Every 1991 NFL playoff game, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
Washington Redskins won the 1991 title from a regular season record of 14-2. 12 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 4 rounds. Every game below is taken from FiveThirtyEight's openly licensed NFL data and the devstopfix results set; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Card Round | Dallas Cowboys | 17-13 | Chicago Bears | December 29, 1991 |
| Wild Card Round | Houston Oilers | 17-10 | New York Jets | December 29, 1991 |
| Wild Card Round | Atlanta Falcons | 27-20 | New Orleans Saints | December 28, 1991 |
| Wild Card Round | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-6 | Los Angeles Raiders | December 28, 1991 |
| Divisional Round | Washington Redskins | 24-7 | Atlanta Falcons | January 4, 1992 |
| Divisional Round | Buffalo Bills | 37-14 | Kansas City Chiefs | January 5, 1992 |
| Divisional Round | Denver Broncos | 26-24 | Houston Oilers | January 4, 1992 |
| Divisional Round | Detroit Lions | 38-6 | Dallas Cowboys | January 5, 1992 |
| Conference Championship | Washington Redskins | 41-10 | Detroit Lions | January 12, 1992 |
| Conference Championship | Buffalo Bills | 10-7 | Denver Broncos | January 12, 1992 |
| Super Bowl | Washington Redskins | 37-24 | Buffalo Bills | January 26, 1992 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.
The races that filled this bracket: AFC Wild Card NFC Wild Card