Every 2001 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.
New England Patriots won the 2001 title from a regular season record of 11-5. 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 | Green Bay Packers | 25-15 | San Francisco 49ers | January 13, 2002 |
| Wild Card Round | Baltimore Ravens | 20-3 | Miami Dolphins | January 13, 2002 |
| Wild Card Round | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-9 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | January 12, 2002 |
| Wild Card Round | Oakland Raiders | 38-24 | New York Jets | January 12, 2002 |
| Divisional Round | St. Louis Rams | 45-17 | Green Bay Packers | January 20, 2002 |
| Divisional Round | Philadelphia Eagles | 33-19 | Chicago Bears | January 19, 2002 |
| Divisional Round | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27-10 | Baltimore Ravens | January 20, 2002 |
| Divisional Round | New England Patriots | 16-13 | Oakland Raiders | January 19, 2002 |
| Conference Championship | St. Louis Rams | 29-24 | Philadelphia Eagles | January 27, 2002 |
| Conference Championship | New England Patriots | 24-17 | Pittsburgh Steelers | January 27, 2002 |
| Super Bowl | New England Patriots | 20-17 | St. Louis Rams | February 3, 2002 |
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