles and Carolina kick things off at 4:30pm on the 10th. The Rams are currently 10-point favorites over the Panthers and Stafford is arguably the best QB in the NFL Playoffs this season.

Wild Card Game 2

The second Wild Card Weekend game begins at 8pm on 1/10 and features two of the most historic NFL franchises and two bitter rivals, the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers. Green Bay (9-7 regular season) will travel to Soldier Field to face the NFC North winning Chicago Bears (11-6). Chicago is a slim 1-point favorite at this point.

For a franchise that’s over 100 years old, I would’ve suspected the Bears to have more Wild Card appearances but they have only played in 6 Wild Card games and Chicago is 2-4 in those appearances.

On the flip side, the Green Bay Packers have a whopping 17 Wild Card Game appearances and they are 11-6 in those games. Absolutely dominant.

But the Bears and Packers split their regular season match ups making it hard to get a real gauge on how this game will play out. However, the Green Bay Packers are one of the teams to win the Super Bowl as a Wild Card team when they did so back in 2010, winning Super Bowl XLV as a #6 seed against the Steelers.

Wild Card Game 3

Kicking off Sunday’s slate of 3 games, Wild Card Weekend Game 3, is the Buffalo Bills versus the Jacksonville Jaguars. Josh Allen and Buffalo (12-5) will travel to the Sunshine State to face the AFC South winning Jaguars (13-4).

This game will be the 14th Wild Card Game appearance for the Buffalo Bills. In their 13 previous appearances, Buffalo is 8-5.

Jacksonville has previously played in 7 Wild Card Games with considerable success. They are 5-2 in those games and Trevor Lawrence has been hot this season. That game kicks off at 1PM on Sunday and Buffalo is currently a 1-point favorite over Jacksonville.

Wild Card Game 4

Sunday’s second game, and the 4th Wild Card Weekend game, will feature the San Francisco 49ers (12-5) traveling to the City of Brotherly Love to face the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles (11-6). This game kicks off at 4:30pm.

The Niners have made 8 previous Wild Card Game appearances and hey are 6-2 in those games.

Philadelphia has made a TON of Wild Card Weekend appearances in the past. This will be the Eagles’ 21st Wild Card Weekend game. The Eagles are 9-11 in their previous 20 games. Books have Philly as a solid 4.5-point favorite over the Niners.

Wild Card Game 5

In the third Sunday game of Wild Card Weekend, the Los Angeles Chargers will travel across the country to face the red hot New England Patriots with MVP hopeful QB Drake Maye. That game kicks off at 8pm on Sunday night.

Both of these teams have previously appeared in 10 Wild Card Round games. The Patriots are 4-6 in their 10 Wild Card Weekend appearances while the Chargers hold a slight edge and are 6-4 in their 10 appearances. New England are currently 3.5-point favorites.

Wild Card Game 6

For the 2026 Wild Card Round encore we have the Houston Texans traveling to face the Pittsburgh Steelers for an 8:15 PM kickoff on Monday night. In 2005, the Steelers became the first #6 seed to win it all when they won Super Bowl XL against the Seahawks.

The Texans have made 8 previous Wild Card Round appearances. They are 6-2 in those games.

This will be the 16th Wild Card Round appearance for the Steelers and they are 6-9 in their previous 15 games. Houston comes in as a 3-point road favorite over the Steelers and Rodgers isn’t just the oldest player in the Playoffs, he’s the oldest player in the NFL this season… Does he have one more win in him?