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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.
1967 NFL Championship Game; ... List of NFL champions (1920–1969) This page was last edited on 14 April 2023, at 16:07 (UTC). Text ...
The Super Bowl — the NFL's championship game — pits the winner of the American Football ... Pre-Super Bowl era league champions. 1965: Green Bay Packers (NFL), Buffalo Bills (AFL) ...
Certain games, like the one played between the Chiefs and Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, ended with a close score. Others saw a much larger gap, like Super Bowl XXIV, where the 49ers defeated the ...
Washington Redskins vs Chicago Bears, Dec 8, 1940 (NFL Championship Game) Detroit Lions vs Cleveland Browns, Dec 26, 1954 (NFL Championship Game) Houston Oilers vs Pittsburgh Steelers, Jan 7, 1979 (AFC Championship Game) Buffalo Bills vs Dallas Cowboys, Jan 31, 1993 (Super Bowl XXVII) Most Turnovers, Both Teams, Game, 14
The NFL's matchup for Super Bowl 59 is set. The NFC champions Philadelphia Eagles will face the AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs in a matchup that will be familiar to NFL fans. The Chiefs and ...