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2013 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2013 NFL season, played in 2014. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

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Seattle Seahawks

Defeated Denver Broncos 43–8 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
0
Postseason opened
Jan 4, 2014

2013 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 Orleans Saints 26–24 Philadelphia EaglesFinal
  2. Indianapolis Colts 45–44 Kansas City ChiefsFinal
  3. San Francisco 49ers 23–20 Green Bay PackersFinal
  4. San Diego Chargers 27–10 Cincinnati BengalsFinal

Divisional

  1. Seattle Seahawks 23–15 New Orleans SaintsFinal
  2. New England Patriots 43–22 Indianapolis ColtsFinal
  3. San Francisco 49ers 23–10 Carolina PanthersFinal
  4. Denver Broncos 24–17 San Diego ChargersFinal

Conference championship

  1. Denver Broncos 26–16 New England PatriotsFinal
  2. Seattle Seahawks 23–17 San Francisco 49ersFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Seattle Seahawks 43–8 Denver BroncosFinal

Seattle Seahawks: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalSeattle Seahawks 23–15 New Orleans Saints
  2. Conference championshipSeattle Seahawks 23–17 San Francisco 49ers
  3. Super BowlSeattle Seahawks 43–8 Denver Broncos

The three closest games

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

  1. 1-point margin · Wild CardIndianapolis Colts 45–44 Kansas City Chiefs
  2. 2-point margin · Wild CardNew Orleans Saints 26–24 Philadelphia Eagles
  3. 3-point margin · Wild CardSan Francisco 49ers 23–20 Green Bay Packers

2013 season, 2014 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 4, 2014 through Feb 2, 2014. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2013 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.