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2020 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2020 NFL season, played in 2021. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Defeated Kansas City Chiefs 31–9 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
13
Overtime finishes
0
Postseason opened
Jan 9, 2021

2020 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. Buffalo Bills 27–24 Indianapolis ColtsFinal
  2. Los Angeles Rams 30–20 Seattle SeahawksFinal
  3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31–23 WashingtonFinal
  4. New Orleans Saints 21–9 Chicago BearsFinal
  5. Baltimore Ravens 20–13 Tennessee TitansFinal
  6. Cleveland Browns 48–37 Pittsburgh SteelersFinal

Divisional

  1. Green Bay Packers 32–18 Los Angeles RamsFinal
  2. Buffalo Bills 17–3 Baltimore RavensFinal
  3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30–20 New Orleans SaintsFinal
  4. Kansas City Chiefs 22–17 Cleveland BrownsFinal

Conference championship

  1. Kansas City Chiefs 38–24 Buffalo BillsFinal
  2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31–26 Green Bay PackersFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31–9 Kansas City ChiefsFinal

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: path to the title

4 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. Wild CardTampa Bay Buccaneers 31–23 Washington
  2. DivisionalTampa Bay Buccaneers 30–20 New Orleans Saints
  3. Conference championshipTampa Bay Buccaneers 31–26 Green Bay Packers
  4. Super BowlTampa Bay Buccaneers 31–9 Kansas City Chiefs

The three closest games

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

  1. 3-point margin · Wild CardBuffalo Bills 27–24 Indianapolis Colts
  2. 5-point margin · DivisionalKansas City Chiefs 22–17 Cleveland Browns
  3. 5-point margin · Conference championshipTampa Bay Buccaneers 31–26 Green Bay Packers

2020 season, 2021 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 9, 2021 through Feb 7, 2021. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2020 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.