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2021 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2021 NFL season, played in 2022. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

Los Angeles Rams

Defeated Cincinnati Bengals 23–20 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
13
Overtime finishes
2
Postseason opened
Jan 15, 2022

2021 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. Cincinnati Bengals 26–19 Las Vegas RaidersFinal
  2. Buffalo Bills 47–17 New England PatriotsFinal
  3. San Francisco 49ers 23–17 Dallas CowboysFinal
  4. Kansas City Chiefs 42–21 Pittsburgh SteelersFinal
  5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31–15 Philadelphia EaglesFinal
  6. Los Angeles Rams 34–11 Arizona CardinalsFinal

Divisional

  1. San Francisco 49ers 13–10 Green Bay PackersFinal
  2. Cincinnati Bengals 19–16 Tennessee TitansFinal
  3. Los Angeles Rams 30–27 Tampa Bay BuccaneersFinal
  4. Kansas City Chiefs 42–36 Buffalo BillsFinal · overtime

Conference championship

  1. Cincinnati Bengals 27–24 Kansas City ChiefsFinal · overtime
  2. Los Angeles Rams 20–17 San Francisco 49ersFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Los Angeles Rams 23–20 Cincinnati BengalsFinal

Los Angeles Rams: path to the title

4 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. Wild CardLos Angeles Rams 34–11 Arizona Cardinals
  2. DivisionalLos Angeles Rams 30–27 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  3. Conference championshipLos Angeles Rams 20–17 San Francisco 49ers
  4. Super BowlLos Angeles Rams 23–20 Cincinnati Bengals

The three closest games

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

  1. 3-point margin · DivisionalSan Francisco 49ers 13–10 Green Bay Packers
  2. 3-point margin · DivisionalCincinnati Bengals 19–16 Tennessee Titans
  3. 3-point margin · DivisionalLos Angeles Rams 30–27 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2021 season, 2022 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 15, 2022 through Feb 13, 2022. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2021 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.