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2019 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2019 NFL season, played in 2020. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

Kansas City Chiefs

Defeated San Francisco 49ers 31–20 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
2
Postseason opened
Jan 4, 2020

2019 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. Houston Texans 22–19 Buffalo BillsFinal · overtime
  2. Tennessee Titans 20–13 New England PatriotsFinal
  3. Minnesota Vikings 26–20 New Orleans SaintsFinal · overtime
  4. Seattle Seahawks 17–9 Philadelphia EaglesFinal

Divisional

  1. Tennessee Titans 28–12 Baltimore RavensFinal
  2. San Francisco 49ers 27–10 Minnesota VikingsFinal
  3. Kansas City Chiefs 51–31 Houston TexansFinal
  4. Green Bay Packers 28–23 Seattle SeahawksFinal

Conference championship

  1. San Francisco 49ers 37–20 Green Bay PackersFinal
  2. Kansas City Chiefs 35–24 Tennessee TitansFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Kansas City Chiefs 31–20 San Francisco 49ersFinal

Kansas City Chiefs: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalKansas City Chiefs 51–31 Houston Texans
  2. Conference championshipKansas City Chiefs 35–24 Tennessee Titans
  3. Super BowlKansas City Chiefs 31–20 San Francisco 49ers

The three closest games

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

  1. 3-point margin · Wild CardHouston Texans 22–19 Buffalo Bills
  2. 5-point margin · DivisionalGreen Bay Packers 28–23 Seattle Seahawks
  3. 6-point margin · Wild CardMinnesota Vikings 26–20 New Orleans Saints

2019 season, 2020 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 4, 2020 through Feb 2, 2020. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2019 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.