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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 ...
Tom Landry was the head coach for five NFC championships, more than any other head coach. Landry coached the Dallas Cowboys to NFC championships in 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977 and 1978. [4] Joe Gibbs coached four NFC champions, and Bud Grant, Bill Walsh and Mike Holmgren each coached three.
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 ...
Most Postseason Games Won, All-Time, 39 [1] San Francisco 49ers, 1946–2024. Most Postseason Home Games Won, All-Time, 23 [2] New England Patriots, 1996–2019. Most Postseason Road Games Won, All-Time, 11 [3] Green Bay Packers, 1944–2016. Most Consecutive Postseason Games Won, 9 [4] Kansas City Chiefs, 2022-2024. Most Consecutive Postseason ...
Two weeks later, the AFC and NFC champions met in the Super Bowl, now the league's championship game. Thus, Super Bowl V in January 1971 was the first Super Bowl played for the NFL title. With the introduction of the wild card, a rule was instituted to prohibit two teams from the same division (champion and wild card) from meeting in the first ...
1998 NFC Championship Game; 2003 NFC Wild Card playoff game (Seattle–Green Bay) 2005 AFC Divisional playoff game (Pittsburgh–Indianapolis) 2006 AFC Divisional playoff game (New England–San Diego) 2014 NFC Championship Game; Dez Caught It; 2018 NFC Championship Game; 2019 NFC Divisional Playoff game (Seattle–Green Bay) 2020 NFC ...
Opponent G Occurrences W L % Philadelphia Eagles: 3 1947, 1948, 2008: 2 1 .667 Green Bay Packers: 3 1982, 2009, 2015: 2 1 .667 Carolina Panthers: 3 2008, 2014, 2015: 1 2 .333 Minnesota Vikings
The 2020 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game was played between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Green Bay Packers on January 24, 2021, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. After signing quarterback Tom Brady and trading for tight end Rob Gronkowski , the Buccaneers went 11–5 and made the playoffs as a Wild Card team.