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Season Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.: Team Name of NFC Championship team, linked to the team's championship season : Record Championship team's regular season record wins–losses; if the team played any tie games the record is shown as wins–losses–ties
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 ...
However, only the top two division winners in each conference (the 1 and 2 seeds) received byes and automatically advanced to the Divisional Playoffs as host teams. The 3 seed, the division winner with the worst regular-season record in each conference, would then host the 6 seed in the Wild Card Playoffs. [14] [15] [16]
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)
At the end of each season, the four division winners and three wild cards (non-division winners with best regular season record) in the NFC qualify for the playoffs. The NFC playoffs culminate in the NFC Championship Game with the winner receiving the George S. Halas Trophy. [1] The NFC champion then plays the AFC champion in the Super Bowl.
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 ...
This category lists the seasons of NFL football teams that won the NFC Championship. Pages in category "National Football Conference championship seasons" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.