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2009 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2009 NFL season, played in 2010. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

New Orleans Saints

Defeated Indianapolis Colts 31–17 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
2
Postseason opened
Jan 9, 2010

2009 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. Dallas Cowboys 34–14 Philadelphia EaglesFinal
  2. New York Jets 24–14 Cincinnati BengalsFinal
  3. Arizona Cardinals 51–45 Green Bay PackersFinal · overtime
  4. Baltimore Ravens 33–14 New England PatriotsFinal

Divisional

  1. New Orleans Saints 45–14 Arizona CardinalsFinal
  2. Indianapolis Colts 20–3 Baltimore RavensFinal
  3. Minnesota Vikings 34–3 Dallas CowboysFinal
  4. New York Jets 17–14 San Diego ChargersFinal

Conference championship

  1. Indianapolis Colts 30–17 New York JetsFinal
  2. New Orleans Saints 31–28 Minnesota VikingsFinal · overtime

Super Bowl

  1. New Orleans Saints 31–17 Indianapolis ColtsFinal

New Orleans Saints: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalNew Orleans Saints 45–14 Arizona Cardinals
  2. Conference championshipNew Orleans Saints 31–28 Minnesota Vikings
  3. Super BowlNew Orleans Saints 31–17 Indianapolis Colts

The three closest games

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

  1. 3-point margin · DivisionalNew York Jets 17–14 San Diego Chargers
  2. 3-point margin · Conference championshipNew Orleans Saints 31–28 Minnesota Vikings
  3. 6-point margin · Wild CardArizona Cardinals 51–45 Green Bay Packers

2009 season, 2010 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 9, 2010 through Feb 7, 2010. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2009 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.