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2002 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2002 NFL season, played in 2003. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Defeated Oakland Raiders 48–21 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
1
Postseason opened
Jan 4, 2003

2002 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. New York Jets 41–0 Indianapolis ColtsFinal
  2. Atlanta Falcons 27–7 Green Bay PackersFinal
  3. Pittsburgh Steelers 36–33 Cleveland BrownsFinal
  4. San Francisco 49ers 39–38 New York GiantsFinal

Divisional

  1. Philadelphia Eagles 20–6 Atlanta FalconsFinal
  2. Tennessee Titans 34–31 Pittsburgh SteelersFinal · overtime
  3. Oakland Raiders 30–10 New York JetsFinal
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31–6 San Francisco 49ersFinal

Conference championship

  1. Oakland Raiders 41–24 Tennessee TitansFinal
  2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27–10 Philadelphia EaglesFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48–21 Oakland RaidersFinal

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalTampa Bay Buccaneers 31–6 San Francisco 49ers
  2. Conference championshipTampa Bay Buccaneers 27–10 Philadelphia Eagles
  3. Super BowlTampa Bay Buccaneers 48–21 Oakland Raiders

The three closest games

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

  1. 1-point margin · Wild CardSan Francisco 49ers 39–38 New York Giants
  2. 3-point margin · Wild CardPittsburgh Steelers 36–33 Cleveland Browns
  3. 3-point margin · DivisionalTennessee Titans 34–31 Pittsburgh Steelers

2002 season, 2003 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 4, 2003 through Jan 26, 2003. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2002 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.