(01-13-2026, 05:44 PM)Giants Wrote: The Patriots won a playoff game in 1963 in the AFL. If we are counting AAFC playoff wins, we have to count AFL playoff wins.
Patriots postseason results by season (AFL + NFL); Season; Playoff record; What happened (each game)
1963 (AFL) 1–1, Beat Bills 26–8 (AFL Divisional); Lost to Chargers 10–51 (AFL Championship)
1976 0–1Lost to Raiders 21–24 (AFC Divisional)
1978 0–1 Lost to Oilers 14–31 (AFC Divisional)
1982 0–1 Lost to Dolphins 13–28 (First Round Playoff)
1985 3–1 Beat Jets 26–14 (WC); Beat Raiders 27–20 (Div); Beat Dolphins 31–14 (AFC Champ); Lost to Bears 10–46 (Super Bowl XX)
1986 0–1 Lost to Broncos 17–22 (AFC Divisional)
1994 0–1 Lost to Browns 13–20 (WC)
1996 2–1 Beat Steelers 28–3 (Div); Beat Jaguars 20–6 (AFC Champ); Lost to Packers 21–35 (Super Bowl XXXI)
1997 1–1 Beat Dolphins 17–3 (WC); Lost to Steelers 6–7 (Div)
1998 0–1 Lost to Jaguars 10–25 (WC)
2001 3–0 Beat Raiders 16–13 OT (Div); Beat Steelers 24–17 (AFC Champ); Beat Rams 20–17 (Super Bowl XXXVI)
2003 3–0 Beat Titans 17–14 (Div); Beat Colts 24–14 (AFC Champ); Beat Panthers 32–29 (Super Bowl XXXVIII)
2004 3–0 Beat Colts 20–3 (Div); Beat Steelers 41–27 (AFC Champ); Beat Eagles 24–21 (Super Bowl XXXIX)
2005 1–1 Beat Jaguars 28–3 (WC); Lost to Broncos 13–27 (Div)
2006 2–1 Beat Jets 37–16 (WC); Beat Chargers 24–21 (Div); Lost to Colts 34–38 (AFC Champ)
2007 2–1 Beat Jaguars 31–20 (Div); Beat Chargers 21–12 (AFC Champ); Lost to Giants 14–17 (Super Bowl XLII)
2009 0–1 Lost to Ravens 14–33 (WC)
2010 0–1 Lost to Jets 21–28 (Div)
2011 2–1 Beat Broncos 45–10 (Div); Beat Ravens 23–20 (AFC Champ); Lost to Giants 17–21 (Super Bowl XLVI)
2012 1–1 Beat Texans 41–28 (Div); Lost to Ravens 13–28 (AFC Champ)
2013 1–1 Beat Colts 43–22 (Div); Lost to Broncos 16–26 (AFC Champ)
2014 3–0 Beat Ravens 35–31 (Div); Beat Colts 45–7 (AFC Champ); Beat Seahawks 28–24 (Super Bowl XLIX)
2015 1–1 Beat Chiefs 27–20 (Div); Lost to Broncos 18–20 (AFC Champ)
2016 3–0 Beat Texans 34–16 (Div); Beat Steelers 36–17 (AFC Champ); Beat Falcons 34–28 OT (Super Bowl LI)
2017 2–1 Beat Titans 35–14 (Div); Beat Jaguars 24–20 (AFC Champ); Lost to Eagles 33–41 (Super Bowl LII)
2018 3–0 Beat Chargers 41–28 (Div); Beat Chiefs 37–31 OT (AFC Champ); Beat Rams 13–3 (Super Bowl LIII)
2019 0–1 Lost to Titans 13–20 (WC)
2021 0–1 Lost to Bills 17–47 (WC)
2025 1–0 (so far) Beat Chargers 16–3 (WC)
Total: add up the season-by-season wins above and you land on 38.
