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2018 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2018 NFL season, played in 2019. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

New England Patriots

Defeated Los Angeles Rams 13–3 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
2
Postseason opened
Jan 5, 2019

2018 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. Indianapolis Colts 21–7 Houston TexansFinal
  2. Dallas Cowboys 24–22 Seattle SeahawksFinal
  3. Los Angeles Chargers 23–17 Baltimore RavensFinal
  4. Philadelphia Eagles 16–15 Chicago BearsFinal

Divisional

  1. Kansas City Chiefs 31–13 Indianapolis ColtsFinal
  2. Los Angeles Rams 30–22 Dallas CowboysFinal
  3. New Orleans Saints 20–14 Philadelphia EaglesFinal
  4. New England Patriots 41–28 Los Angeles ChargersFinal

Conference championship

  1. Los Angeles Rams 26–23 New Orleans SaintsFinal · overtime
  2. New England Patriots 37–31 Kansas City ChiefsFinal · overtime

Super Bowl

  1. New England Patriots 13–3 Los Angeles RamsFinal

New England Patriots: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalNew England Patriots 41–28 Los Angeles Chargers
  2. Conference championshipNew England Patriots 37–31 Kansas City Chiefs
  3. Super BowlNew England Patriots 13–3 Los Angeles Rams

The three closest games

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

  1. 1-point margin · Wild CardPhiladelphia Eagles 16–15 Chicago Bears
  2. 2-point margin · Wild CardDallas Cowboys 24–22 Seattle Seahawks
  3. 3-point margin · Conference championshipLos Angeles Rams 26–23 New Orleans Saints

2018 season, 2019 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 5, 2019 through Feb 3, 2019. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2018 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.