1986 NFL playoffs

The New York Giants won Super Bowl XXI over the Denver Broncos, 39-20. The 1986 NFL postseason had 9 games over 4 rounds.

Bracket

Wild Card round

Divisional round

Conference championships

Super Bowl

Los Angeles Rams0Washington Commanders1Washington Commanders1Chicago Bears0New York Giants2Washington Commanders0Kansas City Chiefs0New York Jets1New York Jets0Cleveland Browns1New England Patriots0Denver Broncos1Cleveland Browns0Denver Broncos1ChampionNew York Giants1Denver Broncos0

1986 postseason leaders

Passing yards

  1. 1John ElwayDEN805
  2. 2Bernie KosarCLE748
  3. 3Phil SimmsNYG494
  4. 4Jay SchroederWSH469
  5. 5Jim EverettLAR136

Rushing yards

  1. 1George RogersWSH202
  2. 2Eric DickersonLAR158
  3. 3Kevin MackCLE157
  4. 4John ElwayDEN101
  5. 5Phil SimmsNYG38

Receiving yards

  1. 1Art MonkWSH241
  2. 2Vance JohnsonDEN235
  3. 3Mark BavaroNYG134
  4. 4Ozzie NewsomeCLE114
  5. 5Webster SlaughterCLE106

Super Bowl

New York Giants1-0Denver Broncos

  1. Game 1Jan 25, 1987DEN 20 at NYG 39

New York Giants and Denver Broncos all-time: head to head

Conference championships

New York Giants2-0Washington Commanders

  1. Game 1Jan 11, 1986WSH 0 at NYG 17
  2. Game 2Jan 11, 1987WSH 0 at NYG 17

New York Giants and Washington Commanders all-time: head to head

Denver Broncos1-0Cleveland Browns

  1. Game 1Jan 11, 1987DEN 23 at CLE 20

Denver Broncos and Cleveland Browns all-time: head to head

Divisional round

Cleveland Browns1-0New York Jets

  1. Game 1Jan 3, 1987NYJ 20 at CLE 23

Cleveland Browns and New York Jets all-time: head to head

Wild Card round

New York Jets1-0Kansas City Chiefs

  1. Game 1Dec 28, 1986KC 15 at NYJ 35

New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs all-time: head to head

Rounds are worked out from the bracket: a club’s second series of the postseason is the second round. Game links open the box score where one is on file, and the preview before the first pitch.