List of Playoff Bowl broadcasters

The Playoff Bowl (officially, the Bert Bell Benefit Bowl) was a post-season game for third place in the NFL, played ten times following the 1960-69 seasons. It was abandoned in favor of the current playoff structure with the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that broadcast the Playoff Bowl during its existence.

Season	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
1969^[1]	CBS	Jack Whitaker	Frank Gifford and Don Perkins
1968^[2]	CBS	Ray Scott	Paul Christman	Frank Glieber
1967^[3]	CBS	Frank Glieber	Frank Gifford
1966^[4]	CBS	Chuck Thompson	Tom Brookshier
1965^[5]	CBS	Frank Glieber (first half) and Chuck Thompson (second half)	Pat Summerall
1964^[6]	CBS	Jack Drees (first half) and Earl Gillespie (second half)	Frank Gifford
1963^[7]	CBS	Ray Scott (first half) and Ken Coleman (second half)	Frank Gifford
1962^[8]	CBS	Chris Schenkel (first half) and Ray Scott (second half)	Warren Lahr
1961^[9]	CBS	Chris Schenkel (first half) and Van Patrick (second half)	Johnny Lujack
1960	CBS	Ken Coleman (first half) and Van Patrick (second half)	Johnny Lujack

References

External links

The Playoff Bowl (Bert Bell Benefit Bowl)

NFL on CBS

Related programs

Inside the NFL
The NFL on Westwood One Sports (commentators)
The NFL Today
Thursday Night Football (2014–present)

Non-NFL programs	Arena Football on CBS SEC on CBS (commentators)

Prime-time results	Monday night NFL games prior to 1970 Thursday Night Football results (2006-present)

Commentators

AFC playoff games	AFC Championship Game AFC Divisional Playoff Game AFC Wild Card Playoff Game

NFC playoff games	NFC Championship Game NFC Divisional Playoff Game NFC Wild Card Playoff Game

Pre-AFL–NFL merger	NFL Championship Game Playoff Bowl

Holiday games	Christmas games Thanksgiving Day games

Non-US based games	American Bowl Bills Toronto Series International Series

Lore

Postseason lore	"The Block" "The Catch" "The Fog Bowl" "The Hail Mary" "The Instant Replay Game" "The Ice Bowl" "Mile High Miracle" Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy "3:16 Game" "The Tuck Rule Game"

Holiday lore	NFL on Thanksgiving Day Christmas games

Music

NFL Championship

Super Bowl

Pre-AFL–NFL merger	I II IV

NFC package carrier (1970-1993)	VI VIII X XII XIV XVI XVIII XXI XXIV XXVI

AFC package carrier (1998-present)	XXXV XXXVIII XLI XLIV XLVII 50 LIII

Pro Bowl

National Football League playoffs

Conference Tiebreakers

1941 1943 1947 1950 1952 1957 1958 1965

NFL Playoff Tournament System

1967 1968 1969

1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

American Football League playoffs

Post-season streaks Post-season droughts AFC Wild Card Playoff Game broadcasters AFC Divisional Playoff Game broadcasters AFC Championship Game broadcasters AFL Championship Game broadcasters NFC Wild Card Playoff Game broadcasters NFC Divisional Playoff Game broadcasters NFC Championship Game broadcasters NFL Championship Game broadcasters Playoff Bowl broadcasters Super Bowl broadcasters NFL playoff results NFL starting quarterback playoff records Head coaches by playoff record

National Football League Pro Bowl

All-Star Games	1939 1940 (Jan) 1940 (Dec) 1942 (Jan) 1942 (Dec)

NFL Pro Bowls	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970

AFC–NFC Pro Bowls	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Draft Pro Bowls	2014 2015

Aloha Stadium Broadcasters Playoff Bowl broadcasters AFL All-Star Game broadcasters

National Football League on television and radio

Television broadcast partners

ABC (AFL)
CBS
Fox
NBC

Defunct networks	DuMont SNI

Monday Night Football

Results: Games prior to 1970; 1970–1989; 1990–2009; 2010–present

Sunday Night Football

Results: ESPN; NBC; TNT

Pregame television programs

CBS
ESPN (Sunday
Monday)
Fox
NBC (former
current)

NFL Network

Thursday Night Football	Results (2006–present) 2007 New England Patriots–New York Giants game

NFL Films television programs

Other television programs

Radio broadcast partners

Defunct networks	Mutual NBC

Secondary partners	Absolute Radio 90s (UK) NFL Audio Pass Sirius XM TSN Radio (Canada)

Local networks	Buffalo Bills Radio Network Cleveland Browns Radio Network Dallas Cowboys Radio Network Detroit Lions Radio Network Green Bay Packers Radio Network New England Patriots Radio Network New York Giants Radio Network Pittsburgh Steelers Radio Network

Broadcasters by event

Pre-AFL–NFL merger	AFL All-Star Game AFL Championship Game NFL Championship Game Playoff Bowl

Holiday events	Christmas games Thanksgiving Day games

Postseason events	AFC Championship Game AFC Divisional Playoff Game AFC Wild Card Playoff Game NFC Championship Game NFC Divisional Playoff Game NFC Wild Card Playoff Game Super Bowl (lead-out programs)

International events	American Bowl Bills Toronto Series International Series World Bowl

Television broadcast technology

Other television information

TV markets	Fox affiliate switches of 1994 (Repercussions) List of major sports teams in the United States by city (TV markets) Primary television stations

Broadcast policies	Blackout policies Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961

Lists of National Football League broadcasters

American Football Conference

By event	AFC Championship Game AFC Divisional Playoff Game AFC Wild Card Playoff Game

American Football League events	AFL Championship Game AFL All-Star Game

National Football Conference

By event	NFC Championship Game NFC Divisional Playoff Game NFC Wild Card Playoff Game

Pre-merger events	NFL Championship Game Playoff Bowl

National television

ABC/ESPN
CBS (commentator pairings • NFL Today • Westwood One Radio)
Fox (commentator pairings)
NBC (commentator pairings • pregame show)
NFL Network

By event	Hall of Fame Game Kickoff Game NFL Draft Pro Bowl Super Bowl Thanksgiving Day games

International events	American Bowl Bills Toronto Series International Series World Bowl