When Were Wild Card Game Times Set?

[JS-Steelerfan]

Okay, Brad, here you go.  I got through 2013:

For 2018:
Early games:
The Chargers won at the Ravens with a 1:00 pm start time.  (1-0)

Late games:
The Seahawks lost at the Cowboys in a primetime game.  (0-1)

For 2017:
No games fit the criteria. The only west coast team was the Rams, and they lost in the first round at home, so that doesn't count.  

For 2016:
Early games:
None that fit the criteria

Late games:
Raiders lost to the Texans, 4:35 start (0-2)
Seahawks lost at the Falcons, 4:35 start (0-3)

For 2015:
Early games:
Seahawks won at Minnesota, 1:05 start (2-0)
Seahawks lost at Carolina, 1:06 start (2-1)

Late games:
Cardinals lost at Carolina, prime time start (0-4)

For 2014:
Early games:
None that fit the criteria

Late games:
Cardinals lost at Carolina, 4:20 start (0-5)
Seattle won at Green Bay, 3:06 start (1-5)

For 2013
Early Games:
Chargers won at Cincy, 1:05 start (3-1)
SF won at Carolina, 1:05 start (4-1)

Late games:
SF won at GB, 4:40 start (2-5)


Early games, the western team was 4-1.  Late games, they were 2-5.  I think that the gap narrowed a bit with a few more years (I didn't document those earlier, so you'll have to check for yourself), but clearly, playing early did not affect six years' worth of teams too badly.

EDIT: You can check these pretty easily with Google.  Note that the years given were for the appropriate season, not the year the game was played in.