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{{infobox American football tournament season
|title = NFL playoffs
|year = 2020–21
|dates = January 9 – February 7, 2021
|season = {{nfly|2020}}
|num_teams = 14
|matches = 13
|title game name = [[Super Bowl LV]]
|stadium = [[Raymond James Stadium]]
|location = [[Tampa, Florida]]
|defending champions = [[2020 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]]
|champions = [[2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]
|runner-up = [[2020 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]]
|conf-runner-up1 = [[2020 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]]
|conf-runner-up2 = [[2020 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]
|seasonslistnames = [[NFL playoffs]]
|prevseason = [[2019–20 NFL playoffs|2019–20]]
|nextseason = [[2021–22 NFL playoffs|2021–22]]
}}
The '''2020–21 NFL playoffs''' was the [[NFL playoffs|playoff tournament]] for the [[2020 NFL season|2020 season]]. It began on January 9, 2021 and ended with the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] becoming champions by defeating the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] in [[Super Bowl LV]] on February 7 at [[Raymond James Stadium]] in [[Tampa, Florida]].

==Participants==
{{NFL seeds 2020-
 | AFC 1 = Kansas City Chiefs
 | AFC 1 div = West
 | AFC 2 = Buffalo Bills
 | AFC 2 div = East
 | AFC 3 = Pittsburgh Steelers
 | AFC 3 div = North
 | AFC 4 = Tennessee Titans
 | AFC 4 div = South
 | AFC 5 = Baltimore Ravens
 | AFC 6 = Cleveland Browns
 | AFC 7 = Indianapolis Colts
 | NFC 1 = Green Bay Packers
 | NFC 1 div = North
 | NFC 2 = New Orleans Saints
 | NFC 2 div = South
 | NFC 3 = Seattle Seahawks
 | NFC 3 div = West
 | NFC 4 = Washington Football Team
 | NFC 4 div = East
 | NFC 5 = Tampa Bay Buccaneers
 | NFC 6 = Los Angeles Rams
 | NFC 7 = Chicago Bears
 | reference = 
 | year = 2020
}}

===Bracket===
{{2020–21 NFL playoffs}}

==Schedule==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Away team !! Score !! Home Team !! Date !! Kickoff<ref>{{Cite web|title=18 teams remain in the playoff picture... who will make it to #SuperWildCard weekend? #NFLPlayoffs|url=https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1345059867405389824|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=twitter.com}}</ref><br>([[Eastern Time Zone|ET]] / [[UTC−05:00|UTC–5]]) !! TV<ref name=":0">{{cite news|author=Around the NFL staff|title=NFL announces schedule for Super Wild Card Weekend|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-2021-postseason-schedule|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=NFL.com|date=January 3, 2021|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=SUPER WILD CARD WEEKEND SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED|url=https://nflcommunications.com/Pages/SUPER-WILD-CARD-WEEKEND-SCHEDULE-ANNOUNCED.aspx|publisher=NFL Enterprises|website=NFLCommunications.com|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Around the NFL staff|title=NFL announces playoff game schedule for Divisional Round|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-announces-playoff-game-schedule-for-divisional-round|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=NFL.com|date=January 10, 2021|access-date=January 10, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="6" |Wild Card playoffs
|-
| [[2020 Indianapolis Colts season|Indianapolis Colts]] || [[#AFC: Buffalo Bills 27, Indianapolis Colts 24|24–27]] || '''[[2020 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]]''' || January 9, 2021 || 1:05&nbsp;p.m. || [[NFL on CBS|CBS]]
|-
| '''[[2020 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]]''' || [[#NFC: Los Angeles Rams 30, Seattle Seahawks 20|30–20]] || [[2020 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]] || January 9, 2021 || 4:40&nbsp;p.m. || [[NFL on Fox|Fox]]
|-
| '''[[2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]''' || [[#NFC: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31, Washington Football Team 23|31–23]] || [[2020 Washington Football Team season|Washington Football Team]] || January 9, 2021 || 8:15&nbsp;p.m. || [[NFL on NBC|NBC]]
|-
| '''[[2020 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]]''' || [[#AFC: Baltimore Ravens 20, Tennessee Titans 13|20–13]] || [[2020 Tennessee Titans season|Tennessee Titans]] || January 10, 2021 || 1:05&nbsp;p.m. || [[NFL on ABC|ABC]]/[[Monday Night Football|ESPN]]
|-
| [[2020 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] || [[#NFC: New Orleans Saints 21, Chicago Bears 9|9–21]] || '''[[2020 New Orleans Saints season|New Orleans Saints]]''' || January 10, 2021 || 4:40&nbsp;p.m. || [[NFL on CBS|CBS]]/[[NFL on Nickelodeon|Nick]]
|-
| '''[[2020 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]''' || [[#AFC: Cleveland Browns 48, Pittsburgh Steelers 37|48–37]] || [[2020 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]] || January 10, 2021 || 8:15&nbsp;p.m. || [[NBC Sunday Night Football|NBC]]
|-
! colspan="6" |Divisional playoffs
|-
| Los Angeles Rams || [[#NFC: Green Bay Packers 32, Los Angeles Rams 18|18–32]] || '''[[2020 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]''' || January 16, 2021 || 4:35&nbsp;p.m. || [[NFL on Fox|Fox]]
|-
| Baltimore Ravens || [[#AFC: Buffalo Bills 17, Baltimore Ravens 3|3–17]] || '''Buffalo Bills''' || January 16, 2021 || 8:15&nbsp;p.m. || [[NBC Sunday Night Football|NBC]]
|-
| Cleveland Browns || [[#AFC: Kansas City Chiefs 22, Cleveland Browns 17|17–22]] || '''[[2020 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]]''' || January 17, 2021 || 3:05&nbsp;p.m. || [[NFL on CBS|CBS]]
|-
| '''Tampa Bay Buccaneers''' || [[#NFC: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30, New Orleans Saints 20|30–20]] || New Orleans Saints || January 17, 2021 || 6:40&nbsp;p.m. || [[NFL on Fox|Fox]]
|-
! colspan="6" |Conference Championships
|-
| '''Tampa Bay Buccaneers''' || [[#NFC: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31, Green Bay Packers 26|31–26]] || Green Bay Packers || January 24, 2021 || 3:05&nbsp;p.m. || [[NFL on Fox|Fox]]
|-
| Buffalo Bills || [[#AFC: Kansas City Chiefs 38, Buffalo Bills 24|24–38]] || '''Kansas City Chiefs''' || January 24, 2021 || 6:40&nbsp;p.m. || [[NFL on CBS|CBS]]
|-
! colspan="6" |[[Super Bowl LV]]<br><small>[[Raymond James Stadium]], Tampa, Florida</small>
|-
| Kansas City Chiefs || [[#Super Bowl LV: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31, Kansas City Chiefs 9|9–31]] || '''Tampa Bay Buccaneers''' || February 7, 2021 || 6:30&nbsp;p.m. || [[NFL on CBS|CBS]]
|}

==References==
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