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.
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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 | 6 | 1 | 12/24/1961 | AFL Championship |  SD | vs |  HOU | L 3-10 | 0.0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | | Chargers | 4 | 1 | 1/14/2023 | AFC Wild Card | LAC | @ |  JAX | L 30-31 | 44 | 22 | 66 | 2.0 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 |  | Packers | 4 | 1 | 1/18/2015 | NFC Championship |  GB | @ |  SEA | L 22-28 | 37 | 34 | 71 | 5.0 | 25 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 |  | Jets | 4 | 1 | 12/27/1981 | AFC Wild Card |  NYJ | vs |  BUF | L 27-31 | 2.0 | 38 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | Packers | 3 | 1 | 1/24/2021 | NFC Championship | GB | vs |  TB | L 26-31 | 38 | 26 | 64 | 1.0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |  | Chiefs | 3 | 1 | 1/4/2014 | AFC Wild Card |  KC | @ |  IND | L 44-45 | 33 | 12 | 45 | 1.0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | | Chargers | 3 | 1 | 1/20/2008 | AFC Championship | SD | @ |  NE | L 12-21 | 57 | 22 | 79 | 2.0 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | | Chargers | 3 | 1 | 1/14/2007 | AFC Divisional | SD | vs | NE | L 21-24 | 55 | 13 | 68 | 2.0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | | Chiefs | 3 | 1 | 1/6/2007 | AFC Wild Card | KC | @ | IND | L 8-23 | 74 | 22 | 96 | 1.0 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 |  | Ravens | 3 | 1 | 1/3/2004 | AFC Wild Card |  BAL | vs | TEN | L 17-20 | 63 | 22 | 85 | 0.0 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  | Colts | 3 | 1 | 12/30/2000 | AFC Wild Card | IND | @ |  MIA | L 17-23 | 2.0 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 |  | Buccaneers | 3 | 1 | 1/23/2000 | NFC Championship | TB | @ |  STL | L 6-11 | 0.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | | Chiefs | 3 | 1 | 1/5/1992 | AFC Divisional | KC | @ | BUF | L 14-37 | 1.0 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 |  | Eagles | 3 | 1 | 12/31/1988 | NFC Divisional |  PHI | @ |  CHI | L 12-20 | 1.0 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 15 |  | Browns | 3 | 1 | 12/24/1988 | AFC Wild Card |  CLE | vs |  HOU | L 23-24 | 1.0 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 |  | Giants | 3 | 1 | 12/29/1984 | NFC Divisional |  NYG | @ |  SF | L 10-21 | 4.0 | 28 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | | Jets | 3 | 1 | 1/23/1983 | AFC Championship | NYJ | @ | MIA | L 0-14 | 4.0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 18 |  | Cowboys | 3 | 1 | 1/10/1982 | NFC Championship |  DAL | @ | SF | L 27-28 | 3.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 19 |  | Rams | 3 | 1 | 12/28/1980 | NFC Wild Card |  LA | @ | DAL | L 13-34 | 0.0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | Rams | 3 | 1 | 1/20/1980 | Super Bowl | LA | @ |  PIT | L 19-31 | 0.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | | Cowboys | 3 | 1 | 12/19/1976 | NFC Divisional | DAL | vs | LA | L 12-14 | 3.0 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 |  | Raiders | 3 | 1 | 1/4/1976 | AFC Championship |  OAK | @ | PIT | L 10-16 | 0.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | | Cowboys | 3 | 1 | 1/17/1971 | Super Bowl | DAL | vs |  BAL | L 13-16 | 0.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 24 |  | Oilers | 3 | 1 | 12/21/1969 | AFL Divisional | HOU | @ | OAK | L 7-56 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 25 |  | Dolphins | 2 | 1 | 1/15/2023 | AFC Wild Card | MIA | @ | 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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