Every 2000 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.
Baltimore Ravens won the 2000 title from a regular season record of 12-4. 12 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 4 rounds. Every game below is taken from the nflverse open data project; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Card Round | Baltimore Ravens | 21-3 | Denver Broncos | December 31, 2000 |
| Wild Card Round | Miami Dolphins | 23-17 | Indianapolis Colts | December 30, 2000 |
| Wild Card Round | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | December 31, 2000 |
| Wild Card Round | New Orleans Saints | 31-28 | St. Louis Rams | December 30, 2000 |
| Divisional Round | Baltimore Ravens | 24-10 | Tennessee Titans | January 7, 2001 |
| Divisional Round | New York Giants | 20-10 | Philadelphia Eagles | January 7, 2001 |
| Divisional Round | Oakland Raiders | 27-0 | Miami Dolphins | January 6, 2001 |
| Divisional Round | Minnesota Vikings | 34-16 | New Orleans Saints | January 6, 2001 |
| Conference Championship | Baltimore Ravens | 16-3 | Oakland Raiders | January 14, 2001 |
| Conference Championship | New York Giants | 41-0 | Minnesota Vikings | January 14, 2001 |
| Super Bowl | Baltimore Ravens | 34-7 | New York Giants | January 28, 2001 |
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