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2001 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2001 NFL season, played in 2002. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

New England Patriots

Defeated St. Louis Rams 20–17 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
1
Postseason opened
Jan 12, 2002

2001 playoff bracket results

Completed matchups in round order. Winners are named first in the summary; each Game Center shows both teams and the recorded result.

Wild Card

  1. Philadelphia Eagles 31–9 Tampa Bay BuccaneersFinal
  2. Oakland Raiders 38–24 New York JetsFinal
  3. Baltimore Ravens 20–3 Miami DolphinsFinal
  4. Green Bay Packers 25–15 San Francisco 49ersFinal

Divisional

  1. New England Patriots 16–13 Oakland RaidersFinal · overtime
  2. Philadelphia Eagles 33–19 Chicago BearsFinal
  3. St. Louis Rams 45–17 Green Bay PackersFinal
  4. Pittsburgh Steelers 27–10 Baltimore RavensFinal

Conference championship

  1. St. Louis Rams 29–24 Philadelphia EaglesFinal
  2. New England Patriots 24–17 Pittsburgh SteelersFinal

Super Bowl

  1. New England Patriots 20–17 St. Louis RamsFinal

New England Patriots: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalNew England Patriots 16–13 Oakland Raiders
  2. Conference championshipNew England Patriots 24–17 Pittsburgh Steelers
  3. Super BowlNew England Patriots 20–17 St. Louis Rams

The three closest games

Ranked by final winning margin. Games with the same margin appear in date order.

  1. 3-point margin · DivisionalNew England Patriots 16–13 Oakland Raiders
  2. 3-point margin · Super BowlNew England Patriots 20–17 St. Louis Rams
  3. 5-point margin · Conference championshipSt. Louis Rams 29–24 Philadelphia Eagles

2001 season, 2002 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 12, 2002 through Feb 3, 2002. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.