FOOTBALL
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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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.
