2016 NFL playoffs and Super Bowl coverage
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Super Bowl 50 is in the books, and the Broncos have their third Lombardi Trophy. Thanks mostly to a suffocating defense, Denver knocked off favored Carolina 24-10.
Whether you want the latest on the Super Bowl or to look back on previous rounds, ESPN has you covered.
Jump to: Super Bowl 50 | NFC championship | AFC championship | AFC divisional round | NFC divisional round | AFC wild card | NFC wild card | Full schedule
Super Bowl 50
Denver Broncos 24, Carolina Panthers 10
Game HQ page | Super Bowl results
- Legwold: Defense powers Broncos, Peyton Manning to Super Bowl 50 win
- Newton: Mistake-prone Panthers lose their identity and flub in Super Bowl 50
- Van Valkenburg: After the perfect ending, what's Peyton Manning's next rodeo?
- O'Connor: If it's up to mom, a Super Bowl win is Peyton's final game
- Clayton: In MVP (coaching) performance, Wade Phillips kicks down the door
- Newton: Cam Newton showing heartache after Super Bowl loss isn't necessarily a bad thing
- Garber: Best and worst of Super Bowl 50
- Merrill: Practice squad WR Jordan Taylor helped Peyton Manning get his game back
- Sando: Offenses set records for futility in Super Bowl 50
- Garber: At long last, DeMarcus Ware wins elusive title
- Reid: Greg Olsen shut down -- and so was the Panthers' offense
- Gutierrez: Grading the Broncos in Super Bowl 50
- Gutierrez: Grading the Panthers in Super Bowl 50
- SportsNation: Social reaction: Steph did not enjoy the outcome of Super Bowl 50
- Kapadia: SB50 from the couch -- Why didn't Cam Newton dive for the fumble?
- ESPN Stats & Information: What were the most impressive stats about the Denver Broncos' Super Bowl win?
- Key injuries in Super Bowl 50
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NFC Championship Game
Carolina Panthers 49, Arizona Cardinals 15
Game HQ page | NFC title game results
- Clayton: A fully-evolved Cam Newton dominates with his arm
- Newton: 'Super Cam' Newton, Panthers advance to Super Bowl with dominating performance
- Weinfuss: Cardinals' Carson Palmer fails on biggest stage of career
- Miller: How Cam Newton and the Panthers beat the Cardinals
- Newton: Five things to know about Philly Brown
- Weinfuss: Tyrann Mathieu's return from ACL injury among biggest offseason questions for Cardinals
AFC Championship Game
Denver Broncos 20, New England Patriots 18
Game HQ page | AFC title game results
- Barnwell: How Denver's coaching retreads toppled the Patriots
- Legwold: Peyton Manning, defense lead Broncos back to second Super Bowl in three years
- MacMullan: Bruising loss showcases Patriots' flaws
- Seifert: Patriots fall as new PAT rule helps determine AFC champion
- Reiss: Tom Brady battered in Patriots' crushing AFC title game loss
- Miller: How Peyton Manning and the Broncos upset the Patriots
- Van Valkenburg: Tom Brady's big reveal
AFC divisional round
New England Patriots 27, Kansas City Chiefs 20
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- Reiss: Pumped-up Tom Brady leads way as he's set to play in 10th AFC title game
- Teicher: Chiefs fail against Patriots to do the things that got them to playoffs
- Seifert: Clock management again bites Chiefs coach Andy Reid
Denver Broncos 23, Pittsburgh Steelers 16
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NFC divisional round
Arizona Cardinals 26, Green Bay Packers 20
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- Weinfuss: Larry Fitzgerald helps Carson Palmer get his first playoff win
- Demovsky: Another Hail Mary couldn't save the Packers from playoff elimination
- Weinfuss: Cardinals star Larry Fitzgerald shines again on big stage
- Demovsky: High highs and low lows for Packers in playoff loss to Cardinals
- Seifert: Carson Palmer rewards the Cardinals' trust
- Wilde: Stuck on sideline, Aaron Rodgers watches Packers' season end ... again
Carolina Panthers 31, Seattle Seahawks 24
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- Newton: Panthers take control of the NFC from Seattle, advance to NFC Championship
- Kapadia: Disastrous first half dooms Seahawks in loss to Panthers
- Cimini: Jermaine Kearse leads Seahawks' unsuccessful rally
- Kapadia: Russell Wilson after loss: We will be back
AFC wild card
Kansas City Chiefs 30, Houston Texans 0
Pittsburgh Steelers 18, Cincinnati Bengals 16
- Fowler: Steelers leave Cincinnati bruised, battered -- and alive in AFC playoffs
- Harvey: Penalties from Vontaze Burfict, Adam Jones, keep Bengals from advancing
- SportsNation: Martavis Bryant's eye-popping touchdown catch in 5 photos
- ESPN Stats & Information: Bengals-Steelers rivalry is a painful one
NFC wild card
Seattle Seahawks 10, Minnesota Vikings 9
- Kapadia: Russell Wilson, Seahawks escape with victory against Vikings
- Goessling: Adrian Peterson's fumbling issues loom large in Vikings' loss to Seahawks
- Kapadia: Three plays that made the difference for the Seahawks
- ESPN Stats & Information: The numbers were very much in Blair Walsh's favor
- Goessling: Offensive line, offensive identity top Vikings' list of offseason questions
Green Bay Packers 35, Washington Redskins 18
- Demovsky: Packers look like a team to fear again after playoff win over Redskins
- Keim: After playoff elimination, Redskins face plenty of work in quest to return
- Keim: Kirk Cousins' contract among issues facing the Washington Redskins this offseason
