With an increasing number of NFL teams opting for domed stadiums, cold-weather games may eventually become a thing of the past. We’re not there yet, though, and Sunday’s divisional-round game between the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears, in the Windy City, could be one of the coldest in league history.
Given the stakes, it also has a chance to be one of the more memorable playoff games in recent years.
Of course, extreme weather doesn’t guarantee a classic. Sometimes it produces sloppy, low-scoring football. But because so many of the coldest games in NFL history have come in the playoffs, the best of them tend to deliver moments that stick.
Here, we’ll look back upon some of the all-time cold weather playoff games—all played with wind chills no warmer than 2 degrees—and rank them based on factors like stakes, entertainment value and historical significance.
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