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2005 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2005 NFL season, played in 2006. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

Pittsburgh Steelers

Defeated Seattle Seahawks 21–10 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
0
Postseason opened
Jan 7, 2006

2005 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. New England Patriots 28–3 Jacksonville JaguarsFinal
  2. Washington 17–10 Tampa Bay BuccaneersFinal
  3. Pittsburgh Steelers 31–17 Cincinnati BengalsFinal
  4. Carolina Panthers 23–0 New York GiantsFinal

Divisional

  1. Seattle Seahawks 20–10 WashingtonFinal
  2. Denver Broncos 27–13 New England PatriotsFinal
  3. Carolina Panthers 29–21 Chicago BearsFinal
  4. Pittsburgh Steelers 21–18 Indianapolis ColtsFinal

Conference championship

  1. Seattle Seahawks 34–14 Carolina PanthersFinal
  2. Pittsburgh Steelers 34–17 Denver BroncosFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Pittsburgh Steelers 21–10 Seattle SeahawksFinal

Pittsburgh Steelers: path to the title

4 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. Wild CardPittsburgh Steelers 31–17 Cincinnati Bengals
  2. DivisionalPittsburgh Steelers 21–18 Indianapolis Colts
  3. Conference championshipPittsburgh Steelers 34–17 Denver Broncos
  4. Super BowlPittsburgh Steelers 21–10 Seattle Seahawks

The three closest games

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

  1. 3-point margin · DivisionalPittsburgh Steelers 21–18 Indianapolis Colts
  2. 7-point margin · Wild CardWashington 17–10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  3. 8-point margin · DivisionalCarolina Panthers 29–21 Chicago Bears

2005 season, 2006 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 7, 2006 through Feb 5, 2006. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2005 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.