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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 ...
Tom Landry was the head coach for five NFC championships, more than any other head coach. Landry coached the Dallas Cowboys to NFC championships in 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977 and 1978. [4] Joe Gibbs coached four NFC champions, and Bud Grant, Bill Walsh and Mike Holmgren each coached three.
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 ...
This is a complete listing of National Football League (NFL) playoff games, grouped by franchise.Games featuring relocated teams [nb 1] are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises.
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 ...
These teams are divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC), and both conferences contain four divisions with four teams each. Since its formation in 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA), NFL game results have been recorded.
At the time, only the two division champions made it to the post-season but ties were broken with a playoff game. The Bears won the playoff game 33–14 and wet on to win the NFL Championship. The teams did not meet in the playoffs again until the 2010 NFC Championship Game.
Won NFC Championship 39–14 Lost Super Bowl XLI (vs. Colts) 17–29 [43] 2007: 2007: NFL NFC North 4th 7 9 0 .438 [44] 2008: 2008: NFL NFC North 2nd 9 7 0 .563 [45] [46] 2009: 2009: NFL NFC North 3rd 7 9 0 .438 [47] 2010: 2010: NFL NFC North: 1st: 11 5 0 .688 Won Divisional playoffs 35–24 Lost NFC Championship 14–21 [48] 2011: 2011: NFL ...