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2014 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2014 NFL season, played in 2015. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

New England Patriots

Defeated Seattle Seahawks 28–24 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
1
Postseason opened
Jan 3, 2015

2014 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. Baltimore Ravens 30–17 Pittsburgh SteelersFinal
  2. Carolina Panthers 27–16 Arizona CardinalsFinal
  3. Indianapolis Colts 26–10 Cincinnati BengalsFinal
  4. Dallas Cowboys 24–20 Detroit LionsFinal

Divisional

  1. New England Patriots 35–31 Baltimore RavensFinal
  2. Seattle Seahawks 31–17 Carolina PanthersFinal
  3. Indianapolis Colts 24–13 Denver BroncosFinal
  4. Green Bay Packers 26–21 Dallas CowboysFinal

Conference championship

  1. New England Patriots 45–7 Indianapolis ColtsFinal
  2. Seattle Seahawks 28–22 Green Bay PackersFinal · overtime

Super Bowl

  1. New England Patriots 28–24 Seattle SeahawksFinal

New England Patriots: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalNew England Patriots 35–31 Baltimore Ravens
  2. Conference championshipNew England Patriots 45–7 Indianapolis Colts
  3. Super BowlNew England Patriots 28–24 Seattle Seahawks

The three closest games

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

  1. 4-point margin · Wild CardDallas Cowboys 24–20 Detroit Lions
  2. 4-point margin · DivisionalNew England Patriots 35–31 Baltimore Ravens
  3. 4-point margin · Super BowlNew England Patriots 28–24 Seattle Seahawks

2014 season, 2015 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 3, 2015 through Feb 1, 2015. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2014 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.