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Most consecutive league championship game appearances, 6; Cleveland Browns 1950–55. Most Conference Championship Game appearances, 19; San Francisco 49ers 1970–71, 1981, 1983–84, 1988–90, 1992–94, 1997, 2011–13, 2019, 2021–23. Most consecutive Conference Championship Game appearances, 8; New England Patriots 2011–18
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.
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 ...
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. Six NFC champions have won 14 games.
The first-place teams in each conference met in the NFL Championship Game after the season. There was no tie-breaker system in place; any ties in the final standings of either conference resulted in playoff games in 1941, 1943, 1947, 1950 (2), 1952, 1957, 1958, and 1965. Since the venue and date of the championship game were often not known ...
Browns were American Conference Champs 1950–1952 and Eastern Champs 1953–1955. b No NFL Divisions from 1950–1966. Rams were the National Conference Champs in 1950 & 1951. c Super Bowls did not determine AFL or NFL League Champion before 1970 merger. Green Bay won the NFL Championships and the Super Bowls in the 1966 and 1967 seasons.
The television audiences for the NFL playoffs and last Sunday's conference championship games are the highest on record going back to 1988. The Kansas City Chiefs' 17-10 win over the Baltimore ...
NFL championship won in 1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957. ... Divisional appearances Conference Championship appearances Super Bowl appearances Fewest wins short of