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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 Head Coach
Lost NFC Championship (at Cowboys) 47–38 1996: Green Bay Packers (4) 13–3: Won Divisional playoffs 35–14 Won NFC Championship 30–13 Won Super Bowl XXXI (vs. Patriots) 35–21 1997: Green Bay Packers (5) 13–3: Won Divisional playoffs 21–7 Won NFC Championship (at 49ers) 23–10 Lost Super Bowl XXXII (vs. Broncos) 24–31 1998
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 NFC East has a long history of being geographically inaccurate. While the New York Giants, Philadelphia, and Washington are based on the East Coast, Dallas and St. Louis (later Phoenix, then Arizona) remained part of the East from the 1970 merger until 2002 despite being geographically west of most teams in the conference and closer to the ...
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.
Won NFC Championship (at Eagles) 27–10 Won Super Bowl XXXVII (vs. Raiders) 48–21 2003: Carolina Panthers (1) 11–5: Won Wild Card playoffs 29–10 Won Divisional playoffs (at Rams) 29–23 (2OT) Won NFC Championship (at Eagles) 14–3 Lost Super Bowl XXXVIII (vs. Patriots) 29–32 2004: Atlanta Falcons (1) 11–5: Won Divisional playoffs ...
The team reached the NFC Championship game, losing to the San Francisco 49ers 23–0, in 1984. [59] In the 1985 season the fire in the Bears–Packers rivalry was re-lit when Ditka used 315-pound defensive tackle "Refrigerator" Perry as a running back in a touchdown play at Lambeau Field , against the Packers. [ 60 ]
Baseball writers have long posited that the American League East is the toughest division in MLB; [1] [2] during its 50-year existence, an AL East team has gone on to play in the World Series 28 times, and 16 of those teams have been crowned World Series champions.