What were the conference championship game results?

No. 1 Philadelphia Eagles 31, No. 2 San Francisco 49ers 7 A highly anticipated NFC championship game became largely a letdown because of a blitz of bizarre situations and big-time injuries. Philadelphia dominated in the trenches and beat San Francisco, 31-7, to advance to Super Bowl LVII. The 49ers, which lost two quarterbacks to injury earlier in the year, were decimated at the position Sunday. Brock Purdy suffered an elbow injury, backup Josh Johnson suffered a concussion and the 49ers ultimately had to try to pass with running back Christian McCaffrey. AFC: No. 1 Kansas City Chiefs 23, No. 3 Cincinnati Bengals 20 The Chiefs moved on to play the Eagles in the Super Bowl after a 23-20 win over the visiting Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC championship game. With the contest in Kansas City already having drawn a number of parallels with the 2022 AFC championship game, in which the Bengals staged a second-half comeback against the host Chiefs, it appeared this matchup might also go to overtime. However, a long punt return by Kansas City’s Skyy Moore with less than a minute to play was followed by a scramble by Patrick Mahomes — playing on a badly injured ankle — on which he was shoved from behind by Cincinnati’s Joseph Ossai, drawing a 15-yard penalty. That moved the Chiefs into reasonable, if pressure-packed, field goal range, at which point Harrison Butker connected from 45 yards out with three seconds to play.

What were the divisional-round matchups?

NFC: No. 1 Philadelphia Eagles 38, No. 6 New York Giants 7 The top-seeded Eagles started their playoff run in style, racing out to a 28-0 lead at halftime before finishing off their division rivals from right off the New Jersey Turnpike, beating the Giants for the third time this season. Quarterback Jalen Hurts showed no ill effects from the shoulder injury he suffered late in the regular season, and the Eagles’ running game and defense dominated from start to finish. Philadelphia advanced to its second NFC championship game appearance in the past six seasons. No. 2 San Francisco 49ers 19, No. 5 Dallas Cowboys 12 The Cowboys’ defense may be the toughest the Niners have faced since Purdy took over at quarterback in early December. Scoring didn’t come easy for either team, but San Francisco was able to hold on in the final seconds as the Cowboys drove, needing a touchdown to tie the game and force overtime. AFC: No. 1 Kansas City Chiefs 27, No. 4 Jacksonville Jaguars 20 The Chiefs overcame Mahomes’s ankle injury in the first quarter and held off Trevor Lawrence and the comeback kid Jaguars to advance to their fifth straight AFC championship game . Mahomes threw two touchdown passes, one to Travis Kelce, who set a record for most catches by a tight end in a playoff game with 14. Jacksonville was undone by two fourth-quarter turnovers, including a fumble by wide receiver Jamal Agnew inside the Chiefs’ 5-yard line late in the game. No. 3 Cincinnati Bengals 27, No. 2 Buffalo Bills 10 Last weekend, the Bills made things closer than they should’ve been against the Miami Dolphins and their third-string quarterback, Skylar Thompson, and the Bengals were too much for the team many considered a Super Bowl favorite heading into the season. Joe Burrow threw for 242 yards and two touchdowns , and his banged-up offensive line withstood the Bills’ pass rush. With the Bills’ loss, there was no need for a neutral-site AFC championship game .

What were the first-round matchups?

NFC: No. 2 San Francisco 49ers 41, No. 7 Seattle Seahawks 23 The 49ers carried their winning ways from the regular season straight into the playoffs. Their performance was uneven, but they overwhelmed the Seahawks in the second half to advance. Purdy found the end zone four times, while wideout Deebo Samuel and tailback Christian McCaffrey each added touchdowns. No. 6 New York Giants 31, No. 3 Minnesota Vikings 24 The Giants added another achievement to their return-to-prominence season, continuing their dramatic turnaround under first-year coach Brian Daboll with a win over the Vikings — the first of any team on the road in these playoffs. Quarterback Daniel Jones threw for 301 yards and two touchdowns, and added 78 rushing yards. Tailback Saquon Barkley had a pair of touchdowns. No. 5 Dallas Cowboys 31, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 The Cowboys secured their first postseason road victory in three decades in what may have been Tom Brady’s final game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, or even in pro football entirely. Dak Prescott threw four touchdown passes and ran for one in a 31-14 win . The Cowboys scored the game’s first 24 points and never looked back, overcoming a league-record four missed extra points by kicker Brett Maher. AFC: No. 2 Buffalo Bills 34, No. 7 Miami Dolphins 31 The Bills scored the first 17 points against the Dolphins, then committed blunders that allowed Miami — led by third-string rookie Skylar Thompson, starting in place of injured quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Teddy Bridgewater — to grab a second-half lead. But Buffalo regrouped in time to prevail, as Josh Allen threw for 352 yards and three touchdowns and helped the Bills to a win . No. 3 Cincinnati Bengals 24, No. 6 Baltimore Ravens 17 Little came easily for the Bengals as they began their postseason bid to reach another Super Bowl. The Lamar Jackson-less Ravens proved a tougher test than expected. But Burrow delivered, even while playing with a depleted offensive line, and a 98-yard fumble return by defensive end Sam Hubbard helped secure Cincinnati’s spot in the divisional round . No. 4 Jacksonville Jaguars 31, No. 5 Los Angeles Chargers 30 Lawrence and the Jaguars used one of the worst halves ever played in the NFL postseason to set up one of the greatest playoff comebacks . The Chargers scored the game’s first 27 points — capitalizing on Lawrence’s four interceptions and several other blunders — but Jacksonville regrouped and stormed back to win on a last-second field goal.

How were postseason teams seeded?

In a format introduced after the 2020 regular season, seven teams from each conference make the playoffs — four division winners, plus three wild-card teams determined by the best records among non-division winners. The top four seeds are given to the division winners, with the team with the best record in each conference receiving a first-round bye to the divisional round. After each round, the playoff bracket is shuffled so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in each conference.

How was the postseason format changed for this season?

After the NFL decided not to reschedule the suspended Week 17 game between the Bills and Bengals, it adjusted its playoff format in an attempt to address the competitive inequities arising from that cancellation. Under the revised system, the AFC championship game would have been played at a neutral site if both the Chiefs and Bills advanced. The NFL announced that the designated site would be Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. After the Bills lost to the Bengals in the divisional round, the neutral-site plan will not go into effect.

Who got first-round byes?

In the NFC, the Eagles succeeded Jan. 8 on their third try to clinch the NFC East and a first-round bye. The previous two weekends, Philadelphia lost without Hurts, who returned from a shoulder injury in the Eagles’ regular season finale. In the AFC, the Chiefs earned the No. 1 seed by virtue of their 31-13 victory Jan. 7 over the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Super Bowl LVII will air on Fox on Feb. 12 and stream on the Fox Sports app.

The NFL playoffs crowned conference champions. Here’s what you need to know.

By Washington Post Staff

Updated January 29, 2023 at 10:19 p.m. EST|Published January 8, 2023 at 8:03 p.m. EST

The Eagles and Chiefs will meet in the Super Bowl.

The NFL playoffs continued Sunday with the two conference championship games, and the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs will meet in Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12 in Glendale, Ariz.

Here is what you need to know about the first three rounds of the postseason:

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