Every 2013 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.
Seattle Seahawks won the 2013 title from a regular season record of 13-3. 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 | San Francisco 49ers | 23-20 | Green Bay Packers | January 5, 2014 |
| Wild Card Round | San Diego Chargers | 27-10 | Cincinnati Bengals | January 5, 2014 |
| Wild Card Round | Indianapolis Colts | 45-44 | Kansas City Chiefs | January 4, 2014 |
| Wild Card Round | New Orleans Saints | 26-24 | Philadelphia Eagles | January 4, 2014 |
| Divisional Round | Denver Broncos | 24-17 | San Diego Chargers | January 12, 2014 |
| Divisional Round | Seattle Seahawks | 23-15 | New Orleans Saints | January 11, 2014 |
| Divisional Round | San Francisco 49ers | 23-10 | Carolina Panthers | January 12, 2014 |
| Divisional Round | New England Patriots | 43-22 | Indianapolis Colts | January 11, 2014 |
| Conference Championship | Denver Broncos | 26-16 | New England Patriots | January 19, 2014 |
| Conference Championship | Seattle Seahawks | 23-17 | San Francisco 49ers | January 19, 2014 |
| Super Bowl | Seattle Seahawks | 43-8 | Denver Broncos | February 2, 2014 |
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