Every 1992 NFL playoff game, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, how far each club went against its record, 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.
Dallas Cowboys won the 1992 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 FiveThirtyEight's openly licensed NFL data except the overtimes, written in from Wikipedia's linescores; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Card Round | Philadelphia Eagles | 36-20 | New Orleans Saints | January 3, 1993 |
| Wild Card Round | Washington Redskins | 24-7 | Minnesota Vikings | January 2, 1993 |
| Wild Card Round | San Diego Chargers | 17-0 | Kansas City Chiefs | January 2, 1993 |
| Wild Card Round | Buffalo Bills | 41-38 in overtime | Houston Oilers | January 3, 1993 |
| Divisional Round | San Francisco 49ers | 20-13 | Washington Redskins | January 9, 1993 |
| Divisional Round | Dallas Cowboys | 34-10 | Philadelphia Eagles | January 10, 1993 |
| Divisional Round | Buffalo Bills | 24-3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | January 9, 1993 |
| Divisional Round | Miami Dolphins | 31-0 | San Diego Chargers | January 10, 1993 |
| Conference Championship | Dallas Cowboys | 30-20 | San Francisco 49ers | January 17, 1993 |
| Conference Championship | Buffalo Bills | 29-10 | Miami Dolphins | January 17, 1993 |
| Super Bowl | Dallas Cowboys | 52-17 | Buffalo Bills | January 31, 1993 |
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, and a standings race and the playoffs that followed it says what each of the three views is for.
The races that filled this bracket: AFC Central AFC East AFC West AFC Wild Card NFC Central NFC East NFC West NFC Wild Card