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FOOTBALL

NFL Playoffs

By The Associated Press

All Times EST

Wild-card Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 9

Kansas City 30, Houston 0

Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16

Sunday, Jan. 10

Seattle 10, Minnesota 9

Green Bay 35, Washington 18

Divisional Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 16

New England 27, Kansas City 20

Arizona 26, Green Bay 20, OT

Sunday, Jan. 17

Carolina 31, Seattle 24

Denver 23, Pittsburgh 16

Conference Championships

Sunday, Jan. 24

AFC

Denver 20, New England 18

NFC

Carolina 49, Arizona 15

Pro Bowl

Sunday, Jan. 31

At Honolulu

Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 7

At Santa Clara, Calif.

Denver vs. Carolina, 6:30 p.m. (CBS)

AFC Championship

New England 6 3 3 6—18

Denver 7 10 0 3—20

First Quarter

Den—Daniels 21 pass from Manning (McManus kick), 7:32.

NE—S.Jackson 1 run (kick failed), 1:49.

Second Quarter

Den—Daniels 12 pass from Manning (McManus kick), 13:46.

NE—FG Gostkowski 46, 7:02.

Den—FG McManus 52, :33.

Third Quarter

NE—FG Gostkowski 38, 10:26.

Fourth Quarter

Den—FG McManus 31, 10:02.

NE—Gronkowski 4 pass from Brady (pass failed), :12.

A—77,112.

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NE Den

First downs 20 12

Total Net Yards 336 244

Rushes-yards 17-44 30-99

Passing 292 145

Punt Returns 4-48 3-21

Kickoff Returns 1-19

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3

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-12

Comp-Att-Int 27-56-2 17-32-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 4-18 3-31

Punts 6-46.8 9-47.0

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1

Penalties-Yards 7-53 7-51

Time of Possession 30:12 29:48

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—New England, Brady 3-13, Bolden 5-12, White 5-11, S.Jackson 4-8. Denver, Anderson 16-72, Hillman 11-16, Manning 3-11.

PASSING—New England, Brady 27-56-2-310. Denver, Manning 17-32-0-176.

RECEIVING—New England, Gronkowski 8-144, Edelman 7-53, White 5-45, Amendola 5-39, Bolden 2-29. Denver, Sanders 5-62, Anderson 3-18, Daniels 2-33, Norwood 2-16, Thomas 2-12, Caldwell 1-15, Latimer 1-13, Hillman 1-7.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

NFC Championship

Arizona 0 7 0 8— 15

Carolina 17 7 10 15—49

First Quarter

Car—FG Gano 45, 9:30.

Car—Ginn Jr. 22 run (Gano kick), 4:31.

Car—Brown 86 pass from Newton (Gano kick), :49.

Second Quarter

Ari—D.Johnson 1 run (Catanzaro kick), 5:44.

Car—Newton 1 run (Gano kick), 1:56.

Third Quarter

Car—FG Gano 21, 7:50.

Car—Newton 12 run (Gano kick), 2:08.

Fourth Quarter

Ari—Fells 21 pass from Palmer (Nelson run), 14:16.

Car—Funchess 5 pass from Newton (Tolbert pass from Newton), 5:26.

Car—Kuechly 22 interception return (Gano kick), 5:11.

A—74,294.

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Ari Car

First downs 21 21

Total Net Yards 287 476

Rushes-yards 16-60 37-152

Passing 227 324

Punt Returns 2-2 2-38

Kickoff Returns 2-45 1-19

Interceptions Ret. 1-72 4-27

Comp-Att-Int 23-41-4 19-28-1

Sacked-Yards Lost 3-8 1-11

Punts 4-48.8 3-39.7

Fumbles-Lost 3-3 0-0

Penalties-Yards 8-51 5-45

Time of Possession 23:21 36:39

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Arizona, D.Johnson 15-60, Ellington 1-0. Carolina, Stewart 19-83, Newton 10-47, Ginn Jr. 1-22, Tolbert 3-4, Anderson 2-(minus 2), Whittaker 2-(minus 2).

PASSING—Arizona, Fitzgerald 0-1-0-0, Palmer 23-40-4-235. Carolina, Newton 19-28-1-335.

RECEIVING—Arizona, D.Johnson 9-68, Fitzgerald 4-30, Floyd 3-37, Fells 2-36, Nelson 2-25, Jo.Brown 2-23, Ja.Brown 1-16. Carolina, Olsen 6-113, Brown 4-113, Ginn Jr. 2-52, Funchess 2-21, Cotchery 2-17, Stewart 2-5, Tolbert 1-14.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

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