Every 2015 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.
Denver Broncos won the 2015 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 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 18-16 | Cincinnati Bengals | January 9, 2016 |
| Wild Card Round | Kansas City Chiefs | 30-0 | Houston Texans | January 9, 2016 |
| Wild Card Round | Seattle Seahawks | 10-9 | Minnesota Vikings | January 10, 2016 |
| Wild Card Round | Green Bay Packers | 35-18 | Washington Redskins | January 10, 2016 |
| Divisional Round | Carolina Panthers | 31-24 | Seattle Seahawks | January 17, 2016 |
| Divisional Round | Arizona Cardinals | 26-20 | Green Bay Packers | January 16, 2016 |
| Divisional Round | Denver Broncos | 23-16 | Pittsburgh Steelers | January 17, 2016 |
| Divisional Round | New England Patriots | 27-20 | Kansas City Chiefs | January 16, 2016 |
| Conference Championship | Carolina Panthers | 49-15 | Arizona Cardinals | January 24, 2016 |
| Conference Championship | Denver Broncos | 20-18 | New England Patriots | January 24, 2016 |
| Super Bowl | Denver Broncos | 24-10 | Carolina Panthers | February 7, 2016 |
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