3:16 game

2012 AFC Wild-Card Playoff

Quarterback Tim Tebow taking a snap during the game with Lance Ball also in the backfield
Pittsburgh Steelers (5) (12–4) Denver Broncos (4) (8–8) 23 29
1 2 3 4 OT Total PIT 6 0 7 10 0 23 DEN 0 20 0 3 6 29
Date	January 8, 2012
Kickoff time	3:00 P.M.
Stadium	Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado
Favorite	Steelers by 8[1]
Referee	Ron Winter
Attendance	75,970
Hall of Famers
Steelers: Chuck Noll (executive), Dan M. Rooney (owner), Troy Polamalu Broncos: John Elway (executive), Champ Bailey, Brian Dawkins
Ceremonies
Coin toss	Broncos (deferred)
TV in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers	Jim Nantz and Phil Simms[2]
Nielsen ratings	41.9 million viewers, 14.8 rating among adults 18-49[3]

The 3:16 game was a National Football League playoff game between the 2011 Denver Broncos and the 2011 Pittsburgh Steelers on January 8, 2012. The game took place in the 2011–12 NFL playoffs and finished with five statistics that each contained three digits in the order 3–1–6. It was the first playoff game to go to overtime since a 2010 overtime rule was codified stating both teams could possess the ball unless one scored a touchdown. The game also set a record for the shortest overtime in NFL history; it took 11 seconds and the Denver Broncos scored on their first play in overtime.

When Tim Tebow played college football for the Florida Gators during the 2008 Florida Gators season, he began writing messages on his eye black. At the conclusion of the season, Tebow played in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game and inscribed the biblical citation "John 3:16" on his eye black. Exactly three years to the day after that championship game, Tebow played in the NFL playoff game as a quarterback for the Denver Broncos on January 8, 2012, again writing "3:16" in his eye black before the game.

During the game, Tebow accumulated 316 passing yards with an average of 31.6 yards per completion. The Pittsburgh Steelers finished the game with a time of possession of 31 minutes and 6 seconds. The game's ratings peaked between 8:00 and 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time with a rating of 31.6. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw a second-quarter interception on 3rd-and-16.