Overview
- Postseason overtime consists of 15-minute periods with each team guaranteed one possession.
- A defensive touchdown or a safety on the opening possession ends the game immediately.
- If the game remains tied after each team has had the ball, the next score wins, with additional 15-minute periods played until a winner emerges.
- Teams have three timeouts per overtime period, and all replay reviews are initiated by the replay official rather than by coaches.
- Only two Super Bowls have gone to OT — LI (Patriots over Falcons) and LVIII (Chiefs over 49ers) — and regular-season OT differs by lasting 10 minutes and allowing ties.