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The start times for the Conference Championship Games were also changed, from 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. EST to 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. respectively. The conferences would then begin to annually alternate between the early and late games, with the first game during this 2002–03 season being the NFC title game and the second the AFC title game. Since ...
The redesigned Lamar Hunt Trophy, awarded since 2010–11 season. The structure of the NFL playoffs has changed several times since 1970. At the end of each regular season, the top teams in the AFC 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" teams ...
The Steelers were coming off a 13–3 record in 2001 and making an appearance in the AFC Championship game. The team failed to improve their 13–3 record, finishing 10–5–1, although this record was good enough for a division championship. With their finish, the Steelers became the first champions of the newly created AFC North.
The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games met in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the championship round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference. [10]
The 2001 NFC wild card game between the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers shares the title of the best wild card round matchup by record (along with the 1999 AFC Wild Card, between the 11-5 Buffalo Bills and 13-3 Tennessee Titans, and 2020 AFC Wild Card between the 11-5 Indianapolis Colts and 13-3 Buffalo Bills), with a combined mark of ...
Bill Belichick has been the head coach for nine AFC championship teams. [6] Don Shula and Andy Reid have each been the head coach of five AFC championship teams. [7] [8] Chuck Noll and Marv Levy each coached four AFC champions. [4] [9] Tom Brady has been the starting quarterback for nine AFC championship teams, more than any other quarterback. [6]
The two teams met again in that year's AFC Championship Game where the Bills won their fourth straight AFC Championship by a score of 30–13. Montana would suffer a concussion on a three-way sack from Bruce Smith , Phil Hansen , and Jeff Wright , early in the third quarter, which forced Chiefs backup quarterback Dave Krieg into the game.
Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV; Division leaders: 1 [a]: Oakland Raiders: West 11: 5: 0.688 4–2: 9–3.529.531 2 [a]: Tennessee Titans: South 11: 5: 0.688 6–0: 9–3.479