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The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers are back in conference-championships games in the NFL.
The Chiefs will play for the AFC crown for the sixth season in a row, and the 49ers will be making their third straight appearance in the NFC title game.
It’s been a while for their opponents, though. The Chiefs will play the Baltimore Ravens, who reached the AFC Championship Game for the first time since the 2012 season.
The Detroit Lions are in the NFC Championship Game for the first time since the 1991 campaign.
The semifinals in Super Bowl LVIII tournament were set by the Divisional Weekend results on Saturday and Sunday and yielded the same matchup in each conference – the No. 1 seed versus the No. 3 seed.
The results and schedule for the NFL postseason include (with all times CST):
SUPER WILD-CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, Jan. 13
· AFC: No. 4 Houston Texans 45, No. 5 Cleveland Browns 14
· AFC: No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs 26, No. 6 Miami Dolphins 7
Sunday, Jan. 14
· NFC: No. 7 Green Bay Packers 48, No. 2 Dallas Cowboys 32
· NFC: No. 3 Detroit Lions 24, No. 6 Los Angeles Rams 23
Monday, Jan. 15
· AFC: No. 2 Buffalo Bills 31, No. 7 Pittsburgh Steelers 17
· NFC: No. 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 32, No. 5 Philadelphia Eagles 9
DIVISIONAL WEEKEND
Saturday, Jan. 20
· AFC: No. 1 Baltimore Ravens 34, No. 4 Houston Texans 10
· NFC: No. 1 San Francisco 49ers 24, No. 7 Green Bay Packers 21
Sunday, Jan. 21
· NFC: No. 3 Detroit Lions 31, No. 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23
· AFC: No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs 27, No. 2 Buffalo Bills 24
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sunday, Jan. 28
· AFC: No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs (13-6) at No. 1 Baltimore Ravens (14-4), 2 p.m. (CBS, Paramount+)
· NFC: No. 3 Detroit Lions (14-5) at No. 1 San Francisco 49ers (13-5), 5:30 p.m. (FOX)
SUPER BOWL LVIII
Sunday, Feb. 11
· AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 5:30 p.m. at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (CBS, Paramount+)
The Divisional Weekend results eliminated from the postseason 12 players from Alabama high schools and colleges who were on the active rosters of the losing teams.
The four teams remaining in the field that will decide the Super Bowl LVIII champion have 13 players from Alabama high schools and colleges on their active rosters. When the postseason started, there were 56 on 14 teams.
There also are seven players with Alabama football roots on the remaining postseason teams’ practice squads. Each team is allowed to elevate two practice-squad players to active status for each game.
There are three state players on injured reserve on the rosters of the four teams.
The players with Alabama football roots on the rosters of the remaining playoff teams include:
AFC
Baltimore Ravens
· Injured reserve: Jalyn Armour-Davis, cornerback, St. Paul’s Episcopal, Alabama
· Malik Cunningham, quarterback, Park Crossing
· Practice squad: Tyrell Doss, guard, Aliceville
· Marlon Humphrey, cornerback, Hoover, Alabama
· Practice squad: Tashawn Manning, guard, Auburn
· Practice squad: Christian Matthew, cornerback, Samford
· Jeremiah Moon, linebacker, Hoover
· Michael Pierce, defensive tackle, Daphne, Samford
Kansas City Chiefs
· Practice squad: Isaiah Buggs, defensive lineman, Alabama
· Neil Farrell Jr., defensive tackle, Murphy
· Practice squad: Chris Oladokun, quarterback, Samford
· La’Mical Perine, running back, Theodore
· Practice squad: Gerrit Prince, tight end, UAB
· Justyn Ross, wide receiver, Central-Phenix City
· Kadarius Toney, wide receiver, Blount
· Injured reserve: Prince Tega Wanogho, offensive tackle, Edgewood Academy, Auburn
· Practice squad: Montrell Washington, wide receiver, Samford
NFC
Detroit Lions
· Brian Branch, defensive back, Alabama
· Jahmyr Gibbs, running back, Alabama
· Brodric Martin, defensive lineman, Northridge, North Alabama
· Jameson Williams, wide receiver, Alabama
San Francisco 49ers
· Injured reserve: Cameron Latu, tight end, Alabama
· Darrell Luter Jr., cornerback, South Alabama
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.
