Sports Media Report
San Francisco, with an NFC-best 12-5 regular season mark and 17-14 victory over Baltimore in the championship, reigned supreme as Strat-O-Matic (@StratOMatic), the market leader in sports simulation, played out the 2023 football season through the playoffs. A 59-yard field goal attempt by Justin Tucker missed wide in the final minute to secure the sixth title for S.F.
San Francisco bested AFC #1 Baltimore after defeating Philadelphia in the conference championship game, 27-7. Baltimore outlasted rival Pittsburgh, 40-33, in the AFC title game.
Josh Allen, who paced the Bills to a 13-4 mark and #2 seed in the AFC with 4,259 passing yards, 814 rushing yards and 40 touchdowns total, earned MVP honors, edging Aaron Rodgers, who helped New York to 10 wins, throwing for 4,827 yards and 37 touchdowns.
Justin Jefferson of Minnesota had a league-best 115 receptions and 1,543 yards.
Division winners were: AFC, Buffalo (13-4), Baltimore (13-4), Tennessee (10-7) and Kansas City (10-7); NFC, Dallas (10-7), Green Bay (10-7), Atlanta (9-8) and San Francisco (12-5).
Full standings and playoffs scores below:
AFC East
Buffalo, 13-4
New York, 10-7
Miami, 9-8
New England, 5-12
AFC North
Baltimore, 13-4
Pittsburgh, 12- 5
Cleveland, 9-8
Cincinnati, 8-9
AFC South
Tennessee, 10-7
Jacksonville, 9-8
Houston, 8-9
Indianapolis, 4-13
AFC West
Kansas City, 10-7
Las Vegas, 9-8
Los Angeles, 8-9
Denver, 8-9
NFC East
Dallas, 10-7
Philadelphia, 10-7
New York, 8-9
Washington, 7-10
NFC North
Green Bay, 10-7
Detroit, 7-10
Minnesota, 7-10
Chicago, 5-12
NFC South
Atlanta, 9-8
Tampa Bay, 9-8
Carolina, 8-9
New Orleans, 7-10
NFC West
San Francisco, 12-5
Seattle, 9-8
Los Angeles, 7-10
Arizona, 2- 15
AFC Wild card
BUF over MIA 24-23
NYJ over KC 31-17
PIT over TEN 17-16
NFC Wild card
DAL over SEA 26-23
TB over GB 34-32
PHI over ATL 17-16
AFC Divisional
BAL over NYJ 33-27 (OT)
PIT over BUF 26-23
NFC Divisional
SF over TB 29-28
PHI over DAL 27-20
AFC Conf Chp
BAL over PIT 40-33
NFC Conf Chp
SF over PHI 27-7
Super Bowl
SF over BAL 17-14
