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The NFC had a streak in which its champion won 13 consecutive Super Bowls, from the 1984 NFC champion San Francisco 49ers through the 1996 NFC champion Green Bay Packers. Overall, the NFC champion has won 27 of the 54 Super Bowls played since the formation of the NFC with the AFL–NFL merger through the end of the 2023 season.
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 ...
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. With the introduction of the wild card, a rule was instituted to prohibit two teams from the same division (champion and wild card) from meeting in the first ...
The Eagles won in their last NFC championship game appearance before losing to the Chiefs in Super Bowl 57. The Commanders also won the last time they had a shot at an NFC title and went on to ...
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 ...
Elway's final game minted him as an all-time great, Denver repeating thanks to an MVP effort (336 passing yards, TD pass, TD run) from its 38-year-old gunslinger. 44. XXVII (27, 1992) Cowboys 52 ...
Most Postseason Games Won, All-Time, 39 [1] San Francisco 49ers, 1946–2024. Most Postseason Home Games Won, All-Time, 23 [2] New England Patriots, 1996–2019. Most Postseason Road Games Won, All-Time, 11 [3] Green Bay Packers, 1944–2016. Most Consecutive Postseason Games Won, 9 [4] Kansas City Chiefs, 2022-2024. Most Consecutive Postseason ...
The next time the Cowboys play on the road would be the NFC championship game at the earliest. Sunday's win wasn't that easy. The Commanders led 10-7 in the second quarter before the Cowboys ...