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[3] [12] Joe Theismann, Phil Simms, Brett Favre, Eli Manning and Russell Wilson were each the starting quarterback for two NFC champions, although Simms missed the NFC Championship Game in one of those seasons (1990) due to injury. [5] [13] [14] [15] Chuck Foreman and Emmitt Smith were each the leader in rushing yards for an NFC champion 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 ...
Mike Greenberg became the latest to issue his predictions for each title game in a pair of tweets on Sunday. It’s conference championship weekend in the NFL, as four teams will compete for the ...
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Within each conference, the three division winners and the three non-division winners with the best overall regular season records qualified for the playoffs. The three division winners were seeded 1–3 based on the overall won-lost-tied record, and the three wild card teams were seeded 4–6. The NFL did not use a fixed bracket playoff system ...
Here are our staff predictions for who will be the final two teams standing in hopes of raising the Lombardi Trophy: AFC Championship: Chiefs at Ravens, Sunday, 3 p.m. Bert Bainbridge: Ravens
NFC: Jan 7 – Mercedes-Benz Superdome: 4 NY Giants 20* Jan 14 – Candlestick Park: 2 San Francisco 17 6 Detroit: 28 NFC Championship: 3 New Orleans 32 3 New Orleans: 45 Feb 5 – Lucas Oil Stadium: 2 San Francisco: 36 Wild Card playoffs: Divisional playoffs: Jan 7 – Reliant Stadium: N4 NY Giants 21 Jan 15 – M&T Bank Stadium: A1 New ...
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 ...