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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 ...
Season Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.: Team Name of NFC Championship team, linked to the team's championship season : Record Championship team's regular season record wins–losses; if the team played any tie games the record is shown as wins–losses–ties
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 ...
The first round was named the "Divisional Playoffs", the winners advancing to the "Conference Championships" (AFC & NFC). 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.
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 ...
The two surviving teams from each conferences' divisional-round playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher-seeded team. The winners of those contests go on to face one another in the Super Bowl which is played at a predetermined site.
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.
Here is a year-by-year list of every Super Bowl: NEVER MISS A SNAP: Sign up to get the latest NFL news and features delivered directly to your inbox Super Bowl history