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Sudden death overtime was finally approved for the NFL championship game in 1946 [7] and has remained in effect ever since. [8] [9] The first playoff game requiring overtime was the 1958 NFL Championship Game. The 1955 and 1960 NFL championship games were played on Monday afternoons, Christmas having fallen on a Sunday in those years.
The 1920 Akron Pros were named the first APFA (NFL) champions. The National Football League champions, prior to the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1970, were determined by two different systems. The National Football League was established on September 17, 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The APFA changed ...
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.
The College Football Playoff national championship game pits the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish against each other at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday. The Irish ...
NFL expert picks, predictions, lines for the 2022 NFL Championship Sunday: AFC Championship Cincinnati vs Kansas City and NFC Championship San Francisco vs Los Angeles
The five-writer panel for USA TODAY that gives predictions for NFL games is in lockstep this week, predicting a Lions victory and trip to the NFC championship. Three of the writers are predicting ...
The NFL operated in a two-conference system from 1933 to 1966, where the champions of each conference would meet in the NFL Championship Game. If two teams tied for the conference lead, they would meet in a one-game playoff to determine the conference champion. In 1967, the NFL expanded from 15 teams to 16
Here are our staff predictions for who will be the final two teams standing in hopes of raising the Lombardi Trophy: AFC Championship: Chiefs at Ravens, Sunday, 3 p.m. Bert Bainbridge: Ravens