San Francisco 49ers — postseason wins (incl. AAFC since WWII) + year-by-year playoff results
Franchise postseason wins (AAFC + NFL combined): 40
- AAFC postseason: 1–1
- NFL postseason: 39–24
- Combined postseason: 40–25 (Stats noted as current as of Jan 11, 2026 on the seasons page.)
49ers postseason seasons (game-by-game, incl. AAFC)
- 1949 (AAFC): L AAFC Championship (Browns) 7–21; W AAFC Third Place (Bills) 9–7
- 1957: L Western Conf. Playoff (at Lions) 27–31
- 1970: W Divisional (Vikings) 17–14; L NFC Championship (Cowboys) 10–17
- 1971: W Divisional (at Redskins) 24–20; L NFC Championship (Cowboys) 3–14
- 1972: L Divisional (Cowboys) 28–30
- 1981: W Divisional (Giants) 38–24; W NFC Champ (Cowboys) 28–27; W Super Bowl XVI (Bengals) 26–21
- 1982: L Divisional (Lions) 23–27
- 1983: W Divisional (Lions) 24–23; L NFC Champ (Redskins) 21–24
- 1984: W Divisional (Giants) 21–10; W NFC Champ (Bears) 23–0; W Super Bowl XIX (Dolphins) 38–16
- 1987: L Divisional (Vikings) 24–36
- 1988: W Divisional (Vikings) 34–9; W NFC Champ (Bears) 28–3; W Super Bowl XXIII (Bengals) 20–16
- 1989: W Divisional (Vikings) 41–13; W NFC Champ (Rams) 30–3; W Super Bowl XXIV (Broncos) 55–10
- 1990: W Divisional (Redskins) 28–10; L NFC Champ (Giants) 13–15
- 1992: W Divisional (Redskins) 20–13; L NFC Champ (Cowboys) 20–30
- 1993: W Divisional (Giants) 44–3; L NFC Champ (at Cowboys) 21–38
- 1994: W Divisional (Bears) 44–15; W NFC Champ (Cowboys) 38–28; W Super Bowl XXIX (Chargers) 49–26
- 1995: L Divisional (Packers) 17–27
- 1996: W Wild Card (Eagles) 14–0; L Divisional (at Packers) 14–35
- 1997: W Divisional (Vikings) 38–22; L NFC Champ (Packers) 10–23
- 1998: W Wild Card (Packers) 30–27; L Divisional (at Falcons) 18–20
- 2001: L Wild Card (at Packers) 15–25
- 2002: W Wild Card (Giants) 39–38; L Divisional (at Buccaneers) 6–31
- 2011: W Divisional (Saints) 36–32; L NFC Champ (Giants) 17–20 (OT)
- 2012: W Divisional (Packers) 45–31; W NFC Champ (at Falcons) 28–24; L Super Bowl XLVII (Ravens) 31–34
- 2013: W Wild Card (at Packers) 23–20; W Divisional (at Panthers) 23–10; L NFC Champ (at Seahawks) 17–23
- 2019: W Divisional (Vikings) 27–10; W NFC Champ (Packers) 37–20; L Super Bowl LIV (Chiefs) 20–31
- 2021: W Wild Card (at Cowboys) 23–17; W Divisional (at Packers) 13–10; L NFC Champ (at Rams) 17–20
- 2022: W Wild Card (Seahawks) 41–23; W Divisional (Cowboys) 19–12; L NFC Champ (at Eagles) 7–31
- 2023: W Divisional (Packers) 24–21; W NFC Champ (Lions) 34–31; L Super Bowl LVIII (Chiefs) 22–25 (OT)
- 2025: W Wild Card (at Eagles) 23–19; TBD Divisional (at Seahawks)
Incidentally, the Packers have won 37 playoff games in their entire history, and the Bears have won a meager 18 games across their Super Bowl win and six pre-Super Bowl NFLchampionships (1963, 1946, 1943, 1941, 1940, 1933, and 1932; and 1921's APFA championship (the first two years of pro football prior to the NFL it was the American Professional Football Association).
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