By Kevin Byrne, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
January 10,2016; 9:48AM,EST
Seventeen weeks of regular season play have concluded in the NFL, leaving only 10 remaining contenders for the right to grasp the Lombardi Trophy at the conclusion of the Super Bowl at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 7.
NFL Wild Card Weekend Forecast
For the final opening round games of the NFL playoffs, disruptive weather will avoid both games on Sunday. However, extreme cold is forecast for the game between the Seattle Seahawks and Minnesota Vikings.
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Seattle Seahawks at Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Jan. 10, at 1:05 p.m. EST
Seattle
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) dives for an 8-yard touchdown
run as Minnesota Vikings cornerback Antone Exum (32) and defensive
tackle Tom Johnson (92) try to bring him down in the first half of an
NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ann
Heisenfelt)For the first time since 1976, an NFL playoff game will be played outdoors in Minneapolis as the Seahawks (10-6) travel to Minnesota for the second time in a month to play the Vikings (11-5).
This is the second consecutive year the Vikings are playing at TCF Bank Stadium, the home to the University of Minnesota's football team, while their new stadium is under construction. On Sunday, fans and players may long for the comforts of the Vikings old indoor stadium, the Metrodome, where they played from 1982-2013.
Temperature around kickoff will be near 5 below zero F, ranking it near the top of the coldest NFL games to be played. Other weather factors will help bring AccuWeather ReelFeel® temperatures as low as 20 below zero.
Sunshine is in the offing for the game, but will be ineffective. While the game will not be the coldest NFL game ever played by any team, it may be the coldest ever for the Seattle Seahawks, according to the Seattle Times. Fans will need to wear many layers and pack hand and foot warmers.
"Frostbite will occur quickly to any exposed skin and both fans and players will have to prepare accordingly," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist John Feerick said.
On Dec. 6, the Seahawks traveled to Minneapolis and trounced the Vikings by a score of 38-7. The high temperature that day was 40 while the low was 32.
According to ESPN, the Vikings chose to have their sideline on the north side of the stadium, after analysis showed temperatures would be higher in the sun on that side of the facility, as opposed to the south side which would be in the late-afternoon shadows.
CBS Minnesota reports that the forecast cold weather is keeping ticket prices for the game lower than normal.
According to ESPN Staff Writer Ben Goessling, Ticketmaster is encouraging fans to print out their tickets before coming to the game in case cell phones malfunction due to the cold. Ticketmaster stated that phones should still work given the predicted temperature range, but put out the statement as a precaution.
Per Pro Football Reference, Seattle is looking to become the third team in league history to appear in three consecutive Super Bowls. The Seahawks have an all-time playoff record of 14-13. Minnesota is still looking to lay claim to its first Super Bowl title and has a playoff record of 19-27.
Green Bay Packers at Washington Redskins Sunday, Jan. 10, at 4:40 p.m. EST
In
this Dec. 20, 2015, photo, Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins
(8) passes the ball during the first half of an NFL football game
against the Buffalo Bills in Landover, Maryland.The final game of the weekend will take place at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. Unlike the three other Wild Card round matchups, the Redskins (9-7) and Packers (10-6) did not face each other during the regular season.
The Packers are making their 31st trip to the playoffs, tied for most all-time post-season appearances along with the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants. The Packers, winners of four Super Bowls, are 31-20 all-time in the playoffs.
The Redskins have an all-time playoff record of 23-18 and have claimed three Super Bowl titles, according to Pro Football Reference. This is their first playoff game since the 2012 season while Green Bay has made the playoffs seven straight seasons.
While a brief morning shower is possible, a majority of tailgating activities should be rain-free.
Dry air will press in from the northwest during the afternoon, with partial sunshine likely. Temperatures will be in the 50s at kickoff before falling into the 40s during the second half. A gusty wind from the west could impact the kicking game. Gusts may reach 35 mph.
Darold Boucher ·
Cold
weather? Can't be. Global warming, remember. Thermometers have been
'Fixed'. Huge fraud. It'll actually be +59F at kickoff.
Bon Jovit
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Bill McNew ·
Astounding
that the globe is "hotter than its ever been before" with such
incredibly low temps. At Al Gore's mega-mansion it got down to -20
outside Nashville in the winter of 85. Not to be outdone, temperature
in June got down to -135.4 F below 0 at Vostok, Russian Ice Station,
Antarctica. For perspective, the coldest temp ever measured was -135.7
F. So the globe is not "hotter than its ever been before" and don't let
anyone tell you that either.
John Maruscak
That's why they don't call it Global Warming anymore.
Jerry Roger Riter ·
"Climate Stagnation" will be the new cause, and it's all our fault!
Jam Dagostino
Go
Redskins (offense intended to libtards) and go Vikings. I want to see
either team go a the way. The skins need to turn the team around, it has
been far too long since the days of Riggins and the fun bunch. At the
same time, it has been far too long since the Viks had a contender team,
not a one and done play-off speed bump they have been since scrambling
Fran left the grid iron for the last time.
Gary Stefancik
Bah!
You need some percipitation to make it really special. Like the 1967
NFL Championship game AKA The Ice Bowl where the game-time temperature
at Lambeau Field was about −15 °F (−26 °C), with an average wind chill
around −48 °F (−44 °C); under the revised National Weather Service wind
chill index implemented in 2001, the average wind chill would have been
−36 °F (−38 °C).[28] Lambeau Field's turf-heating system malfunctioned,
and when the tarpaulin was removed from the field before the game, it
left moisture on the field, which flash-froze in the extreme cold,
leaving an icy surface that got worse as more and more of the field fell
into the shadow of the stadium. Now the prima donnas have special
thermal underwear and and sideline heating equipment to keep their soft
tushes from freezing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_NFL_Championship_Game
Judy DuCharme ·
Coldest
NFL game at 0 degrees with wind chill at -15? Really! Did you know the
Packers played the Giants in the playoffs with the actual at kickoff
around 20 bellow and the real feel was -35!! Not to mention the Ice Bowl
in Green Bay back in the 60's. I really doubt the game tomorrow is one
of the coldest -- maybe in the top 20.
JamieandZaira Martin ·
I
guess you missed the part where they said it will rank as one of the
coldest, not the coldest. Also the ice bowl had a game time temp of -15
making it the coldest game ever which means the Giant game a few years
back definately was not -20.
1982
Bengals had the AFC championship game at home. temps around zero
degrees. Bengals came out in short sleeve jerseys. The cold is all in
your head. Bengals went on to the Super Bowl.
bengals lost the super bowl to san fran
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