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2025 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2025 NFL season, played in 2026. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

Seattle Seahawks

Defeated New England Patriots 29–13 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
13
Overtime finishes
2
Postseason opened
Jan 10, 2026

2025 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. Chicago Bears 31–27 Green Bay PackersFinal
  2. Los Angeles Rams 34–31 Carolina PanthersFinal
  3. San Francisco 49ers 23–19 Philadelphia EaglesFinal
  4. New England Patriots 16–3 Los Angeles ChargersFinal
  5. Buffalo Bills 27–24 Jacksonville JaguarsFinal
  6. Houston Texans 30–6 Pittsburgh SteelersFinal

Divisional

  1. Seattle Seahawks 41–6 San Francisco 49ersFinal
  2. Denver Broncos 33–30 Buffalo BillsFinal · overtime
  3. New England Patriots 28–16 Houston TexansFinal
  4. Los Angeles Rams 20–17 Chicago BearsFinal · overtime

Conference championship

  1. Seattle Seahawks 31–27 Los Angeles RamsFinal
  2. New England Patriots 10–7 Denver BroncosFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Seattle Seahawks 29–13 New England PatriotsFinal

Seattle Seahawks: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalSeattle Seahawks 41–6 San Francisco 49ers
  2. Conference championshipSeattle Seahawks 31–27 Los Angeles Rams
  3. Super BowlSeattle Seahawks 29–13 New England Patriots

The three closest games

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

  1. 3-point margin · Wild CardLos Angeles Rams 34–31 Carolina Panthers
  2. 3-point margin · Wild CardBuffalo Bills 27–24 Jacksonville Jaguars
  3. 3-point margin · DivisionalDenver Broncos 33–30 Buffalo Bills

2025 season, 2026 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 10, 2026 through Feb 8, 2026. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2025 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.