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2023 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2023 NFL season, played in 2024. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

Kansas City Chiefs

Defeated San Francisco 49ers 25–22 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
13
Overtime finishes
1
Postseason opened
Jan 13, 2024

2023 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 26–7 Miami DolphinsFinal
  2. Houston Texans 45–14 Cleveland BrownsFinal
  3. Green Bay Packers 48–32 Dallas CowboysFinal
  4. Detroit Lions 24–23 Los Angeles RamsFinal
  5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 32–9 Philadelphia EaglesFinal
  6. Buffalo Bills 31–17 Pittsburgh SteelersFinal

Divisional

  1. San Francisco 49ers 24–21 Green Bay PackersFinal
  2. Baltimore Ravens 34–10 Houston TexansFinal
  3. Detroit Lions 31–23 Tampa Bay BuccaneersFinal
  4. Kansas City Chiefs 27–24 Buffalo BillsFinal

Conference championship

  1. San Francisco 49ers 34–31 Detroit LionsFinal
  2. Kansas City Chiefs 17–10 Baltimore RavensFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Kansas City Chiefs 25–22 San Francisco 49ersFinal · overtime

Kansas City Chiefs: path to the title

4 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. Wild CardKansas City Chiefs 26–7 Miami Dolphins
  2. DivisionalKansas City Chiefs 27–24 Buffalo Bills
  3. Conference championshipKansas City Chiefs 17–10 Baltimore Ravens
  4. Super BowlKansas City Chiefs 25–22 San Francisco 49ers

The three closest games

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

  1. 1-point margin · Wild CardDetroit Lions 24–23 Los Angeles Rams
  2. 3-point margin · DivisionalSan Francisco 49ers 24–21 Green Bay Packers
  3. 3-point margin · DivisionalKansas City Chiefs 27–24 Buffalo Bills

2023 season, 2024 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 13, 2024 through Feb 11, 2024. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2023 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.