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For the second straight year, the No. 1 seed in the NFC lost in the divisional round as the Cowboys lost to the Giants in the 2007 playoffs. The top seed had advanced to the NFC Championship Game every year from 1988 to 2006. The Eagles also became the third No. 6 seed to advance to the conference championship game and first in the NFC.
The AFC Championship Game is the annual championship game of the American Football Conference (AFC) and one of the two semifinal playoff games of the National Football League (NFL), the largest professional American football league in the world. The game is played on the last Sunday in January by the two remaining playoff teams, following the ...
The game was the third ever conference championship game to be decided in overtime since the AFL/NFL merger, joining the 1986 AFC Championship Game and the 1998 NFC Championship Game. Tynes joined Rich Karlis and Morten Andersen as the only players to score the decisive points in an overtime conference championship game (coincidentally, all ...
Bill Belichick has been the head coach for nine AFC championship teams. [6] Don Shula and Andy Reid have each been the head coach of five AFC championship teams. [7] [8] Chuck Noll and Marv Levy each coached four AFC champions. [4] [9] Tom Brady has been the starting quarterback for nine AFC championship teams, more than any other quarterback. [6]
The 2008 season was the seventh of the past 16 that the Steelers were the first or second seed in the AFC entering the playoffs—never winning the Super Bowl during those seasons. [195] Pittsburgh defeated the San Diego Chargers in the Divisional round, giving up a franchise post-season low of 15 Rushing yards. [ 196 ]
The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League (NFL), themed with the slogan "Believe in Now.". Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on February 1, 2009, [2] with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the Arizona Cardinals 27–23 and winning their NFL-record sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Coming off their road win over the top-seeded Titans, the Ravens flew to Heinz Field for the AFC Championship Game against their hated divisional rival, the #2 Pittsburgh Steelers (in Round 3 of their 2008 series). Baltimore would trail early in the first quarter as Steelers kicker Jeff Reed kicked a 34-yard and a 42-yard field goal.
1947, 1948, 2008: 2 1 .667 Green Bay Packers: 3 1982, 2009, 2015: 2 1 .667 Carolina Panthers: 3 2008, 2014, 2015: 1 2 .333 Minnesota Vikings: 2 1974, 1998: 0 2 .000 Los Angeles Rams: 2 1975, 2021: 0 2 .000 Dallas Cowboys: 1 1998: 1 0 1.000 Atlanta Falcons: 1 2008: 1 0 1.000 Pittsburgh Steelers: 1 2008: 0 1 .000 New Orleans Saints: 1 2009: 0 1 ...