most interceptions in a playoff loss

The San Diego Chargers have the most interceptions by a team in a loss in a playoff game, with 6 interceptions in the 1961 AFL championship game versus the Houston Oilers on December 24, 1961.

Interpreted as:
most defensive interceptions in a playoff loss
TEAM INT L DATE ROUND TM OPP RESULT TKL AST COMB SCK SCKY INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD
1 Chargers
Chargers
6
1
12/24/1961
AFL Championship
SD SD
vs
HOU HOU
L
3-10
0.0
0
60
0
1
0
2 Chargers
Chargers
4
1
1/14/2023
AFC Wild Card
LAC LAC
@
JAX JAX
L
30-31
44
22
66
2.0
15
35
0
0
1
0
3 Packers
Packers
4
1
1/18/2015
NFC Championship
GB GB
@
SEA SEA
L
22-28
37
34
71
5.0
25
57
0
1
1
0
4 Jets
Jets
4
1
12/27/1981
AFC Wild Card
NYJ NYJ
vs
BUF BUF
L
27-31
2.0
38
62
0
0
0
5 Packers
Packers
3
1
1/24/2021
NFC Championship
GB GB
vs
TB TB
L
26-31
38
26
64
1.0
5
16
0
0
0
0
6 Chiefs
Chiefs
3
1
1/4/2014
AFC Wild Card
KC KC
@
IND IND
L
44-45
33
12
45
1.0
7
22
0
2
1
0
7 Chargers
Chargers
3
1
1/20/2008
AFC Championship
SD SD
@
NE NE
L
12-21
57
22
79
2.0
11
14
0
1
0
0
8 Chargers
Chargers
3
1
1/14/2007
AFC Divisional
SD SD
vs
NE NE
L
21-24
55
13
68
2.0
4
27
0
2
0
0
9 Chiefs
Chiefs
3
1
1/6/2007
AFC Wild Card
KC KC
@
IND IND
L
8-23
74
22
96
1.0
5
55
0
0
0
0
10 Ravens
Ravens
3
1
1/3/2004
AFC Wild Card
BAL BAL
vs
TEN TEN
L
17-20
63
22
85
0.0
0
79
1
0
0
0
11 Colts
Colts
3
1
12/30/2000
AFC Wild Card
IND IND
@
MIA MIA
L
17-23
2.0
9
27
0
0
0
12 Buccaneers
Buccaneers
3
1
1/23/2000
NFC Championship
TB TB
@
STL STL
L
6-11
0.0
0
21
0
0
0
13 Chiefs
Chiefs
3
1
1/5/1992
AFC Divisional
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
L
14-37
1.0
5
28
0
0
0
14 Eagles
Eagles
3
1
12/31/1988
NFC Divisional
PHI PHI
@
CHI CHI
L
12-20
1.0
8
24
0
1
0
15 Browns
Browns
3
1
12/24/1988
AFC Wild Card
CLE CLE
vs
HOU HOU
L
23-24
1.0
8
49
0
0
0
16 Giants
Giants
3
1
12/29/1984
NFC Divisional
NYG NYG
@
SF SF
L
10-21
4.0
28
47
1
0
0
17 Jets
Jets
3
1
1/23/1983
AFC Championship
NYJ NYJ
@
MIA MIA
L
0-14
4.0
27
1
0
1
0
18 Cowboys
Cowboys
3
1
1/10/1982
NFC Championship
DAL DAL
@
SF SF
L
27-28
3.0
20
0
0
3
0
19 Rams
Rams
3
1
12/28/1980
NFC Wild Card
LA LA
@
DAL DAL
L
13-34
0.0
0
51
0
0
0
20 Rams
Rams
3
1
1/20/1980
Super Bowl
LA LA
@
PIT PIT
L
19-31
0.0
0
21
0
0
0
21 Cowboys
Cowboys
3
1
12/19/1976
NFC Divisional
DAL DAL
vs
LA LA
L
12-14
3.0
22
9
0
0
0
22 Raiders
Raiders
3
1
1/4/1976
AFC Championship
OAK OAK
@
PIT PIT
L
10-16
0.0
0
19
0
4
0
23 Cowboys
Cowboys
3
1
1/17/1971
Super Bowl
DAL DAL
vs
BAL BAL
L
13-16
0.0
0
22
0
4
0
24 Oilers
Oilers
3
1
12/21/1969
AFL Divisional
HOU HOU
@
OAK OAK
L
7-56
1.0
7
0
0
1
0
25 Dolphins
Dolphins
2
1
1/15/2023
AFC Wild Card
MIA MIA
@
BUF BUF
L
31-34
47
23
70
7.0
36
78
0
3
1
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for interceptions going back to the 1960 playoffs.

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PPG

21.2

23rd

OPP PPG

20.8

12th

RUSH YDS/G

120.7

13th

PASS YDS/G

256.2

6th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Chiefs Chiefs
3
3
0
.500
Raiders Raiders
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
IND IND
@
LAC LAC
4:05 PM
Thu
10/23
MIN MIN
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
LAC LAC
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
PIT PIT
@
LAC LAC
8:20 PM
Sun
11/16
LAC LAC
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM
Last Game
MIA Dolphins

1 - 5 - 0

27

Final

29

LAC Chargers

4 - 2 - 0

Sun 12 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
2
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
3
4
0
.429
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
CAR CAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM