Every 2011 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 York Giants won the 2011 title from a regular season record of 9-7. 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 | New Orleans Saints | 45-28 | Detroit Lions | January 7, 2012 |
| Wild Card Round | Denver Broncos | 29-23 | Pittsburgh Steelers | January 8, 2012 |
| Wild Card Round | New York Giants | 24-2 | Atlanta Falcons | January 8, 2012 |
| Wild Card Round | Houston Texans | 31-10 | Cincinnati Bengals | January 7, 2012 |
| Divisional Round | New York Giants | 37-20 | Green Bay Packers | January 15, 2012 |
| Divisional Round | New England Patriots | 45-10 | Denver Broncos | January 14, 2012 |
| Divisional Round | San Francisco 49ers | 36-32 | New Orleans Saints | January 14, 2012 |
| Divisional Round | Baltimore Ravens | 20-13 | Houston Texans | January 15, 2012 |
| Conference Championship | New England Patriots | 23-20 | Baltimore Ravens | January 22, 2012 |
| Conference Championship | New York Giants | 20-17 | San Francisco 49ers | January 22, 2012 |
| Super Bowl | New York Giants | 21-17 | New England Patriots | February 5, 2012 |
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