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2016 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2016 NFL season, played in 2017. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

New England Patriots

Defeated Atlanta Falcons 34–28 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
1
Postseason opened
Jan 7, 2017

2016 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 26–6 Detroit LionsFinal
  2. Houston Texans 27–14 Oakland RaidersFinal
  3. Pittsburgh Steelers 30–12 Miami DolphinsFinal
  4. Green Bay Packers 38–13 New York GiantsFinal

Divisional

  1. New England Patriots 34–16 Houston TexansFinal
  2. Atlanta Falcons 36–20 Seattle SeahawksFinal
  3. Green Bay Packers 34–31 Dallas CowboysFinal
  4. Pittsburgh Steelers 18–16 Kansas City ChiefsFinal

Conference championship

  1. Atlanta Falcons 44–21 Green Bay PackersFinal
  2. New England Patriots 36–17 Pittsburgh SteelersFinal

Super Bowl

  1. New England Patriots 34–28 Atlanta FalconsFinal · overtime

New England Patriots: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalNew England Patriots 34–16 Houston Texans
  2. Conference championshipNew England Patriots 36–17 Pittsburgh Steelers
  3. Super BowlNew England Patriots 34–28 Atlanta Falcons

The three closest games

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

  1. 2-point margin · DivisionalPittsburgh Steelers 18–16 Kansas City Chiefs
  2. 3-point margin · DivisionalGreen Bay Packers 34–31 Dallas Cowboys
  3. 6-point margin · Super BowlNew England Patriots 34–28 Atlanta Falcons

2016 season, 2017 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 7, 2017 through Feb 5, 2017. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2016 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.