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2006 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2006 NFL season, played in 2007. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

Indianapolis Colts

Defeated Chicago Bears 29–17 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
1
Postseason opened
Jan 6, 2007

2006 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. Seattle Seahawks 21–20 Dallas CowboysFinal
  2. Indianapolis Colts 23–8 Kansas City ChiefsFinal
  3. Philadelphia Eagles 23–20 New York GiantsFinal
  4. New England Patriots 37–16 New York JetsFinal

Divisional

  1. New Orleans Saints 27–24 Philadelphia EaglesFinal
  2. Indianapolis Colts 15–6 Baltimore RavensFinal
  3. Chicago Bears 27–24 Seattle SeahawksFinal · overtime
  4. New England Patriots 24–21 San Diego ChargersFinal

Conference championship

  1. Indianapolis Colts 38–34 New England PatriotsFinal
  2. Chicago Bears 39–14 New Orleans SaintsFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Indianapolis Colts 29–17 Chicago BearsFinal

Indianapolis Colts: path to the title

4 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. Wild CardIndianapolis Colts 23–8 Kansas City Chiefs
  2. DivisionalIndianapolis Colts 15–6 Baltimore Ravens
  3. Conference championshipIndianapolis Colts 38–34 New England Patriots
  4. Super BowlIndianapolis Colts 29–17 Chicago Bears

The three closest games

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

  1. 1-point margin · Wild CardSeattle Seahawks 21–20 Dallas Cowboys
  2. 3-point margin · Wild CardPhiladelphia Eagles 23–20 New York Giants
  3. 3-point margin · DivisionalNew Orleans Saints 27–24 Philadelphia Eagles

2006 season, 2007 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 6, 2007 through Feb 4, 2007. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2006 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.