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2012 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2012 NFL season, played in 2013. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

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Baltimore Ravens

Defeated San Francisco 49ers 34–31 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
1
Postseason opened
Jan 5, 2013

2012 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. Green Bay Packers 24–10 Minnesota VikingsFinal
  2. Houston Texans 19–13 Cincinnati BengalsFinal
  3. Seattle Seahawks 24–14 WashingtonFinal
  4. Baltimore Ravens 24–9 Indianapolis ColtsFinal

Divisional

  1. San Francisco 49ers 45–31 Green Bay PackersFinal
  2. Baltimore Ravens 38–35 Denver BroncosFinal · overtime
  3. New England Patriots 41–28 Houston TexansFinal
  4. Atlanta Falcons 30–28 Seattle SeahawksFinal

Conference championship

  1. San Francisco 49ers 28–24 Atlanta FalconsFinal
  2. Baltimore Ravens 28–13 New England PatriotsFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Baltimore Ravens 34–31 San Francisco 49ersFinal

Baltimore Ravens: path to the title

4 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. Wild CardBaltimore Ravens 24–9 Indianapolis Colts
  2. DivisionalBaltimore Ravens 38–35 Denver Broncos
  3. Conference championshipBaltimore Ravens 28–13 New England Patriots
  4. Super BowlBaltimore Ravens 34–31 San Francisco 49ers

The three closest games

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

  1. 2-point margin · DivisionalAtlanta Falcons 30–28 Seattle Seahawks
  2. 3-point margin · DivisionalBaltimore Ravens 38–35 Denver Broncos
  3. 3-point margin · Super BowlBaltimore Ravens 34–31 San Francisco 49ers

2012 season, 2013 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 5, 2013 through Feb 3, 2013. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2012 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.