Every 2012 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 2012 title from a regular season record of 10-6. 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 | Houston Texans | 19-13 | Cincinnati Bengals | January 5, 2013 |
| Wild Card Round | Green Bay Packers | 24-10 | Minnesota Vikings | January 5, 2013 |
| Wild Card Round | Baltimore Ravens | 24-9 | Indianapolis Colts | January 6, 2013 |
| Wild Card Round | Seattle Seahawks | 24-14 | Washington Redskins | January 6, 2013 |
| Divisional Round | Atlanta Falcons | 30-28 | Seattle Seahawks | January 13, 2013 |
| Divisional Round | Baltimore Ravens | 38-35 | Denver Broncos | January 12, 2013 |
| Divisional Round | New England Patriots | 41-28 | Houston Texans | January 13, 2013 |
| Divisional Round | San Francisco 49ers | 45-31 | Green Bay Packers | January 12, 2013 |
| Conference Championship | San Francisco 49ers | 28-24 | Atlanta Falcons | January 20, 2013 |
| Conference Championship | Baltimore Ravens | 28-13 | New England Patriots | January 20, 2013 |
| Super Bowl | Baltimore Ravens | 34-31 | San Francisco 49ers | February 3, 2013 |
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