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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 ...
Tom Landry was the head coach for five NFC championships, more than any other head coach. Landry coached the Dallas Cowboys to NFC championships in 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977 and 1978. [4] Joe Gibbs coached four NFC champions, and Bud Grant, Bill Walsh and Mike Holmgren each coached three.
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 ...
0–9. 1970 Dallas Cowboys season; 1971 Dallas Cowboys season; 1972 Washington Redskins season; 1973 Dallas Cowboys season; 1974 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season
The first round was named the "Divisional Playoffs", the winners advancing to the "Conference Championships" (AFC & NFC). Two weeks later, the AFC and NFC champions met in the Super Bowl, now the league's championship game. Thus, Super Bowl V in January 1971 was the first Super Bowl played for the NFL title.
Still, the 12–4 record (the best finish in the Vermeil era) was good enough to win the NFC East division title for the first time in franchise history since the NFC East had been formed. The 1980 season marked the Eagles' third consecutive playoff appearance under coach Dick Vermeil , and culminated in the team's first Super Bowl appearance ...
NFC East 2nd § 10 6 0 .625 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at 49ers) 14–0 [96] 1997: 1997: NFL NFC East 3rd 6 9 1 .406 [97] 1998: 1998: NFL NFC East 5th 3 13 0 .188 [98] 1999: 1999: NFL NFC East 5th 5 11 0 .313 Andy Reid [99] 2000: 2000: NFL NFC East 2nd § 11 5 0 .688 Won Wild Card playoffs 21–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Giants) 20–10 [100 ...
1967 was the first year where a pre-scheduled playoff (rather than regular season results) determined participation in the championship. It also marked the first year in which if there was a tie for first place in a division, the division champion was determined by a system of tiebreakers, rather than via a playoff game (as detailed in the 1933 ...