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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 Super Bowl — the NFL's championship game — pits the winner of the American Football Conference against the winner of the National Football Conference, with the victor receiving the Vince ...
The NFL Championship Game was ended after the 1969 season, succeeded by the NFC Championship Game. [2] [6] The champions of that game play the champions of the AFC Championship Game in the Super Bowl to determine the NFL champion. [2] The Green Bay Packers won the most NFL championships before the merger, winning eleven of the fifty ...
The Packers defeated the Chiefs in the first AFL–NFL World Championship Game (Super Bowl I). The Super Bowl is the annual American football game that determines the champion of the National Football League (NFL). The game culminates a season that begins in the previous calendar year, and is the conclusion of the NFL playoffs.
A somewhat trivial event in between all the other more important events, the big game on the gridiron has withstood the test of time. Now in 2025, the Super Bowl turns 59.
This year’s game will be played at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. It's the city's 11th time hosting the Super Bowl. Before the game on Feb. 9, read below for a little history of the Super Bowl.
NFL playoff results is a listing of the year-by-year results of the NFL Playoff games to determine the final two teams for the championship game. The winners of those games are listed in NFL Championship Game article. The overall franchise records are shown in the last table.
NFL Championship Game Season No. of teams Division champions AFL Championship Game Game Champion Eastern Conference Western Conference Year Champion Eastern Division Western Division Year Champion 1960: 13 Philadelphia Eagles: Green Bay Packers: 1960: Philadelphia Eagles: 1960: 8 Houston Oilers: Los Angeles Chargers: 1960: Houston Oilers ...