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This was the first time since playoff seeding was established in 1975 that the team who finished with a better regular season record had to play a Conference Championship Game on the road. This was the fifth postseason meeting between the Broncos and Steelers. Both teams previously split the four prior meetings. [3]
The Broncos had won their first thirteen games, the best start since the undefeated 1972 Dolphins, and were tipped by some to have a realistic chance at winning all nineteen games. [1] [2] The Minnesota Vikings became the first team since the 1968 Baltimore Colts to win all but one of their regular season games and not win the Super Bowl.
This category is for the 1998 season of the National Football ... 1998 NFL season; ... The Catch II; D. 1998 NFL draft; N. 1998 NFC Championship Game; P. 1998–99 ...
The game was featured as one of the NFL's Greatest Games as Andersen and Anderson. This was the first NFC Championship Game to go to overtime (since, there have already been five other instances, with the 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2018 NFC Championship Games going to overtime). This was the second postseason meeting between the Falcons and ...
The 1998 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game was the 29th title game [a] of the NFC. This National Football League (NFL) playoff game was played on January 17, 1999, to determine the NFC champion for the 1998 NFL season .
Denver claimed it gave them no competitive advantage. The team was subsequently fined nearly $2 million and were forced to give up two third-round picks in the 2002 and 2005 drafts. [1] [2] In 2007, the 1998 Broncos were ranked as the 12th greatest Super Bowl champions on the NFL Network's documentary series America's Game: The Super Bowl ...
July 1 – The NBA locked out its players and the season was put on hold for the next 6½ months and the season began under a 50–game schedule. NCAA Men's Basketball Championship – Kentucky wins 78–69 over Utah; NBA Finals – Chicago Bulls win 4 games to 2 over the Utah Jazz, to complete their second three–peat of the decade. WNBA ...
The Packers entered the 1998 campaign as the two-time defending NFC champions, losing the Super Bowl the year before. The season began with the team attempting to improve on their 13–3 record from 1997, three-peat as National Football Conference (NFC) champions, and win their second Super Bowl in three years.