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2008 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2008 NFL season, played in 2009. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

Pittsburgh Steelers

Defeated Arizona Cardinals 27–23 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
1
Postseason opened
Jan 3, 2009

2008 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. Arizona Cardinals 30–24 Atlanta FalconsFinal
  2. San Diego Chargers 23–17 Indianapolis ColtsFinal · overtime
  3. Baltimore Ravens 27–9 Miami DolphinsFinal
  4. Philadelphia Eagles 26–14 Minnesota VikingsFinal

Divisional

  1. Baltimore Ravens 13–10 Tennessee TitansFinal
  2. Arizona Cardinals 33–13 Carolina PanthersFinal
  3. Pittsburgh Steelers 35–24 San Diego ChargersFinal
  4. Philadelphia Eagles 23–11 New York GiantsFinal

Conference championship

  1. Pittsburgh Steelers 23–14 Baltimore RavensFinal
  2. Arizona Cardinals 32–25 Philadelphia EaglesFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Pittsburgh Steelers 27–23 Arizona CardinalsFinal

Pittsburgh Steelers: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalPittsburgh Steelers 35–24 San Diego Chargers
  2. Conference championshipPittsburgh Steelers 23–14 Baltimore Ravens
  3. Super BowlPittsburgh Steelers 27–23 Arizona Cardinals

The three closest games

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

  1. 3-point margin · DivisionalBaltimore Ravens 13–10 Tennessee Titans
  2. 4-point margin · Super BowlPittsburgh Steelers 27–23 Arizona Cardinals
  3. 6-point margin · Wild CardArizona Cardinals 30–24 Atlanta Falcons

2008 season, 2009 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 3, 2009 through Feb 1, 2009. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2008 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.