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The record for the most regular season wins by an NFC champion is 15, by the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, the 1985 Chicago Bears and the 2015 Carolina Panthers, each with a 15–1 record in a 16-game season, and the 2024 Detroit Lions with a 15–2 record in a 17-game season.
NFC Championship Game logo, 2008–2010 (Used with old shield since 2005) The structure of the NFL playoffs has changed several times since 1970. At the end of each regular season, the top teams in the NFC qualify for the postseason, including all division champions (three division winners from the 1970–71 to 2001–02 seasons; four since the 2002–03 season) and a set number of "wild card ...
1967 was the first year where a pre-scheduled playoff (rather than regular season results) determined participation in the championship. It also marked the first year in which if there was a tie for first place in a division, the division champion was determined by a system of tiebreakers, rather than via a playoff game (as detailed in the 1933 ...
History of the NFL championship; List of players with most Super Bowl championships; List of AFC champions; List of NFC champions; List of NFL champions from 1920 to 1969; List of AAFC champions; List of Super Bowl records; Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award; List of NFL franchise post-season droughts; List of NFL franchise post-season streaks
Won NFC Championship 14–3 Won Super Bowl VI (vs. Dolphins) 24–3 1972: Washington Redskins (1) 11–3: Won Divisional playoffs 16–3 Won NFC Championship 26–3 Lost Super Bowl VII (vs. Dolphins) 7–14 1973: Dallas Cowboys (6) 10–4: Won Divisional playoffs 27–16 Lost NFC Championship 10–27 1974: St. Louis Cardinals (1)
Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
The NFL championships describes both the Championship games of the National Football League, which ran from 1920 to 1969; and the Super Bowl, which has run from 1966 to the present. Many players and teams have won these championships on multiple occasions, both during the NFL championships and the Super Bowl era.
Team with the lowest regular season winning percentage to reach the NFC Championship Game, 8–7 (0.533) Minnesota Vikings, 1987. Team with the lowest regular season winning percentage to reach the AFC Championship Game, 9–7 (0.563) Seattle Seahawks, 1983 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1984 Indianapolis Colts, 1995 Jacksonville Jaguars, 1996 New York ...