Every 2006 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.
Indianapolis Colts won the 2006 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 | Indianapolis Colts | 23-8 | Kansas City Chiefs | January 6, 2007 |
| Wild Card Round | New England Patriots | 37-16 | New York Jets | January 7, 2007 |
| Wild Card Round | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-20 | New York Giants | January 7, 2007 |
| Wild Card Round | Seattle Seahawks | 21-20 | Dallas Cowboys | January 6, 2007 |
| Divisional Round | New England Patriots | 24-21 | San Diego Chargers | January 14, 2007 |
| Divisional Round | Indianapolis Colts | 15-6 | Baltimore Ravens | January 13, 2007 |
| Divisional Round | Chicago Bears | 27-24 | Seattle Seahawks | January 14, 2007 |
| Divisional Round | New Orleans Saints | 27-24 | Philadelphia Eagles | January 13, 2007 |
| Conference Championship | Chicago Bears | 39-14 | New Orleans Saints | January 21, 2007 |
| Conference Championship | Indianapolis Colts | 38-34 | New England Patriots | January 21, 2007 |
| Super Bowl | Indianapolis Colts | 29-17 | Chicago Bears | February 4, 2007 |
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