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The NFC had a streak in which its champion won 13 consecutive Super Bowls, from the 1984 NFC champion San Francisco 49ers through the 1996 NFC champion Green Bay Packers. Overall, the NFC champion has won 27 of the 54 Super Bowls played since the formation of the NFC with the AFL–NFL merger through the end of the 2023 season.
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 ...
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 ...
This year's NFC championship game is an all-NFC East matchup between two teams that have storied histories in the NFL. The 183rd overall meeting between the Washington Commanders and Philadelphia ...
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 ...
At the end of each season, the four division winners and three wild cards (non-division winners with best regular season record) in the NFC qualify for the playoffs. The NFC playoffs culminate in the NFC Championship Game with the winner receiving the George S. Halas Trophy. [1] The NFC champion then plays the AFC champion in the Super Bowl.
Daniels entered Sunday's NFC championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles 5 yards short of the record for most passing yards by a rookie in the playoffs. He got there early.
The two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs used “Choose Love” in the AFC title game against Buffalo. The Philadelphia Eagles selected “End Racism” in the NFC championship game. President Donald Trump will attend the game when the Chiefs aim to become the first team in NFL history to three-peat during the Super Bowl era.