- Note: Prior to the 1975 season, the home teams in the playoffs were decided based on a yearly rotation. Had the 1973 playoffs been seeded, the AFC divisional matchups would have been #3 Oakland at #2 Cincinnati and #4 wild card Pittsburgh at #1 Miami; the NFC matchups would not have changed, although #3 Dallas would have had to travel to #2 Los Angeles, and #1 Minnesota would have had home field for the NFC championship game.
| Dec 22 – Metropolitan Stadium | |||||||||||||
| WC | Washington | 20 | |||||||||||
| Dec 30 – Texas Stadium | |||||||||||||
| Cent. | Minnesota | 27 | |||||||||||
| NFC | |||||||||||||
| Cent. | Minnesota | 27 | |||||||||||
| Dec 23 – Texas Stadium | |||||||||||||
| East | Dallas | 10 | |||||||||||
| NFC Championship | |||||||||||||
| West | Los Angeles | 16 | |||||||||||
| Jan 13 – Rice Stadium | |||||||||||||
| East | Dallas | 27 | |||||||||||
| Divisional playoffs | |||||||||||||
| NFC | Minnesota | 7 | |||||||||||
| Dec 22 – Oakland Coliseum | |||||||||||||
| AFC | Miami | 24 | |||||||||||
| Super Bowl VIII | |||||||||||||
| WC | Pittsburgh | 14 | |||||||||||
| Dec 30 – Miami Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||
| West | Oakland | 33 | |||||||||||
| AFC | |||||||||||||
| West | Oakland | 10 | |||||||||||
| Dec 23 – Miami Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||
| East | Miami | 27 | |||||||||||
| AFC Championship | |||||||||||||
| Cent. | Cincinnati | 16 | |||||||||||
| East | Miami | 34 | |||||||||||