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2015 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2015 NFL season, played in 2016. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

Denver Broncos

Defeated Carolina Panthers 24–10 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
1
Postseason opened
Jan 9, 2016

2015 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. Kansas City Chiefs 30–0 Houston TexansFinal
  2. Pittsburgh Steelers 18–16 Cincinnati BengalsFinal
  3. Seattle Seahawks 10–9 Minnesota VikingsFinal
  4. Green Bay Packers 35–18 WashingtonFinal

Divisional

  1. Arizona Cardinals 26–20 Green Bay PackersFinal · overtime
  2. New England Patriots 27–20 Kansas City ChiefsFinal
  3. Denver Broncos 23–16 Pittsburgh SteelersFinal
  4. Carolina Panthers 31–24 Seattle SeahawksFinal

Conference championship

  1. Denver Broncos 20–18 New England PatriotsFinal
  2. Carolina Panthers 49–15 Arizona CardinalsFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Denver Broncos 24–10 Carolina PanthersFinal

Denver Broncos: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalDenver Broncos 23–16 Pittsburgh Steelers
  2. Conference championshipDenver Broncos 20–18 New England Patriots
  3. Super BowlDenver Broncos 24–10 Carolina Panthers

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 10–9 Minnesota Vikings
  2. 2-point margin · Wild CardPittsburgh Steelers 18–16 Cincinnati Bengals
  3. 2-point margin · Conference championshipDenver Broncos 20–18 New England Patriots

2015 season, 2016 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 9, 2016 through Feb 7, 2016. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2015 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.