2015–16 NFL playoffs
| Dates | January 9 – February 7, 2016 | ||||
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| Season | 2015 | ||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Games played | 11 | ||||
| Super Bowl 50 site | |||||
| Defending champions | New England Patriots | ||||
| Champion | Denver Broncos | ||||
| Runner-up | Carolina Panthers | ||||
| Conference runners-up | |||||
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The National Football League playoffs for the 2015 season began on January 9, 2016. The postseason tournament concluded with Super Bowl 50, on February 7, when the Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
For this year only, the Super Bowl decided not to use a Roman numeral ("L") and instead used the standard numerals "50." According to Jaime Weston, the league's vice president of brand and creative, the primary reason was that the league's graphic designers had difficulty designing a suitable, aesthetically pleasing logo with only the Roman numeral "L".